Aurora Postquards

These are multi-layered , starting with handdyed fabric that I used Shiva stick rubbings on, then hand painted old lace & painted fusible webs (2 kinds), hand painted silk chiffon, & some Angelina fibers.

These are 4 postquards I made for my Art Meme. I realized I needed a 5th when I finished putting these in envelopes, but I think I'll wait until my new iron gets here, because right now I'm having a heck of a time pressing anything, & my Timtex needs steaming before I can use it.

My old faithful Rowenta steam generator iron bit the dust, & can't be revived again, so I ordered a new one from Joann's on line. They were on sale, & the shipping was free, so it was the best deal I could find. I can't wait until it gets here.

I got Mail, & WIP Wed.

I got lucky with the mail today. This really cute wrist pincusion & postquard came today from Jen. I really love them, thanks Jen. Broccoli was really interested in the pin cushion. He sat in my lap sniffing it intently for serveral minutes, I think he must smell Max on it!

The next package was a beautiful glass bead from Sarah Hornik in Televiv. I found Sarah through the blogs, & went to Ebay to buy this. It will inspire a beautiful purse some day.

I woke up early this morning. It was about 445, & I couldn't fall back to sleep. I started thinking about the mess in my studio, & wanted to get some work done, but just can't until I get it organized again. I messed it up on Saturday before my lecture at the museum. I started looking at my yarns which were overflowing 3 baskets, so I sat for at least 2 hours roling yarns into balls, until they all fit into 1 basket.

Then I put all of my metallic threads into a basket that used to hold rubber stamps. I put all the stamps into the map case, so now they're all in one area. So with all this reorganizing, then going out to dinner with Warren, I didn't get very far on my next little project...

but I started by cutting out some whacky cup shapes from some Angelina Fibers, ready to be featured on my next small works, for the Art Meme.

& as for WIP (works in progress) I have a stack of them..... here are the ones under the table, & then there's the ones that I want to do for Christmas, which of course I CAN'T show, so sorry for being a WIP DUD! But th..th..that's all folks!!!!

Teddy Bear Tea

Teddy bears & their friends gathered with much excitement.
Each one anxious to find their new favorite person.
Even one of the owls from Hogwarts flew over to join in the fun.
Quilters ooooed & awwwed.
Josetta's little wizard Pooh was the first chosen for a new home, by a young boy who was invited to come & choose one, by one of the adoption organizations here in Anchorage.

Gail's quilt had a disclaimer written on the back side, "There are no tigers in Africa".
I thought these guys were cute.
Lin always has a fun hat on, so her bear had to have one too.

Maggie brought this little postquard she made for her sister. She took my Threadplay class, & she wanted to show me what she did with what I taught her. Isn't her cardinal great?

Another Postquard

Today I made a second Postquard to send to Switzerland. I took pictures of each layer to show you my process. I get teased a lot by friends for using things like this piece of paper towel, that I used for my 1st layer. It was from cleaning up after painting. I even cleaned some of my stamps off on it. I thought it was too pretty to throw away.The dark green on the left is a strip of fabric. I used BoNash to fuse this all down to my Timtex base.

Next is my silk organza, that I painted with Dynaflow fabric paints, & the little green ginko leaf is from a rubbing I did with a Shiva Stick & my toothbrush holder in my bathroom.

After layering the silk on top of the paper layer I quilted it with Holoshimmer thread in a Copper color.

Last I layered on the Ginko piece, fininhed the edges with a dark green holoshimmer, & stamped the word "DREAM" in copper paint. I tried a little embossing powder on it to make stand out a little, but it wasn't very successful. It didn't stick very well to the silk & copper paint.

The Hurrier I go The Behinder I get...

I always liked that saying. It's so true for me. As usual I'm always behind. I don't know how I actually get anything done. The shoulder is feeling better all the time. I saw the Dr. today & he wants me to stay off work 1 more week. I feel bad for my co-workers because working short all the time really stinks. But I'm afraid if I aggrivate it again I'll be off even longer, so I'm being good. I don't dare work on anything big, so I've been doing very small things like Quards. The 1st is a belated birthday for my DSIL, Jon. Next is for my DGD, who loves all things Asian. Her birthday is the 18th.
"The Last Leaf of Autumn" is a postquard I made for a donation in Switzerland for the fight against breast cancer.
Lastly is the sunset from my front porch looking toward the Cook Inlet. Our veiw is mostly obscured by trees, but once the leaves have all dropped we can see bits of the inlet & nice sunset colors.