More Mail Art

I sent these out into the world via USPS today.   Good luck, safe travels.

Sneak Peak

Beginnings, again

Today I played with fabrics, looking for something that says Spring!  Most of these fabric came as six-inch squares that were part of a kit to make a lap sized quilt.  Well, that never got started so they will be reassigned to become my next journal cover.  Yummy colors.

And here is a picture of the base template that I will use to sew this slip cover on to.  The Remains of the Day group is not only about creating everyday, carry-with-you  journals, but pushes you to use what you already have as well as reuse and upcycle.  This cereal box will be the base for this journal.  

Hugs from Oregon where I am keeping it simple and green.

Canvas Calendar for the New Year

I read this post from Alisa Burke at Redefine Creativity and decided that I had to make one.

This is a 6 inch by 6 inch stretched canvas that was primed with gesso and had the first coat of paint.  It had been waiting on the side lines for my muse to kick in and I just decided to hijack it and made it into a wall calendar following Alisa’s tutorial.  I added lots of layers of paint, writing in between the layers, stenciled flowers and then I used a dip pen with black india ink to create some outlines around the flowers.  The small calendar is applied with Tombow adhesive and then outlined with a graphite pencil.  At the end of each month you just tear off the page to reveal the next month.  Viola.  This was fun, quick, easy and a great way to hang some art around the house and in the office.  Enjoy!

Mail Art continued

Since finishing my first Remains of the Day Journal, I decided to go back and create some more mail art envies.  Here is number 2.  It measures 6 wide x 8 inches tall and opens at the top.  I discovered, at the post office a few days ago,  that these types of envelopes are considered Parcel Post (not a large envelope) and require a bit of extra postage so keep that in mind as you make and mail your Mail Art.  Have fun.

Happy New Year.