If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
I finally did something with the amazing vintage art papers I received last spring. Christmas was coming, and it occurred to me I should share the bounty. Despite their age, most of the papers are in good shape, so I made four books, three of which are pictured here. I took advantage of the stab... Continue Reading →
I continue to make really simple objects for Dephemerember. I guess that's just what I have the capacity for right now. The fourth prompt is "Clocks & Wings." My clocks and wings journaling card. I found an image of a watch face and some sandhill cranes in my collection of saved magazine images for my... Continue Reading →
My "Selfie in a Bubble" isn't really either of those things. Sticking with my bird theme, I put an owl image behind a hole (my "bubble") in a piece of cardboard. The cut out circle was in the packing that I collaged over. I backed it with plain paper to cover up the stitching. This piece... Continue Reading →
The second prompt for Dephemerember 2023 was "Salvaged Birds." As a quilter, I have plenty of fabric selvages (the bound edge on fabric when you buy it by the yard) lying around and the word salvage made me think of selvage. I wound up making a purple collage of fabric selvages then adding yellow bird... Continue Reading →
More Dephemerember ephemera (say that three times fast!). The card I made for the first prompt "a butterfly and 3 torn things" uses a bird photo taken by my father. Journal card made from a photo by Don Dunsmore. I added butterfly wings to the bird, thinking it was super clever because I'd never seen... Continue Reading →
