If I can't be a dragon-whisperer, can I at least befriend a talking dog?
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 →
Dephemerember 2023 starts on December 4th and for the first time, I've planning on participating. I've only watched the previous years, but found the videos so inspiring that it's finally time for me to try it, too. I'd like to make a bird-themed journal and this seems like a great way to get a lot... Continue Reading →
