Princess Bubbles Creates

 Check out  Stitch Stories .  I have just learned of this podcast and really enjoy it.  It is always interesting and exciting to me to learn of stitchers who have 'made it'.  Well, any artist really.  It is wonderful to hear about how one thing leads to another and all of the sudden there are really interesting opportunities  People come knocking on your door.  I am still waiting for that to happen.  To be discovered!  Meanwhile, I will keep plodding away at my book and listening to interesting podcasts.

 Okay, getting a new puppy has seriously curtailed my stitching time.  Man does he have energy!  I sense another children's book coming on!  Possibly done with photography rather than stitching.  Might be quicker! Meanwhile, I am trying to get this book finished.  This bunny page has made minimal progress this week.  Even though I am now recognizing that his ears are not the right proportion I still think he is going to be adorable.  I am leaning towards using buttons for his eyes but haven't decided on a colour yet. I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

 I have been puzzling over how to depict a rainbow for my book.  Yesterday, this idea popped into my head.  I got out some silver mesh and used permanent markers to colour it.  Silver mesh gives it an ethereal quality that I was hoping to achieve.  Sorry about the quality of the photo.  We have a brand new puppy and he thought this might be something with which to play tug of war!!  I had to snap the photo and call it good enough.   Meet Banksy. I can imagine he is going to make a great studio mate. Right now he has helped me clean everything off the floor of my studio as my art supplies a bit more interesting than his toys.   I am linking to https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ https://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/

 I added some Inktense to make it darker around my fireflies.  It definitely helped and I need to add some more.  I also added more beading and stitching.  Oh, beads always make me happy.  This book page is really starting to come to life.  It is interesting to look at the photograph.  I wonder why it is that I can always see things a bit differently when looking at the photograph rather than the actual piece.   I chatted with my son yesterday about my bear page.  He had a terrific idea for me.  I enjoy getting his artistic input.  He is so clever.  As we were chatting I told him that I was feeling my work is very well suited for a children's book.  My confidence is growing.  He gave me a big hug and told me he is proud of me.  That lovely interaction makes me smile and always will. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

 Oh, how I love looking at this kaleidoscope image.  These are so much fun to create.  I ponder how I can further use these images but maybe I don't have to.  Maybe I can just look at this and enjoy it.   I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

This was a fun project to do.  I had never painted a window!  I hope I get to do it again sometime!  I must go for a walk in Uptown Waterloo to see the other windows that were painted.  I am curious what the other artists did.   

 Working on another page for my book.  I am quite pleased with the drawing of my bear.  She is just what I want.  She is just on tracing paper for the moment.  I plan to create her in fabric and paint.  My other animals have been made of felt and that worked well as they were simple silhouettes.  This bear has more detail and I feel it is important that she not look the least bit scary.  To achieve that I will have to use paint. I really like her placement in the top photo but she is a bit large and doesn't look quite right.  I don't think I can make her much smaller and still get the detail I like.  Her size seems right where she is placed in the bottom photo.  But for the story I wanted her to seem far away.  What to do! I am linking to https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ https://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/

 I am finding that I need a break from working on my book but still need to be creative.  I have the program Kaleidoscope Kreator and I am really enjoying using it as a little distraction.  I have been playing around with some photos of my stitching.  So much fun!

  The butterfly said to the sun,"They can't stop talking about my transformation. I can only do it once in my lifetime. If only they know they can do it at any time and in countless ways." -Dodinsky I am linking to http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/ http://jaipurgardening.blogspot.com/

 I have figured out a way to use this piece in my book.  I have added some 'fireflies' to it.  At least the impression of fireflies.  I was hoping that they would seem to glow.  Possibly if I darken the fabric around them I could achieve that effect better.  I am not afraid to add paint to this piece as there is already a lot of paint on it.  I think Inktense blocks will work. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

 I am making progress on my book and it feels so good.  I made a mixed media dragonfly and it needed a home.  I wasn't totally sure what I was going to do for that when I remember a piece I had created a while back.  My piece was made completely of silk with my own hand-dyed silk.  I used silk batting and silk thread.  It is as light as a whisper.  I called this piece Monet Visits Ontario.  It works perfectly for the dragonfly.  I have not stitched the dragonfly to it and won't.  Yay!  Another page done! I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

  I have struggled with this piece long enough.  I have added a bit of beading and I am now calling it finished.  Once I realized it was not going to work for my book I kind of lost interest in it.  In the process of making my book, I have revisited pieces from the past and that has taught me that every piece is worthwhile.  Who knows!  This piece could be resurrected in the future.  But for now, I need to stay concentrated on my book.   I am linking to https://www.quiltfabrication.com/ https://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/  

 Yay!  Another page finished for my book.  Making progress feels really good.  This page is meant to depict the aurora borealis.  Clearly, I am not going for high realism!  My style is a bit cartoonish and I am okay with that.  At least I am learning to be.  I think my style works really well for a children's book.  I love my crazy trees!  There will be a similar tree for each season.  I used iridescent white paint to create the snow in the foreground.  I think that works wonderfully well! I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/ Happy Thanksgiving!

 I was super happy to find this piece last week.  I had stitched it a while ago and set it aside.  It was the perfect setting for my howling wolf.  Such a quick page to finish!  Getting the wolf right was a bit difficult but I am okay with the way it turned out.  I am making progress on this book.  I need to stay concentrated and keep pressing onward! I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/

 Last week I made a giant leap forward on illustrating my book.  I went through some past completed projects and found some that will work beautifully for the book.  This beaded snowflake was enhanced with some hotfix Swarovski crystals.  I used the whole package of crystals.  It was rather liberating to use up all of something that I consider precious.  What better project could they have been used on?  I can always get more if I need them!  My granddaughter is going to love all the sparkly goodness! I am linking to https://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.com/ https://www.quiltfabrication.com/

Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder. -Henry David Thoreau I am linking to  http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/ http://jaipurgardening.blogspot.com/2020/10/garden-affair-succulents-world.html

I think this book page is finished. It is a double page and there is some quiet space on the left for the text. I will have to play with the computer program to make sure that I can indeed put text there. This book for my granddaughter and hopefully all children has been quite the learning curve. I am having fun letting my creativity out. I am making good use of my time off thanks to covid. I don't find it hard to keep busy with my art! I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

This book page is finished. It does not look significantly different from the last time I posted about it. I added a bit more beading to the moon. I like it better now. I had thought about adding more beading to the tree but decided against that. At least for now. I can always change my mind. I do need to press forward and this get this book done. The Christmas deadline is looming large! It will all come together. There are other fun projects that are distracting me a bit. I just got booked to paint a window for a business in Waterloo. I have not done such a thing before but think it will be fun! Plus, it pays well! I am linking to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com/