Princess Bubbles Creates

I am really enjoying my camera.  I spent some blissful time at Rockway Gardens yesterday.  The spring blooms are fantastic for photographing right now.

This book is a Necronomicon.  Jeremy made this book as a prop for a movie he and his friends are going to make.  I think he did a fantastic job.  I gave him a few tips but he did all the work himself.  The cover is made with latex that he molded into a face on a cardboard base.  Genius!  The paper is regular copy paper but he aged it with coffee.

I have a Nikon D80 and a 105 mm auto micro lens by Nikon.  It is a freaking fantastic lens.  It should be it cost more than the camera!   Actually, a lot of good lenses cost more than a camera.  At any rate, I love this lens.  It does fantastic close up shots as seen above.  I really want to start using my photos in my fabric art.  I guess start isn't the right word.  I have done this a bit.  I want to do it more.

You can pull the pen completely apart and blow out the gel.  Pictured above is blue gel pen ink spread and smooshed.  I then did the bubble printing thing over the gel pen ink.  Below I used slide mounts to isolate small areas that are interesting.  I think it would be good to add the three small pieces to a journal page.

I love getting presents in the mail!  Actually, I just love getting presents! I won this book on Fibre Arts/mixed media ning.  Very cool.  I haven't had a chance to read it yet but it looks good.  

My sweet sister in law gave me the starfish.  She told me she\s excited to see what I create with it.  I love the under the sea theme so it was fun for me to create this piece.  I started with white silk that I then painted and added rubbings.  I also did some needle felting and stitching.  Finally I added some beads.

My friend Nancy has let me borrow her book 'Arteffects' by Jean Drysdale Green.  I am definitely ordering this book.  It is very comprehensive and has many techniques that are new to me.  The book was written 17 years ago but it is still worth purchasing.