Princess Bubbles Creates

I have an addiction to pens.  I admit it.  I would guess I'm not the only one in this group that can admit to that.  I know I'm not the only one in my family who has a 'thing' for pens. On returning home from work one day I found red ink paw prints all over my living room floor!  What the heck?  On closer inspection I found bits and pieces of my Pilot Parallel pen.  Drag.  Trinity (our female golden retriever) had left a trail of destruction.  Plastic bits and inky paw prints  throughout my home.  I knew it was Trinity because she had ink stains on her fur.  Farley, the perfect golden retriever had no tell tale signs.  Oh well, I guess it means a trip to Gwartzmann's as they have the best price for these pens.  I'm always up for a trip to an art store.  I couldn't be too mad at the dog.  The pen could be replaced and was. Skip ahead a couple of months.  This time there's mysterious black marks on my floo...

I never tire of them!  I think they are so beautiful.  It amazes me that one image can produce so many different kaleidoscopes!

Three more pansy kaleidoscopes.  I am going to print one of these and bead it for the bead journal project.  Won't that be pretty!

I used the same pansy picture for these three kaleidoscopes as I did for the three that I posted yesterday.  I have six more to post from the same picture.  The possibilities are unlimited with this software!

I was having some fun play with Kaleidoscope Kreator today.  I started with a picture of a pansy and pictured above are three of my kaleidoscopes.  Stay tuned for more!

Almost two years ago I got to take a two day workshop with Beaney and Littlejohn.  It was a great workshop.  We worked with needle felting machines for part of the workshop.  I enjoyed learning how to use one but thought I could live without owning one. However, I did purchase a hand held needle felter.  I quite enjoyed working with it and have produced some nice work with it.  When I saw the Janome felter at an auction I thought what the heck if I can get it cheap enough I'll buy it.  Well, I got it and am really enjoying it.  It works so much faster than doing it by hand. The piece above I felted and then free motion quilted.  That\s a lot of machining for a girl that prefers handwork!  I love the texture that was achieved by felting and quilting.  I don't think I could have achieved this look with handwork.  I may use this a background for some beading for the bead journal project. 

I belong to the Fibre Arts and mixed media ning as you can see on the sidebar.  They run monthly challenges.  In April I won the random draw and received a lovely package of goodies and a book.  That was just too fun.  I love getting packages in the mail - it's like Christmas. The journal page above is my entry for this month's challenge which is 'for the birds'.  The feathers have a really cool iridescent color to them which you can't see in the picture.  :(