Princess Bubbles Creates

I watched an interesting youtube video about Citrasolv yesterday.  Today I had some free time (yay) and decided to experiment.  I have played with Citrasolv before and had some interesting results.  This time I applied the Citrasolv to the National Geographic page and then put plastic wrap onto it.  The above is the result.  Very disappointing.  The video showed much more interesting results.  I don't know what I did wrong. 

I picked up these gorgeous inks while in Toronto.  The labels aren't in English so I am not positive they are inks but they were in the ink section.  It doesn't really matter as it is color of them that I love.  Oh how I wish I had more time to play with them. 

I love shopping on Queen St. in Toronto.  It has the best stores!  Checkout the ridiculous fabric I bought!  How fun is that?  I know it is over the top but it makes me happy.  I will use it judiciously don't worry.  I bought some orange fabric like this a while back and used it on a book cover.  It looks fantastic. My sister is coming next week and we have plans to spend a day shopping on Queen St.  I can hardly wait.  We will have a blast together.  Having a sister with similar interests is the best. 

I spent a good part of the afternoon puttering and tidying in my studio.  I really must post some pictures of my studio.  It is probably my favorite place in the world.  It is good for my soul and I need some good soul time right now.  I love organizing but mostly I love being able to find my stuff when I want it. 

I love Inktense watercolor pencils.  When I saw that Derwent now makes them in a block form I couldn't resist buying them.  The color is vibrant and intense as the name implies.  If only I had known that they make a 24 pack before I bought the 12 pack!

 I was really inspired by the idea of stitching on Japanese papers.  I love spirals so this paper was a natural choice.  I want to explore this idea further.

Who knew that you could get such a vibrant print from Crayola markers?  Crayolas transfer really well onto wet watercolor paper.  There is a lot of potential with this!