Princess Bubbles Creates

The other day I was digging through a box of experiments, I was hoping to find somethings to add to my fabric book.  I came across a stencil of trees that I had cut and got distracted from my book.  I had been wanting to use the stencil with spray paint mostly because I had cut it from cardstock.  I thought if I used spray paint it would give it a protective coating and make it more durable.  Anyway, I grabbed a couple of things out of the box to use as a base to spray.  Bottom photo is a stiff fusible interface I had applied transfer foil to.  I sprayed blue paint at the top of the stencil and white at the bottom.  I love the ethereal quality to it.  The top photo is a blue gelli print.  I had a build up of spray paint on the stencil so I printed it on top of the gelli print.  It is a bit hard to see the details but I really like the way it turned out.  It feels so good to be playing and experimenting.

I am little late in getting this posted today because I had a very lovely visit with my niece and her beautiful baby girl.  What a lovely way to spend an afternoon! Top photo is my bead journal for the month of November.  It is truly a mixed media piece.  I started with a piece of shell a friend gave to me.  That set the theme.  I added some small shells, a shell button and some paper clay shells that I had made.  I also added a piece of a silk pod.  I created a crocheted and beaded spiral as well. Bottom photo is the progress I have made on my fabric book.  I wish I had more time to work it but it is progressing nicely. I am linking with http://pintangle.com/ and http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

This is the Threaded Cable Chain Stitch Sharon B. at http://pintangle.com/ shows us how to do this week.  I believe I have done the Cable Chain Stitch before so that wasn't difficult.  I did however have trouble getting the threaded part to be even.  I was doing okay and then something went wrong and  I couldn't get it back.  I refuse to allow myself to get too bent about out of shape about something not being perfect.  Done is better than perfect.  Moving forward.

This macro shot is of a glass button.  A whole new world opened up to me with this.  I have so many cool buttons I could really spend sometime photographing them.  I am linking with http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/ and http://macromonday2.blogspot.ca/

After posting about my book cover yesterday I decided to look through some of my bits and pieces.  I have so many experiments that are not going to turn into a completed piece.  They are too good to get rid of though.  So I am looking forward to turning these into book pages.  It should be a cool book when finished!

I have been itching to get my hands dirty!  Well, not really.  I hate having dirty hands, that is why I don't garden.  More like, I have been itching to get out some paint.  It feels all too long since I have played with paint and other messy art supplies. I gutted an old accounting text book.  That felt kind of good!  Sometimes I wonder how I ever found that interesting.  Anyway, with just the cover left I decided to paint, emboss, glitter and sparkle it.  It seems a fitting way to say goodbye to bookkeeping.  Not that I will ever totally say goodbye to that side of me.  Now I need to create some wonderful pages to go into this 'new' book cover.

My November CQ block is coming along well.  It is really close to being finished.  Wow!  Being done before the end of  the month will be a new trick for me this year!  I hope I can do it!  It would be great to get a jump start on my December block. I am linking with http://pintangle.com/ and http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/