Princess Bubbles Creates

My crazy quilt block for the month of March is taking shape.   I have about half of the seams stitched.  I have a bead journal ready to go into the center.  I am aiming for a summery feeling for this block.   I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

Today I received an email telling me I have been nominated for a KW Arts award in the Textile art/quilting category.  I am so very excited to have been nominated!  I have a ton of paperwork to do for the process but it should be fun.  I look forward to the ceremony in June.

I am not a gardener but I do love flowers.  It is so much fun for me to get out my macro lens and spend time photographing flowers up close and personal.  I am linking with http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/ and http://macromonday2.blogspot.ca/

Since I have a lovely new sewing machine that has oodles of different stitches I thought I should try out some of them.  Stitching on a layer of paper with a couple layers of sheer fabric has a lot of potential.

I have made a lot of progress on my March bead journal project.  I am SO enjoying the process!  This is the third of four round projects.  I have concentrated on creating a piece that has a summer feel to it.  Working with the hot colors at this time of year feels pretty good.  I have incorporated a vintage earring from my Mom, it is the red rose near the top.  There is not a lot to do to finish this. I am linking with http://www.needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

There is so much fun to be had with a macro lens.  I think this is simple but elegant. http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/ and http://macromonday2.blogspot.ca/

I love when a technique inspires me to take it further.  Here I found a pattern for a dragonfly and played with it.  I used Inktense blocks to paint the paper, rather than acrylic paints.  I also added some shimmer with a silver metallic Pan pastel.  A few different layers of sheer fabric were added behind the paper.