Princess Bubbles Creates

I am calling this piece Nebula.  I love stitching into my handmade felt.  It is lucious!  My goal for my bead journals this year is to create mixed media pieces.  In that regard I think this was successful. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/# http://www.supermomnocape.com/

 Ultimately, I don't like the overly busy journal pages that are the trend now.  But sometimes I think my journal pages are just a little too simple and I want to push past that.    This page is a good example of that.  I was ready to stop a couple of days ago but decided nope I will add one more thing.  Then, again I was ready to stop and again I added another element.  I pushed past my comfort zone and am glad that I did.

Detached Chain stitch is really a very versatile stitch.  This time I have decided to just work it into a circle on handmade paper as I have a project going that uses this format.  I would like to use this stitch and its variations more.  Thanks to Sharon B at  http://pintangle.com/2016/02/23/stitch-30-of-take-a-stitch-tuesday-2016/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pintanglecom+%28pintangle.com%29   for the instructions.

This time I have been playing with intentional zoom blur.  I love it and I definitely intend to explore this technique further.  This is one of my first tries.  A rose from my Valentine's bouquet and a painted background.  I need to explore more interesting backgrounds. I am linking with http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/ http://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca/ http://www.anenglishgirlrambles2016.blogspot.ca/

I made paper this past week.  I incorporated some thread bits in it and really like the way that looks, top photo.  The bottom photo shows the web of paper I made.  Not too happy with that mess, that's for sure.  Possibly I can cut out small parts of it and make use of it that way.  I can imagine doing another mixed media bead journal and incorporating it into that. I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

The journal I am working in was created with papers that already had lots of marks on them.  These papers were used to catch overspray, practice writing, test colors, etc.  It makes for a rather busy background in my mind.  I generally prefer simple.  However, it is good for me to get out of my comfort zone.  It forces me to work differently and I appreciate that.  I always want to be growing and learning as an artist.  This page is not a masterpiece and I am okay with that.  I created, I learned, that is good enough. This page features the quote Where you go, go with all your heart.  Good advice.

I started this quilt last year.  I finished all four blocks last year but didn't get them put together until now.  I don't love the putting together process.  I love the embellishing process.  But I got it done and that feels good.  I am calling it Seasons for Pat as I inherited the blocks from her.  I treated them as a crazy quilt so as to add my own touch.  The centers are bead journal projects from last year and each one is meant to depict a season of the year. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/ http://www.supermomnocape.com/