Princess Bubbles Creates

Buttonhole Wheel Cup is one that I learned from  Sharon B  a few years ago.  I have used this stitch many times since I learned it.  It is a great stitch.  Here I stitched it on handmade paper and added beads to it.  Okay, so technically it doesn't raise up into a cup formation.  Too bad, I love the way it looks.

Oh my gosh!  I have so much fun with dyeing fabrics.  I haven't played like this for a while but I am delighted with my results.  The piece on the left is done on cotton with Dye-na-flo paints to create sunprints.  I used some bicycle gears to create the marks.  So fun!  The other pieces are silk.  Yummy! I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

Wisdom begins in wonder.  Socrates.  The wonder of a small child is a beautiful thing.  I try to emulate children every chance I get!  I think I have stuck with this journal prompt program for so long because the quotes really resonate with me.

I few weeks ago I did some fabric dyeing with my guild.  When it came time to take the fabric out of the dye and rinse it I couldn't part with dye remaining in the container.  I knew it wouldn't be good for dyeing more fabric but I felt confident it would work on paper.  I gave it a go and I love my stack of pretty papers.  I crumpled the paper to soak in the dye and that gave me some mottling, which I really like.  However, when uncrumpling the wet, dyed papers some of them ripped.  I learned that when you let them get to almost dry before uncrumpling you get less tearing. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

I have so much fun playing with kaleidoscopes! I am linking with http://image-in-ing.blogspot.ca/ http://mersad-photography.blogspot.ca/2016/05/woodland-sights-through-my-lens-nr-42.html

My butterfly altered book is almost finished.  These are the last of my pretty creations to to be added.I had a lot of fun with this project.  Art and fun surely do go together! I am linking with http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.ca/

I paraphrased the quote to say 'To keep your balance keep moving'.  I definitely like to keep moving forward.  Yesterday I was disappointed to find out that I did not get the artist in residency that I had applied for.  Their loss, it was a really good idea.  Today, I am working on my altered books to submit to a show.  I am not about to be stuck in self pity about the residency.  I will keep joyfully making my art!