Princess Bubbles Creates

The top photo show my bead journal where it will end up on my crazy quilt project.  I have place some beads on it to see if I like the way they look.  I took them off and stitched down some of them.  Bottom photos shows them stitched down and more placed on for further consideration.  It is coming along, I just need to take the next step.

I have added a lot of stitching to the seams so far.  It is getting close to finished.  I am pondering what I should do on the edge of these colorful fabrics.  Any suggestions?  The center will be my bead journal for the month.  I haven't made a lot of progress on that so far. I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

Technically this isn't fabric but paper.  I printed a kaleidoscope on it and then I added some beading and machine and hand stitching.  It will work well in my book.  It feels good to make some more progress.

Ah!  Bright and cheerful color does my soul good at this time of year.   This is a macro shot of an interesting glass ball.  I am linking with http://www.shinethedivinecreativityisaspiritualpractice.com/ and http://macromonday2.blogspot.ca/

I added machine stitching to the background.  I also added some lovely metallic threads to the wings.  Unfortunately, the stitching is kind of difficult to see.  I pushed myself out of my comfort zone with these wings and I am really glad that I did. I am wondering if pushing myself out of my comfort zone is going to theme for this year!  Today I listened to an interview with Vikki Pignatelli  http://www.vikkipignatelli.com/   It was quite inspiring.  It is the second program I listened to this week that was inspiring and challenging!

There are a lot of layers to this piece so far.  I did a rubbing of angel wings in my journal and really liked the way they turned out.  So I made a color copy of them.  After that I adhered them to the background.  The background is paste paper I created.  I experimented with some fine mulberry as the base for the paste paper.  When decorating the paper I used foil underneath the mulberry paper and the paste/paint adhered them together.  I wasn't expecting that but do like it.  The wings with the paste paper was a bit to monotone and I wanted them to pop more.  I realize that I tend to work in cool colors and need to add warm colors to make things pop.  I added embossing powder and dimensional paint.  I am really starting to like the way it is developing.  Now to add some stitch!

I love it when things come together!  I joined the crazy quilt journal project   http://cqjp2015.blogspot.ca/  again this year.  Probably did that out of habit as I didn't really have an inspiration for the year.  I just popped over there to grab the link and see that there are a number of people who have the January blocks finished!!!  The idea came to me yesterday to pull out the blocks that I inherited from my husband's Aunt Pat.  Aunt Pat and I had a special relationship and I was honoured when her daughter asked me if I wanted Pat's stitching things.  I have been wanting to do something with these blocks ever since I received them.  Although technically they are not crazy quilt blocks I intend to treat them that way.  It will add part of me to them.  I also plan to do circular bead journal projects for the center.   I am linking with http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/