living in a pool

 anemones and sea stars

 living in a pool

 a tidal pool

a little whimsy here

temptation...

 I made some of my glue black

 and did a little bit of free hand drawing with it

 just to see how it would look

Oh it was fun, too

waiting for the glue to dry so I could add some watercolors

Oh Fun! On a larger scale

I may be addicted to drawing with glue...

...and adding some watercolor...

...and adding some more.  What could be next?

See you later! 

sunny day!

It is sunny today

and will be 70 or more

this little glue drawing is the last one

on my table

glue or gel medium? more fun with resist...

 I like the shine of the dried glue 

better than the flat and not so white look of gel medium

 glue drawing above

gel medium drawing below

Glued to my chair...

Yes I got out the glue and did a few squirt drawings on watercolor paper and greeting cards. Don't tell! It was a bunch of fun and now I want to do some more!

Mixed Feelings

 Shells

 Starfish

Sunflower

I stink at collage/mixed media work

so  I was eager to take the Strathmore Workshop 

on card making 

for ideas and pointers on how to...

I guess it's not my favorite thing 

but I will keep on 

to see if I can find my niche

Something Else again....

 2nd paper bag album

This one is 4x5 

and will be perfect for my ACEO Collection

 all the pages have a pocket 

with a card stock insert 

 I really like the neutral paper

the varied ACEOs 

will really be the focus

Couldn't resist adding a couple leaves 

Decided to bind it all with hemp

and it worked out! 

The bow is totally unneccessary

and I am not sure I'll keep it.

Something else...

My First Album

made from paper lunch bags

 I saw one made where the bottoms of the bags are glued together and make little flaps 

or pockets inside the album.

The bags provide an accordion effect that allows 

for bulk inside the album without strain on the binding.

Yes Blue is my favorite color

so I went with a winter theme.

Here you can see the ribbon I used to bind the bags together to make the book.

I used 6 lunch bags 

In pairs

Back of the book

Here you can see a little of the binding. 

That part took me awhile to figure out.

I am happy I gave this a try and even started another one that I like a lot better.