Friday - Bits and Pieces

There's a lot of little things from the week I'd like to share. I'll start with the mosaic peace sign. I've been working on a section at a time up til this week. I had a spurt of energy that lasted as long as the album Rumours by Fleetwood Mac and a few songs by the Doobie Brothers. Which equaled about 45 minutes, I am guessing. I finished three sections, leaving three sections left to do before grouting. Not bad!

 I did a collage on a small bottle (sweet and sour sauce maybe?) and added wonky looking twine and an awesome earring.

 I covered a piece of cardboard from a cereal box and cut out shapes for journaling. That was a lot of fun and easy!

 I also did a card, a windowed envelope, some ink stamping, and an awesome shaped piece that came from a box (I put the red flower on it).

 Over the weekend (Labor Day weekend many have a four day weekend - enjoy your play time if you get it!) I'd like to use a few of the collage papers (shown under the red flower - pile on the left ←) I made into a large sheet then cut down into nice pieces for my journals or I can cut them down more and glue them to cards. Maybe I'll do both. And maybe I'll make another big sheet! I really loved doing that with my scraps.

And I'm working on my website ... taking the collage art prints available on Fine Art America and adding them to the website under their own heading. I have 9 collage pieces on FAA at the moment. I'm taking screenshots of a few choices offered (canvas prints, framed prints and throw pillows), putting them together using the Pic Collage app on my computer, then getting it on the website with general info and a link to take you to my page to see sizes, prices, other items offered and to purchase. Each thing offers a great turnaround time but due to upcoming winter weather, the holidays (yes, they ARE coming whether we're ready or not!) I think giving extra time, between 7-10 days, is reasonable.

Doing the computer stuff ... I used to do it for a living but I'm retired now and I find it's a lot of work for my brain, but I can do a few each morning before it goes fuzzy. Right now, at this writing, I have 2 finished. Wow. I might have to kick it up a notch. LOL

The photo above shows the editing I'm doing on the computer. It is harder now, especially when I want to be getting messy with paint or grout.

Meanwhile, I purchased a new Lamb Chop for our dog this week. I thought I was getting the small version that she always gets (I think she's shredded 4 so far) but it turns out I got the BIG version. She loves it! You can see video of her playing with it right after we gave it to her through Instagram. Check it out.
 

Happy Hinata. 💓

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

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