Odds and Ends

Lots of odds and ends this time to share here. The new art journal which will focus mostly on using photo pieces of magazines I've cut out, along with the colorful flowers I've been making on cardboard and cutting them out as well.

So far I've added layers in paint and paper and I have so much fun. It's the most freeing to do art in this way. No plan, no design decided, just going with the flow.

The reorganization has begun in the Purple Palace but it is a slow, slow process for many reasons, none important enough to mention but I will say it's going to take a few more months before I'm comfortable with it.

I found a nice carrying case with drawers that I already know I could use 5-6 more. It's amazing and hold quite a bit. I found this on Temu but I'm sure it's available on Amazon as well. All the things I show here re: storage should most likely come from Temu but I'm not sure of course because I've only just begun.

Here's the case:

It holds so much and is still easy to carry from spot to spot. I love it.

Next, I got a rolling card for a mini die cut machine I have coming some time today! This is placed in a corner around lots of messy grouting supplies, which will at some point get it's organization time as well. There's a great feeling of accomplishment when I build these things. 🤣 

It's holding paper both loose and spiral bound and the Gelli plate so far, as well as my handmade journals ready to be used. 

Lastly I put together shelves that are a soft plastic which means they'll need baskets to hold items. I don't know if I like the shower curtain thing but it's easy to take off if it bothers me.

 

These small changes have already made me feel good about being able to do things a little easier in the Purple Palace. The plan is to use this space for both mosaics and storage of all crafty things. I'm seeing it coming together already which makes me very happy. I'll share it all when it's finished in a few months. I hope. 🤞

And I'm still doing the daily 100 day project, making this the 2nd year I've made a collage a day, giving myself about 20 minutes in the morning usually to create one. I am using mostly my painted papers but once in a while I use a book or magazine strip or two or something like wrapping paper scraps and mulberry paper.

I also am still making art boxes. Oh how I love these! 

Enjoy your week!

Cindy,  EarthMotherMosaics - Mixed Media Art

Instagram: @artbyearthmothermosaics 

Stay Peaceful and Enjoy the Journey 

Wednesday - A Little Art Table Fun

There's only a few photos to share this week and there won't be a post on Friday at all. I'm winding down.

Soon I won't be sharing much of any kind of art I do because I'll be thinking about Christmas and what I want to make my family and friends. That's happening now, actually.

As I figure it out, I'll be able to share the journal entries and collage cards when I do those. There might be less posts as we get into the winter months in any case. I tend to hibernate a bit and stay away from the art table for a few months while just focusing on gifts and family time between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve. And then cleaning up and getting some fresh ideas for the year ahead always takes a little thought.

What I really like to do is to organize and get ready for the next wave for the first 3 months of the new year. I look forward to it. If anyone reads these posts at all here in my blog, you know I have mentioned this for the past few years. Taking time away means, as far as the blog goes, it'll be hit or miss each week.

However, this week was a mixed bag of hit or miss because I finished the mosaic panels and shared them on FB and Insta and I'll share them in a post on Monday. I'm ready for a mosaic making break and just ready for a break -- period.

I always manage to make a few things and this week was no exception. There's always fun to be had.

Fun with celery and a Gelli plate and acrylic paint! 

 

I made a lot of papers using the bottom of a celery stalk. It's so much fun to do.

I managed to make a great entry in my Creative Chaos Art Journal on Monday.

 And a daily collage card surprised me by it's dark and brooding look (almost witchy, huh?!) but delightful at the same time because it says "be fearless". Yes that doodle DOES look like a scythe (it didn't start out that way but here we are). Love it.

 

 

I make cards every day but rarely share them now. But I like this one above so much, I made a video reel about the moon I used. It came from an old Christmas card that resurfaced from a box of old cards shoved under my bed. I cut a lot of circles out in different sizes so I can use them in my collage. Feeling better about the choice to do that because now at least some of these beautiful cards will be seen in a new way forever and not as a cluster of old dusty cards found some day under my bed. I honor them more this way and I'm so grateful and appreciative to be on this mixed media collage painted papers journey.

Here, the first photo shows an art journal page in progress. Still not sure where I was headed with this and it took on a life of it's own and it became too dark. Not where I wanted it but I didn't want to cover it entirely and start over. I'm not sure where it's going yet but it's in the book waiting for the right time to be embellished or altered in some way.

Also there's a bookmark I made and I'm still working on that. This was a piece of art I cut to fit into a frame a few years ago. This was leftover and resurfaced as I was looking through the stickers I'm adding to computer paper (the ongoing project at the moment). The back might get embellishments or some cool words or something. Time will tell.

 

Enjoy the journey.

Cindy aka EarthMotherMosaics

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