Another Play Day

this time we were at Jeri's place and we did some great little projects here are some photo's .... click to enlarge

AB RR for online group

I am in a RR with 3 other people (4 people per book) my theme is "Fashion" and I am getting my spreads ready then I will need to do some work on the covers of my book before it's sent off ..... I am not going to post all of the spreads (3) today but here is one ... the colors aren't quite true on the spread photo's but really close on the close up of the corset .... click to enlarge

Help the Hounds

Doing this one for GRR "Help the Hounds" Charity medical fund-raiser ... 5x5" that will be added to a book for auction ... click to enlarge

Chicks from Count down on TenTwoStudios ......

My Altered Grand Tour - the book I taught at my Altered Book Retreat

Just Around the Corner

be sure to visit Lisa's free images for St. Patrick's and Easter ... http://countdown.tentwostudios.com/ ... these are some of her sweet little St. Patrick's kids

OK here are the full pictures

to reveal the sum of the parts ..... oh I think I forgot to say the red scraps are candy wrappers .... yes I sacrificed for art ....

Sneak Peek

I am doing a 5 for 5 tip in swap with an online group and the theme is "Recycle-Reuse-Scraps" ... so this is just a little glimpse at what mine are so far ... the scraps were from another couple of projects and so small I came close to throwing them away (so glad I didn't) the frog was brown and off an old blouse of mine so I died (with re-inker) it black to match my color scheme , the guarder hose clip was from a girdle I still had from the 1960's .... will post more later ..... click to enlarge

Spreading the word

just wanted to let everyone know that there is a relatively new blog that I think you should check out ..... From Salado Studio ...... Kate does such awesome things an it's every thing from stained glass work to paper arts and a slue of beautiful things in between .... Linda

Gothic Arches

Ok so I am way behind the curve on the Gothic Arches but last night I just had to do one ... no corresponding theme to any that is running right now I just wanted to do one .... so here is my first effort .... click to enlarge

Yea ..... kits are done

The kits are all made and so are the sample books ...... it's 2 weeks till my Altered Book Retreat and so far I think I am ready ...... will check my list of to do's again next week .... now maybe I can create something to post on this blog again .... Linda

I have been given a "You Make My Day" award

Andrea over at Andrea's Wimsey gave me this great award and now I want to pass it on .... "The rules for the “You Make My Day” award are to pass it forward to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration or just makes you feel good when you visit them. Let them know through email or by posting a comment on their blog so they can pass it on. Beware you may get the award several times, and if you do, consider yourself really, really loved. Here are 10 of the 100's of blogs that keep me inspired and bring a smile to my face. Check them out when you have a few minutes... perhaps there are some new friends to be made!

Chrisy

Penny

Kathy W.

Mandy

Caryl

Rande

Carol

Audrey

Jo

Catharina

Want to put up my new banner

but Blogger is having problems with slider bars on the layouts so it will have to wait .... in the mean time you can see it here ..... Linda

Did some art today

Well did some altering today ... this is a tote bag and the front of an apron that I altered for my up coming AB Retreat as prizes ....

Sharing image

Adopt an Ancestor ..... he just looks like he needs a home ..... enjoy ... Linda F

One World Winner is ---- drum roll

Angelika and she live in Leeuwarden, Netherland ...... so Angelika please email me your snail mail address so I can get this little goodie in the mail to you ..... thanks for stopping by ...... Linda

Mary Lynn's tag

Mary Lynn thanks for thinking of me ... at this time I have having family health problems that I am dealing with on a daily basis so I may have to pass up this tag ... not that I really want to just need to at this time ... by the end of next week I should have things under control so I can get back to my art ...... Linda

One World Give Away

I read about this super event and wanted to join ... life has been getting in the way of my art but this I had to do ...... to get all of the information click on One World .... I am late in joining but I will draw a name from the ones that leave comments and mail this by the end of Feb ..... oh I make these to keep track of the books and magazines I loan out to people .... Linda

Altered Book Retreat Update

ok the "how to's" are printed and the folders are made .... so this is what the handouts will look like .... now there is still lots to do but I am making headway ..... for all RETREAT information just click

Sharing

Still working on things for the Altered Book Retreat but decided to put up an image you might be able to use in some of your art ......

Sorry it's been so long

I am very busy getting things ready for the Altered Book Retreat I will be doing in March ... kits are about 90% complete one sample ready and starting on the handouts .... still need to gather other bits and pieces for kits and do the little things that make a retreat work .... will try and get something done that I can post soon .... hope everyone is doing lots of art and staying warm or cool whichever part of the world you are in ...... later Linda

For those who come to my Altered Book Retreat

I have begun to make little books for everyone who attends my Altered Book Retreat in March ... so each of them have a place to put their new friends names, email addresses and such this is a sampling ... click to enlarge

My Studio - "my orgainzed mess" - NOW

ok just remember it is a WORKING studio and I am in the middle of making up kits and samples for the Altered Book Retreat March 2008 ..... or that's my excuse ...... click to enlarge

My Studio - "my orgainzed mess" - THEN

Seems like the first of every year we all start wondering how to organize the clutter we live and work with so I decide to post what my studio looked like when it was built then some of what it looks like now about 4 years later ...... click to enlarge images

Steno Pad

Today I made this steno pad so that my friend will always have a pad handy to make notes she will just hang it where ever and it won't get covered up .... click to enlarge

Time to Share

Thought some of you might be interested in seeing other parts of the world ....

Little Boy

just a little card I whipped up ....

ATC

I needed to do something with some of the scraps that kept calling to me so I put them together for this little ATC .... click to enlarge

Playing Around Today

I have been wanting to do one of these for sometime now so today I decided "today's the day" ... don't know how many of you have penny wrappers laying around but that is what I used but any coin holder would work ..... click to enlarge

AB round robin pages

Just finished some pages for a Canadian friend for her Altered Book ... thought I would show them ... as you can see I used one of the free images off of my blog ... her theme was Black & White & Red all over .... click image to enlarge