Paper, Pencil, Paint

I have been busy creating the past 3 days and finally finished this piece. 

It went through a number of stages before it was finished.....

below are some pictures at an early stage.

 

And here it is completed. 

The pages turned out curved 

because I decided to  glue heavy paper to the back of each page. 

 At first I was disappointed with that

but not anymore. 

It was a fun project, 

and I LOVE how the covers turned out. 

 

More play to come..... I hope!

Experimentation

I have a long list of things under the heading

"Things To Try"

I find the list grows longer  more quickly than I manage to try things.  

Making beads has been on this list for some time, 

and this week I  decided to try my hand at making polymer clay beads. 

As I have never worked with clay before, I purchased a tutorial from  

The Blue Bottle Tree, 

and started to play. 

I have created a few pair of earrings.....

and as is often the case for me, 

this experimenting has triggered many other creative ideas,

and sent me off in other jewelry making directions.  

So much fun..... so little time!

Collage Critters

I have had a bit of time to create some collage critters. 

I mounted them on some book board that I hinged together 

so they could stand up. 

A Road Trip Or Two

We have had company for the past week, 

so have been driving around showing off the Yukon.

We also went exploring on the Alaskan coast. 

Some New Books

This week my creative time was spent 

making some new little books. 

You can see the one I made and filled earlier this year, 

and the two new ones ...... waiting to be filled.

These books are quite small

and have accordion style pages. 

I am now debating  

whether to put them up for sale

or fill them myself.  

I want to share another NEW book. . . . 

Roxanne Evans Stout's new book has just been released in the U.S.A.

 and will be available in Canada in a couple of weeks.

Storytelling with Collage 

I can't wait to see it!

Not only because she included a creation of mine in it,

 but because I LOVE everything Roxanne creates, 

and know that there will be so much to enjoy 

in both the images and the words.  

A Stack of Journals

Here are the journals that I have on the go. 

Actually the top one is full and I blogged about it not long ago.

The next one in the pile is a handmade book

I made a few years ago. 

 I decided to use it to stick bits of leftover pieces

that end up on my desk in

and then draw or paint or collage from there. 

The next book in the stack is one I have shared before, 

and I haven't added anything in it this year yet.... hopefully soon!

I have been taking an online class with Katie Kendrick

in which we used an old book to collage bits of paper to, 

and  then painted or collaged onto.

This is the final book of the stack.

I shared a few pages that I completed in it here 

All but one of these journals was started in 2016.

So many pages yet to fill..... so little creative time!

About Little

Another Little Creation

made with layers of paper glued down 

to a base of folded watercolour paper

with added gesso, paint and graphite

I am beginning to realize that I often work little

as I only have little bits of creative time. 

I wonder if I would work bigger if I had big chunks of creative time?

In Love With Little - Part Two

I started this little journal early in the new year,

and shared some images then. 

And here it is not even the middle of  February

and I have finished it!

I can strike one New Year's Resolution off the list already!

And that my friends is why I love working little!

(although I have already started 3 other new journals 

- but none of them will be finished in 2016!)