Glue It Tuesday! On Wednesday! And Mail Art!

Hi.  You know me.  Miss 'I'll be there in a minute, or tomorrow, or I may have to wait until after payday.' 

 

Yes, you know me.  Miss 'It's due Monday?  I'll send it three days from now if that's okay.' 

 

YOU KNOW ME:  Miss, 'Glue It Tuesday?!!?!?  But I haven't continued my 365 Collages in 2013 Projects, and when I do, it will be on MY terms, at MY convenience, and when I CAN GET out of MY bed!'

 

(Just WHAT are you doing in bed so much, Miss let me talk a lot about myself while other people have better things to do?)

 

Aimee, at Artsyville, doesn't have any problem at all with people posting their Glue It Tuesdays on Wednesday.  That's what I love about her.  Also: everything else she does.

 

Okay, here are the latest collages.  I have been saving this Easter-egg-dyed coffee filter for three years.  Didn't know what to do with it.  Now, I do:

Color Garden

 

Color Garden is collaged onto one of those woven liners that comes with flower bouquets at Trader Joe's.  They are very porous, and it happens that they do not want to stick to their page very easily.  They also don't want other things to stick to them very easily.  So, this was a bit of a challenge, but finally things stuck (hand it to Elmer's!).

 

Because I had such success with the fiber flower liner above, I decided to use a piece of orange vellum for the next one.  I don't know if you've ever worked with vellum, but if you have, I don't have to tell you, but...

 

Stuff didn't want to stick.  It's probably my fault.  I refuse to use E6000 in my collage journal.  Or anything else toxic.  Maybe some Liquitex gel medium, which claims to be toxic, but which has never made me sick after licking my fingers.

 

(TMI?)

 

So, here's the vellum page.  I found a cool image on a Trader Joe's wine wrapper and I had to use it.  Because we have 'an agreement'.

 

Wine For Health

Thank goodness THAT part of the post is over!  Because NOW, I have to tell you...

I got a wonderful piece of mail art from Dawn!  Look at this postcard!

 

Dawn, of Girl Unwinding, and I agreed to swap postcards!  Isn't this pretty?  And it feels pretty!  It has great texture and richness. 

 

One day, I may send her one in return.

Next up:  Chris celebrates her 40th birthday 16 years late, and AARP renegs on some benefits.

Late Note!--  It's not really my birthday!  I was just making a joke... 

365 Collages, and Glue It Tuesday

Can you believe Tuesday has come around again so soon?  I couldn't!  But most of my days are like this, just whooshing by before I can sleep through them, read blogs, or get another moving violation from the California Highway Patrol. 

And, because it's Tuesday, it Must be time to Glue It!

Aimee's Glue It Tuesday has infected everyone with the collage strain.  Don't deny it!  You want to glue papers to other papers, creating texture, line, shape, and color which combine to transport you to inspiration-land.  What I like about collage is that it's fun, it doesn't take a lot of time unless you want it to, it's full of possibilities, and it can either complete a page or be the starting point for ever more detail and yumminess on the page.  My collage journal is filled with many pages that can be visited upon by pen work, paint, stamping, and maybe even glitter!  Or, not. 

And, with no further ado, this is what I've been gluing in my collage journal this week, thus continuing my 365 Collages in 2013 project:

Web

The Town Gossip

Interior Design

Whole Grains

Transportation

How to Set A Dinner Table

Trying to Get Out

Accompanied Sonata

As always, thanks Artsyville, for bringing so many of us together to stick paper to other paper!

Glue It Tuesday... and April Link Love!

After missing half of Aimee's Glue It Tuesdays, I thought I'd meander over here and give it a go. 

 

Do you not love Artsyville's Glue It Tuesdays?!?  Of course you do!  I actually celebrate it by taking my Elmer's out and putting it right on my desk at work!  Hoping someone will notice, and ask about it.  So I can tell them.

 

Apparently, it's not going to happen.  I work in a very small office with my own cubicle and a big DON'T BUG ME sign on the door.  People are so literal.

 

Anyway, in addition to jumping into Aimee's Glue, I have also satisfied a little of my collage challenge.  I suppose you've noticed that I haven't caught up to the days of 2013 with my 365 Collages Project??

 

You haven't?  You haven't been concentrating on my collaging activities?

 

Well, this changes everything. 

 

It makes me even more determined to not concentrate on your activities.  So, there.  All that time you spend baking wonderful muffins, or hand-stitching 147 coasters for the auxilliary faire, or putting the

U-Joint back into the car somewhere near where the O-Ring should be... I'm not even going to ask about those things! 

 

Which is good, because I barely had time to make these four measly collages:

 

Orbital

(featuring a college sheet by Marie Otero) 

 

Blue Monday

(because I actually finished this on Monday,

and also because I am not good at naming things)

 

 

 Tagline

(guess which one?)

 

 

Garlic Mesh bag atop Geometric Origami Paper

(may be a metaphor, or could be literal--you guess)

However, although the collages this week are few, I really enjoyed making them.  It's so fun and at the same time, soothing, to get out all the paper and glue.  And then forget why they're out and decide, finally, to put them away. 

I decided to go ahead and complete April's Link Love with the following five lovelies:

1.  Natasha White Designs.  This site is a new discovery, but I find Natasha to be funny, energetic, and filled with great ideas.  I'd steal some of them if I didn't know how smart she is!

 

2.  Lynne Hoppe.  Just go over to Lynne's.  There's no one like her.

 

3.  Wanda Marie Miller.  I've been visiting Wanda since the early days of her blog, and she's had so many artistic adventures I found myself having to rush to catch up if I ever missed a week!  I love it that she just jumps in without fear.

 

4.  Sparkle Days Studio.  Besides all the great colors and the one-of-a-kind creations you'll find here, Corinne is one of the most supportive voices you'll see on the interblogs.  She is truly passionate about the blog community. 

 

5.  Rachel Whetzel.  Rachel and I have an interesting bloggy friendship:  I join facebook, she friends me, I leave facebook, she friends me on instagram.  I make smarty comments about her chickens and lambs, and she doesn't block me.  But beyond all that:  LOOK AT HER DOLLS! 

 

This is the last week for April Link Love, and I got this post in under the April wire.  But I honestly believe that we all need to shout out to each other once in awhile.  Many people are letting their blogs lapse.  And there certainly are downfalls to blogging, when we're all so busy, and we risk a lot to be here, and sometimes we question ourselves, and sometimes we just get bored.  But many of us are staying with it because it is an awesome record of our growth, our accomplishments, our friendships, our emotional lives, and can often feel like home when we need one.

 

Who do you think is groovy?