31 march 2012

This spread took loooooong, I just couldn't get the background 

and layering the way I wanted it..

The angel is dressed in antique French lace :)

4th april 2012 

I am really happy with this one, but the face wouldn't have worked

 without the guidance of Effy Wild  

 (Being a Fairytale Lover, I picked a quote 

from Hans Christian Andersen)

 This has become my spread for the entire Month of March

Here are the Close ups

The pages speak for themselves I think :)

March was just so good for me!

 The Spring weather, my work and my relationships,

even online in the Book of Days Sisterhood  

... my dear sisters in Art.

Lots of Mind-fullness going on :))

I am totally in balance with myself

and so GRATEFUL for everything!

THE EARTH LOVES IN FLOWERS

These pages I made over last week.

Inspired by Effy Wild's video of monday and
Milliandes Seed journal

First I did the backgrounds. Gesso and lots and lots of layers...

 Mind you, after the first layers I actually got up from my chair, 

and stood painting like a real artist *lol*

I even started to fingerpaint out of the bleu.
And my new BFF the Brayer did its job!

(The red heart was send to me by Pattie B. !)

 

The poppy's and poppyseeds are my '3 am people' and all the new
ones that have come into my life through Book of Days

I was really going out of my comfort-zone artwise here!

I am always terribly neat and very organized.

It almost felt like I ran a fever, I have never been so dirty after arting!

It was so not me, so new and so out of the box

it felt GREAT!

BOD Volume #2

My Book of Days volume 2 is ready to go! :)

I think this one will be a crossover between  
Art journal and Junque Book of Days

I am happy with the cover and the back, the colors are warm
and the layering is deepand I feel totally in Balance with it.
Worked on it for more than 5 hours!

Of course my word of the Year : CHERISH 

will be remained, it feels just what it should be for 2012!

Before I got totally hooked on mixed media in my Book of Days, I did a lot of arting on smaller pieces of paper! I was (and still am) totally in to ATC - MAKING and ALTERING ROLODEX CARDS....


If you are interested, here are some examples

Click here for more ATC's 

And here are some examples of my Rolodex Cards
  
Click here for more of My ROLODEX cards

Some people really liked the Postcards I was talking about before!

These are mostly from my active Post-crossing time

Want to see my complete COLLECTION?

Go here:   My Picasa

"I found my family in a Book"

The prompt of this spread read :Who are you really?

I have had a crush on Japanese culture for my whole life and by that

 I mean especially the Maiko and Geisha !

 I am just so interested in their culture, the clothing and the traditions.

I am corresponding with some lovely Japanese women.

I have a large collection of Japanese Art Postcards 

you can see them here: Japanese Art Postcards

And here are my Cultural (Geisha/Maiko) Postcards
 Japanese Culture Postcards

So that's where this page came from 
The Dutch Geisha and that is of course me :)

The rest of the spread is Journalling about 
a trip to one of my fave Artshops ...

well a Artsy girl never has enough stuff and supplies lol...

The japanese symbols say "I love myself"

and YES... that is the pretty truth after almost 50  years !