i don't know how windy it has been where you live, but, it has been crazy windy here.....all those reds, yellows, and golds are being blown right off of the trees with our 60 mph gusts. i have had to do some traveling recently with work and have been admiring the glorious colors of falls before they are gone.

driving provides my mind with time to wander as i am taking in the colors. i have ideas and concepts whirling around in my head like the leaves blowing around in the streets. some i get down onto paper, but, some whirl around and may keep blowing on down the street. sometimes it is so hard to capture those fleeting thoughts isn't it?

do you have ideas and concepts you have been working on? leave me a comment and let me know.

happy wednesday!

art in a box- wander

doing a little artistic wandering....exploring.

what if i do this? a little of that? does this work? i know i have something in this drawer that will work...if i can find it.

participating in an art in a box swap. this has been something that i have wanted to try and i have to say.....after making this one, i feel hooked and will have to try this again. maybe next time trying my hand at making my own box.

i made my art in a box in two pieces. i cut a piece to work on and then, glue into my actual box.

i used a variety of vintage papers and some stamping for the background of my piece above...including a pic of a great, great, great uncle- who was looking rather dapper. i used a piece of sticky back foam to pop my word off the page.

i had the perfect sized box and painted the edges and some of the background black. i had cut the box down to a size i felt would fit my piece which ended up being about a 2" edge.

i glued my background into my box and then added the little car and houses from a vintage monopoly game. love this....

happy monday.