small struggles {square}

so for as easy as my other squares this week were....this 3 inch square was bound to be difficult - i should have known. this square has plenty of layers of collage and paint, overlaid with doodles; but, i was not happy with my girl....or whatever she is. i had to stop as i was starting to destroy my base which was a file folder.

happy friday.

week of smalls {twinchies}

this is my week of smalls....monday it was inchies and today it is twinchies....twinchies are a two inch square and for me, this size is a bit easier.

i like the square and this size is big enough to do a little more- actually look at your composition and layout.

i used a variety of collage papers with splashes of color and to finish my squares off, i ran them through my sewing machine (which always makes me happy!).

i used a different stencil for each pop of color. and the orange piece above and the green below are pieces of peeled paper-paint from other projects that were still on my counter.

the circle pop of watercolor below is one of Roben-Marie's Laguna Dreaming mini stickers. i also bought the mini tabs for making mixed media rolodex cards and other projects. her products are always printed on very nice quality non-glossy paper- so they are easy to mix into your own work. you can see what else Roben-Marie has in her shop here.

happy wednesday!

inchies

have you ever made "inchies?" they sound like they should always be super easy because they are so small, but, believe it or not- sometimes small is not easy.

 too small=hard

so thank goodness while i was pondering what to do, i noticed an old receipt and my pile of small fabric scraps. i used file folders cut down to size as the base and then, glued my ephemera paper onto each square before sewing my small fabric scraps on. i love that purple thread.....gives a pop of color on these neutral flavored squares.

classtime {by bun} phase two...progress

making some progress on my pages....

happy friday.

classtime {by the bun}

i just love by bun, don't you? love the details and doodles- her art journal pages are so amazing! so when she had posted that she was doing an online Creatures class....i had to take the plunge and give it a whirl.

i am working through her class....here are my phase one pics. roxanne normally works in an altered book, so i removed pages out of a book that was falling apart- but, i liked the size and the paper felt good.

just love this pic of the two boys....

the class is easy to follow and if you do have questions- she is great about answering your questions. stay tuned....more to come!

today's frustration....

i am only techy enough to be dangerous....seriously. so last week there had been a few comments left and i so wanted to be able to reply- right?....

so i googled how to enable the ability to reply and got that added almost too easily. (i should have known better- cuz i was so proud of myself.....silly girl....)

but, when i did that i apparently deleted all of my "share" buttons on the end of the posts- like FB, twitter, google +, etc....and now, seriously- i can't seem to get the share buttons added back......

if you have an easy to read article to get these share buttons added back into the bottom footnote of posts- i would be ever grateful!

filtered {artjournal}

tuesday's girl would always need a filter