spring forward

This isn't the best picture...and it was just something I did in the corner of a composition book, but I thought I would share it anyway...Obviously(!) inspired by spring AND daylight savings time...as well as the "reminder" to myself to keep pressing forward...a little lettering fun...

Happy Spring!!!

just right

Here is the page in my altered book that I posted about last time...WITH the focal image...

and here she is up close...

I love this image, and when I came across it in my "stash," I knew that it was the right image for this page.  I glued it down, swiped a bit of gesso on it to incorporate it onto the page. I doodled a simple frame around it and scribbly wrote some words on the side. These things (gesso, pen work, and writing) help the image "belong" on the page...not just a random "floating" image.

I'm very happy with the spread now...it may be finished...maybe  :)  ...unless I come across something else that would be just right also.

that was fun!

I've been teaching altered book basics this year, and so this has been my "playground."  This is one of the pages I have been playing with...

Combining my love of letters, collage,wash tape, fun edges, doodling...it is still in process since I know that I want to add clip art or a stamped image...I will update you as I finish it...

Too much fun!!!