Wonderful Mail Day

  After a long day at work and then running errands, I had such a wonderful surprise in the mail box. A package from across the pond. The postage stamp is so cool. I will be saving that and using it on a project!

This was the label that was on the package. I love the design and it was made from recycled paper.

Then I opened the package and what a wonderful piece of art was inside. It is from a blogger friend at  Evil Ednas world domination plans. It is part of a "Pay It Forward" posting she had. As you can see it made of pizzle pieces glued together. She has layers of colors, it looks like some metalic one too.

I tried to capture the embossing that has been added. There are all kinds of designs that look like gears, cogs, and other round items.

There is also a beautiful metal piece that she had added. It is a vine with leaves and flowers. It is such a unique piece. I am so thankful to have this little piece art from a very creative blogger friend. THANKS so much Evil Edna...

Pay it Forward item

Back in January I ran across a fun project called "Pay it Forward". So I joined in. The project was to provide a little art project to whoever commented that they would like to join on my post. I finished it and sent it to my one person that joined, Erin at Altered By The Sea. The piece was my first time to use gesso. I added it to the frame, covered some old pages to create the snow covered mountains, and sprinkled on the sky. The piece had to include a little scrap panda of course! This was fun, I would like to find more share projects.

Put it together

In my art journey, I have learned that I really like putting pieces together. Trying not to judge myself so harshly when it doesn't seem to fit. I guess that is why I love SCRAPS.. Even though I have a tiny desk, I cover a lot of it with scraps.

I love the design of Art. Not sure if that makes any sense but it is the best way to describe what I am learning. I like to see how paint works with ink. I like different types of paper and how it works with different medias. 

My plan today started with thoughts of ART.. and what I did was create lots of layers and pieces.

I did complete a piece I have been working on. Can't show it all right now as it is part of my "Pay it Forward" and I want it to be a surprise. I had fun with gesso today. I tried it with paper and then I added it to the frame. Then I had fun putting the frame together. I will show more another day.