Documented Life - On T Tuesday

Here's a reprise of some tea cup art

for T Tuesday...

Joining the T party over at

Altered Book Lover.

Week 18 of The Documented Life Project 

was to include a quote on the page. Since my

tip-in page that week had used some ledger

paper, I felt a quirky collage was in order...

Supplies: Ledger paper, Loteria card, diagram from

a book of science experiments for kids, illustration

from a vintage vacation/travel booklet, rose image

cut from cover of sticker book, and a tiny scrap

from a Shorthand textbook.

I feel gladsome that you dropped by...

but  "I aim to misbehave."

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Documented Life Project

Week 17 prompt:

"Draw or photograph your favorite shoes.

Add it to your page."

Sharpie pen drawing of my favorite

black "booties," with watercolor wash.

Collage includes words from a magazine,

washi tape, hole reinforcements,

dots punched from magazine,

and fabric.

I was not sure about this 

prompt at first, but the page did

turn out better than I expected...

  I originally wanted

to keep the page in all Black & White,

but when the hot pink lettering

came to light, I figured

'why not?'

Love the stripy fabric, 

and polka dot fabric

  which I bought at a local flea market.

Feeling pleased that I am keeping up

with the Documented Life Project

weekly challenges, and enjoying

them so far.  The Facebook group has

over 6,000 members.  That is pretty huge!

What has been really great is the

encouraging and generous sense

of community in the group.

Visit Art to the 5th blog

to find out more about the project.

It's never too late to join!

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Collage on T Tuesday

A collage made from some scraps

in honor of Earth Day, and

Elizabeth's T Tuesday.  Included are:

 brown craft paper with craft acrylics,

scrap of kleenex box cardboard,

scraps of fabric, painted papers,

tea bag tag, 

watercolor paint over book text,

thread, 

and text cut from a book.

Spread in the Mini Smash book, with another 

tea bag tag and kleenex cardboard. I drew the 

cupcake, the lettering was already printed on

the background page and I went over it

with a marker to darken it.  On the right,

the black and white border came from 

junk mail.  Thought a recipe was in order

to go with my tea, since I don't usually

buy baked goods!  I haven't actually tried

this recipe yet, but it sounds wonderful!

Hope you will visit 

Elizabeth and Bluebeard for

T Tuesday... and

also stop by my Fake Journal Blog-

Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal

to see what my 'altered ego'

has been doing this April!

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Easter Greetings

---just sayin'.

Please visit my Fake Art Journal blog:

Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal...

I only do a 'fake journal' in April each year,

and there are only 13 days left.

See if you can figure out what

my character does

and why those things

are in my journal...

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Random Thoughts on T Tuesday

Week 16 of the Documented Life Project:

add a cardboard box (from food) to your page.

Since we had yet MORE SNOW last night,

on April 15, 2014!

strawberries and sunshine

sound pretty darn good

right about now...

A recycled folder that I lightly sanded

and painted to make a little book...

paper yet to be added in pamphlet stitch.

A page in my Eco Green Smash book-

recording my grandson's comment about

my bag matching my clothes. How many

8 yr.-old boys notice that?! and

how cool is that?!

Practicing caricatures for a

local prom...

no erasing when you are working

solely in marker!

Had to break out the snowman mug today...

sheesh!

so tired of being cold...

visit Bluebeard and Elizabeth for

T Tuesday

to share a warm beverage and

random thoughts...

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Tea Cups and Documentation- T Tuesday

A tea cup for my Fake Journal 2014...

see the post on my blog

Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal.

Continuing with the

Documented Life Project...

Week 15 was a challenge to

create a page using a monochromatic

color scheme:  shades and tints of

all one color.  This is an attempt

at a self-portrait (wrinkles removed!)

using watercolors.  The dark red

was tinted with a bit of purple for

the darkest shade.

I guess I am so 'serious' because it's

difficult to keep smiling while I'm

focusing on the painting!

Another image from my Fake Journal 2014.

Watercolor and Pitt pen.  Design from a

tea cup. I really like the tan/gray color

combined with the soft blue...

Linking up with Elizabeth and Bluebeard

 for T Tuesday.

Have a nice hot cup of something

and join her for Assemblage Fun!

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Drawing ~ Documented Life Project

The Documented Life Project:

Week 13. Have someone draw 

on your page.  Finish it.

I didn't strictly have mom draw directly

on my page. This is a copy of a fashion

drawing that she did around 1950 or so.

(Below) She drew with pencil, then

inked with a dip pen and India ink.

I had a copy made on card stock, 

then watercolored it and added the

quote by CoCo Chanel.

Don't you love her drawing?

Thanks Mom!

Week 14.  Write your name. Decorate.

I was inspired by graffiti on railroad cars.

(Below) Sketched in pencil, then

Sharpie pen, then watercolors.

I am having so much fun doing art journals

that not much is getting done around the 

house. But a person has to have priorities...

Above, a page in my Eco Green Smash Book.

When I find bits of art projects that I am 

not sure what to do with, it has been ending

up in the Smash book...if I can make it fit!

Hope you will find time to make 

some art today!

April Fish on T Tuesday

~ APRIL FOOL!~

From Wikipedia:

"In 1508, a French poet, Eloy d'Amerval referred to a Poisson d'avri

(April fool, literally "April fish") a possible reference to the holiday.

In 1539, Flemish poet Eduard de Dene wrote of a nobleman who 

sent his servants on foolish errands on 1 April. 

 In 1698, several people were tricked into

going to the Tower of London to 'see the Lions washed.' "

"The tradition in France, and in French-speaking Canada

includes attempting to attach a paper fish to the

victim's back without being noticed- poisson d'avril-

(literally 'April's fish) and is also widespread in

other nations such as Italy.  The Flemish tradition

is for children to lock out their parents or teachers,

only letting them in if they promise to bring

treats the same evening or the next day."

~Wikipedia

"In 1957, the BBC pulled a prank, known as the

Swiss Spaghetti Harvest prank, where they 

broadcast a fake film of Swiss farmers picking

freshly-grown spaghetti.  The BBC were later

flooded with requests to purchase spaghetti

plants, forcing them to declare the video as a prank

 on the news the next day."

~Wikipedia

To read the Top Hoaxes perpetrated on April Fool's Day

go to the Museum of Hoaxes...

and have a good laugh!

It's time to begin my Fake Journal 2014 Project,

so be sure to visit Cottonwood Counterfeit Journal

to see what my 'alter ego' is up to--no foolin'!

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Joining Elizabeth for her T Tuesday link party...

and sharing a collage 

created with a tea bag -- just because

I liked that wonderful leaf green color!

Hope you have a fun day...

and enjoy a good joke!

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