Inspiration!

Alas, I have no new art to share.

Adjusting to summer has robbed me of what little creative zip and zing I possess!

Oh, but rest assured, all is not lost!

Here's a cool link to some great art at Inspire Me Thursday!

Why not check it out?

It's truly inspirational!

Mystery girl?

I'm not a big fan of porcelain dolls.

Ordinarily, I like my dolls to be strange and abstract.

This cutie patooty however, interests me.

I'm not sure if it's her wacky hairdo, or those odd little eyes, or the crocheted dress, but something about this little doll is oddly compelling.

My grandfather gave this doll to me. Although she appears to be more than a few decades old, she is in excellent shape. She's about six to eight inches tall. Her entire body is porcelain and the legs and arms move.

I'd sure like to know more about her.

If you recognize her, or think that you might know more about her, would you kindly let me know?

Purpose found....

I wasn't sure where I was going with this Creative Play Day Challenge piece.

I think I now know.

I'm going to make a small, 5 inch by 5 inch square felt book that speaks to the pain of child abuse and neglect. It will be entitled, "Childhood Lost".

This will be one page in that book.

Too many children suffer from the effects of child abuse and neglect....too freaking many.

This ought not be.

Will making this book change anything?

Yes. Put quite simply, it will change me.

It will be yet another step I will take towards healing my own woundedness.

And who knows, maybe, just maybe when I've completed "Childhood Lost" it will help someone else too!

Childhood lost...

The theme for this week's Creative Play Day Challenge is "Childhood".

My piece is a digitally altered photo of a crying child that I printed onto a piece of cotton fabric.

Do check back in a day or two. I should have more photos up soon....

Summer Psalms

Paper Bag Book Cover

This paper bag book cover was created using handmade papers, paper flowers, beads, and sharpie markers.

The colors are much richer in person. I wish you could all see how soft and beautiful it is!

Here's a photo of the back cover.....



Just in case you were wondering, here's what the back cover says:

Summer Psalms is a small but praise worthy collection of psalms composed and illustrated by three beloved daughters of the King.

Take a few moments. Fix yourself a glass of iced tea. Find a cool, shady spot to sit and then prepare yourself. Because...

Summer Psalms is your opportunity to experience the sacred ordinary through the writing and the art of three women who understand that every summer day is a living, breathing psalm!

I mailed this book out the other day so that the next person in our Round Robin will be able to do a two page spread. I'm hoping that each person in the RR will compose their own psalm and include it in their spread.

The RR will end with the summer.

Won't it be fun to see this book when it returns?

I can hardly wait!

Scattered pieces

paper bag book cover

My paper bag book is coming together nicely.

I have the front and the back cover ready to assemble.

All I need to do is to glue the paper spine, glue on the front and back covers, and then set the rivets!

I'll post more photos when the book is completely assembled and when I have better light!

Until then, here is a photo of my ISBN number from the back cover page!