Thread Spool Poetry

I finished my two thread spool poetry "things" for my swap. They were inspired by Kelli Perkins and when my sketchbook group saw them on her blog, we fell in love and decided to  make a swap of it.  Kelly is also going to be teaching a workshop on how to make these at International Quilt Festival this weekend in Rosemont, IL. I am just about crazy enough to pay for the workshop, just to take a class with her! 

The green one reads: "An anticipated bite of buttered scone... relish a small moment of magic... I insist" (I keep thinking of that buttered scone...mmm)  

They are so much fun to make, I've got another two almost completed, waiting for words, and another three or four started. And I have giant vintage wooden spool that I bought from Rebecca Ersfeld of Vintage Living, a gorgeous little boutique in downtown Glen Ellyn. (She is also featured in the next Where Women Create magazine!) Of course I don't know what the heck I'm going to do with them all. They're just pretty and fun to make. AND I learned something while making these. Always make sure your muslin is unrolling the right direction and your embellishment ends up on TOP as you unroll it. Learned that lesson the hard way, hehe. 

The pink one unrolls to the found poetry words: "You have a remarkable beauty and kind heart" 

I love this one and I can honestly say that whoever gets this one, it will apply. Because all the women in the group are remarkable women and I am so grateful to have met them and I feel so privileged to be able to share and swap art with them. Mwah!

Mixed Media (last) Monday

Hehe. I made this little canvas in response to LAST week's mixed media prompt which was "It's not all black and white". I envisioned very soft white background with the black bird silhouette I got from a blog called "A Year in the Life of an Art Journal". Yah. Couldn't do it in black and white. But... it's not ALL black and white anyway, right? The birds have some Black Soot Crackle Paint on it. The background has many collaged layers consisting of napkins, music paper, sewing pattern paper, various tissue papers... I threw some thread snips on there that I found sticking to myself after a sewing project. In the upper right hand corner I grouped some buttons and put a BE in one of them and covered it with diamond glaze, stamped "2" in front of it. 

I used "found poetry" to add the words. I started ripping up a large print romance book (Don't tell Mom!) and using the larger text to find words I like. It's so much nicer that the normal tiny printed text. I blame it on Kelli Perkins, hehe. I'm working on some Thread Spool Poetry and needed larger words, but I wanted to use original found words, not made up and printed stuff. This particular book is a treasure trove of fabulous romantic words to use. I did finish my thread spool but it's drying at the moment. I'll post that soon. 


Now to see what THIS weeks Mixed Media Monday prompt is...