I am behind on posting! I didn’t mean to go this long without a post, so here’s a big one!
Day 35 -Today Rob, Mom and I went on a little road trip to Amherst, Nova Scotia. We did some shopping around town, and found this liquidation store that was just full of random things. I got 2 rolls of really cool printed packing tape, and tonight used it to cover the little art journal I got in Hali a few weeks ago.
Day 34 -I did the background of green and copper paint for this page awhile ago in my art journal, and I knew almost right away I wanted to use it to make a New York themed page. Collage and mixed media.
Day 33 -Today I found my inspiration for my project at the dollar store. I bought this darling little canvas (a teeny 2.75″), and it came complete with the wooden easel. Some paint, and a card from a game, and here it is:
Day 32 -Today, I finally finished a culinary masterpiece a week and a half in the making; I finally took the plunge and made real French Macarons! After reading the intense instructions, including aging your egg whites for 5-7 days, and then aging the baked and filled cookies for another 3 days. The end result was well worth all the trouble. I’ll be making another post with a little more detail and lots more photos soon, but for now, here’s a taste. They are plain macarons with Fleur de Sel caramel filling.
Day 31 -For today’s craft, I made a cute little pic with the rubber stamp I carved yesterday, using a couple of stamps from another stamp set I had bought awhile back.
Day 30 -I have been wanting a wood grain rubber stamp for awhile, so today I finally broke down and made one myself. I had some stamp carving rubber, and a carving tool, so away I went. It didn’t take me as long as I thought it would!
Day 29 – Today I hauled out the clay (air dry pottery-type, not polymer), and made a few components for pieces I’m working on. I’ve missed working with real clay! Someday I’m going to have a kiln damnit. I’m going to sand the edges, and attach them to the piece.
Day 28 – Today I finished up a couple of recipe cards I was working on. I make these and trade them just like other mail art. I always made 2 of each recipe, so I can trade one and keep the other for myself. The left shows the fronts of both cards, and the right shows the backs.
Day 27 – Today, I didn’t get any projects finished, but I was in the craft room, cutting out some quilt pieces!
Love the tape and the wood grain stamp. I made one using the same tools of a leaf pattern.
Nice journal pages Jenn and cool tape. Can’t get that kind of stuff here, but occasionally someone sends me something with it on the outside so I have seen some variety.
I liked how you combined those two stamps. Just a good reminder of how else to use them.. Sometimes I forget things like that, yet so simple.
Blessings,
Coleen in Ukraine
Thanks Coleen! You can buy the decorative tapes on Etsy!
Those packing tapes are so cool indeed. Wish I could get some over here in Singapore. And great idea to use it as a background on your pages – they look lovely!
And the Dali painting you did in so cute. I love small canvas paintings. They are pretty and don’t occupy so much space in my small room.
And congrats on making those macarons, they look delicious! I’ve tried making them twice and failed miserably both times. I would love to see a tutorial on how to make them.
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I love the tape and the fabrics in the pictures! They are so cute and colorful!
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