Afterthought

"Creativity is something that needs to be practiced and exercised; the more you engage with the practice, the more you will get from it."  Philippa Stanton

Last season Alyson had fun taking photographs of curls and spirals on the vines in her community gardens.....and I never grew tired of seeing them in our evening photo exchange. I shared some of them here in this post.  I used one of them on the other side of the book....and several more here on this back side.

I shrunk the photos and printed them onto copy paper...then cropped them for the backgrounds.  I like this side better than the front....and it was an afterthought.  I guess sometimes afterthoughts can produce the best results.  

Happy Birthday Alyson!

 

 

You can see a video of the little book here on my Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqon-WBpU9Y/

A reader asked what I use to cut out the tiny birds.  

For tiny fussy cutting I use this pair of scissors. They have thin blades and a very sharp fine point making it easier to get into the tight little places in and around the bird wings and parts.

As I was tidying up my fusing station....I had an idea for a page in the art journal....and another chance to practice my hand lettering.  

I painted the green lines with watercolor......then did the lettering and fused on the strips and shapes on before stitching it into the book.  I think it looks like spring.  

And Philippa's quote couldn't be more true for me. Absorbing inspiration and information is an important part of my daily creative practice and fuels my doing.