Sorry for the long absence!

Thought I'd better check in as it's been

so long since I've done a post, and to my

surprise, many more of you have signed

on in my absence!

THANK YOU!

How Wonderful!

I guess since I have been at this blog for some

years now, there is a lot to dig through and find

some motivation for your mojo!

Nothing major, and/or exciting to post honestly,

I have only had the opportunity for short stints

this past few months of tag making and quick

art time. Here are s a few of my mini projects....

...lots of tag making!

Lots of Bits and Bob's usage of 

Graphics from a myriad of Wonderful

Graphics Companies.

Itkupilli, Tumble Fish, Crowabout and

ArtChix to name a few...

And stamping and inks always a fun way

to be creative.

....self portrait.....grin.....

I love tag making, it's a quick way

to grab some art time without a lot of fuss.

...and of course some digital arts play time too....

...and had a great fun time with Itkupilli's

latest concept of torn photos....

...they were a fun challenge!

Always great fun to have a play with the 

Graphics from

the Designers at Mischief Circus.

( Itkupilli Graphics used above).

And had a bit of playing around with

some small projects...

Mixed Media Bracelets

using ArtChix Graphics.

Ideas from the wonderful workshop

from Desert Dreams Studio a 

few years back!

I need more practice :)

So there you go....

I've been gone, but have kept my toes in the 

creative waters.

And now that we're in the 

Christmas Season

with Year end looming....

Oliver Howard and I would like to send

You All

the 

Best of Wishes 

for the Holiday Season!

Here's to a Fabulous 2017 

For All of Us!

See you next year!

Cheers!!!

Better Late than Never...

Hey All

Thought I'd better at least 

check in with you all so you'll know I am still around,

and yes, still floundering for the Summer months.

But as the Summer is coming to a close,

I'm pleased to say I've still managed to get a bit

of art time in once in a while, so just a quickie

blog post to catch up.

First off, Better late than never,

I'm referring to the Fabulous Workshop 

I took a couple of years back with 

Desert Dreams Studio's

Mary Jane Chadbourne

Her Wood Doll Workshop was great fun,

and I'd bought three of her great wood doll blanks,

and had completed two of them, but the third

ended up on a back burner as life tends to get in the way.

So pleased to say I finally finished the third wood doll.

Named my Hippie Dippy Doll

'When Pigs Fly'

It's been one of my favourite sayings for years,

and I tend to collect flying pigs so thought

with this last doll I'd go for it :)

Using Mary Jane's Wonderful Wood Doll Blank

and lots of papers and bits and bobs, 

and some great items, including the 

Lazier Cut Out of the Flying Pig

from 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

I so enjoyed getting back into playing

with assemblages again, and even went as

far as making bits using my art tags to incorporate.

It really felt good to finally complete the set :)

Such fun!

And as usual, been keeping busy with....

Tons of tag making!

I've been spending the Summer doing some 

clean up and reorganizing the Art Room,

and came across a ton of printed up Graphics

from a myriad of Companies over the years

that I've collected yet not really played with.

So I've been cutting out tons of graphics of

an evening while watching t.v. and now have

a go-to box of graphics, as I've also

made a routine of early morning 

Coffee and Tag Art Making.

And even diving into some of my stamp collections,

and I hate to say, some I've never even used yet!

Character Construction Stamps have

been sitting and waiting for me to notice them in 

my collection, so lately Coffee and Tag making

has been spent with them :)

Gorgeous Quality Stamps

that I'd collected a ton of and I'm so sorry

I've waited so long to play with them!

I also dabbled a bit in some

quick crafts, popsicle stick arts.

Found them to be a bit of fun.

And even experimented with a idea I saw

on Facebook of using discarded recycled plastics

to create Shrink Plastics.

Used my hand carved stamp of my Favourite Boy

Oliver Howard to experiment with...

another fun project :)

So as you can see, Summer hasn't been

a total loss of Art Time,

but really looking forward to some 

Fall and Winter serious Play Time

with the Art Room.

Hope you find some inspiration to get into

the Mojo of some Art Time for Yourselves too!!!

Thanks for having a Boo!!

Enjoy!

My Summer of Puttering and Arts

June 2016

Well by now, since this year is flying,

already being June for goodness sakes!

I am sure you've figured out that there 

isn't a general

 rhythmic pattern to my posts here on

the blog as there usually is. 

Out of the ordinary over this past 

5 years of blogging, and being organized,

and having a 'purpose' to it all.

Welcome to my year of Floundering!

(Graphic from the Wonderful Designers at Mischief Circus.com

Itkupilli and Holliwood and TumbleFish Studio)

A few 'life' things going on this year,

so the ebb and flow of arts seem to

be consistently interrupted. But it hasn't

halted thanks to a handful of mediums

still to keep my mojo in practice.

Digital Arts being the first, not particularly

as a preference, but unique on it's own, for me,

quick and easy, turn on the computer and with

a cup of coffee in hand, a 1/2 hour of some

graphic fun when life keeps knocking you on

the head wanting attention...

( Graphics from the Fabulous TumbleFish Studio

at Mischief Circus.com)

And usually a piece of Chocolate Cake!

(more TumbleFish Studio Graphics)

Another plus to playing with Digital Graphics

is it doesn't ruin the piece you're working on

if you drop Chocolate Cake Crumbs....grin.

(Graphics from Itkupilli at Mischief Circus.com)

So I have this year, given myself the permission

to let go of the 'practice' of being organized and

having a purpose to many of the arts and spending

more time this year focusing on a couple of 

individuals in my life.

(Graphics from Itkupilli at Mischief Circus.com)

It's our Oliver Howard's 15th Year coming

up in September, and although he's doing

really well in the health department in general,

I felt this year, he needed more of my attention.

He's been a brilliant companion, fur baby, ok, my son,

GRIN

sharing me over the years with our other pets who've 

come and gone from our lives, and my arts and all 

the life bug-a-boo's that have taken my attention

at time away from him.

Their time is far too short with us.

And then there's the other individual

the guy I live with, that one that hangs around,

the holder of my moderate esteem, 

a.k.a. the Buddha.

(Graphics from Itkupilli at Mischief Circus)

It is our 28th Year of being married this year,

and unfortunately the 'Buddha' has been having

some health issues, but with my usual tongue in cheek,

( something he's quite used too after all these years),

I've managed to ruin his reputation by nicknaming

him the 'Buddha' thanks to the medications he's

having to put up with during this episode of ill health.

He has a new appreciation for women and water weight

I'll tell you!

(More Wonderful Graphics from Itkupilli)

..and after having the 'Buddha' home for two

months earlier this year, I'm pleased to 

report he's back to work and out from under foot!

(And feeling a bit better too )

Once he was back to work, I grabbed the first

art supplies I could find and off I went on a 

frenzy of colour!

Thank goodness for Dylusions Spray Inks

and Ranger's Tag blanks as I was in need

of letting some mojo loose!

And it got a little carried away....

...spraying here, there, all over the place 

( and even Oliver Howard had a bit of 

colour play too....but he took to his

bed for a nap before I could get a pick.

then of course, once the Mojo was

in a state of euphoria I had to start grabbing

journals and have a play again....

Bits and Bobs of watercoloring, and stamping

and cut and paste works!

(Thanks to Tumblefish Studio and Crowabout StudioB)

And when journaling wasn't enough....

I thought I'd dive into my vintage book collection

so off like the wind I went for a few weeks 

of making my own...

Cutting paper, stamping, inking, 

altering books, and stitching

until my hands could barely move...

what a great feeling of accomplishment!

Made the regular duties and chores a little

more palatable during my Floundering periods

(more Fabulous Itkupilli)

...now I've been eyeing up the carving tools....

hmm....guess this Floundering isn't going well....grin.

So after such a long period of not posting,

me thinks this post might bring you up to date

on all the going's on at Birdnuts Mixed Media

and the continual quest for Mojo time in 

amongst the Bug-a-Boo's of Life :)

So here's wishing You All

a Wonderful Summer months ahead!

Hoping you'll carve out or spray or paint some

colour in your days ahead, and give yourself

permission to Flounder too whenever possible!

And remember, try to have ...

A Happy Thought at least once a day!

(Love these graphics from TumbleFish Studio)

See you soon!

Enjoy!

Happy Holiday Weekend!

Hello All!

Happy Easter Weekend!

And you know what that means....Spring!!!

Which Oliver Howard enjoys

and it's the beginning of the 

Spring Shedding Season!

Let the games begin! GRIN

So with a long Holiday Weekend,

and around here, it's a lovely, quiet,

weekend to relax, I decided to dip my

toe into an assemblage project that's

been kicking around in my head for some time.

It's been a long time of taking a break from

doing any 3D mixed media arts, and it

felt so good to have a dabble.

My ode to Spring and to Nature 

and even channeling a 

bit of my love for 

museum collections.

I photographed the inside of this assemblage first,

as you'll see in the next photo's, once I put on

the protective acrylic sheet cover, it became

a pain to photograph! 

(Anyone who has any photography tricks for

photographing things like framed pictures with glass 

tricks, please share their tricks with me! )

GRIN

First off 

I started with a great masonite kit from

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

Basic Shadowbox Shrine Kit

With an assortment of 'finds',

pussy willow branches, woodpecker feather,

rare egg from a plastic bird....tee hee....

I used a Melissa Frances

Vintage Reproduction Resin Frame

that I used 

VerDay Paints and Finishes

to alter.

And used a Fabulous Graphic

of a Woodpecker 

from our own Local

Finchley Paper Arts.

Many fussy hours later.....

With some Tim Holtz Wheels,

And many details later....

using Fabulous left over Scrapbooking Papers,

ribbons....

And more vintage finds, of a Bakelite 1920's door knob, 

and some old florist bits a bobs,  later....

Walla! My Ode to Spring and Nature

This makes me want to 

make another one....grin

Luckily, I have a couple more kits!

So you never know what I might 

come up with next!

I've also been busy with

my Digital Arts play this month too ...

Using Wonderful Graphics from

Miles Beyond the Moon

at

Mischief Circus

And using my own Private Collection

of photo's of our local herd of Deer.

Another Ode to Spring

with my Dear  'Oh Deer Bubbie'

Our Darling Bubbie, our outdoor pet for 

many years, tends to crop up in my works

over the years, and Miles Beyond the Moons

graphics just suited this Spring's Muse perfectly.

And of course, had to have a dabble with the

Fabulous Ms. Marsha's Latest Kits

from

Tumble Fish Studio

and again channeling Spring...

So that is what I've pretty much been up too in

the being creative corner of life this month...

oh yes, and I finally found a spot for last

months wonderful project, ( check out last

months blog post).

She fit in beautifully in the art room, along with

all of my other precious Favourite Artists Works!

Well there you go....grin

Hope you're having a Fabulous Holiday Easter Weekend!

Keep busy, and hope you get some Art Time!!! 

Enjoy!!!