February's Flying!

But I'm making up for it!

Ever notice, you can have the grandest of plans,

and be full of inspiration, during a window

of opportunity like a quiet month like February,

and you still run out of time! 

It's crazy! February is just flying past way too fast!

But it hasn't stopped me from accomplishing

some of my creative ideas!

I'll be referring to this February as my

Ping Pong Month of Creativeness.

I started out this month, sitting at my art desk,

perplexed in what to get on with...

Next thing I knew, I was grabbing from my scrap pile

of papers, and making bookmarks.

Nothing gets your mojo working more, than just

sitting and playing with paper, glue in my book.

It took me on a little adventure including a new holder, 

putting together a

  

ATC Kit from Retro Cafe Art 

to store them all in...at least now I'll know

where there's a bookmark in my home...

Once I'd finished that, I'd already come up with

some more creative ideas....

Still playing with paper and glue, 

and some watercolour paints and pens, 

but also adding

a bit of Graphic Deliciousness....

...from the fabulous 

Crow about StudioB at 

Mischief Circus

After this point, I switched gears, motivated

by playing with the watercolour paints,

( as I'm needing practice for taking an upcoming

workshop which I'll tell you all about later on ),

I started playing around ....

...after a bit of doodling, painting and pen work,

it led me to thinking stamp carving....

...and of course after hand carving the stamp, 

it then led me to wanting to do some tag making...

And of course, once you get all of the supplies out

for a creative session, one project just isn't enough...

...which led to more doodling, stamp carving....

...and tag making..... grin.

Even using all the scraps...

Then Marsha over at TumbleFish Studio 

Just had to release a Fabulous New, Huge Graphics Kit

'Another Mash Up' 

It's Huge!!

So of course, I had to have a play!

...and play....

...and play again....

and I may not be done yet....grin....

This new kit of Marsha's a real 'must' have for your

Graphics Library! 

So many delicious bit's and bob's!!!

After all this creative Mojo flowing,

I even got motivated to finish up a project that I

actually started late last year....

I had purchased a vintage huge frame with dome,

that had housed a wedding bouquet from about

1950... 

Once I'd enlisted the 'hubs' assistance removing the

smelly, dead, long done flower bouquet, 

I refinished the

huge frame ( over 36 inches tall).

I lightly sanded the mahogany,stained finish, 

then gessoed,using two coats of gesso to give

the piece some 'tooth'.

Then using 

VerDay Paints and Finishes from

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

I had a blast creating this finish.

Sealed the piece and washed the 'dome' glass...

all in preparation for this wonder piece of art...

I had purchased this fabulous piece 

'Miss Mouthy Bird'

from the Wonderful Artist

Sarah Trumpp

( I've attached links to Sarah's Website so you can find her!)

I really fell in love with this piece Sarah made,

and didn't realize at the time of it's arrival

of how I would display....

So this happened....a quick and easy background,

using canvas, black gesso and Sharpie Paint Pens...

...there is a picture hanger on the back of

'Miss Mouth Bird's' head, so using a black

twist tie, I poked holes through the canvas

and mounting board, and twist tied the

art to the backing, securing it in place....

And Poof!

After a bit of fussing, as 'Miss Mouthy Bird'

was a bit big to fit into the dome, but managed

to finally get her into place and sealed up!

Now the hard part....

..figuring out where to hang her! LOL!

She's definitely going in my art room,

but must find enough wall space to really

show her off!

I'll post a pic later on when I get it figured out

where in the art room she'll be placed.

( Thanks so very much Sarah, I just love her!!).

So there you go....I somehow managed

to get my mojo into a creative mood,

get some quality and fun playtime to

not only do some creative play, but

to also get another big creative project 

finished up....so far, I'm right on with

my New Year's resolutions... HA!!!

And February isn't even over yet! GRIN

Hope you're getting some creative time in

and hope this all might inspire your mojo!

Enjoy!