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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

consider yourself invited. tall cool glasses of refreshing beverages have been poured. the day was actually sunny and warm (for the whole (!) day) and i was able to take myself outside into the warm and enjoy~!~
yesterday i received the newest issue of one of my favorite magazines, "Cloth, Paper, Scissors". so i took some time to see what might be interesting to read about and ponder for future art activity. i think the thing that ended up popping out at me the most was a newer feature that they're calling "homework". i ended up thinking about how much i could use the ideas, tips and prompts . . . if i were really smart, i would set up a simple daily art prompt for myself . . . hmmmm . . . is there anyone else who has thought that they might benefit from such a practice? have you tried it? and if so to what level of success? i really need a twenty to thirty minute art activity for daily creative growth. i might not be able to do it every single day but i could certainly attempt to make it a habit. art is a spiritually creative activity. why don't i treat it as if it's important in my life~!!~?~!!~ instead, i allow daily chores and other "stuff" to get in the way of making time to explore creatively and i shouldn't continue to do this. i know better~!~
but then again; i have almost completed a commitment to a 365 daily photo discipline and so i suppose have begun paving the way for continuing an art practice of some sort when i've finished with that goal . . . i guess i'm not a complete failure when it comes to a daily creative practice . . . i really have a lot to think about . . . and would welcome any thoughts on how other creative minds handle this issue within their daily life.
speaking of practicing art; my daughter and i continue to make progress on the Christmas fabric/paper postcards. i don't have any idea why i decided that we needed approximately a half yard piece of this medium. now it seems like it's going to produce more cards than we will probably need . . .
the first cut i made into it was a six inch wide strip. from that i have proceeded to cut four inch slices to produce the necessary six by four inch "base" from which to create the individual cards.
so here are a couple of those base pieces with a machined basting stitch completely around the outside edges.
i am considering various options for adding embellishments, text, etc to each individual card . . . if i'm not careful i will "over consider" and be faced with a creative block . . .
i need to just jump in and try doing some random embroidery stitches on them and see where that takes me . . .
i will attempt to post progress of this Christmas card project as i move along.
since i do have so much of the fabric/paper collage piece, i was even considering trying out an ATC or two . . . we'll see . . . there may be some small bits left over that would work out well for that.


here is another shot of the pinks(?) for Love Stitching Red. they do look like a relative of the carnation family . . . and i really appreciate your help in identifying them~!~

7 comments:

  1. They look like pinks to me think the botanical name is dianthus?
    Christmas cards look great look forward to seeing them progress.
    Carol

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  2. thanks Carol, now that you mention it dianthus sort of rings a bell . . .

    i'm looking forward to those cards making some progress too~!!~

    :)
    libbyQ

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  3. Oh, the Christmas cards are lovely - all glittery and nice!

    Lesley

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  4. Hi LibbyQ!
    You should write a book! You could call it Art Devotions.
    One simple creative act per day! I love it!
    Yesterday I framed a drawing and it took only a moment and I felt so happy afterward! I also made a killer taco salad! Again, creative!
    There are so many little things that delight the artsy self! Even hanging a piece of eucalyptus in the shower, on a piece of twine - isn't that art, too? Great thinking, Smarty!

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  5. Lesley, thank you for the visit and the comment on the cards . . . i'm hoping that i might get a moment or two during the day today to work on some further embellishments . . .

    Pom Pom, you are so right~!!~ there really are so many little things that can be done on a daily basis to "delight the artsy self"~!~part of my problem is simply that i fail to count the small creative acts in my day as important. and i should~!~we all should~!!~
    as far as writing a book goes, it's probably already been done . . . and i should find myself a copy.
    or . . . just thinking "out loud" here . . .
    maybe i should consider making it a part of my blog . . . call it something like . . . "The Daily Creative Act" . . . maybe link to other blogs that wish to do the same . . . there could be a sort of round robin of creative simplicites that keep all of us artsy folks "perking" along . . .
    what do you think~!?!~

    :)
    libbyQ

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  6. I keep a folder of "inspiration files" with photos of projects that are inspiring or that I want to attempt. I look through it if I have time to work on ideas. Always gets the creative juices going. :)

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  7. hi Pink Sky~!!
    that's a great idea for collecing ideas and fueling the inspiration fire~!~

    :)
    libbyQ

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