Pages.....where do I start? I have a wonderful group of artist friends that are such an inspiration to me & I believe, each other. They are all totally different from me. And that's why I love them so!
Two years ago, we all decided that we would do a group project; even though we all lived far apart from each other! Well, 3 of us live in the same town, but the other 2 are in New Hampshire & New Mexico. We each chose a color & this color would be what we did our own pages in. Different shades of each color. Each page would be 8x14 ( yeah, if you're a scrapper like me, you know that most of the wonderful papers come 12 x 12). We would each do 10 pages & when we met up again, we'd all bring our pages & divide them up amongst ourselves so that we would all have a part of each other. We were also to create a port folio to hold these pages in....yeah, I haven't done mine yet! Oh well!
So, I'd like to share my pages with you. My color is GREEN. There are other colors mixed in & all different shades of green. The other colors chosen by my friends are RED, BROWN, ORANGE, & WHITE. I can't wait until we're all together again!
Here is my first page. This page is on Celia Thaxter - author, poet, artist, gardener. My old boss & mentor introduced her to me. She lived on an island off the coast of New Hampshire in the late 1800's. I actually got to go to the islands (Star Island) & visit the site where her home was & where her garden still thrives today. I cannot explain the joy I felt standing there. My old boss & I just cried. It was a magical trip! I invite you to Google Celia & Star Island. I think you might just find an old friend!
Sometimes, changes are a good thing!!!
1 week ago
Oh Karen, what a wonderful collage and such a beautifull tribute to an awesome women. I din't know you were into collage, or I guess this is scrapbooking? Anyway I love it. Keep em coming.
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And Karen, having friends to collaborate with is such fun. The distance doesn't matter. How awesome to have friends to play with, and bounce ideas off of.
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Thank you, Beth! I guess it could be scrapbooking. I would love for my layouts to be like this. Hmmm.... I see so many collages that I adore & think it's too hard. This was really hard for me. Do you find it easy? I just keep plugging along. Hopefully, one of these days, it'll get easier. It's the same with my watercolor painting. Totally scares me to death before I get it on paper, but once I start painting, it's not so scary anymore.
ReplyDeleteThanks for looking & your positive comments! It really means a lot!