I had to share this:
Again, Big Brother's travels through Southeast Asia continue and while I totally dig the food (see a previous thought I couldn't get out of my head or this posting on the Chiang Mai market) but I think (unless they end up as a resort chilling on the sofa-like thing in the little gazebo by the infinity pool) the place they visited recently will be my favorite....
Only I don't think the blue outfit they make you wear at the elephant home suits my brother.
You were here...
As part of my job I do about four bookmarks a month, sometimes more for special events (or just because a certain event such as one on stories as a tool of community preservation should NOT be placed on the other side of the bookmark I call "Hungry Kitten").
Occasionally, I actually proud of the work. (A lot of them are just cropped pictures that are PRET-TY.) And yes, I use clip art . The really fun ones are my black and whites (BW's): while we have white cover stock that handles color photo quality pieces well, my boss invested in these electric (bright, bright, bright!) colors of card stock which are just plain old fun. I suppose I can be less simplistic and do something with color ink on them but with my laziness guiding me, I just design everything around black print. (Less thinking is always good for me.)
The other thing is, I make sure at least half of what I do isn't overly feminine, hence the Lizards:
(I don't think I will do anything like this again....it took hours and I still see areas that don't look right because I can't crop at an angle....)
Anyways, that is all SOP for me and lately between making promo stuff for summer events, fall events and my computer classes I have been a little burned out. Which is probably why this month's BW's are a little off kilter: each one is kind of a mini-story...
As head tilting as they may be, I absolutely adore them...I haven't liked anything so much since the lizards. It's kind of annoying really...I like them so much I show my co-workers and say "Isn't it cool? Aren't I fabulous?"
Total geek-out.
Occasionally, I actually proud of the work. (A lot of them are just cropped pictures that are PRET-TY.) And yes, I use clip art . The really fun ones are my black and whites (BW's): while we have white cover stock that handles color photo quality pieces well, my boss invested in these electric (bright, bright, bright!) colors of card stock which are just plain old fun. I suppose I can be less simplistic and do something with color ink on them but with my laziness guiding me, I just design everything around black print. (Less thinking is always good for me.)
The other thing is, I make sure at least half of what I do isn't overly feminine, hence the Lizards:
(I don't think I will do anything like this again....it took hours and I still see areas that don't look right because I can't crop at an angle....)
Anyways, that is all SOP for me and lately between making promo stuff for summer events, fall events and my computer classes I have been a little burned out. Which is probably why this month's BW's are a little off kilter: each one is kind of a mini-story...
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| Fish Friends |
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| Hungry Kitten |
Total geek-out.
Patchwork
Months back my mother came to visit (I blamed her for not posting during that period, which obviously was not so...as my laziness is a documented fact at this point). She left me with towels to wash and fabric scraps. I have a sewing machine (although I managed to bust it in one use...don't worry I won't build the suspense, mother fixed it on the next visit) and I've played around (in my head) with sewing scraps together and creating a patchwork piece for mailing...
And then I thought: Sewing takes too long. (Told you, my laziness is completely documented.)
So I turned to the ever powerful and awesome (as in awe inspiring -- not an '80's Dude. Awesome. Which really is the same kind of meaning but apparently one of my mental differentiations. Well hello stream of conscious, where have you been?) turbo tacky glue!
That's how I ended up with Sophie's Picnic:
With the exception of the glittery (shiny) flowers and frogs scrap book stickers, it's all fabric: ribbon, cloth and more ribbon. It's like a continuation of cutting out elements on ribbons to build something as I did with the Modern Pastoral. It remained unifinished because I couldn't stop thinking that something was missing-- hence the frogs and flowers.
Which kind of took a sweet but interesting little collage all the way to a tooth ache of cuteness and light.
So I sent it to my neice. She's adorable and almost four, and will hopefully like the visual candy (well, visual candy for a four year old).
And then I thought: Sewing takes too long. (Told you, my laziness is completely documented.)
So I turned to the ever powerful and awesome (as in awe inspiring -- not an '80's Dude. Awesome. Which really is the same kind of meaning but apparently one of my mental differentiations. Well hello stream of conscious, where have you been?) turbo tacky glue!
That's how I ended up with Sophie's Picnic:
With the exception of the glittery (shiny) flowers and frogs scrap book stickers, it's all fabric: ribbon, cloth and more ribbon. It's like a continuation of cutting out elements on ribbons to build something as I did with the Modern Pastoral. It remained unifinished because I couldn't stop thinking that something was missing-- hence the frogs and flowers.
Which kind of took a sweet but interesting little collage all the way to a tooth ache of cuteness and light.
So I sent it to my neice. She's adorable and almost four, and will hopefully like the visual candy (well, visual candy for a four year old).
Just a thought...
I might just kill my brother....
It is completely brought on by jealousy. He's is on, what looks like, this incredible tour around Southeast Asia and his girl is posting these amazing pics of the food and the sites.
Admittedly, we (Brother and I) could travel to the same place (most likely on separate trips) and our choice of accommodations, sites and food would be completely different (okay, not the food --- just check out the pretty pics of his pork and duck noodle soup, Red Robin: YUMMMM).
Anyways, I was envious when I heard about the trip but Jen's pic are winding up the green eyed monster....but I still blame him.
(I also wish them an awesome trip and we'll miss you in Maine. PS. MORE FOOD PICS!)
It is completely brought on by jealousy. He's is on, what looks like, this incredible tour around Southeast Asia and his girl is posting these amazing pics of the food and the sites.
Admittedly, we (Brother and I) could travel to the same place (most likely on separate trips) and our choice of accommodations, sites and food would be completely different (okay, not the food --- just check out the pretty pics of his pork and duck noodle soup, Red Robin: YUMMMM).
Anyways, I was envious when I heard about the trip but Jen's pic are winding up the green eyed monster....but I still blame him.
(I also wish them an awesome trip and we'll miss you in Maine. PS. MORE FOOD PICS!)
Reciprocal!
So I got my first piece of reciprocal mail....in return for Conspiracy Theory. I also added a new page (Message Received) to have a gallery of reciprocal mail (probably not a correct term but it is all mine) and hopefully there will be more in the future...
Granted I haven't sent a single postcard to other "mail artists" but it's still really cool to get fun (and kind of creepy) postcards.
I present from the little one, a creepy collage face from Canisius College:
Is it the fact that the ear is so removed from the rest of the head?
Granted I haven't sent a single postcard to other "mail artists" but it's still really cool to get fun (and kind of creepy) postcards.
I present from the little one, a creepy collage face from Canisius College:
Is it the fact that the ear is so removed from the rest of the head?
Return of the Googly Eyes!
Apparently, googly eyes are considered non machine processable by the US Post Office when glued to a postcard. If this didn't incur an extra charge I'd probably be less huffy.
I believe I mentioned before an ideal I had about a winking goat. My cartoon drawing skills were not up to this idea and it evolved into a flock o' sheep, no winking.
Basically I had this pic from a magazine with a herd of sheep: I cut it to fit my postcard and proceeded to glue googly eyes on any sheep where eyes were visible (for the most part, any one eye visible sheep just looked weird so I had to still another eye next to it....not that a flock of sheep with googly eyes isn't weird in the first place).
I call it Conspiracy Theory: They are always watching. I think I link this to paranoia because of a book series, (the only one that is extremely lengthy, that is more than three title in the series) that I read: J.D Robb (Nora Roberts) In Death. Any time the lead character finds herself in the countryside, she freaks on the ideal that there are more farm animal then people and that these animals are likely to be planning to overthrow the humans (as they out number their overlords).
So I thought I would make the imminent animal coup very obvious.
I believe I mentioned before an ideal I had about a winking goat. My cartoon drawing skills were not up to this idea and it evolved into a flock o' sheep, no winking.
Basically I had this pic from a magazine with a herd of sheep: I cut it to fit my postcard and proceeded to glue googly eyes on any sheep where eyes were visible (for the most part, any one eye visible sheep just looked weird so I had to still another eye next to it....not that a flock of sheep with googly eyes isn't weird in the first place).
(It looks less swishy in real life)
I call it Conspiracy Theory: They are always watching. I think I link this to paranoia because of a book series, (the only one that is extremely lengthy, that is more than three title in the series) that I read: J.D Robb (Nora Roberts) In Death. Any time the lead character finds herself in the countryside, she freaks on the ideal that there are more farm animal then people and that these animals are likely to be planning to overthrow the humans (as they out number their overlords).
So I thought I would make the imminent animal coup very obvious.
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