Moving My Blogs into 1

Since I am having a hard time posting on both blogs I have decided to merge both into one collage, design, and photography blog. I am going to stop posting on this blog and only post on Inspiration Turn Design http://inspirationturndesign.blogspot.com/ . Hopefully now I will be better at posting daily or at least weekly!

Ok so I have fallen behind

Here is a new piece I completed just before Spring Daze...I used these cool Chinese cards that my friend Korinne gave me. They really made the strawberry look cool. So with all of the wedding planning and new web site...check it out www.inspirationturndesign.com I have been behind on my blogging. I am going to try to keep up and post as much as possible.

I'M Back

Well I have been working on wedding things and also a new website for my custom invitations. Check out my new site: http://www.inspirationturndesign.com/ and let me know what you think. It is still a work in progress but I hope to have it looking exactly the way I want very soon.

So with my sisters new baby and wedding planning I have realized how much I LOVE making invitations and custom announcements. So on that thought I have began my journey into the custom invitation business. I have started a blog called inspiration turn design : http://inspirationturndesign.blogspot.com/

I have also started making cards and playing around with digital design from my sketches. Below is a sketch I did of a cocktail. Scanned directly from my sketch book.

And then I used photoshop to digitally color it in and created this card below

Check out the new blog and let me know what you think!

"I am Woman"

This Sunday I traveled to Kings Mountain NC for the opening reception of "I am Woman" a juried Art exhibit. I was pretty excited because my piece was excepted. I did not win but the cool part is that there were 65 entries and only 22 were selected....and I was one of the 22!

Red Dress

This is a piece I completed last night. I used scrap paper and paint. The paper is actually print outs from one of my undergraduate classes...some type of English class. It is kind of cool that you can see some writing on the paper from my vigorous note taking. It is nice to find uses for all that paper from undergrad and now grad school.

Pieces of my HEART

This piece was made with wrapping paper, paint, and old business cards

2 NEw Pieces

This piece incorporates my photography...I took this picture in Chicago. Actually in the bathroom of our hotel room. We stayed in the nicest hotel The Palmer Hilton. The room was designed so uniquely and the wall paper in the bathroom was so cool. You never know where you will get your inspiration.

This piece is 4x4 and created on a piece of recycled wood. The piece may look familiar...I had a mess up with my printer while trying to print my work to make key chains and I just could not waste the print out so I made it into a new piece.

I Promise...

I have not been slacking...but I have been so busy lately and have not had a chance to take a picture of my new art creations. Hopefully by this weekend I will have everything posted. Only 31 days until my craft show!!! Not to mention I am entering two pieces into a show in Kings Mountain, NC. The show is called "I am Woman" and I figured my work would fit nicely.

Guess What....

I AM ENGAGED!!! Easter Sunday morning at 6am (I might add) Brad proposed to ME!!! The date is set and only 6 months to plan. Can't wait!

Collage cards! I finally got my thought process together on a few ideas of cards for my craft show coming up. They are pretty simple but I think that makes them pretty awesome. Even with all the excitement of the weekend I have not quite slacked of yet...but now there is a lot of crafty planning to do!!!!

3/18/2008

Ok ok I have been behind but I did do a collage for today...and wrote 7 pages of my 10 page paper.

As you know I love Stilettos

Here is one of my newest pieces just complete! It is a 18x24 mixed media piece which uses a combination of found paper, and a stencil I created.

Collage of Wings

Since being so busy and traveling I have fallen behind on my collages. Here is one I did yesterday of angel wings.

A lot of things going on

I have been out of town and pretty busy so here is the update...

Now that I am back into town it is back to work with collage! I have been offered an opportunity to place some art work in the United Arts Council of Greensboro's board room. So as soon as I got home it was time to make sure all the pieces were ready to go tomorrow. Thanks Brad for helping me out.

Sunday I left for Chicago for a business trip. Very cool city! in more than one way. It was pretty cold but other than that it was really fun. We were lucky to have a hotel room across from the Art Institute and it was so cool to see all the fashion design students working hard.

Friday March 7th was the opening reception of CVA's Artist 200 gallery. I contributed the piece above. Check it out at the Center for Visual Artist gallery in the Cultural Arts Center Greensboro, NC 200 N. Davie St.

Still Stenciling

Well I saw this great tutorial about making journals out of recycled paper so I had to try it. I was in the process of cutting up paper for scraps at work (I use way too many post-its) and it hit me I should try the journal with some of this paper...so I did. Then I was like well since I have just made this "Stiletto Fabulous" stencil (which I can't wait to do myself a t-shirt) so I tried it out on the journal.

Working on Stencils

So I have been working on my stenciling techniques. My ideas behind them came from my sketch book. Sometimes I create some pretty cool sketches and just don't want to waste them so I decided I should make stencils. Then I can use my sketches over and over. Here I have done two onsies for my niece. The bodice one (hopefully Casey will let her wear it) haha is one that I want her to wear at my craft show in May! Support Artistic Flavor and her AUNT PAM!

Collage for March 4th

Here is my collage from March 4th...This collage is 7x7 on scrap wood. I used dress patterns for the background and found paper for the outfit.

Rain Boots

This collage is 6x6 and was created on a solid piece of scrap wood. (thanks dad) I used a combination of paper and paint to make the boots and dress. It is a little wacky but the colors make it pop!

Working on my Collection

I have been playing with what to use as earrings...today I experimented with washers from the hardware store and wire. I don't know about you but... I would wear them! Next up...rings

2-27-2008

Well I have class tonight thank goodness Thursday night classes are over. Two nights a week staying on campus until 9ish was getting exhausting. For this "lunch/dinner work"collage I used paper on my desk and an old calendar I kept because I liked the colors...even though they are pastels.