Mixed-Media Art

Mixed-Media Art

Dancer in White

I was sorting through some scraps and happened to notice one in particular. It had a really nice oval shape of torn paper left on it…. Sometimes, your trash can be so inspiring! I found an old sketch of a dancer on vellum. We did a unit years ago on the […]

Mixed-Media Art

Red Velvet Strawberries

My inspiration for this week’s Summer of Color challenge came from a drawing my daughter drew last week. It’s a picture of us making strawberry jam together.  It’s funny because we’ve never grown strawberries, let alone made anything that resembles a condiment out of them.  But she’s not one to let lack of […]

Mixed-Media Art

Tiny Oceans

I  flipped when I saw these little corked bottles!  I have a serious penchant for tiny objects. At first, I put some butterflies in them… But they needed something more. Then I found the Summer of Color blog challenge and read that the color for this week is ‘brown’.  I immediately thought of […]

Mixed-Media Art

‘Simply Adorned’ Charms

This is one of my favorite things. Stampin’ Up offers these awesome  locket charms and I LOVE mine so much. They are little glass covered frames that you can put your miniature creations in: poems, collages, photos, keepsakes,etc…    And then wear it as a charm on a necklace or bracelet. You can also hang […]