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Patriotic Vintage Photos

I spent much of last weekend and this week squeezing in studio time (around baby-sitting the grandbabies) to work on a new painting. I just finished it, but haven’t had time to get photos taken so that I can post my latest creation. So, since this weekend is the 4th of July, I thought it might be a nice time to post some vintage photos for you. I use vintage photos so much in my altered art and mixed media projects, and I’m completely addicted to them. I know some of you are too, so why not share the vintage photo love?!

Please LEFT-CLICK each photo to open it in a new window. Then RIGHT-CLICK each photo and then choose SAVE IMAGE AS. Please do not hotlink to these images. Hotlinking is bandwidth theft (many people don’t realize this!) and it is a no-no, and it will force me to delete them.

Sailor Boy

Liberty Girl

Uncle Sam

Please have a safe, happy, and creative holiday weekend.

Tina

Crafty Storage

If you’re like me, whether you have your own art studio or a craft room or space in your home, one of your biggest challenges is storage and organization. When I used to primarily just do oil painting in my studio, the space and storage was more than adequate, and I have loved it for years. And considering that my husband built my studio for me himself, I love it even more for that reason. But sadly, with all the new types of altered art and mixed media projects I’ve been doing, I have simply outgrown my studio. I need more storage, and more space, so that I can get organized and have plenty of room to do what I love to do: create!

I am in the process of designing a new studio, which we’ll be creating in some unused/unfinished attic space we have in our home. So I’m in full design and planning mode. I’ve been buying books about studio design, and looking online for any photos I can use for inspiration. I have some really wonderful ideas and it’s helping me as I plan my new creative space.

Just this evening I happened upon a great blog…you know how it is when you go blog hopping: one thing leads to another and you’ve visited a ton of blogs. It can be quite fun! It can also be so wonderful when you find one that will help you with something like planning for your crafty storage and organization. The blog I found is called simply, Crafty Storage. And that’s exactly what it’s all about.

Crafty Storage Blog

No matter what size of space you have to work with, you are sure to find some great storage ideas on the Crafty Storage Blog. I’ve found so many great ideas there already, I just know I’m going to incorporate many of them into my new studio. So I really just wanted to share that link with you, in case you are looking for some crafty storage ideas as well.

Enjoy!

Tina

She Writes Love Letters Altered Kraft Envelope

I belong to a wonderful, creative community at Ning called Scraptivate. It’s for scrappers and other paper and mixed media artists.  Each month they have a creative challenge, and the challenge for March is called, “She…” We can interpret the theme in any way we want and using any media, so it really allows for a lot of creative freedom and expression. I love doing these challenges because it really helps to get my creative juices flowing! Here is my entry for the March challenge.

She...Writes Love Letters

I used a plain, Kraft paper envelope as the base, which is about 4-1/2″ x 6-1/2″. I used a large script rubber stamp to create the text on the envelope. Then I chose a nice vintage photo of a woman and sewed that to some muslin, which I’d distressed a bit. I added just a little color to the woman’s cheeks.  The flowers are 3-D scrapping stickers. The postage stamps and the long “love” clipping at the top are also stickers. I added some grungy’d up cardstock to the left and right of the image, and I stamped one side with the word, “Letters.” And in the lower left there is a 3-D paper image of some letters.

I really like the texture, depth and layers of this altered art piece.  And I loved using the Kraft envelope as the basis for the piece, as it’s something I had not used before. And I love the woman in the photo–she has a dreamy sort of quality about her, sort of like she’s thinking about whomever she is writing those love letters to.

Fall Leaves Mixed Media

This is another experiment with the mixed media technique,  also used in my Trees in Orange painting. I’m very inspired by nature and completely in awe of its beauty. So in my artwork and photography, nature is often the subject matter.

Fall Leaves Mixed Media

I didn’t use quite as much tissue paper on this painting as I did in the Trees in Orange painting, but I think it worked just as it was meant to in this painting.

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