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written by Jen on Tuesday, April 10, 20072 Comments

After spending a lot of my creative energy last year trying and learning about art and collage, I really want to concentrate more on sewing for now.  I still do, but just lately I have felt the urge to do a little bit of papercrafting. 

Here is a little WIP I have been working on today - birds on coasters:

bird_coasters 

I have adhered some blue paper to wooden coaster blanks and I am thinking about cutting these birds out of this thrifted bird book and mod podging them onto the coasters, but I am thinking about using decal transfers instead. 

I feel a little all over the place with my direction lately.  Actually I have felt this for a long time now.  I really want to try so many things but I wonder if I ought to specialise and stick with something to really master it.  Still trying to work this out…



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2 Comments...

  • It must be the time of the year or something like the planets not being aligned……I am feeling exactly the same way at the moment. I have 2 background experiments going on for a layout, my first page of my art journal done (need to do some more as I’m not liking that one), 1/2 a layout done of my husband and so many challenges I want to do!
    I could probably add about another 10 things I want to do too.
    Sharon

  • Faye says:

    I was thinking about doing some coasters too. Don’t know what mod podge stuff, I was going to use craft glue and then put varnish over the top…not sure it would work though. Input would be most welcome there.

    I dabble in a lot of different things so that I don’t become bored and I have choices and options. I have a brain that needs to keep learning all the time, and hands that need to keep busy. Still haven’t found what my purpose is in life yet.

    PS I can relate to you when you are hormonal, you have my sympathy. It gets a hell of a lot worse when we go through the “change” believe it or not.

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