Artful Thursday: Happy Spring

Today was a gorgeous day. I think it may have hit 80 degrees here. I picked up the boys from school and we zipped on over to the park to soak up some sunshine and just played for 2 hours. It was such a refreshing moment after all those dreary days of gray skies and rainfall. We definitely were thrilled with the day's warmth. After leaving the park the boys wanted to go for a ride with the windows down and sun roof open to let the warm air just whip through their hair...It was sweet to look in the rear view mirror and see them all with huge grins on their faces, a look of glee. A "Happy Spring" moment for sure.




"Happy Spring" was the theme for today's Artful Thursday project. I pulled out a bunch of items (vintage sheet music, spring themed scrapbook papers, vintage bunny illustrations, German glass glitter, flower shaped chipboard, bright colored inks, felt adhesive letters) that gave me some spring inspiration.



With a bit of glue, a pair of scissors and a black brush tipped PITT artist pen I suddenly had this spring themed collage. I was going to put some grommets on the top corners to hang this with ribbon but,I think I may put it in a 12 x 12 frame. Here's wishing you all a "Happy Spring.

Artful Thursday - "Happy Faces Bloom There"

It's that time again...Artful Thursday. This day seems to be creeping up on me each week. The morning arrives, I start to panic think about my project but can't get started because the first thing I do on Thursday mornings is volunteer at Aidan's motor skills class. Today, I rushed home and got started, but unfortunately didn't get it finished.


I'll share what I started. Today I worked on this mixed media collage. I started with an 8 x 10 canvas that I dry brushed with raw umber acrylic paint. I then glued vintage sheet music using Modge Podge. Using acrylic paints, I painted cherry blossom branches. I then glued a scrap of embroidered vintage linen and an image of a bird that I cut out from a vintage children's book. At this point, I ran out of steam . It's a good start though and I'm happy with it thus far. Feels good to be pulling out the stash, brushing off the dust, and working with it. A nice sense of creative productivity, exactly what I was hoping for when I took on the Artful Thursday challenge.