2BD15 I Collect ...

For this week's lesson, Kim asked us to capture the treasures we love as photographed from above.  So I dropped a handful of vintage/antique buttons on a tree stump.  Simple!

Here's another shot of vintage buttons.  I use them as closures on my handmade journals.   Since I usually only need 1 button for that purpose, I don't need to buy sets of like buttons (as you would if you were knitting a sweater).  Here the buttons are paired with some hand-dyed cheesecloth for color and texture.  I have a whole bag of this stuff, though I'm not quite sure what to do with it ...

Dyed Cheesecloth

I dyed some cheesecloth today. Most of these used 2 color combinations. The one at the very top was the "sop cloth" and I think it might be the best one!

I used Dye-Na Flow paints with a technique I learned in the Mixed Media class at Joggles with Sue Bleweiss. It's quick and easy with minimum mess. The best thing about the Dye-na Flow paints is that you don't have to rinse them out. The excess can stay on the cheescloth without causing harm.

I might have to get the other Dye-na Flow colors to increase my pallet options!