the last book in our local Mixed Media Collaborative art group‘s round robin has come my way and it is a real beauty touching my magpie heart…
my friend Susan chose “Grow Wings” as the theme for her gorgeous book …
I took my time gathering special bits of this and that trying out several layouts before actually gluing anything in place (I even hand dyed some vintage white flowers that in the end I did not use because they were too puffy)…
a John William Waterhouse sketch looked nice transferred onto sheer vintage baby dress fabric and stitched onto the gold square background paper I selected (I used Lesley Riley’s TAP for both images in these pages)…
before falling asleep one night I got the idea to use some of my favorite Goldens Gold Paint to “gild” some pressed thyme leaves…
even though it was a bit fiddly brushing on the paint and then adhering them to the pages using Soft Gel Medium I was really pleased with the way they look…
some vintage embroidered sheer blue and green trim worked nicely on the piece of handmade paper Susan had added in her book … I highlighted the centers of the flowers by adding some gold paint…
pieces of plastered German lace curtain added texture to my pages as well…
I am also joining Conny’s Mix it Monthly August/September challenge of Mixed Media Flowers…
and lastly here is a bit of iphoneography using photos of my artwork and several iphone apps…
Magpie's Nest ~*~ Patty Szymkowicz 