It’s been nuts!
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Hi everybody! Thanks so much for all the Two Spoonfuls love, I think my next installment may be frosted pumpkin cupcakes next Friday, so stay tuned for those – yummy!
I’ve been away from my sewing machine lately, but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t been keeping busy. I’ve had lots of domestic stuff to do, a weekend trip to Portland for a friend’s surprise birthday party. And when I’ve had a moments down time, I’ve been reading *this* (most entertaining!).
In October I signed up for a Mail Art swap hosted by Honeydew Studio. There are 16 participants and the goal is to send an original piece of artwork to each person. That’s 15 pieces of artwork for each person to make and send – right at the start of the holiday season – crazy, I know! But I’m really excited about it because it’s about time that I dusted off my brushes, paints and pencils and got back to my drafting table.
So far I’ve done 4 of the 15 pieces and here they are:
(Squirrel and Butterflies)
(Squirrel in Love)
(Squirrel in the Rain)
(Squirrel Birthday)
They are all about 3″x 4.5″ and were created with watercolor, pen & ink and colored pencil on heavy illustration board. I have this idea for eventually translating them into little woolfelt scenes (that’s why everything in the sky looks like it’s hanging by thread – I decided to illustrate them the way they would look in 3D.)
All 15 pieces are going to be squirrel themed, and to be honest I don’t really know where that came from. I’ve always enjoyed squirrels, but no more than any other woodland creature. Perhaps, like Picasso’s Blue Period, I seem to be having a temporary obsession with them. Just bear with me, only 11 more to go…
What have you been nuts about lately? What is your latest obsession?
I’d love to hear about them! : )
Jenn : )
