Saturday, May 30, 2026

creatively speaking, still using orange scraps in May and painting with all the colors!

 


I turned one of the little orange scrap projects into a phone bag for walks. It's on the left, above and around my neck here...

ignore no make up, I'm headed out for yet another HOT walk in the Colorado sunshine. 
I like the texture in this bag and the embroidery

There is another hexie spiral in oranges waiting for a few more hexies and to be sewn together

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I'm trying to do some painting/drawing/art-ing in the mornings, and this was a double page one morning
I took a recipe copier paper I was going to recycle and painted stripes across it with markers and paints, and stamps for fun
then tore it into strips
and more strips
played with the collage, I always pack in too much, on the left above. Painted a couple leaves, then moved on to the next page where I collaged the rejected strips into a sort of tree

one thicker strip will become dh's bookmark
I think I like the sparse tree best
note to self, more negative space, it's not wasting journal pages, it's a "look"


Painted my bowl one morning

loved using stamps and ink to do the clovers, and caligraphy pens to make checkerboard effect


I used an alphabet stamp and multi color ink stamp to do a background but not sure what I want to be the focus yes... 

puppy feet?? 
alfie in repose


7 comments:

Duke said...

Love your phone bag, as we love everything that you do!

DVArtist said...

I used to make bags very similar to this. A bit bigger. I think I have one or two packed away. They are so convenient and this bag is very lovely. I love all the orange, especially in the oatmeal bowl. Very nice. It's always fun to see puppy feet. LOL Thank you for joining SITAR and have a lovely Sunday.

Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork Appliqué said...

You look pretty with the new pouch around your neck, fun little bag. Love the hexies spiral too, and your painting. The lonely tree is wonderful! Enjoy a walk with Alfie! Thank you for sharing and linking up, hugs.

Gene Black said...

Great phone bag. I have been recycling paper into art supplies for various uses. I use the pages I remove from altered books as "roll off" sheets for my brayer or "paint off" sheets for paint brushes - bonus recycling of the excess paint also.

Christine said...

Nice

Susie H said...

Great phone bag. You wear it well! Give Alfie a pat for me. Love his tootsies!

Deb A said...

Love the phone bag! The pretty orange hexagons make me smile.