Altered By Me

Do you remember a while back when I did some art for the Daily Window Bag company? When I went back to find this post I realized it had been almost two years. I couldn't believe it had been that long ago. And ya know what? I had been using my bag up until a couple of months ago. And the bag is still in perfect shape. So the wonderful people at Daily Window have contacted me and would love for my readers to take part in an upcoming challenge this month. The name of the challenge is: Using art to personalize your Daily Window Bags Before we go any further let me tell you what the prizes are because when you hear this I know you are going to want to send in some art work. The first place winner will recieve $100 and a Daily Window personalizable bag 5 runners up will receive a Free Daily Window personalizable bag.      If you haven't heard about the awesome Daily Window Bags yet your probably wondering what a personalizable bag is so go check out the Daily Window ...

It has been awhile since I have had a chance to make any art. It's not that I haven't wanted to get down and dirty with my craft supplies but life has been busy. We moved at the beginning of August into a bigger rental. I now have a craft room. Woo Hoo but things are still packed and shelves and storage need to be figured out. I have been recycling packing paper for a while now and have a big stash of it. It was conveniently located so when I was looking through the new Paper Imagery Designs Halloween sheets I knew I wanted to use some to make a mini altered book. Pages 1 & 2 pages 3 & 4 pages 5 & 6 

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I haven't had a chance to do much art since my tie dying with the kids weeks ago. Yesterday I picked up a yard of canvas.  I have been wanting to do a simple book made of painted canvas and after reading something from Somerset the other night I found my inspiration. Not sure if I can find a link to share but Somerset made available a special online version for their facebook fans. Ah here is a link on Jane Eileen's blog.   The article I was interested in was written by Jane Eileen and previously published in the Summer 09 Sew Somerset. I've had a chance to throw some paint on the canvas pieces. Now I hope I can find the time to alter the pages and put the book together. This project should work out good for me since there is not alot of assembly required when it comes to binding the book.  Wish me luck! There is a lot of craziness going on around here with the kids home and my niece visiting from Georgia!

Last weekend I finally had a chance to pull out the Tulip Custom Dyeing Kit that I won on the ILoveToCreate.com Blog way back in September of last year. I am embaressed that it has taken me this long to get around to trying it out but this past year has been a very hectic and busy one for me I do all sorts of projects with my 12 year old daughter all the time. My 7 year old niece Rylee is visiting from Georgia. She doesn't get to do much in the crafting department so I knew I had to try this kit out while she was here. Over the past couple of months I have been collecting supplies for one big day of dying. I used mostly recycled shirts. Some of them were bought at the local Goodwill and believe it or not I actually found some at the Dollar Tree. I am assuming that the shirts from the Dollar Tree were seconds but I have not found a thing wrong with them. I also bought some onsies for the two babies in the family. About a month ago I bought a Fashion Tie Dye kit on cle...

Altered Bottle Caps for a PID swap I got these bottle caps done along with some altered match boxes for another swap on the PID Facebook page. I am putting the final touches on the match boxes and then I have to find some goodies to stuff them with. Then off to the post office they go!

Life has been crazy for me lately. I am finding it very hard to find time for art these days.  And it is a little frustrating to me. It is amazing how a persons life can change so much in less then one year. It's not that I don't have any ideas or inspiration. It's that I can't seem to find the time to start a project, have it lay out on my table and work on it until I am done. I have been helping out with my grand children as some of you might know already. You can read here about the newest grand daughter Addison who was born in April with some health problems.   My other grand daughter is eleven months old and starting to walk. Hailey is Addison's big sister and will be 4 in a couple of months. I didn't realize how much work being a Grammy was going to be LOL.   So when I saw Michelle Wards GPP Team Crusade # 41 Grid Lock for the month of June I knew I had to do it.. Check out the link above to find out about this and all the other Crusades Michell...