Secrets to Happiness

A little zine I made for a swap in one of my art groups: "Secrets to Happiness".  Wouldn't you like to know?  Well, you'll have to trade me for it. 

Seriously.  I made a few extra copies, so if you would like to trade a mini zine with me, just let me know.  This one is a one-sheet 8 page mini zine, laser printed in color.

I have a few of my other zines available for trade as well, so I don't mind swapping a small zine bundle.

Book of Monsters

Awhile back I purchased a 10" x 10" spiral bound photo album in the bargain bin at a local bookstore. 

It has monsters and robots all over the glossy covers.  It is about an inch thick and filled with black pages.

I decided to make it a book of monsters and fill the pages with all types of creepy, whimsical, kooky and odd creatures.  I plan to add pop-ups and fold outs, pockets and tags to make it fun.

Here is the first monster!  Drawn with Indian ink pens and other markers, with a touch of green glitter glue on his face, arms and legs.

In Like a Lion

Just a little lion collage in my moleskine notebook (page 99).

Printed papers, book, magazine and mail clippings, punches, and a bit of Indian ink pen.

Happy Valentines!

Woven construction paper heart with punches.  Detailed with Indian ink pens and white acrylic paint.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Page O' Doodles

A page of colorful doodles from my sketchbook.   Doodled with Staedtler Triplus Fineliners.

S is for ...

snake : I haven't doodled much lately, so I opened one of my doodle inspiration books to a random page & it said to open a magazine to a random page (odd coincidence) and draw something related to a word or picture on that page. 

Anyhow ... the letter "S" was featured on a greeting card, which led to my snake on a post-it.

S is also for snowflake, which I may be seeing tonight.  The temperature was 53 when I woke up this morning & now is 38!  Rain, rain, rain for days ... & maybe a bit of snow tonight.

Also recently finished are pages in another "Paper Bag Book" for the swap/round robin I am playing in:

For this "circus" themed paper bag book, I completed pages of mixed media with printed images, scraps and punches of colored paper, stamping, some hand stitching, a little pen work, a cotton candy charm, pink felt (cotton candy), and lots of glitter glue (too bad you can't see the sparkle in the photos).  I also tied colorful fibers and some shrinky dink elephant charms to the book.

Christmas MailArt: Sent & Received

Here is one of the handmade Holiday postcards I sent out this year: (made from printed scrapbook papers, flower shaped punches and glitter glue)

I received lovely handmade postcards!
from Terry:

and Bonnie:

From Sue I received gifties of Christmas slide-mount art:

Merry Christmas!