Adult Upcycled dresses

Here a some of the upcycled dresses I have been making for a couple shows I will be vending at.  They are made from recycled t-shirts that I purchase at garage sales and thrift stores.....  I have made 133 of them!  Hopefully they sell!!!

  Last year they went over very well.  What do you think?

Children's upcycled dresses

Panpastel Poppies

Hi everyone!  It has been a while since I've posted, but, summer is a busy time!  Family, friends and shows!   I am getting ready for two shows at the end of the month.....I recycle t-shirts into dresses and my inventory is quite low.  I will post a few pics after I finish them.   After the shows I will be off to Mobile Al. with my daughter.  She is driving to upper Michigan and I will drive back with her and my grandchildren.  Can't wait !!!

But, I did find time to do this mixed media print.  It was inspired by Donna Downey's art lesson from CPS....it is done with Panpastels.......

hope you like it!

A step forward

Here is a before and after picture of a piece I just finished. I wished I would have taken more pictures while I worked on it. It changed many times before i was happy with it.

Don't forget to be Awesome!

Wow, it's been quite a while since I've posted. I have been busy.  I teach classes at a local quilt shop and  I have not beeen able to play!  But, today I was able to spent the whole day in my studio!  Yay!!This was the result....I started out with a gelli print background.

So Blue

I drew this face and had a lot of trouble with the hair. I painted, wiped it off, painted again to many times. I decided to put it away, but, I took a picture of it first....after I wiped the paint off, again! I put it into my photo editing software and palyed with it. I changed the background color many times...I now have this girl with, at least ten hair colors! I am making notecards from the images. I need some cool quotes to type on the front of each one....and ideas?

Gelli Print Pillow!

A while back I saw a hand painted, strip quilted pillow on Julie Fei Fan balzer's blog.  I really liked it, but, never did make it.  So, I thought I would try and paint the fabric with my Gelli plate.  I cut my fabric into differnt size strips and started painting.....So much fun!!!  I used Jaquard textile paints and they worked well.  I added the word ART and a few others for contrast.

Flowers in my hair

Wow! It's been over two weeks since I've posted!  Life does get in the way. This is just a simple collage done on a gelli print background.  I cut out  a face from a magazine and painted over it and added some collage elements and printed words.  Easy journal page....The little lady circled in white is my mom...many years ago.

Paper Quilt

I made this paper quilt by sewing strips made from my Gelli printed papers. I enlarged the image from a rubber stamp and glued it on. i then, sewed on a black paper border.

Work in Progress...done!

So, I'm done1 Took me a little longer than I thought, but, I finished it today!. Life got in the way this week! I colored in more of the zentangles with the Faber Castell big brush markers, deepen the shadows on her face and colored the background teal. I decided I did not like the background, at all,so, I cut it out and put her on a black background. I think it's much better! 

 

What do you think?