ABAA Seashell Challenge

A rainy day here on the farm - I could have been doing soooo many other things that needed to be done indoors. But, I chose to whip up the latest challenge from Awfully Big Art Adventure with things I had around the house.

All these items, with the exception of the inks used, are thrift store finds!
The green frame seemed perfect for this project. The vintage starfish brooch had been waiting for a new place to "hang"! The backround behind the starfish is the cardboard from a Puffs Plus tissue box, with blue vegetable netting for water. The vintage gummed label 'needed' my little seashore sketch with the title typed on my own vintage typewriter.
The strip of hooks holding the tags is from a corset or girdle - it was left behind on one of the wagons at the auction I went to over the weekend. I saw it and knew it would be perfect for hanging tags on in some future project!

I have a alphabet set from Stampin' Up, and used upper and lower case on the inked tags. The tags and strings were distressed with Tim Holts' "old paper" distressed ink. I also used generic $1 ink pads, and Anne Griffin Chocolate ink.

I suppose I could fancy it up more- but I'm done - less is more for me in this project!!You can click on each picture for a closer look.This piece will be available on ETSY today!

And, now, on to things I SHOULD be doing!!!!

ABAA Photo Challenge

I completed another ABAA
(Awfully Big Art Adventure) challenge. This was a photo challenge, inspired by a guest artist. Click on ABAA
to read all about it!

I decided to combine the photo challenge with another, to create a junk journal. I wish I could remember where I saw this junk journal challenge!! If anyone out there knows - leave me a link??? Thanks!!

This junk journal is far from completed - but far enough along to pose for a few pix!! It will be a work in progress, since it is, after all, a journal!!!

I made the pages out of assorted colored paper of varied shapes and sizes. There is black, white, and plain old paper bag brown. The covers are cardboard from a cereal box, gessoed and painted. I punched holes and bound it together with colored ribbon.

The cover quote, which everyone attributes to Maya Angelou, is, surprise, not original to her!! If you read the fine print in the beginning of her book, this quote is from Paul Laurence Dunbar in his poem "Sympathy". The little pocket on the second page of my journal holds a little card telling the reader its true origin.

My favorite page so far is the back cover - I found a reprint of heirloom flowers in one of my stashes, and the green paint matched it so well!!
I have some tiny feathers (donated by my own bird crew) that will eventually refeather the little parrot - making him a tad more visible!!
So, here is is - in no particular order - since I haven't quite figured out how to control placement of the photos on 'blogger"!

Now I see that they ended up last pic first, so I guess in the future, I must load them in reverse order??
Well, another challenge completed - thanks, ladies of ABAA!!!