Flower art

A friend asked me recently to consider creating a piece for a charity auction coming up for a great agency she's involved with volunteering for. I told her I'd mull it over -- what would I create, and how could I best represent what I do at this type of event?

I starting playing this weekend, and my process evolved through some sketches and well, taking out every fabric I own and throwing it around the family room, and voila! I came up with flowers on canvas. Now, I do not think these will be the final pieces for the auction but I am liking the direction. It seems to have a fun, whimsical feel while allowing for tons of variety in color, texture and feel.

I am wondering, how do these feel? Are they kitschy, fun, different enough to look like my art, but feel thoughtful and finished enough to work in an art setting?

Pleated pillows.

I love, love, these pillows. So much so that I rearranged my entry hall just so that I would have a place to put them! The funny thing is they started out to be a tote bag, which I found a tutorial for in this darling sewing book I picked up a few weeks ago. But, after painstakingly measuring, pressing, basting and fusing the pleated panels I could bear to ruin them trying to peice together the rest of the bag! I am just not a confident enough seamstress to risk screwing it up! So, instead I cut peices to make pillowbacks and Gracie and I stuffed them, and voila! I was happy to have scraps to add fabric flowers, since I am obsessed with them these days.

I think they're too cute to put up on Etsy -- I am going to have to keep them! But, now that I know how to pleat -- watch out! I am sure there will be more to come very soon!

Birthday flowers for Aunt Kimmie

My sister-in-law has her birthday this week, so of course I had to whip up a bouquet of flowers for her! Happy birthday day Aunt Kim, we love you!

Dictionary definition note cards

I did these cards this weekend. Get it? It's "you define friendship" and "you define kindness" because the flowers are punched from the dictionary! (Do you think anyone will get it?) I certainly thought they were kinda clever!

Secret Garden

Here's another collage with a quote from The Secret Garden that I just love. I mixed in some book page flowers here since I was using a quote from literature. Also, I distressed the canvas to show all of the layers of paint I used. The texture is hard to get in the photo, but tomorrow I hope to take new pictures with outdoor lighting that might help. This will be available for purchase in the blog shop.