ROOM MAKEOVER 2015

Let's just say, transitioning from one room to another is a huge MESS and a huge undertaking, but the end result was worth it plus I was able to get rid of a few unused items

This was the start of moving the guest bedroom into the current art room; and the art room into the smaller office/guest bedroom.

The hallway and guest bathroom was heavily utilized for storage during the time with enough space to walk to my bedroom after a night's work.

And I will let the pictures show the progress as I went.

and yes, the new art room got messy again when I cleared out the storage units and went through everything to sort and organize.

I put together an IKEA dresser for the guest room, and wanted to add some personality.  I stained the wood a different color and replaced the knobs with some fun ones.  The room has a Woodland/Tribal/Adventure theme going on.

 

I still need to sort the closets and get some pictures in the frames, but I love the fresh brighter look of the room already. 

I put a big metal G on the door to finalize it...which could stand for Guest, Glymph, or Gitt.  Gotta love having a man who has the same initials as me :)

Stay tuned for more updates.  I will probably do a closer look at the room once I completely finish and get the closets done.

2013 AUTUMN JOURNAL: Fox

As the season goes on, I'm can't tell you how much I enjoy FALL....and love working in my Autumn Journal.  The page I will share today is titled "FOX" for obvious reasons.

It started with wanting to do something fun and whimsical.  So I sketched out a fox and used canvas letters to simply write FOX onto a gelli printed page with fabric accents.

I didn't really like the overall look of the fox, so I added some reinkers to the mix.  I loved how this looked.  Kate Thompson showed us this technique and material during her class. 

I planned on keeping the fox, the same shape and whimsical aspect....but once the ink dried...I didn't care for his figure, but loved the background....so.....

I used another technique from Kate's class ...and started an image transfer of adorable real life fox (foxes?!? not sure what the plural is...my mom would be so ashamed :(  I acquired the images from none other than Pinterest. 

Before printing I mirrored the images:

The images below show the initial result from rubbing off the paper.  I did this a couple of times to make the image not so cloudy.  (Hint: You can use Tar Gel to make it even more clear.)

  

So after the paper dried, I used a Stabilo ALL black pencil to highlight accents of the fox plus it created a better outline.  I instantly fell in love with these little guys (I refer to them as guys since I have so many Warrior girls already in the journal)

I felt I was done at this moment.

But the next day, I needed to add a bit of orange/rust via watercolor to make them more FOXY :)

And I fell deeper in love with the guys. 

Other pages I have completed using inspiration from classes include:

Warriors

Free Spirit

My goal is to complete my first vlog once the album is finished showing each page. 

I truly adore this and love mixing the papers and fabric plus embellishments.

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