Michelle’s Art Adventures

All is well in my part of the world… I haven’t been making much art, so I haven’t been blogging it.

I have been studying part-time, so that has kept me busy. I got retrenched last week, so I will have more time on my hands, once this gloomy transition time has passed… I am going to be home with the kids, doing “housewife” things (*shudders*) – the first time in over two years… so I will need some transition time…

I shall begin creating soon,

Michelle

I’m off on an adventure for three weeks, with limited art supplies and internet access.  I’m not too sure how I’ll go. I do have a new sketch / journal book (my husband bought me one, as well as one for the boys!). My plan is to sketch, journal and write and fill the entire book during those three weeks.

I will miss our weekly challenges, but I shall return!

Hope you all continue to make some art each day.

Michelle

Woohoo! My family has gone away and left me to crafting. I’m so used to spending only an hour at a time, that a whole day is a little daunting; so much opportunity, where to start?

I’ve got plenty done: this weeks 4×4 Friday challenge of diVinci’s women complete, a MOO card swap well underway, my stamp made for this month’s Green Pepper Press’ Street team Crusade and a start on next weeks Mixed Media Monday’s Bright Colours. My only problem is that my family has taken our camera, so I can’t take any photos to post. Arrgghhh!

If one creates art without anyone seeing, has one created anything at all???

*sigh* all the pics will have to wait until next week.

It is awfully quiet here…. They can come back now!

Michelle

I haven’t updated this blog for a while or done many challenges as I’m working on a Fat Book swap.  It’s due by the end of February and it’s been very challenging; creating a piece for someone else is so much harder than doing it for myself, as I have been with the different challenges I’ve completed. I’m determined to stick to my commitments, though, so I won’t be doing any challenges until I’ve finished this Fat Book.

I’ll have lots of pics to add once it’s complete!

Hope everyone is enjoying their creative time.

Michelle

We have returned from our caravaning holiday to Beechworth, very relaxed but with no crafting done.  I did manage to pick up some lovely old theatre programmes from a Bric-a-Brac store (everything else was too expensive to cut up or alter!). Beechworth is in northern Victoria, about 3 hrs drive from Melbourne. It is an old gold mining town which dates back to the 1880’s. It is also famous for its Ned Kelly (the Bushranger) connections.

Here is our caravan, all set up in our lovely shady spot.

This was our view of Lake Sambell:

x M.

Well, I’m off on a caravaning holiday for the next week, so my art will be back to basics. I’m taking some card, a glue stick, a few images, the kids pencils and I will see what I come up with. I’ll collect anything I can find for free at the places we visit. I’m hoping for a journalling meets gluebook kind of theme, prehaps with some drawing thrown in (not that I’m much of a drawer, but figure I can only get better with practice.

Have a great New Year,

Michelle.