tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34149598367896592772024-03-04T22:43:46.169-08:00UMELECKY Fiber ArtKaren Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.comBlogger726125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-16428371133953412112020-07-20T07:01:00.002-07:002020-07-20T07:01:54.082-07:00Scribbles For Sanity<div style="text-align: center;">Having no training in art doesn't stop me from trying.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I continue to play with art in my own way because it calms my soul and makes me happy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saturday was a play day mostly.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3-mfJ7_EJqar80YwhYD1qbv06HNG4R1l7WwFMbODb1KwoaPXokqfs-43UOmEixo_DaCzrvNpca13Ms1FTwf9lRmp3NHEJyg2xOocCRvxXvEQ1ijRgRsyeeUAH3HCbCeodxt2o5bAyi0/s4032/20200718_131055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3-mfJ7_EJqar80YwhYD1qbv06HNG4R1l7WwFMbODb1KwoaPXokqfs-43UOmEixo_DaCzrvNpca13Ms1FTwf9lRmp3NHEJyg2xOocCRvxXvEQ1ijRgRsyeeUAH3HCbCeodxt2o5bAyi0/w300-h400/20200718_131055.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some watercolor paint and a fountain pen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good therapy.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Karen Ann</div>Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-15843529940928360682020-07-18T12:23:00.000-07:002020-07-18T12:23:46.444-07:00Pressed Plants<div style="text-align: center;">I can't tell you what any of these plants are except for the little "Fiddle Heads". I gathered them a few months ago along the half mile lane that leads to my house. Today is such a hot day here in PA that I am staying indoors where it's cool. I'm playing today. Playing with pressed plants. 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Haven't been here in a while. Just took a look at my last post and realized that all of the abnormal starts to feel normal after a while.<br />
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This is Milo. He is smiling at me because it's time for him to eat.<br />
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Here he is doing a happy dance in the kitchen because something on the stove smells good. </div>
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"It's mom's awful healthy soup stuff. No meat here."</div>
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What is happening?</div>
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Everything is crazy and scary.</div>
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I miss my family.</div>
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How will everything ever be normal again?</div>
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This is me and my favorite little guy in the whole world.</div>
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It's been weeks since I've been able to hold him.</div>
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What if I never get to hug him again?</div>
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I've been keeping it together pretty well until today.</div>
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I'm so sorry.</div>
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I'm so sad.</div>
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I'm sure tomorrow will be better.</div>
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I hope everyone is keeping it together out there.</div>
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I would hug all of you if I could.</div>
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Be safe.</div>
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Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-53637276214614712102018-11-17T15:05:00.000-08:002018-11-17T15:05:04.477-08:00Mr. Milo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mr. Milo is my new furry best friend.</div>
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He's a 4 month old Golden Retriever. He came here to live with me just a few short days ago and already I couldn't imagine life without him.</div>
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I'm pretty sure the people who sold him to me were not breeders as they said they were.</div>
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I found some awful things online about them after the fact and even though I suspected things weren't quite right before I took him, I just couldn't leave him there. He has his first vet appointment on Wednesday and I hope they can tell me that he is healthy and as a 4 month old puppy should be.</div>
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I'm taking a break from washing fiber this week and doing a little spinning.</div>
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This was created from all the bits I saved from cleaning the carder.</div>
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Loving the fluffy messiness of this.</div>
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From the sheep to the whatever.</div>
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Actually, from bags of dirty fiber to yarn.</div>
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After picking through it and removing as much of the vegetable matter as possible it went into </div>
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Into hot soapy water to soak.</div>
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Some were very dirty and required repeated soaking while some only needed a couple of soaks. I was careful not to change the temperature of the water throughout the process.</div>
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It is easier to rinse the fiber washed in shampoo. The dawn seems to need more rinsing and I ended up felting a bag of alpaca fiber trying to rinse out all the soap. Into the trash it went. Less soap from now on.</div>
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I used a few drops of lavender oil in the final rinse.</div>
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This Chesterfield wool was washed a few days ago. I had it drying on the sweater drying rack, on the deck and the wind blew it everywhere. My driveway looked like a sheep exploded.</div>
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The fiber stays put and drys well in the sun and wind.</div>
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Some mohair.</div>
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Some alpaca.</div>
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Some Chesterfield.</div>
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Washing small batches at a time.</div>
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The process is time consuming and I haven't put a dent in the bags of dirty fiber.</div>
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Learning as I go.</div>
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Snow</div>
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Yesterday was a day for cooking lots of healthy food.</div>
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Enough for a few days and also some to freeze for a later time.</div>
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Today I will force myself to organize, purge, or clean something, but not sure what.</div>
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Brain fog and lack of motivation have taken over for now, but I will try to be positive and push through it. Winter is tough for me, but it won't last forever. Spring and sunshine will be here before you know it.</div>
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We've had warmer temps here in PA for the past three days and it has caused a thaw and a breakup of the ice in the nearby creek.</div>
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There are huge chunks of ice at the halfway point between my house and the creek.</div>
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We've never had this happen here before.</div>
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The sound of the ice crashing into each other was crazy.</div>
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It was snapping large low hanging branches.<br />
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I have a feeling we will have some downed trees.<br />
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I just can't get over the size and thickness of this ice.<br />
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It's pouring rain now and the temp is dropping rapidly.<br />
We are expecting freezing rain and 8 inches of snow tonight.<br />
I can live without it for sure.<br />
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Haven't seen a human face in three days now.</div>
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It's times like this that I really miss my dog.</div>
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Felted up a few wool beads just to keep from going nuts.</div>
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Started out with a bit of needle felting,</div>
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then wet felted them.</div>
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Needle felted a few mushrooms as well.</div>
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Untangled some yarn and rolled it into some balls.</div>
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Nettle, hemp, jute and silk.</div>
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The cold, snow and ice are depressing the hell out of me.</div>
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Not sure why .........trying to knit again.</div>
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Been here and there.</div>
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A few good weeks.</div>
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Exploring places.</div>
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Trying to be present.</div>
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Thanks girls for taking time to comment on my last post about missing Jackson.</div>
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Karen</div>
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Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-13922539523934987562017-08-09T10:31:00.000-07:002017-08-09T10:31:10.619-07:00Missing My Boy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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His name was Jackson.</div>
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It's been 2 months now.</div>
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I can't even describe the emptiness I feel.</div>
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I miss pressing my cheek into the soft fur on the top of his head when I hugged him.</div>
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He hated looking at the camera and I'm pretty sure he hated modeling my crochet projects too, but he did it anyway because he loved me.</div>
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He was so proud of his yellow felted necklace. He was right there beside me when I made it for him.</div>
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His claws were always a little too long because he hated having them trimmed and he hated a bath even more. I had to cover the wall of the shower with chipped ham just to get him in there.</div>
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I held onto him for a month longer than I should have, feeding him pain medicine twice a day.</div>
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I knew I was being selfish, but the thought of letting him go was killing me.</div>
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I miss his bowl of water on the porch.</div>
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I miss his bed in the corner and his basket of toys.</div>
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I miss our walks together.</div>
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I miss him hogging the couch and</div>
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the look he gave me when I made him wear a hat.</div>
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I miss his long yoga toes and how they smelled like popcorn and socks.</div>
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There's a huge hole in my life now. My days are so quiet.</div>
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I've found some comfort in knowing that my boy isn't suffering any more, but my heart is broken.</div>
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I was lucky to have him with me for over 10 years.</div>
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The memories of those 10 years will live in my heart forever.</div>
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Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-4788914255720597922017-03-03T06:02:00.000-08:002017-03-03T06:02:57.001-08:00A Stitched Project Finally Finished<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I came across this stitch project in my sewing room as I was cleaning and sorting.</div>
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I must have started it about 3 years ago.</div>
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It was just the background which is my favorite part of the whole thing, but I felt like it needed to be finished, so here it is.</div>
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I suppose I was inspired by the Robin I saw last week and the promise of Spring.</div>
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My favorite way to create is to just do it without any real plan.</div>
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Just layering and adding things that I have on hand.</div>
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Finally finished.</div>
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Today I'll finish cleaning the kitchen and doing the laundry I think.</div>
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Not as fun as stitching, but still satisfying when it's done.</div>
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Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-21682774732033223552017-02-27T05:20:00.001-08:002017-02-27T05:20:45.476-08:00Crazy Weather<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I never remember having temps in the 70's in February in my entire life.</div>
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Friday it was warm enough to dry some laundry on the deck.</div>
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Saturday there were snow flurries.</div>
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I did see a Robin hopping around the yard a few days ago so I'm hoping Spring is here to stay soon.</div>
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Wishing for sunshine everywhere.</div>
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Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-12513120387936941782017-02-22T05:46:00.000-08:002017-02-22T05:46:41.894-08:00Bagging Anxiety<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Another page for my journal.</div>
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Not my typical page, but I'm not even sure I have a "typical".</div>
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I folded strips of paper and tucked them into a small paper bag.</div>
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The idea is to write all the things causing me anxiety on the strips of paper, stuff them into the bag and clip it shut with the tiny clothespin.</div>
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Although I really haven't used it for it's intended purpose, just the making of it worked for bagging my anxiety.</div>
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I think it might be something useful for children who have issues with anxiety.</div>
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For me keeping busy and finding creative distractions works best.</div>
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Have a stress free day!</div>
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Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-64932361532665336872017-02-16T10:48:00.000-08:002017-02-16T10:48:37.905-08:00Old and Tattered<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm not sure why, but I like the look of tattered old papers and textiles.</div>
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I use these for my journal pages.</div>
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Some of this stuff is in pretty bad condition, but that's partly what I like about them.</div>
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Books and woven fabric pieces all tied up with twine.</div>
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Greeting cards and letters from the early 1900's in an old wire basket.</div>
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Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-83021900095082755482017-02-15T07:16:00.000-08:002017-02-15T07:16:10.274-08:00Winter Darkness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Winter for me isn't just dark literally, it also puts me in a dark place mentally.</div>
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Illness and age have changed me. There was no fear or anxiety when I was young. Winter never held me back or put me in a dark place. I loved the solitude of living in the woods, but since I no longer work I feel like the solitude is closing in on me. </div>
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Creating these journal pages helps me to keep things in perspective. I paste my feelings onto paper, place them in my journal and try to leave them there. On days when the weather allows, I go out and then there is this blog and your blog and thank goodness for the internet…I so appreciate all of your visits and comments. </div>
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Just a few random pics of hearts mostly from years past.</div>
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Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-41170312739089631822017-02-12T06:47:00.000-08:002017-02-12T06:47:49.685-08:00Art Journal Page 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Language Of Disease Is Pain</div>
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I found this phrase in an ad from the 1870's. I can totally relate to this and I know many of you can as well, so it inspired me to create another journal page.</div>
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Made of old cardboard, antique papers, tissue paper, paint, ink, stamp, modpodge, vintage torn lace, magazine scraps and scrap book paper.</div>
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These pages are a meditative type of thing where I just get lost in what I'm doing.</div>
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It's more feeling than thinking which is what I need. I have a tendency to over think everything and this is a way of letting that go.</div>
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Queen of Broken Bling or maybe the Crusty Queen.</div>
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Love her face! It's clay and I purchased it years ago from a shop on Etsy, but it's been so long ago that I don't remember the shop or the artist. I had deleted the account that I was using, so I have no way of looking it up. So sorry…..I'd like to give credit to the artist.</div>
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Her body is a rusty old funnel covered in bits of news paper from the 1920's and modpodge.</div>
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She's adorned with tattered old lace, broken bits of costume jewelry and vintage buttons.</div>
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You can see that a lot of the rhinestones are missing thus the name "Broken Bling".</div>
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Her crown is an old glass drawer pull.</div>
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A few weeks ago I visited Allegory Gallery. It's a lovely little gallery, a sweet bead shop, and they have an Etsy shop too.</div>
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AllegoryGallery">www.etsy.com/shop/AllegoryGaller</a>y</div>
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While I was there I purchased this sweet clay owl.<br />
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I guess I'm out of practice, because I couldn't get my fingers to do what my brain was thinking. I just could not get the copper wire to bend the right way.</div>
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So instead of doing the wire wrapping technique with beads on hand, I ordered some clay beads with larger holes from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AtHomeInTaos">www.etsy.com/shop/AtHomeInTaos</a><br />
Love their beads!</div>
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Keeping it simple.</div>
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Tin hearts, paper, modpodge, glue, bits of vintage hats, ink, vintage jewelry parts, ribbon, twine, lace,stamps, words, charms, cheese cloth, tea bags.</div>
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Tin hearts.<br />
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Karen Larkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09157341428856120362noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3414959836789659277.post-18320419783376486532017-02-07T21:27:00.000-08:002017-02-07T21:27:54.189-08:00In A Fog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Warm rain falling on the cold snow made some interesting fog out my backdoor today.</div>
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I'm thinking that the creek might flood tonight.</div>
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It was just kind of strange here today.</div>
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I have absolutely no idea what I am doing here.</div>
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This is the beginning of what I'm calling…Journal Page 1.<br />
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I think it needs more layers.<br />
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And some ink washed over the lighter parts.<br />
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I'll post photos again when I feel like it's finished.<br />
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Good wishes to you!<br />
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