i candy wednesday...

Jetty Kolobarić

...again!! I love this day! I get to share with you some very talented artists that I find exceptionally creative! I had a hard time picking which piece of work I loved more...but finally choose this one: Papillon Nocturne by JKPhotography on Etsy.com (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5273958) . The textures he/she creates in their photography pieces are what catches my eye first, along with their very moody colors. When I scroll down Jetty Kolobaric's Etsy shop, their body of work takes me back to Wisconsin on a beautiful gloomy winter day...that monotone grayness...it just brings up all kinds of feelings for me.

And I really enjoy reading their process in creating each piece...the descriptions are very interesting to read.

Go over and take a look...I promise you these photopieces will take you far away in thought!

goosebumps...

YEAH!!!! Inauguration day!! I'm sooooooooo excited I keep getting goosebumps! I have NEVER been particularly interested in politics and NEVER watched an inauguration in full before today...this is history for me and for the world. I feel so much emotion and enthusiasm...I feel a flurry of passion for today & anticipating an incredible future!!

I DID IT!

I FINALLY got my little collages photographed...and they came out great! I never gave up...read various articles about photography on the internet and just plain messed around with it until I got it. I've learned more about my camera in the past few weeks then I have in the last five years!! Gulp!Smile!! I also switched out the background to a weathered board I found on the beach in Cambria two summers ago. I really like it so much better than the burgundy velvet cloth I was using...gives it more character.

Anyway....here are a few of my collages.

Lookie...I've been interviewed!!

I just joined my first Etsy team~ Cruelty Free Etsy (something I feel VERY strongly about!) and they interviewed me. Check it out! And always buy cruelty free products (there's great lists on PETA) http://crueltyfreeetsy.blogspot.com/

Rose Bowl float

A friend just sent me a few photos of my daughter & I working hard on the 2009 NAR Rose Bowl float, so I just had to share them! We meticulously laid down all the pine bows on the left side of the float to discover later on that it was completely covered with a blanket of flowers...had we known!!

i candy wednesday

Could it possibly be Wednesday again...did I blink or something!! Anyhoo...here is an artist whos work is just stunningly to me...I LOVE IT!! Her use of images is very intricate...great use of negative space. I can just sit and contemplate all the meaning in her work...there's so much going on.

I found her shop on Etsy.com: Glamgill45, http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5085440.

This past weekend I spent an awful lot of time photographing my little collages. To my frustration none of them turned out...ugh!! I'm perplexed as to my next step. I used both my camera and my daughters brand new canon. I think I need to get a camera that has a micro lense on it for extreme close ups because every card is blurred, as you can see. Well....I guess the learning continues!

On a better note, I did paint the three mini easels I bought, and I REALLY like them...I think I will buy unpainted frames and paint them the same way. And I discovered a cute little shop in Tujunga that sells scrapbook making supplies...that's where I got the decorative tacks to put on the easels.

Tomorrow I'll share one of my newest drawings in my graffiti series.