Hello Lifers!
I hope you are all doing amazingly well.
I have been crazy busy and although I've been around on other blogs, it's been a little bit since I updated my own. (isn't that just the way it goes!)
Here's what I've been up to:
Marion Smith Designs
This month, I had two projects featured on Marion Smith Design's blog.
The first was a simple, but beautiful project using Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel, Water Colors, Vintage Sheet Music and Marion's "Curious" Stamp Set.
My second project features the joining of two of my favorite companies: Marion Smith and Graphic 45!!
I used
Graphic 45's Small Matchbox, along with Marion's Garment District.
Graphic 45
I have been having so much fun stretching myself on the Graphic 45 Design Team.
Here are 3 of my most recent projects:
YES! I actually did a "Project Life" style Scrapbook layout. My sister-in-law would be so proud! LOL
Did I go a little crazy on the fussy cutting? :)
I turned Graphic 45's banners in to a spooky shingled roof for my little house made from a file folder!
What?! YES!
For Others...
Many of you know that I have a total heart for an organization called
Saving Grace, which is a home that houses and helps girls between the ages of 18-early 20s who have aged out of foster care, are homeless or have a living situation that is unhealthy.
Last year I was asked to come to their mentor/mentee retreat and do a project with the ladies. We did crowns and dress because the them was "What Not to Wear."
This year I am so honored to be asked back again. This year, the theme is "Fight Like a Girl" and I was asked to design a paper mache dress form.
Here is what I came up with:
I was able to use this piece on a mixed media website that I was asked to do a guest post for.
For me....
As an artist in this business, it is so easy to get so caught up in "assignments" that you never create just for yourself.
Last week, I felt that tug in my creative spirit. I thought...when was the last time I sat down and created with out an agenda? An honestly...the answer was close to 5 months.
So, I decided to change that.
I pulled out this old canvas that I had played with last year, but never finished. It had mod podged newspaper covered in Tattered Angels spray ink, with a green glittered fleur-de-lie kind of shape in the corner. Ya...I had no idea where I was going when I started this one! LOL.
I've been wanting to work more on my painting skills, so I decided to use this project for some fun experimenting on my painting style. I just played....
This is what I came up with:
She's not done yet, but I love her. I plan on adding a quote and some other fun elements, but even if I never finish it or it takes me another year, it's still a symbol of what I can do and reminder to do it more often..just for the fun of it.
So there you go...a quick little update on what has been going on in my studio.
I promise, now that school is back in session, I WILL be more faithful to blogging. :) or atleast I'll try.
Until next time friends, remember to make your art an intentional part of your life and not an after thought.
XOXO,
KERI
P,S. Did I mention my YouTube Channel "The Creative Life Studios?" I've got a lot in the works for it!
P.S.S. Did I mention I am taking a "Belts Bracelets" class from Christy Tomlinson? Ya...super excited. More on that later. :)
