Tace, I have the best ever excuse for not finishing decorating the tree. I'll start at the beginning (as I would have with the police had they shown up!) (do I have your attention?) . . . we hung the lights outside, I put up garland lights over our new built in work stations and my art space in our family room, put up a little tree in the family room with lights, put the new lights on our new fake tree (it always takes longer the first time 'till you know how many strings you need - we had to adjust a couple of times and add 2, not one, but 2 new strings as it is so much larger than old one), put out some other old tattered and well used decorations, and we were all happily gathered around watching my goofball daughter hang the ornaments with great entertaining finesse, when I went outside to grab a beverage. Everyone decided to take a break and kind of followed me from the living room into the family room - we have an extra fridge on the back patio just for drinks (how wasteful are we? but good entertainers!). No sooner had I started back in with said beverage than we heard 3 very loud gunshots - I mean LOUD. They were just on the other side of our back fence. (my husband with his expert gun sound identification skills that so many men seem to have said it sounded like a
"9 mil".) Our house is a unique, as I have explained before, in that we have one street on the back of our house and a different street in the front. We actually could have two addresses - we're an island of sorts. Anyway, we all hit the deck, I mean HIT THE DECK! I CRAWLED back in the house, my hubby sent the kids to their rooms on hands and knees and turned out the lights. I crawled to the phone and called 911 and everyone but my husband laid on our bellies and tried to peek out the windows. So, I try to be calm with the police and answer all their questions, my husband takes precautions I won't spell out as they scared me as much as the gunshots - but Papa Bear was out in force we'll say. Grandma is peeking around the couch calling the dogs in. And we wait, and wait, and wait. No police, no more shots, nothin'.
So we call neighbors - they heard the shots as loud as we did but apparantly I am the only one that actually called the police - how sad is that? We all hear gunshots on our street and no one calls the police? I mean they were feet, mere feet from us. That upsets me more than anything because A) the police probably think I'm crazy and B)since when do we excuse gunshots like we do leafblowers? That is distressing. It's not like we hear them often around here. We are actually in a very safe area - I know people that leave their keys in their cars and doors unlocked in our neighborhood. Anyhoo, this all happened a couple of hours ago - the police have circled a few times, just a minute or two ago for the 4th or 5th time but they haven't talked to us or actually gotten out of their cars as far as I can tell. We were staying away from windows until just a few minutes ago. My daughter, of course, had to call her friends and freak out - she talks like a sailor when she's excited (my cute, pure, innocent goody two shoes daughter knows more swear words than me) - she did this on her tummy in the bedroom nearest the family room where we were "hiding". I heard her tell one of her friends she wanted a bullet proof vest for Christmas - that made me laugh so hard I had tears, the delivery and timing were a "you had to be there moment". It was like the conversation they were having went from gunshots to "what do you want for Christmas?" in a split second.
So, we start to realize it's all over, whatever it was, and we get more comfortable moving around except my girl who is still hiding an hour later. We're giving my daughter a bad time about freaking out (in a quite humorous dorky way - we all did a little bit, but she was quite dramatic for quite some time). My son and I get brave and decide to go be CSI and look for shells or bullet casings on the street. I promised to put anything we found in ziplocs and then my husband makes me promise NOT to do an autopsy should we find a body. We didn't find anything but we weren't really brave enough to be out there long at all and we kinda rushed through our investigation. My husband finally goes to bed, then Grandma. I go outside again to throw something away and I hear someone on our roof. My heart was pounding through my chest. Every bit of spit in my mouth evaporated and I could barely talk. I came to the door and told my kids to go get dad and he comes prepared again. We sneak outside to get a look at the roof and my husband looks at me and says "it's raining" "you heard rain on the roof". He was right - not a thing up there but raindrops - it had just started to rain. I didn't even know it was supposed to rain tonight. Hubby went back to bed, eyes rolling, me laughing with that "I can't believe what a dork I am", my daughter about ready to strangle me for scaring the pooh out of her again. But, I have to say, it is all I can do to sit here and type this with my back to the big sliding door. I am freaking out more than I thought. My daughter is sleeping with hubby tonight. I don't know where I'm going to sleep - I'm chicken too.
So, the tree is only half dressed. It is not done Tace. And I think I have a pretty darn good alibi. Wish I could think of a good pic to post with this - a real grabber but I am too freaked out sitting here to look for one tonight. Maybe I'll add it tomorrow. Whooh - what a night!
Dec 6, 2008
Tree Miscellaney . . .
Tace, I KNEW you put up your tree today (this afternoon, this evening?). I'm not sure of the time because I was busy decorating (not the tree - it's still naked but the ornaments are at least within 2-3 ft. of it now. I was hoping they would magically jump out of the box onto the tree but that hasn't happened yet.) Anyhoo, as I was saying, I felt a warm rush and tingly all over and a warm breeze blew through the house and I knew, KNEW, it was the paradigm shift in the universe that resulted from you putting your tree up. The earth will shake and shudder when you decorate it I imagine. We heard the sonic boom the other day when the space shuttle landed. I expect we will hear another when your last ornament is hung in its exact proper and intended place.
(we actually have this tree Charlie Brown tree too - it looks better than the big one)
As for my tree. Well, I probably won't share any pix here. I keep seeing everyone else's decorator perfect catalog color coordinated theme trees on their blogs and I hang my head. Our tree is the one with the funky, some are handmade with giant glue blobs, nothing matches, some are downright ugly ornaments that have been carefully hung and taken down and wrapped in mismatched tissue in a cardboard box held together with various shades of duct tape for 20 years now. It all matches perfectly to our Sanford and Son house decor I have mentioned before (have you seen the show yet, Tace?)
(we actually have this tree Charlie Brown tree too - it looks better than the big one)
As for my tree. Well, I probably won't share any pix here. I keep seeing everyone else's decorator perfect catalog color coordinated theme trees on their blogs and I hang my head. Our tree is the one with the funky, some are handmade with giant glue blobs, nothing matches, some are downright ugly ornaments that have been carefully hung and taken down and wrapped in mismatched tissue in a cardboard box held together with various shades of duct tape for 20 years now. It all matches perfectly to our Sanford and Son house decor I have mentioned before (have you seen the show yet, Tace?)
Ehh, not so much . . .
5 x 7 collage, copyright by Marsha Jorgensen
A few days ago, I read a couple of Suzan Buckner's tutorials on her blog about art journal pages. As you have probably noticed, my work to date is pretty simple, not so much goin' on in them. I just love looking at Suzan's flicker - her journal pages are like the ultimate game of "I Spy", so many things to look at in each piece. Yesterday's piece (Kate and me) was the most complicated I've done in awhile and though it was carefully planned, it gave me a little guts to try "freestylin'" today . . . to not think too much, as Suzan suggests in her writing. I admit it, I thought way too much while making this. I can't control myself. I won't share all the things I was thinking - some curse words were involved. I did my best but I have to practice this a lot more - maybe it's just not my style, this freestylin'. Maybe I am just simple, just plain jane, carefully plotted out.
Dec 5, 2008
For Kate . . .
(turn up the music if you want to hear what I listened to while making this piece and writing about my friend.)
(did you know? you can click on the image to see it in detail)
Let me tell you about Kate.
I have so much to say, I don't know where to start or how to say what I feel. Kate is my friend and all that that entails. One of my very closest and most special friends I've made since being an adult. Kate worked with me in the elementary school library that I left this last June. I spent more time with Kate over the last few years than anyone else (unless you count sleeping time with hubby). No pun intended considering our work, but Kate can read me like a book. Though we are not far apart in age, she is my big sister. Not the patronizing kind, but the logical, caring, and wiser kind. She kept me sane through some very difficult times in my life - I don't think I'm exaggerating. My family lost some very special people long before their time in the midst of a lot of other drama - we took a lot of hits in a short amount of time that made me think, "what did we do to deserve what we're getting"? About a year ago, I was just hangin' on. I look back now at how very sad and unlike me I was and realize she fluffed my wings. She reminded me the sun would be up tomorrow. She helped everything be okay - at least survivable.
Beyond that, she was there for me when I was teaching art and telling me I needed to make art for me, not just the school. She was there at the beginning and the end. The end of putting myself off and the beginning of the of following of a long lost dream. She is my friend, my true, selfless encouraging, supportive, caring, understanding, friend.
And, she loves elephants.
For six months I have tried to find a gift to give her, something with an elephant, about an elephant, an elephant itself! I found suppliestogo.etsy.com and there was my elephant and this morning I woke up and had the idea in my head. (It's funny that lately I dream of making art, really good art, honestly, I dream about it and don't want to wake up and face reality!) I threw all other plans aside and set to work - I had to do this today for some reason. And, it is a bit of a stretch for me - an elephant AND words! So, Kate, I can give nothing to you that would compare to what you have given me over the years. I can only give you what my heart and brain can tell my hands to do, flaws and mistakes and all. This is, finally, my thank you gift for you.
This is a 5 x 7 collage using wings and elephant form suppliestogo.etsy.com and girls and crowns from lisasalteredart.etsy.com. All of the images were edited and reworked in photoshop and other photo editing programs, reprinted, carefully trimmed and, in some cases, re-colored by hand. The pieces were arranged on a watercolored background with text from a very old encyclopedia.
I may not post over the weekend. I have to get some real world stuff done. Come back Monday!
(did you know? you can click on the image to see it in detail)
Let me tell you about Kate.
I have so much to say, I don't know where to start or how to say what I feel. Kate is my friend and all that that entails. One of my very closest and most special friends I've made since being an adult. Kate worked with me in the elementary school library that I left this last June. I spent more time with Kate over the last few years than anyone else (unless you count sleeping time with hubby). No pun intended considering our work, but Kate can read me like a book. Though we are not far apart in age, she is my big sister. Not the patronizing kind, but the logical, caring, and wiser kind. She kept me sane through some very difficult times in my life - I don't think I'm exaggerating. My family lost some very special people long before their time in the midst of a lot of other drama - we took a lot of hits in a short amount of time that made me think, "what did we do to deserve what we're getting"? About a year ago, I was just hangin' on. I look back now at how very sad and unlike me I was and realize she fluffed my wings. She reminded me the sun would be up tomorrow. She helped everything be okay - at least survivable.
Beyond that, she was there for me when I was teaching art and telling me I needed to make art for me, not just the school. She was there at the beginning and the end. The end of putting myself off and the beginning of the of following of a long lost dream. She is my friend, my true, selfless encouraging, supportive, caring, understanding, friend.
And, she loves elephants.
For six months I have tried to find a gift to give her, something with an elephant, about an elephant, an elephant itself! I found suppliestogo.etsy.com and there was my elephant and this morning I woke up and had the idea in my head. (It's funny that lately I dream of making art, really good art, honestly, I dream about it and don't want to wake up and face reality!) I threw all other plans aside and set to work - I had to do this today for some reason. And, it is a bit of a stretch for me - an elephant AND words! So, Kate, I can give nothing to you that would compare to what you have given me over the years. I can only give you what my heart and brain can tell my hands to do, flaws and mistakes and all. This is, finally, my thank you gift for you.
This is a 5 x 7 collage using wings and elephant form suppliestogo.etsy.com and girls and crowns from lisasalteredart.etsy.com. All of the images were edited and reworked in photoshop and other photo editing programs, reprinted, carefully trimmed and, in some cases, re-colored by hand. The pieces were arranged on a watercolored background with text from a very old encyclopedia.
I may not post over the weekend. I have to get some real world stuff done. Come back Monday!
Identity Theft . . .
A friend sent me an email with this title and I didn't open it for days cuz I just didn't want to read anymore doom and gloom. I finally opened it today and it was full of funny animal pix - creatures trying to be something other than themselves. Some trying to look bigger and badder, some trying to look more humble. If you want the email just email me and I'll send it to you - pretty cute. How'd they get that little belt on that little fish? (tee hee)
I can't believe I just did that . . .
I accidentally deleted my blog links list. Since I have a new computer, I don't have them bookmarked either. So, I am trying to add them back in from memory (my poor head - I was just about to go to bed too!). I feel like I'm missing some (probably a good one too!), so I added extras.
Dec 4, 2008
What mini vacation?
I've been busy, not just making art, but the business/networking end of it too. Love it all and can't stay away. (And Tace, my tree is still naked - this weekend it will be dressed. Are you done yet?) Everything else is too boring to write about. So, on with the fairies of late . . .
Christine . . .
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a digital vintage photo from SuppliesToGo.etsy.com , and wings from Great Musings, all manipulated in photoshop, reprinted, carefully trimmed, and re-colored and retouched by hand. These elements were arranged on a double background of watercolored paper with handmade trim.
The next two pieces use images from lisasalteredart.etsy.com. Patty, who owns Lisa's Altered Art (Lisa is her daughter), has been wonderful to work with. She has lots of wings and children pictures that I have had the most fun with today - like playing with paper dolls. I have linked her website on the right side of my blog too. A fantastic caring lady and great source for images.
And, I used glitter. Yes, me, I used glitter on something. I love, love, love glitter and sparkles and twinkles, but I am not very good at its dispersal. I used Ice Stickles on the piece below.
Sparkle Fairy . . .
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a digital vintage photo, wings, and wand from lisasalteredart.etsy.com, all manipulated in photoshop, reprinted, carefully trimmed, and re-colored by hand. These elements were arranged on a double background of watercolored paper and embellished with Ice Stickles.
Pouty Fairy . . .
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a digital vintage photo, wings, and crown from lisasalteredart.etsy.com, all manipulated in photoshop, reprinted, carefully trimmed, and re-colored by hand. These elements were arranged on a double background of watercolored paper.
Christine . . .
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a digital vintage photo from SuppliesToGo.etsy.com , and wings from Great Musings, all manipulated in photoshop, reprinted, carefully trimmed, and re-colored and retouched by hand. These elements were arranged on a double background of watercolored paper with handmade trim.
The next two pieces use images from lisasalteredart.etsy.com. Patty, who owns Lisa's Altered Art (Lisa is her daughter), has been wonderful to work with. She has lots of wings and children pictures that I have had the most fun with today - like playing with paper dolls. I have linked her website on the right side of my blog too. A fantastic caring lady and great source for images.
And, I used glitter. Yes, me, I used glitter on something. I love, love, love glitter and sparkles and twinkles, but I am not very good at its dispersal. I used Ice Stickles on the piece below.
Sparkle Fairy . . .
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a digital vintage photo, wings, and wand from lisasalteredart.etsy.com, all manipulated in photoshop, reprinted, carefully trimmed, and re-colored by hand. These elements were arranged on a double background of watercolored paper and embellished with Ice Stickles.
Pouty Fairy . . .
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a digital vintage photo, wings, and crown from lisasalteredart.etsy.com, all manipulated in photoshop, reprinted, carefully trimmed, and re-colored by hand. These elements were arranged on a double background of watercolored paper.
New Geisha fairy . . .
Geisha Fairy with Blue Headpiece . .
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a digital vintage image and wings from SuppliesToGo.etsy.com and a crown from lisasalteredart.etsy.com, reprinted, carefully trimmed and recolored by hand. Images are arranged on a two piece watercolored background.
I like it better in the matte so I showed it both ways. I am working on another piece that I will put in a new post when it's done. I wanted to show you some new digital images that I found. I ran across two great Etsy shops for digital images. So many places will sell you digital collage sheets that you can only print and can't resize. I found two that send the sheets so that you can resize them to what you need. Most digital sheets are made with ATC's in mind so there are a few images in the multiple sheets that I bought that aren't translating well up to my larger needs (you can see the pixels as they get larger). But, for the money I spent, I got a lot that work just fine.
So the piece above uses mostly images from SuppliesToGo.etsy.com. The crown came from another spot that I will mention in the next post when I finish a piece using mostly her images. Both sellers offered fantastic customer service and a great product at a good price.
These are some of the first digital images I have purchased. I get a lot of images from various public domain sources and have spent way too much money buying my own photo postcards that I scan and reuse. I feel like I'm cheating using these digital images because there's not a lot of editing that needs to be done. I still hand colored skin, hair, edges, flaws, and few other places.
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a digital vintage image and wings from SuppliesToGo.etsy.com and a crown from lisasalteredart.etsy.com, reprinted, carefully trimmed and recolored by hand. Images are arranged on a two piece watercolored background.
I like it better in the matte so I showed it both ways. I am working on another piece that I will put in a new post when it's done. I wanted to show you some new digital images that I found. I ran across two great Etsy shops for digital images. So many places will sell you digital collage sheets that you can only print and can't resize. I found two that send the sheets so that you can resize them to what you need. Most digital sheets are made with ATC's in mind so there are a few images in the multiple sheets that I bought that aren't translating well up to my larger needs (you can see the pixels as they get larger). But, for the money I spent, I got a lot that work just fine.
So the piece above uses mostly images from SuppliesToGo.etsy.com. The crown came from another spot that I will mention in the next post when I finish a piece using mostly her images. Both sellers offered fantastic customer service and a great product at a good price.
These are some of the first digital images I have purchased. I get a lot of images from various public domain sources and have spent way too much money buying my own photo postcards that I scan and reuse. I feel like I'm cheating using these digital images because there's not a lot of editing that needs to be done. I still hand colored skin, hair, edges, flaws, and few other places.
Dec 2, 2008
I lied . . .
Just couldn't stay away today. I found this picture of my mom and had to play with it in photoshop (I'm trying it out for 30 days). You can't tell so much here but there were lots of specks and rusty spots from something so I tried to fix those and changed the exposure and focus.
Then, I couldn't just leave her without wings . . .
copyright 12/2/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a vintage picture reprinted, carefully trimmed and hand-colored and arranged with wings from Etsy's Supplies to Go and a crown made from Dover clipart on a watercolored background.
And here's a larger version reworked in another color. I think I'll give this one to my brother for Christmas. You can't tell but both collages have just a smidge of glitter on the crown and wings.
copyright by Marsha Jorgensen
5 x 7 collage using a vintage picture reprinted, carefully trimmed and hand-colored and arranged with wings from Etsy's Supplies to Go and a crown made from Dover clipart on a watercolred background.
Then, I couldn't just leave her without wings . . .
copyright 12/2/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a vintage picture reprinted, carefully trimmed and hand-colored and arranged with wings from Etsy's Supplies to Go and a crown made from Dover clipart on a watercolored background.
And here's a larger version reworked in another color. I think I'll give this one to my brother for Christmas. You can't tell but both collages have just a smidge of glitter on the crown and wings.
copyright by Marsha Jorgensen
5 x 7 collage using a vintage picture reprinted, carefully trimmed and hand-colored and arranged with wings from Etsy's Supplies to Go and a crown made from Dover clipart on a watercolred background.
Dec 1, 2008
Don't go far . . .
. . . I'll be back in a day or two.
I need a couple of days away from art and to do some chores around the house. So, I am taking a mini vacation from art and posting. I think . . . it's hard to stay away! Happy December!
I need a couple of days away from art and to do some chores around the house. So, I am taking a mini vacation from art and posting. I think . . . it's hard to stay away! Happy December!
Nov 30, 2008
Out of turkey yet?
All that's left in my house is a little darker meat - blecky - and a few smidgen's of this and that. I am still sleepy. Maybe the triptofan (however you spell it) will wear off soon so I can get more done. This is marathon time - decorating, shopping, baking on top of the normal rat race.
Hope you all had a safe and joyous holiday and are looking forward to the next few weeks. December 26 always feels so good - sleep late, stay in jammies, watch movies, and chill out. I love everything up to that, but the rest and time to do it is a good perk at the end.
Messenger Fairy . . .
copyright 11/31/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using vintage picure reprinted, trimmed and handcolored along with vintage envelopes scanned, printed and trimmed and colored arranged with wings from Great Musings but altered on a watercolored background.
Hope you all had a safe and joyous holiday and are looking forward to the next few weeks. December 26 always feels so good - sleep late, stay in jammies, watch movies, and chill out. I love everything up to that, but the rest and time to do it is a good perk at the end.
Messenger Fairy . . .
copyright 11/31/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using vintage picure reprinted, trimmed and handcolored along with vintage envelopes scanned, printed and trimmed and colored arranged with wings from Great Musings but altered on a watercolored background.
Nov 29, 2008
If I had a magic wand, Christmas list, and hearting people . . .
A slightly more realistic and humble Christmas wish list . . .
(if you don't know what that means, please reference previous Christmas wish list posts below - this one leaves out the airplane window)
Since getting my swanky super big cool computer and printer, I don't expect or want anything more. But, I had already done my research so thought I'd share what I WAS going to ask for . . . (I've had this post in the oven a week or so)
A magic wand . . . now #1 on the list
First, I would really like to finally get a magic wand. If I have the magic wand, I won't need the therapeutic but very cool airplane window which if received would mean redecorating the house. I have needed a magic wand so many times. For example, I wanted one just yesterday when reading Cha Cha's blog. I wanted to wave my magic wand and fix everything. So, what a perfect thing to ask Santa for. I promise not to abuse it as I believe life DOES need the downs to make the ups, ups. Know what I mean? But there are just a few times, now and then, it sure would come in handy. Okay, it may not be realistic but it is a sincere wish.
I used to have several pairs of converse tennis shoes in all different patterns. I wore them to work on casual Fridays - as an elementary librarian and art teacher you can get away with such attire. My daughter, growing into my shoe size a couple of years ago, then confiscated them and subsequently trashed them as a result of being a good kid and doing things all good kids should do (and maybe we adults should do more), running and playing and splashing in puddles. I am down to one pair of patterned and one pristinely white pair. And now, I can wear them everyday as I am only working for myself! Woohoo! That feels good. Here are some I would like to have now . . . (kind of in order and white laces on the last pair - no black laces for me AND women's size 8, honey) (click on the pictures to see detail - like the ones with white trees)
Okay, it's not just about footwear this year, but I would also like these boots for my sea glass hunting trips . . .
I hate wearing sandals cuz you get rocks under your piggies if you're walking in rocks and in the tide and you either have to remove them every few minutes or look for sea glass in severe piggie pain, especially in the winter (the best times to look for glass)
I would also like a fairy chair for my little chair collection and a fairy door (that I'll have to paint to match the human house and with proper fairy furniture for it too) . . .
The last door, the red one, is from Red Shoes, one of my favorite blogs - talk about eye candy. I'll take one of everything in her store.
Lastly, I would like these cool cards, made by the U.S. Playing Card Company to look like vintage 19th century cards, like they were found in some ghost town when they are actually brand new! Cool!
And, I had one more thing on my mind and on my list before signing off today. I just opened my Etsy store last week and was excited a day or two and then a little disappointed. I don't know what I was expecting but I am fighting the insecure thoughts . . . like "no one wants fairies anymore", "I need to do something different", "I haven't found my voice yet", "this isn't the direction I should work in", "I don't have enough goin' on in my work", "it's too simple", "it's not interesting enough", "I need to work harder", etc. Only one piece of art sold and that one to a good blog buddy so I don't know if it counts. All the time my husband reminding me that maybe only 10-12 people in the world know I (or my art) exist at the moment. Then, tonight I found that 10 people have "hearted" me! And, AND, only 3 of them are blog buddies! So, there's a glimmer of hope.
So, the last thing on my wish list is to know what I should do, if I should keep working at this. I asked my husband how long I should keep making things and not selling them (apparently) before I give up and go back to work at a "job" job and he said "never" at first and then realized I was looking for a different "realer" answer and he said "next summer". So, having only spent 2 months up to now venturing down this road, I feel pretty okay that I have a few more months (at least 6) before I have to throw in the towel and possibly realize the dream and the destiny didn't add up. We will see . . .
p.s. my husband just read this and said I sound desperate and impatient. Impatient, yes, I admit it. I am. Desperate, no. I am not looking for answers from readers or soliciting compliments, just being honest about my journey and the roadblocks many of us throw up ourselves. Surely I am not the only artist that started out with a whole boatload of self doubt.
(if you don't know what that means, please reference previous Christmas wish list posts below - this one leaves out the airplane window)
Since getting my swanky super big cool computer and printer, I don't expect or want anything more. But, I had already done my research so thought I'd share what I WAS going to ask for . . . (I've had this post in the oven a week or so)
A magic wand . . . now #1 on the list
First, I would really like to finally get a magic wand. If I have the magic wand, I won't need the therapeutic but very cool airplane window which if received would mean redecorating the house. I have needed a magic wand so many times. For example, I wanted one just yesterday when reading Cha Cha's blog. I wanted to wave my magic wand and fix everything. So, what a perfect thing to ask Santa for. I promise not to abuse it as I believe life DOES need the downs to make the ups, ups. Know what I mean? But there are just a few times, now and then, it sure would come in handy. Okay, it may not be realistic but it is a sincere wish.
I used to have several pairs of converse tennis shoes in all different patterns. I wore them to work on casual Fridays - as an elementary librarian and art teacher you can get away with such attire. My daughter, growing into my shoe size a couple of years ago, then confiscated them and subsequently trashed them as a result of being a good kid and doing things all good kids should do (and maybe we adults should do more), running and playing and splashing in puddles. I am down to one pair of patterned and one pristinely white pair. And now, I can wear them everyday as I am only working for myself! Woohoo! That feels good. Here are some I would like to have now . . . (kind of in order and white laces on the last pair - no black laces for me AND women's size 8, honey) (click on the pictures to see detail - like the ones with white trees)
Okay, it's not just about footwear this year, but I would also like these boots for my sea glass hunting trips . . .
I hate wearing sandals cuz you get rocks under your piggies if you're walking in rocks and in the tide and you either have to remove them every few minutes or look for sea glass in severe piggie pain, especially in the winter (the best times to look for glass)
I would also like a fairy chair for my little chair collection and a fairy door (that I'll have to paint to match the human house and with proper fairy furniture for it too) . . .
The last door, the red one, is from Red Shoes, one of my favorite blogs - talk about eye candy. I'll take one of everything in her store.
Lastly, I would like these cool cards, made by the U.S. Playing Card Company to look like vintage 19th century cards, like they were found in some ghost town when they are actually brand new! Cool!
And, I had one more thing on my mind and on my list before signing off today. I just opened my Etsy store last week and was excited a day or two and then a little disappointed. I don't know what I was expecting but I am fighting the insecure thoughts . . . like "no one wants fairies anymore", "I need to do something different", "I haven't found my voice yet", "this isn't the direction I should work in", "I don't have enough goin' on in my work", "it's too simple", "it's not interesting enough", "I need to work harder", etc. Only one piece of art sold and that one to a good blog buddy so I don't know if it counts. All the time my husband reminding me that maybe only 10-12 people in the world know I (or my art) exist at the moment. Then, tonight I found that 10 people have "hearted" me! And, AND, only 3 of them are blog buddies! So, there's a glimmer of hope.
So, the last thing on my wish list is to know what I should do, if I should keep working at this. I asked my husband how long I should keep making things and not selling them (apparently) before I give up and go back to work at a "job" job and he said "never" at first and then realized I was looking for a different "realer" answer and he said "next summer". So, having only spent 2 months up to now venturing down this road, I feel pretty okay that I have a few more months (at least 6) before I have to throw in the towel and possibly realize the dream and the destiny didn't add up. We will see . . .
p.s. my husband just read this and said I sound desperate and impatient. Impatient, yes, I admit it. I am. Desperate, no. I am not looking for answers from readers or soliciting compliments, just being honest about my journey and the roadblocks many of us throw up ourselves. Surely I am not the only artist that started out with a whole boatload of self doubt.
Nov 28, 2008
Something different, something not . . .
Ailes transparentes . . .
copyright 11/28/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a vintage postcard, resized and reprinted on transparency film over a watercolor and stamped background with Chinese paper borders and ribbon.
I named the one above Ailes Transparentes because that is French for transparent wings. I chose a French name and Chinese paper because today my husband, mom-in-law, and our good friends went to Chinatown Los Angeles where my mom-in-law was born in a French hospital in 1939. The hospital is still there but it is not French anymore, nor Chinese for that matter.
It was our first time there and we had great fun. I only bought a Chinese calendar and a little Confuscious book. From there we walked into a completely different "world", Olvera Street where everything is Mexican! I took lots of pictures that I'll share another day. Good walking to work off that turkey from yesterday. Of course, we came home and had leftovers. Oh well.
Fairy Fleur . . .
copyright 11/28/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage
. . . from another recently purchased postcard.
copyright 11/28/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using a vintage postcard, resized and reprinted on transparency film over a watercolor and stamped background with Chinese paper borders and ribbon.
I named the one above Ailes Transparentes because that is French for transparent wings. I chose a French name and Chinese paper because today my husband, mom-in-law, and our good friends went to Chinatown Los Angeles where my mom-in-law was born in a French hospital in 1939. The hospital is still there but it is not French anymore, nor Chinese for that matter.
It was our first time there and we had great fun. I only bought a Chinese calendar and a little Confuscious book. From there we walked into a completely different "world", Olvera Street where everything is Mexican! I took lots of pictures that I'll share another day. Good walking to work off that turkey from yesterday. Of course, we came home and had leftovers. Oh well.
Fairy Fleur . . .
copyright 11/28/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage
. . . from another recently purchased postcard.
Nov 27, 2008
An example of the process . . .
Geisha Fairy is one of my newer pieces. I thought you'd like to see how she started out. She was a postcard I bought for $10. I scanned her at 2400 dpi at 50% output.
I took her into picnik photo editing and adjusted the focus, contrast and exposure and re-saved her. I printed her out on acid free premium card stock. I cut her out - this can take 15-20 minutes or longer depending on the details.
After I finish trimming, I start laying her on backgrounds and looking for wings, trying things out. The backgrounds I paint in batches - maybe 50 in a day and that would take most of a day. I have a process of using water soluable pastels, liquid watercolor and distressable inks and sometimes bleach. I kind of choose a background and wings together - color of the wings vs. color of the background. Some backgrounds may look good with the color of some wings but the wings may not fit the main picture - too big, too small, too much color, not enough color, etc.
I was using Dover clipart for butterfly wings, but I was not happy with the "drawn" quality and just purchased a digital volume of real butterfly wings from Great Musings. Even these wings I felt needed to be adjusted in picnik for sharpness and exposure and a bit of color. I usually print out several pages of wings at a time and spend an afternoon trimming them all out at once. Copyright issues are very important to me. I try very hard to make sure the images I use have no copyright restrictions, I own, or I have permission to use for sellable art. I don't usually print from people's freebies (like flickr for example because I have had some of my images taken and used by someone else and I wouldn't do that to someone else. That stinks.)
After I get a general "feel" of where I want to go, I start hand-coloring the main picture to work with the background and wings. I use a variety of mediums to do this: colored pencil, pastel, markers, etc. This is when I really feel how old my eyes are getting. I am only 42 and when I'm coloring I feel like I need the strongest glasses possible. I color skin, hair, and clothing usually. When that is done, and if I colored in well and didn't go outside the lines, I start more fine tuning. I make sure the trimming is right, no jagged corners, no dark outlines left, etc. Then I very carefully go around all the edges of everything cut and sometimes the background with marker or distressable inks so that you can't see a white edge from the cutting.
Next, it is attaching time. Before I actually stick it down, I lay it out, pick it up, move it, try it, place it, measure it, etc. over and over again, try it with a matte, without the matte until I think I see exactly what I want. This is usually when I decide if I want a crown or hat or other element and prepare it as well. Then I start running things through the xyron machine(s). If all of the pieces make it this far, and sometimes they don't (sometimes get ruined in the coloring process), they may not make it past this part and I have to start all over. Sometimes I attach wings or heads with glue before running a combination of pieces through the xyron. After the xyron it is sometimes tricky to get it in just the right spot, and I often don't, because it is so sticky it cannot touch the background at all until it is in the place it needs to be. I have more than once accidentally let it touch in the wrong place and all bets are off. It either needs to stay where it is or I have to start over.
Geisha Fairy took two attempts. I had her all attached and then decided to color her lips with a darker color and got a little carried away and that was that, started over.
So, this is how Geisha Fairy turned out . . .
Here's another postcard I bought and how I used her in two different pieces. When I scanned the postcard I cut out all of the writing, you can see just a bit in the corner . . .
Probably obviously, for the second piece I colored skin, hair, and dress. For the last piece I just used her head (skin and hair colored by me) and colored hands from another picture to match her face.
I took her into picnik photo editing and adjusted the focus, contrast and exposure and re-saved her. I printed her out on acid free premium card stock. I cut her out - this can take 15-20 minutes or longer depending on the details.
After I finish trimming, I start laying her on backgrounds and looking for wings, trying things out. The backgrounds I paint in batches - maybe 50 in a day and that would take most of a day. I have a process of using water soluable pastels, liquid watercolor and distressable inks and sometimes bleach. I kind of choose a background and wings together - color of the wings vs. color of the background. Some backgrounds may look good with the color of some wings but the wings may not fit the main picture - too big, too small, too much color, not enough color, etc.
I was using Dover clipart for butterfly wings, but I was not happy with the "drawn" quality and just purchased a digital volume of real butterfly wings from Great Musings. Even these wings I felt needed to be adjusted in picnik for sharpness and exposure and a bit of color. I usually print out several pages of wings at a time and spend an afternoon trimming them all out at once. Copyright issues are very important to me. I try very hard to make sure the images I use have no copyright restrictions, I own, or I have permission to use for sellable art. I don't usually print from people's freebies (like flickr for example because I have had some of my images taken and used by someone else and I wouldn't do that to someone else. That stinks.)
After I get a general "feel" of where I want to go, I start hand-coloring the main picture to work with the background and wings. I use a variety of mediums to do this: colored pencil, pastel, markers, etc. This is when I really feel how old my eyes are getting. I am only 42 and when I'm coloring I feel like I need the strongest glasses possible. I color skin, hair, and clothing usually. When that is done, and if I colored in well and didn't go outside the lines, I start more fine tuning. I make sure the trimming is right, no jagged corners, no dark outlines left, etc. Then I very carefully go around all the edges of everything cut and sometimes the background with marker or distressable inks so that you can't see a white edge from the cutting.
Next, it is attaching time. Before I actually stick it down, I lay it out, pick it up, move it, try it, place it, measure it, etc. over and over again, try it with a matte, without the matte until I think I see exactly what I want. This is usually when I decide if I want a crown or hat or other element and prepare it as well. Then I start running things through the xyron machine(s). If all of the pieces make it this far, and sometimes they don't (sometimes get ruined in the coloring process), they may not make it past this part and I have to start all over. Sometimes I attach wings or heads with glue before running a combination of pieces through the xyron. After the xyron it is sometimes tricky to get it in just the right spot, and I often don't, because it is so sticky it cannot touch the background at all until it is in the place it needs to be. I have more than once accidentally let it touch in the wrong place and all bets are off. It either needs to stay where it is or I have to start over.
Geisha Fairy took two attempts. I had her all attached and then decided to color her lips with a darker color and got a little carried away and that was that, started over.
So, this is how Geisha Fairy turned out . . .
Here's another postcard I bought and how I used her in two different pieces. When I scanned the postcard I cut out all of the writing, you can see just a bit in the corner . . .
Probably obviously, for the second piece I colored skin, hair, and dress. For the last piece I just used her head (skin and hair colored by me) and colored hands from another picture to match her face.
New Fairies . . .
I call this one . . .
America's Next Top Fairy . . .
copyright 11/27/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
5 x 7 collage using reprinted vintage photos, trimmed and hand-colored, wings from Great Musings, and an old Wilson's Milk label
I don't know why but it reminds me of an episode of America's Next Top Model - like a photo shoot or something. I like it. I may use more white backgrounds now and then. The funny thing is I was just showing Thrifty Collage Artist's work to my husband and saying I need to add more elements to my pieces, there needs to be more to look at (which I still think is true). But, for some reason the white is kind of powerful with this one.
You'll recognize the same head in the next piece. I just bought this postcard last week and was just likin' her tonight.
Fairy Rose . . .
copyright 11/27/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using reprinted vintage postcard picture, reprinted, trimmed, and hand-colored, wings from Great Musings, and a crown made from an old label on a watercolored background
America's Next Top Fairy . . .
copyright 11/27/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
5 x 7 collage using reprinted vintage photos, trimmed and hand-colored, wings from Great Musings, and an old Wilson's Milk label
I don't know why but it reminds me of an episode of America's Next Top Model - like a photo shoot or something. I like it. I may use more white backgrounds now and then. The funny thing is I was just showing Thrifty Collage Artist's work to my husband and saying I need to add more elements to my pieces, there needs to be more to look at (which I still think is true). But, for some reason the white is kind of powerful with this one.
You'll recognize the same head in the next piece. I just bought this postcard last week and was just likin' her tonight.
Fairy Rose . . .
copyright 11/27/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4 x 4 3/4 collage using reprinted vintage postcard picture, reprinted, trimmed, and hand-colored, wings from Great Musings, and a crown made from an old label on a watercolored background
Nov 25, 2008
I've been tagged!
My buddy Cha Cha tagged me so I'm "it" again! Last time I had to tell you 6 random things about me. Hmmm . . . I'm not sure I can think of 7 more, but this is fun. I'll think of some things.
Okay, where to start . . . I want to at least TRY to be entertaining. Last time I was tagged I told you of my button phobia, my weird toes in need of transplant surgery (I MUST be #1 on the list - who else wants new toes?), I don't like to eat but do too much of it anyway, I've been making collages since August, what happens when you google me and my hubby, and that I used to play on a championship pool team. So, 7 new ones . . . .
Edit to post 11/26/08 - don't know what I had to think about. I only have a few somewhat regular visitors. My worry is that some of them may not want to fill up their sites with this as they are much more professional than I am. But, we'll give them a go and see if they bite - at least they get a link to their site for my other 1 or 2 followers! You can ignore this if it just doesn't go with your blog flow . . .
But, we all want to know your weird things, so come on and play - it's free therapy!
Tace of All Kinds of Stuff
Linda Cain (who really doesn't have time for this I know) of Friends in Art
Linda Crispell of Linda Crispell
Suzan (an amazing artist that has my head spinning) of Thrifty Collage Artist
Karen of Amusments
Saucy of Bloggedy, Blog, Blog (whose blog is too pretty for this I think but she is my blog goddess role model of late - man I wish I could do what she does)
and my original muse, Jill of Altered Bits of Elinor's Closet
Okay, where to start . . . I want to at least TRY to be entertaining. Last time I was tagged I told you of my button phobia, my weird toes in need of transplant surgery (I MUST be #1 on the list - who else wants new toes?), I don't like to eat but do too much of it anyway, I've been making collages since August, what happens when you google me and my hubby, and that I used to play on a championship pool team. So, 7 new ones . . . .
- When I was born, my tongue was not attached to the bottom of my mouth! Some would say that makes sense now since I seem to speak a bit loosely at times. However, there's no medical findings available that would explain why I repeatedly put my foot in my mouth. My right ear wasn't attached in the back to my head when I was born either. Both were stitched up and I turned out okay, well, in my opinion anyway. My mom says my ear ripped away from my head cuz I weighed 10 lbs and 11 oz when I was born and she was only 5'5". Poor thing.
- Slim Jims (Original) are my favorite comfort snack and indulgence.
- My husband never actually proposed to me - this is a long running fued in my family, 20+ years now. I'm not sure how we ended up getting married because I didn't ask him either. We knew each other 10 months when we got married in Las Vegas. I met him in a bar where I was bartending just before my senior year in college, the night after I swore off boyfriends in a pact with my roomate to really enjoy our last year of college fun with no boyfriend drama. I ended up having a lot of fun that year.
- I dated a boy for 7 years before dating just a few others and then met my husband. The weird thing is both my hubby and this boy were the oldest of 3 children, one's parents were Roger and Diane, the other parents were Ron and Dianne, and both of their long time home addresses were 1516. This may not be weird to you but it is to me, kinda parallel universe weird, like I came darn close to choosing the wrong one!
- I was an extra in the movie Disorganized Crime (a pretty bad corny movie - don't know if you can even rent it anymore) in the court room scenes. If you look really closely in the very blurry background, you can see my big hair. I was weiring a dark blue shirt I think. I didn't plan on being in the movie and actually was a bit tipsy that night. My husband was the dolly grip on the movie and the country singer Hoyt Axton had a small part in the movie. His daughter, April, was there visiting the set and we ended up going out while the men worked. When we stopped by to visit on the set, we got pulled on TO the set. I had to go potty really bad and couldn't wait 'til I was done. I think I got paid $20. If you rent the movie Cavegirl, my husband is one of the cavemen - the first movie he ever worked on. If you watch the opening of Hot Shots and watch very closely as they start to play football on the aircraft carrier, there is a very quick close-up of my husband as he throws the football pass (he got pulled on at the last minute - he's not an actor) But, speaking of throwing things, if you watch Forest Gump when Jenny throws rocks at her old house, it is my husband throwing the rocks in the close-ups of the house. And lastly, if you watch Love Field, I think I pretty much painted the inside of every bus, house, telephone booth, and motel room and the outside of the old junky gas station. I didn't get credit for the movie because I quit before it finished filming. I got paid $100 a day way back then! Someday I'll tell you more claims to fame(lessness) I have.
- I can't snap my fingers with my left hand. They just don't snap no matter how hard I try.
- I can say the alphabet backwards just as fast as I can say it forwards. Maybe most people can.
Edit to post 11/26/08 - don't know what I had to think about. I only have a few somewhat regular visitors. My worry is that some of them may not want to fill up their sites with this as they are much more professional than I am. But, we'll give them a go and see if they bite - at least they get a link to their site for my other 1 or 2 followers! You can ignore this if it just doesn't go with your blog flow . . .
But, we all want to know your weird things, so come on and play - it's free therapy!
Tace of All Kinds of Stuff
Linda Cain (who really doesn't have time for this I know) of Friends in Art
Linda Crispell of Linda Crispell
Suzan (an amazing artist that has my head spinning) of Thrifty Collage Artist
Karen of Amusments
Saucy of Bloggedy, Blog, Blog (whose blog is too pretty for this I think but she is my blog goddess role model of late - man I wish I could do what she does)
and my original muse, Jill of Altered Bits of Elinor's Closet
My Etsy is open!
(part of my vintage ephemera package in my etsy store)
I am still listing items and will be for a few days as I also try to make a few more collages here and there until next week. Then I'll be in full swing. I was up until 3 this morning figuring out how to list and downsizing pictures (and installing more photo editing software!). I thought I was going to sleep in but my husband woke me up at 6 something to tell me I already had a sale! Woohoo! A little non-art sale, but a sale no less!
That made me jump out of bed to go see. Then I felt a little vulnerable with pj's and bed hair like the people were in my store and could see me through the computer somehow. That didn't last long - here I sit, still in pj's, watercolor stained fingers, bed hair, and cold feet cuz I can't seem to tear away and get a pair of socks or slippers! I'm nervous and excited!
Hey, some of you already hearted me! How'd you do that so fast?! Maybe you love me so much you hearted me before I had anything in the store! You all are so sweet to me!
Nov 24, 2008
copyright 11/24/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
5 x 7 collage using vintage picture reprinted and hand colored, clipart butterfly by Great Musings, and watercolor
copyright 11/24/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4' x 4 3/4" collage using a vintage picture reprinted, butterfly cliparts by Great Musings and Garden of Tomorrow, and watercolor
I don't know what to title this post . . .
Thanks to all of you that leave such lovely comments and stop by to say "howdy" regularly. I read everything and appreciate hearing from you more than you know. I am sorry I have been out of the loop the last few days and haven't gotten back to any of you.I am slow to visit blogs the last few days and haven't been visiting anyone else much. I'm a little off kilter.
Stress comes in threes I've heard (I hope that's all, hope it's not fours and tens or fifties) I was working very hard to get some new pieces made on the new and more frame-able backgrounds before opening my etsy this week - that's been stressful especially cuz I kept finding more and more things wrong with my work as I took care of one thing, it seemed something else was a problem. The new computer and printer have greatly improved things for me - pictures are printing much, much sharper and I am able to go a bit faster. But, have had the new faster computer slow me down a bit too as I have to move files from the old computer to the new one and lost bookmarks and need to learn the new vista stuff, etc. That's a good most excellent stress, but still stress.
But, I found out the same night that I was celebrating my computer that my dad, who recently had some tests done, has an anuerism on his aorta that needs to be taken care of pronto. He is 79 and lives in Missouri, quite a long ways from me. My mom died many years ago and I have one brother who lives in Las Vegas so I am waiting to hear what the heart doc says today about surgery and may have to jump on a plane (and some of you already know I am very afraid of flying and haven't flown since my mom died in 1996). I should hear from Dad today, so keep good thoughts and say prayers if you can for us.
Well, and to top that off, we also found out Saturday via the news that the Screen Actors Guild is calling for a strike. Some of you know my hubby works in the movie industry and we just got sort of lined out after the writer's strike and now, here we go again, same time as last year, right before the holidays and even worse this year with the yucky economy. We will find a way through, but it won't be easy peasy. It scares me more to think how this strike will absolutely devistate tens of thousands of people - not just in the movie industry but in all of the industries movie people spend money in. For those that are not so close to Hollywood, this is not about making rich actors richer - only about 3% of the SAG members make their living from acting. Well, maybe it is about making a very small number of actors richer and they are so rich they don't even care, I don't know. To me, it is about the 35,000 "below the line" workers that may lose their homes because of a macho fight over a contract that can be renegotiated in 3 years anyway (most movie industry union contracts are negotiated every 3 years). I don't want to start a whole slippery discussion about unions. I know how they are viewed by most of the world, but my man is a union man, one that has worked very hard to create and maintain an honest, fair and reasonable union that has managed to take care of its members AND help the other side of the industry at the same time. Well, I should quit before I dig a deeper hole for myself with any possible SAG members out there or union dislikers. In a nutshell, the strike is very bad news for the economy and lots and lots of people and it is shocking that a call for a strike has been made with such short sightedness and arrogance. Needless to say, a stress on more folks than me.
So, I'll get back in the swing soon. I'm waiting to open the etsy store until I find out what's happening with my dad. There is a chance it will be postponed. I'll keep you posted!
Stress comes in threes I've heard (I hope that's all, hope it's not fours and tens or fifties) I was working very hard to get some new pieces made on the new and more frame-able backgrounds before opening my etsy this week - that's been stressful especially cuz I kept finding more and more things wrong with my work as I took care of one thing, it seemed something else was a problem. The new computer and printer have greatly improved things for me - pictures are printing much, much sharper and I am able to go a bit faster. But, have had the new faster computer slow me down a bit too as I have to move files from the old computer to the new one and lost bookmarks and need to learn the new vista stuff, etc. That's a good most excellent stress, but still stress.
But, I found out the same night that I was celebrating my computer that my dad, who recently had some tests done, has an anuerism on his aorta that needs to be taken care of pronto. He is 79 and lives in Missouri, quite a long ways from me. My mom died many years ago and I have one brother who lives in Las Vegas so I am waiting to hear what the heart doc says today about surgery and may have to jump on a plane (and some of you already know I am very afraid of flying and haven't flown since my mom died in 1996). I should hear from Dad today, so keep good thoughts and say prayers if you can for us.
Well, and to top that off, we also found out Saturday via the news that the Screen Actors Guild is calling for a strike. Some of you know my hubby works in the movie industry and we just got sort of lined out after the writer's strike and now, here we go again, same time as last year, right before the holidays and even worse this year with the yucky economy. We will find a way through, but it won't be easy peasy. It scares me more to think how this strike will absolutely devistate tens of thousands of people - not just in the movie industry but in all of the industries movie people spend money in. For those that are not so close to Hollywood, this is not about making rich actors richer - only about 3% of the SAG members make their living from acting. Well, maybe it is about making a very small number of actors richer and they are so rich they don't even care, I don't know. To me, it is about the 35,000 "below the line" workers that may lose their homes because of a macho fight over a contract that can be renegotiated in 3 years anyway (most movie industry union contracts are negotiated every 3 years). I don't want to start a whole slippery discussion about unions. I know how they are viewed by most of the world, but my man is a union man, one that has worked very hard to create and maintain an honest, fair and reasonable union that has managed to take care of its members AND help the other side of the industry at the same time. Well, I should quit before I dig a deeper hole for myself with any possible SAG members out there or union dislikers. In a nutshell, the strike is very bad news for the economy and lots and lots of people and it is shocking that a call for a strike has been made with such short sightedness and arrogance. Needless to say, a stress on more folks than me.
So, I'll get back in the swing soon. I'm waiting to open the etsy store until I find out what's happening with my dad. There is a chance it will be postponed. I'll keep you posted!
Nov 23, 2008
Some more etsy peeks . . .
copyright 11/23/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4" x 4 3/4" collage using vintage picture reprinted and hand-colored, Dover clipart, old book page, and watercolor
copyright 11/23/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4" x 4 3/4" collage using vintage picture reprinted and hand-colored, Dover clipart, old book page, and watercolor
copyright 11/23/08 by Marsha Jorgensen
3 3/4" x 4 3/4" collage using vintage picture reprinted and hand-colored, Dover clipart, rubberstamping, pastel, and watercolor
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