Remember that Sept. 1948 issue of Calling All Girls magazine? My husband had the wonderful idea to make a charm from its cover. Here is is front and back. The image of the man is also from the magazine. I added the word HERS beside his face. I’ll be making more of these with different [...]
My dad’s birthday is next week. I’m hoping he doesn’t read my blog before then because this is his gift. The photo is him as a boy. I collaged a 1940 Hunting and Fishing magazine ad page onto an old dictionary cover, 6.25″ X 8.75″. The silver strips are soldered. I was a little nervous that I would burn [...]
I’ve desired to know how to draw for years. After several tries with “learn to draw or sketch” books with instructions and suggestions, I’ve finally decided that The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was worth the time investment it would take to read. It is more than a “learn to draw” [...]
My neighbor had purchased a scrapbook at an estate sale. It has now found a home in our dining room. The dates of the contents stretch from the 1940s to 1960s. The scrapbook has fallen to pieces and now fills a large box with mementos from someone else’s life, her children, her relatives, scrapes & [...]
Yesterday, we got a great chuckle out of Suzan’s artwork over at Thrify Collage Artist, so much so that my son made his own version:
You should walk a mile in someone else’s pants,
’cause then you will be a mile away.
And you will have their pants.
amanda ∞
This page in my altered hymnal has a theme of contentment prompted by the latest challenge at Salt.
The words around the edge read: Paul says “for I have learned in whatsoever state I am, to be content.” I desire to be this way all the time, but sometimes contentment eludes me. Then I find it again.
Also [...]
I’m still not reading and still not enjoying not reading. I’m curious when I get done with this assignment if I will appreciate something about it. I have been busy though. Today I soldered a bit more. Here’s the result:
I painted the trees on Scripture and then gave them a blue glaze to [...]
So I recently opened my own Etsy shop. In order to do this, I had to photograph my rings.
After viewing the photos on my Etsy shop, my husband went to his shop and quickly made me a Light Box covered in silk and gave me some instructions on taking photos.
So today, I tried again. The silk [...]
I’ve been working through the book, The Artist’s Way, these past few weeks. I highly recommend it for growth in any creative area of life. Each week there are new assignments to enable one to strip away the barriers from creative thinking and doing. This week I am practicing “reading deprivation.” I am not reading [...]
This Art Prize & Award was presented to me by Patti from Treasure Barn. This is a great honor. Patti is such a creative person. I love the glimpse she gives into her life.
There are so many inspiring blogs out there, but these have made such a great impact in my life: Sheri at Blended Colors, Leah [...]
After our soldering class, we purchased a soldering iron and began having fun at home.
Check out my daughter’s creations at her blog.
My son even got in on the act.
Here’s my creation for the evening. I found the adorable little squirrels in an old children’s tale of Snow White. We tried our hand at soldering marbles [...]
The latest Salt challenge is the theme, Believe. The text is John 9 about a blind man whose sight was restored. His response, “Lord, I believe.”
This page is also a reflection of my own experience. When I was blind, my world was colorless, dark, lifeless. Now I feel the blood flowing, and although I can [...]
I want to share a new blog: The Crafty Crow. I’ve been a fan of the blog creator, Bella Dia, for some time, using many of the ideas this winter for our homeschool group. I have no doubt that the Crafty Crow, a children’s craft collective, will be brimming with fun ideas to do as [...]
Cow Bird Observations by amanda jolley
Cow bird, cow bird,
Oh, so sweet.
Peck a pile of
Dung to eat.
amanda ∞ (tee hee)
