May 23 Digital Abstract Flowers

It is day 23 of the "April Showers Brings May Flowers Art Challenge" and I thought I'd take this time to show you some digital collage sheets I've been working on.

Back in 2009 I created a bunch of digital alterations from my hand painted papers and I've wanted to turn them into collage sheets ever since... but I wasn't sure my style of art would be a welcome fit for others to have a little "creative play" with. Then I discovered an amazing Mixed Media group online and I realized that there are people out there who like to play with things that don't fit into a specific mold--that aren't cookie cutter templates.

So I spent most of today re-sizing 80 images and placing them into inchie templates. My goal is to create a fun print-your-own collage sheet bundle at an amazingly affordable price. I'm just not sure if I want to sell them directly from my site or use etsy.

I think this is my favorite for the night. I wanted an aged, worn, vintage feel and I think I got it.

What are your thoughts?

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May 22 Flower Pot Project

I love flowers. I think they're beautiful, sentimental, and often times, sweet smelling. However, I don't like to spend a fortune on cut flowers since they tend to die in just a few short days. So, I buy live flowers I can plant in the yard and cut for decorative purposes as the need arises.

Still, I know some people like to receive flowers for gifts so I try to keep a small supply of fake flowers, moss, and paper mache pots on hand. That way, I can create cute floral arrangements like this one.

Can you believe this arrangement only cost me $5?

You can learn how to create this by clicking here.

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May 21 Make Your Own Miniature Dry Erase Board

I love dry erase boards! They are multi-functional and save a tons of trees, but they are also butt-ugly! After all this time why hasn't anyone come up with cute dry erase boards?

A year or so ago, I saw a dry erase board made out of a basic black frame with scrapbook paper inside where the photo usually goes. I thought it was a brilliant idea, but since I already owned two dry erase boards of my own, I never ventured out to using the frame idea.

That is, until I created the floral postcard I showed you back on May 2, 2013.

Originally, I thought about adding text to the empty space on the right, but then I thought about that dry erase idea and decided to give it a try and let me tell you that I love it!

When nothing is written on the glass, it looks like a home decor piece. But when I want to leave a special someone a note, it becomes a message board.

Cool right?!

And to think... all it takes to make your very own dry erase board is a background image (like one of my postcards), a frame (with glass), and a dry erase marker.

And if you pick a postcard without a lot of writing space, you could always add a mat with a thick border to frame the postcard and write on it, instead.

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