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| Any parents out there who remember reading that book IF You Give A Moose A Muffin? (Or maybe it was a mouse?) Well....I kinda feel like that moose (or mouse)....I had a book of old photos, some vintage sheet music I found for free and some brown Kraft card stock all sitting on my work table.... |
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| (A friend gave me the photo album) |
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| And all of a sudden I was tearing and pasting and painting and collaging to my heart's content. I should have been doing a long list of other things but there you go. I have been having a lot of stress in my life lately and tearing and pasting always helps. |
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| Some inked out the face in this photo and wrote "too fat" on it....hummmm |
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| I could tell this was the same MOM holding the tiny baby in that photo on the left and then later with her daughter much more grown up -- it's all in the hair-do! Don't you wonder what happened to them? |
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| Sisters? |
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| I had to dab in some color on some because the photos were so faded you couldn't see what was there. I knew she was holding a baby! |
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| So, now I have a sweet little stack of collaged photo cards to send out....using stress wisely! |
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| You like collage? You've got to get this book. Trust me....No, this is not a money-making blog (God knows) and no, Amazon doesn't pay me....but I am loving this book. |
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| Here you go -- maybe your library has it? Melinda Tidwell (an artist I love) is in here. And the woman who wrote the book loves using old, discarded books in her collages.Oh yes--Ido too. |
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| Here's a photo that's not getting torn up on my watch! This little cutie is...... |
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| ....turning 101 years old in October! Can you imagine? He is JB, my lovely father-in-law and Pasadena's oldest fire fighter (retired, of course). I have started a 101 Card Campaign for his birthday month of October andI've been asking all my mail art friends to send him a card -- any time in October. It can be plain or fancy. Bought or handmade. I'm hoping to give him 101 birthday wishes and cheer up his mailbox all monthlong. Here's a chance to make a very old guy happy. |
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| Here's mine. He's getting homemade cookies too. (Good thing he doesn't read the blog). JBF 1575 E. Washington - APT 530 Pasadena, CA 91104 USA Are you in? Please let me know if you are. I'm trying to keep tabs on how close we are to 101 cards. Lots of lovely folks on the blog's FaceBook page have already said yes so we are well on the way. So, back to tearing.....I guess it is better than doing some other things to relieve stress....and at least I have something to show for it. SEND AN OLD GUY A CARD -- 101 Card Campaign needs you! |
