Collage 13

Week 13 of 2019 has arrived and with it a new collage in my series of 52 collages, one for each week of 2019. I'm working in a 5 x 8" Moleskine journal. I love the quotation as it's so true, and if I'm honest I also think there is a time to calm down but there is also a time when taking action is the better option. So I very seldom advise anyone (including myself) to calm down.

The above motto suits me much better. I spotted it on a little camper van parked at Penicuik Estate this morning. No idea who owns it but I liked them sight unseen just because they named their van Daisy. It was decorated in a lovely, happy, hippie style and offered up my sort of guidance: One Life, Live It!.

Collage 8

Another week has passed and this is collage 8 in my series of 52 collages in an 5 x 8" Moleskine journal, made as part of my #52collages2019 project.

I never plan these collages out but instead start by making a background. Sometimes this is one image and at other times such as this one the background consists of various different images, all obtained from magazines and the like.

Then I start tearing out a wide variety of imagery that catch my eye as I leaf through magazines. I also find things in newspapers, my stash of vintage postcards and catalogues. The text is usually the last item that gets added.

For this collage I used a vintage postcard featuring a house in Barcelona, a Chinese postage stamp, a detail from Grant Wood's painting American Gothic and washi tape with text. It's hard to say when I stop but the best way to explain it is to say it's done when the entire page looks like it was always meant to be. .

Happy Valentine's Day

And here is one of my vintage cards with Love's Offerings to you all!

Lenna is on her way!

Today my very good friend Lenna is beginning her journey south and driving from Connecticut to Florida, with her husband and two dogs as well as a full car. I hope that the weather is kinder to her than it is here in Scotland (streaming rain and even some wet snow!) but hopefully it will get warmer and better the further south they go. I've been thinking of them all day!

Lenna is starting a new life in Florida to be nearer her parents and I'm looking forward to sharing her adventures from a distance. We have shared so much already and knowing her is a real joy as is sharing our art on a monthly basis. We've also started to exchange letters as well as art and I know her better than most people I've met in person.

Meeting her in person is a long-held dream and who knows what might happen in the future.

At the moment I can only wish her a good journey and a safe arrival (not till Tuesday!) just like on this vintage card! It's part of my own collection and although it's meant for a birthday it seemed very appropriate for this occasion too!