Book + Art = ?

A couple of months ago, in a post titled Rejected!, I wrote about my attempt to get some of my altered books into a book arts show. It was my first time trying to get accepted into a juried show, and of course, I was a bit disappointed that I wasn’t accepted. Apparently they had a lot of entries. [Continued on Artful Journey]

New Adventure! Altered Books! Artful Journeys!

I am nearing the end of an exiting adventure: creating a new blog using WordPress. This has been a wonderful learning experience for me. Don't you just love it when your mind churns with new concepts and all your hard-work at learning the curve finally works out?

Many thanks to the kind, patient, and talented Cricket Bailey of
GNC Web Creations for her hours of hand-holding and guidance throughout the past (almost) year.

Also, a shout-out to Andy Skeltoac and Catsudon for their terrific tutorials on transferring my blogspot files to my new blog, Artful Journey.

In addition, thank you to Joni Mueller for the Iris theme which I drastically modified but which is based on her original design, and to Squid Fingers who makes the most beautiful background patterns, and finally to Lady K. for the Typogenerator which helped me create my banner.

Hope to see you all at Artful Journey!

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Yesterday I woke up at 6:30 a.m., which is what time I usually wake up during my work week. I don't like to sleep late on the weekends because I use my precious Saturdays and Sundays to cram in all those things that I'm too busy to do during the week days. My perfect daily schedule would be to wake up early, stay up late, and take a nap in the middle of the day when my batteries start to run low.

So I woke up early, had some coffee, and started cleaning. Saturday was laundry-dishes-floors-pay bills-general straighten-up the house day, all in preparation for SUNDAY!, the day that I'm determined to dedicate to working on one or more of the dozen altered book and collage ideas that are pressing on my brain... [Continued on Artful Journey]

Altered Books Take a Journey

I mailed out three altered books today. It was sad to see them go. I shipped two books to the show in San Luis Obispo, and Anatomy of Paradise to a new home in San Jose. I am hoping the kind woman who purchased the book enjoys it as much as I have... [Continued on Artful Journey]