It is February 10th
and the moon is a waxing crescent moon at the moment. I had hoped to have this
written and done when it was a new moon – since this is a new project! But Alas…
I didn't quite make it.
Hopefully, I am the first
to turn in this month’s project. But
that is because I am leaving for Asia and will be enjoying the full moon in
Luang Prabang, Laos. But I will be
thinking of all of you!
As many of you know, Peg
is the queen of possibilities, and I have never met anyone who is so talented
at all she tries! So everything is a
possibility! So with having her space
for the February project, she had to be a queen… and it is February so the
Queen of Hearts seemed perfect! But after seeing her beautiful altar with its
soft muted colors, a bright red February altar seemed to be too glaring. So I returned to the thousands of pictures
that I have taken and chose a door from Germany. The colors looked like they fit well and so I
planned it so Peg could open the door to find her Queen of Hearts and Altar
surprise! This is the original Picture:
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I printed it and then
worked with it to make it look more like a water color. I did this by putting a
paper glue on the back of the paper (and lots of it!) so it completely soaked
the paper. It gently washed the ink out
so it gave a watercolor effect. I had
planned to cute the door down and then make it open the center to reveal the
red altar inside. But, that did not work as well as I had hoped. So I attached it to recycled tyvek stuff from
a mailing envelope so that it could be glued to the Altar box and the door
could be lifted. The small green dot you
see in the picture is the “door handle”.
And now the picture looks like:
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I also went over some of
the detail of the door with a watercolor pencil so it gave it some more definition. And when you open the door… there is a
surprise to the Queen of Hearts!!!
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I have wanted to start
making some pins and this is the first!!
A heart for Valentine’s Day! But remember… it is the first and there was
much to be learned from this!
So I am thinking of all of
you and looking forward to seeing what each one of you does!
Kathy D
WOW...I love photography and take a lot of pictures. Your process is so intriguing and I hope to try it myself after I visit Italy and Switzerland this summer. Just beautiful and creative.
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun idea and a very beautiful door. Even more exciting is the heart pin inside! Woot woot!
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