BONES
Here is my completed Sunday art project. This is a paper collage done on cardboard covered with heavy stock textured paper. I used magazine clippings, some stickers, and some confetti stars. The wings on the suited skeleton are from a card. Once again I've used a metal mailbox number.

I used the gel medium on this one instead of glue. It worked OK, however it was necessary to use it on front and back of all the pieces in order for it to stick properly. That worried me at first, but it turned out fine and left a nice finish on the piece. I picked 9 for "9 lives." I know it's not cat skeletons, but...

I put the finishing touches on while trying to watch Battlestar Gallactica. I think I did ok. Battlestar sort of sucked tonight anyway ;-)

GIRLY GIRLS
Here is a collage from some doodles I did this morning. I drew the little bouquets too. I cut the girls and bouquets out and glued them onto the background with gel medium. I used rub-on letters to add some verbiage. The highlights in their hair are gold leaf pen. The background is Twinkling H2O's on watercolor paper. The daisies and butterflies are stickers. I finished it with a spray of Krylon followed by a dusting of gold glitter. It looks nicer in person, I promise.

GILBERT GRAMMOPHONE

The old grammophone (Victrola) measured up and we were able to bargain with the proprietor and procure the piece. Here it sits in our humble abode in the spot reserved just for it.

And would you believe that the spouse says he may want to sell the big old Klipsch speakers now?

ANTIQUING ON A SATURDAY IN VICKSBURG, MS

My spouse and I spent the night at Anchuca Historic Mansion on Friday night. Anchuca is a Choctaw Indian word that means "Happy Home." On Saturday after a scrumptious breakfast we went to a few antique stores to look for something cool to set our big old Klipsch speakers on in our living room.

We found an old Victrola that could be the ticket. We wanted something cool and functional and there is storage space in the front of the piece. We will have to measure and go back to see if it will work in our space, and also see if we can bargain with the proprietor.

During our adventure I happened upon some other treasures; a box-o-goodies for mixed media projects, a retro Barbie doll, and a Bradley doll that is in great condition. The Barbie is in good condition and only cost me 10 bucks. The Bradley doll was only 5 bucks. The wonderful box-o-goodies was 10 bucks. Yes, I am compensating yet again with the toys, since my mom gave away these same types of dolls that I'd had in childhood--without asking me first! Now when I see them I want them! Here are pics of my treasures below.

FACES
This is another collage on canvas that I've made with my polymer clay creations. I used rubber stamps to stamp the designs into the clay, then did an overlay of gold leaf. I used metallic acrylic paint and gold leaf on the background. As usual, this did not turn out as fantastic as I thought it would. But it's ok. Somebody may like it. Ya never know!

COFFEE HOUSE ART SHOW
Here is a photo of my art hanging at the local coffee house. It will be displayed there during the month of January. I hope I don't have to bring it all home ;-)

SCULPEY TIME!
Skye and I spent time making stuff out of Sculpey polymer clay last night. I made the little flowers, etc. in the photo. She made a rag-doll that was really cute. I was going to post it, but she had taken it before I could photograph it, and apparently laid it where the weenie dog could get to it. He thinks anything that resembles a toy is HIS to chew to pieces. Needless to say, she was not paying attention and the weenie dog got hold of it and chewed its hair off. The face was unharmed but we'll have to make new hair for sure.

It was fun creating these cute little items. I will use them in future mixed media projects. There were some projects included in the package with the clay; they look really cool. I want to try doing them too!

LUCKY IN LOVE
Yet another collage on canvas. I used black gesso to prep the canvas and then put a coat of black acrylic all over. I did wet on wet painting with stripes and hearts and applied silver and red glitter and Krylon. This one has a giant playing card from a deck I found at the dollar store. The hearts are cut from some stationery and so is the border. The rose stickers came in handy for this one and the beads are onyx from a broken bracelet. The luck letters came from a broken braclet as well. I have figured out along my way with these projects that I can complete them faster if I use a blow dryer to dry the gesso, paint, Krylon and gel medium faster in between stages.