THEY'RE BAAAAACK...
I put this together in haste for a valentine gift for my mother. It's Aunt Beth and company again. I thought mom would like this, but I'm not sure if she did. She and Aunt Beth have not gotten along well over the last several years, since Uncle John's death. But I hoped she'd gotten past that. Her enthusiasm over her gift seemed a bit lukewarm. Maybe she thought it was crappy work, maybe she did not like the photo I used. Dunno. But whatever the case; it was made with love, on canvas, with hand-painted accents, tissue paper, magazine clippings, a doily, jewels, and glitter.

HOW THEY ROCKED BACK THEN
Ok, I promise this is the last piece I'm going to post with the bronze and metallic purple color scheme. I really got hooked on that. I like it a lot. But enough is enough. I'm going to keep most of these and use them in my home. It's not often that I create something that will actually fit in here at my house. I think I'm going to do something colorful next. Or maybe I'll do metallic blue with silver. Ok, I'll surprise you.

This is the same technique as the ballerina (called Good) that I posted a few days ago, except that I added some confetti hearts to this piece and the other has none. Also different is the addition of a clipping of roses from an old calendar. The roses were ivory, but I used the purple metallic paint to accent them purple to better match everything else.

JOHNNY ANGEL
This is another piece to Aunt Beth's birthday present. The young boy in the photo is my uncle, John Paul Magness. He passed away about 5 years ago I believe it was. He and Aunt Beth were very close and she was devastated when he died. Then a family squabble ensued. It was a mess. He was her favorite and he left her everything. Long story short, some of the family got upset.

Her birthday gift would not be complete without John. So I dug out the only photo that I have of him. This is from February of 1960. It was a rare time when it actually snowed in Mississippi. In the photo, John is grabbing up some snow to make a snowball.

I did this to match the other collage with Aunt Beth, Uncle David, and Uncle Jim. On this one I added some confetti hearts. The moon is an old earring of mine. I hope she will really like them. I've gotten some nice easels to go with them.

BELIEVE
Here's another paper collage done last night. I found a pack of gold trimmed certificate paper recently that was really economically priced, and thought it would be good to go with gold star tissue paper. I made the wings and star by clipping up a magazine page. The photo of the little girl came from a creative Web site. It's finished off with confetti stars and a jewel star. The definition is a rub on.

AUNT BETH'S BIRTHDAY PRESENT
I did this collage on canvas for my Aunt Beth. That's her in the picture, on the left. The boy on the right is my Uncle Jim, and the baby is my Uncle David. I love this photo. I've had it for several years. Aunt Beth gave it to me. I copied it to use in the collage.

I did the same type of background with metallic paints as I did with the ballerina collage. I also did the same tissue paper with stars. I used a lace heart doily, a jewel clipped from a magazine and a strand of pearly beads. It's finished off with star confetti.

I think this is my favorite work so far. The photo is so classic and it's my family. Aunt Beth is the person in my family that I'm closest to. I will likely use the photo to make myself something similar as a keepsake.

GOOD
Here's a collage on canvas that I did last night. I used metallic paints to make the copper background. I used purple metallic paint to embellish the corners. I tore a circle of tissue printed with gold stars and put it in the middle. Then I cut out the ballerina and pasted her on top. I made her a little crown from magazine text that happened to have "good" printed on it. She's finished off with confetti stars. I really like this one. She's cute and I like the color combination.

HOPE
Another paper collage tonight. I suppose I'm feeling creatively fecund, at least. This one is torn tissue and scripted paper. I clipped the roses from an old Victorian calendar. I used silver lace stickers and confetti stars along with rub on words. The girl in the background is a copy from a vintage photo I got off a creative website. I finished it with a coat of gel medium.

ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL
Here's a paper collage I created in just a few minutes this evening. It's all magazine clippings and a snippet of scripted paper. So, it's an Abe with no ham. I just wanted to do something, so here it is. It's meant to be goofy and I hope a little humor comes across with it. I could not find a ham, but I did have butterflies.

INSPIRE
My daughter-in-law, Reannon, and her family came to visit today, and to spend the night with us. Reannon brought a scrapbook she'd made in memory of her mom, who passed away in December. It is a very nice piece of work. After supper tonight Reannon and I spent some creative time together.

This is my collage below called Inspire. It's all paper. I used cardboard backing with a tissue paper overlay. I cut the little girl from that same old retro calendar that the last piece came from. I made her wings and trimmed them with gold leaf pen. I used a paper lace heart doily, rub ons, stickers, and magazine clippings. It's finished off with gel medium and a sprinkling of gold glitter.



Here's Reannon's piece. I think it looks fantastic. It's her first paper collage, and she used the inspiration theme too. I like the way she did the scripted paper and torn tissue for the background. She used a copy of a photo that Tara gave me some time back, some stickers, magazine clippings, and pieces of some old calendars that I'd cut out previously. She finished it off with confetti stars, a bit of gold leaf, a medallion, and some gold, purple, and green glitters. She glazed it all together with the gel medium.

REMEMBER
Here's what I've been working on this week. It's another collage on canvas. I used clippings from magazines, and an old calendar with a retro theme. The little case of cokes came from my box-o-goodies from the antique store in Vicksburg; it says "Buddy L" on the bottom of it.

The frog with the rhinestones is an old pin that was a gag gift from a former friend- who turned out to be an underwear thief. I used stickers, sparkling star gems, and glitter to complete the piece.

WORLDS CUTEST WEENIE DOG
Right here he is. The World's Cutest Weenie Dog - all curled up like a little butterbean, in his favorite spot on the couch.