day one
fortune cookies, a new dress and a bike ride round downtown minneapolis was pretty much the perfect start to my american adventure!
elevated envelope: part 2
i'm running a bit behind this week so instead of diana travels and collages, i thought i'd share a little behind-the-scenes step-by-step of my envelope creations for the elevated envelope project...
i spent the better part of two hours, sitting in the sun carving my lino block. i appeased my inner perfectionist by drawing some pencil lines to use as a guide and then freehanded the pattern. it was so liberating (cliched but true) to just 'see how things turned out' :)
i think shortly after this photo was taken i decided to carve down the sides of my print to make a border and took a rather large chunk out of my supporting hand with the lino tool. not ideal.
next up, i used a white water-based ink and a couple of rollers to print my design onto kraft cardstock. the ink was a little more opaque than i originally intended but this turned out to be one of my favorite qualities of the print.
after printing and drying, i hand scored, cut and glued each envelope - one of those jobs that seemed to take a lot longer than i had anticipated! i then hand-wrote a short letter, enclosed a couple of my favorite things and it was off to the post office...
and away they went! (yes, someone was watching while i took this photo and they thought i was very strange!)
if you've got some spare time, i'd definitely recommend participating in the next swap - i've had envelopes arriving from all over the world and they are all truly mini-works of art.
super sunrise
sadly the super moon was hidden last night behind a large cloud bank but we were treated to an amazing sunrise saturday morning instead...
have a great week - only four sleeps till i leave for the states!
sunshine II
the weather is still horrible so here's the last of my sunshine collages! the background is from a type cosmic book i inherited from work. two massive tomes of font samples. no doubt they'll be making a few more appearances in my designs.
if you're interested in me sending you a few pages (they're A4) for your own creations (seriously, there are hundreds of pages!) send me an email - international is fine.
diana travels: 14
i've decided to keep the diana travel series going but branching out to different countries i've visited diana camera in hand. this week i'm going riiiiiiight back to the beginning with possibly the first self portrait i ever took. i love that it's blurry but you can still make out my favorite karen walker t-shirt. awkward and unplanned how well it coordinates with the camera! ha.
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this photo is part of a collection taken whilst traveling around the world with my diana camera in hand. the photos are in no particular order, rather a moment in time captured on my diana f+ camera with kodak portra 400 vc film. to see the rest of the series, please click here.
last week
looked like this...
instax top right is of my new necklace made by joslyn of simple lovely + her daughter audrey. this one necklace turned my week from ugh to ahh! wishing you all a happy week ahead!
diana travels: collage
a little something different today for diana travels; i thought i'd share a couple of art prints i created with scenes from diana photos, for the latest minted art challenge.
first up is some beautiful buildings we saw in carcassonne, and underneath is the art print it inspired
the second photo was taken overlooking the village of vernazza in the magical cinque terre, followed by the art print i created...
if you'd like to vote on either of my designs please follow the links above. thank you!
diana travels: 13
another road trip, another self portrait.
possibly taken on the way back to scottsdale from tucson, az (and yes, we did make fools of ourselves by calling it tuCK-son the entire trip).
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this photo is part of a collection taken whilst travelling around california and arizona in 2011. they are in no particular order, rather a moment in time captured on my diana f+ camera with kodak portra 400 vc film. to see the rest of the series, please click here.
diana travels: 12
in the middle of our lancaster experience, we decided a trip to san diego was in order so we met megan and jason for a long weekend. scott chose a hotel close to old town, which turned out to be the perfect mix of modern and well, old. we even got free breakfast and a bath tub that didn't drain; funny the things that stick in your mind.
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this photo is part of a collection taken whilst travelling around california and arizona in 2011. they are in no particular order, rather a moment in time captured on my diana f+ camera with kodak portra 400 vc film. to see the rest of the series, please click here.
