I had decided that today after domestic stuff was done I would have some me time and pulled out the page again. I felt it was missing something so added the "Head is a machine" text stamp from my Studio 490 Steampunk set. Then I dug out my old dictionaries and the word conundrum just seemed to fit how I was feeling. Finally I stamped the Queen of Hearts from Octopode on some TH paper and coloured her in. To make her seem part of the page and not the afterthought she was I then doodled the page border onto the cut out stamp.
I feel the pages sum up my feelings at this point in time and I like the colours which are not my usual go to greens and purples. In the spirit of I can do this rather than I don't have time to do this I am off to finish machine stitching the binding on my quilt so I can take the quilt and finish the hand sewing off when I stay at mum's for the next few days. I am not promising I will keep this up but I will try. I have also found a Quilt along, Row along at Bee in the Bonnet and might see if I can keep up with this. I think this is what I need as a beginner quilter, if you are interested you can find the details here.
http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/announcing-bee-in-my-bonnet-row-along.html
The pages look great and the Octopode image definitely looks integrated rather than an afterthought - great job! Hope you manage to keep finding some "me time"!
ReplyDeleteYour page makes me think of bonfire night. Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous, it has such depth and lovely colours. Your octopode is definitely at home here! Hope your Mum is soon on the road to recovery x
ReplyDeleteyour pages are fab, at first I thought it was going to be about Halloween with a bit of fireworks too.
ReplyDeleteLove this page,the colours are so good and I love the Octopode stamp!
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