I’ve been waiting for the printer’s fair at San Jose History Park to happen this spring for quite some time. Over the last few years I’d heard there was a fair hosted by the San Jose Printer’s Guild, but I never managed to make it. This year I actually put a note in my calendar …
The Eclectic-page notebook
Sometimes it’s the background paper that creates the initial spark in me for making a collage, so I decided that I wanted a notebook of a bunch of random papers for collage art. This little notebook then became my gluebook. A couple of years ago I bought a used Zutter Bind-it-all, which is a tool …
Wall postage stamp art
Do you have a lot of old postage stamps sitting in a drawer somewhere? Then here’s a little project for you. Wall art with postage stamps Here’s how you do it: Step 1: Print out something you can make a silhouette out of. I chose my initial M, with the font increased to 450, and …
A Great haul of vintage papers
Last month my kids and I went to Salt Lake City to along with my husband who was attending a conference. The conference provided day care for children of attendees so I essentially had 3 days to entertain myself. Our hotel was in downtown, about 7 blocks away from an antique mall. Over the course of …
A Few collage cards
Here are my latest finished pieces of collage art. I decided to make a few cards, sized approximately 5 x 8. I was looking to create something a little more elegant. The first one has a window that frames a gate on the inside. On the top is a piece of a book page …
