My Favorite Songs

New Week, New List....

My Favorite Songs:

• Water to Wine, By Cold Chisel

• Just The Way You Are, By Bruno Mars

• Lovesong, By Adele

Lists

I have decided that I am not very good at the random thing so what I am going to do is try to make one list of things a week.

This week it's this:

Things I Do, That I Wish I Didn't

• Smoke - I really need to quit, but I don't have the will power right now. I will one day!
• Get freaked out at being home alone - I'm nearly 30 for god sake and I am afraid of the dark!
• Talk in my sleep - can be very dangerous, I have been known to let out secrets in my sleep!
• Have conversations with myself - Usually it's me trying to talk myself out of something, but I can't seem to do it in my head only out loud.
• Spend too much money - I need to SAVE, but I love Art Supplies way too much!
• Pay for Gym Membership, and not use it - pretty self explanatory.

 After writing all that I have realized that I am rather random, I don't always blog about the same thing so to me that is rather random.

And just because I love baby gorillas so much here is another picture of one:

Did I mention that I love baby Gorillas?

Finally Figured It Out....

the reason I didn't like my new Derwent Inktence Blocks. I was not using the correct paper. I was using standard 110 gsm sketchbook paper. Then I managed to get my hands on some new stuff..... I think it may have a some sort of linen blend or something and bingo...... it's perfect.

I made myself 3 (almost identical) books with this paper in it there are approximately 70 pages in each and they are just a fraction larger than A5 size, with handmade back covers and black plastic (like the stuff on sketchbooks) front covers.

Here they are:

The one in the middle shows the patterned paper that I used to cover the board I used for the back covers. And again I used my trusty bind-it-all. Just for the hell of it here is a pic of said bind-it-all:

Well I'm done for tonight anyway, it's getting kinda late actually it's getting really late here in Adelaide it's nearly 1.30am Friday morning. I should really stop having really late nights, because I am such a morning person and no matter how late I go to sleep, I always seem to get up at 7am.......

Well lets see if that happens tomorrow shall we.....

# 61. Fairy Tale & # 83. Heal

First ATC's finished from the list of 100 ATC Themes.

#61. Fairy Tale - Gingerbread Man

# 83. Heal - Mended Heart.

Stay tuned for more ATC's

100 Themes

I found this list of ATC themes, but can't remember where I found it. It has inspired me to create 1 ATC for each of these themes. It's been a while since I have created any ATC's so I am going to be a little out of practice but by the time I am finished I should be an expert......


The 100 themes:
1. Introduction
2. Love
3. Light
4. Dark
5. Seeking Solace
6. Break Away
7. Heaven
8. Innocence
9. Drive
10. Breathe Again
11. Memory
12. Insanity
13. Misfortune
14. Smile
15. Silence
16. Questioning
17. Blood
18. Rainbow
19. Gray
20. Fortitude
21. Vacation
22. Mother Nature
23. Cat
24. No Time
25. Trouble Lurking
26. Tears
27. Foreign
28. Sorrow
29. Happiness
30. Under the Rain
31. Flowers
32. Night
33. Expectations
34. Stars
35. Hold My Hand
36. Precious Treasure
37. Eyes
38. Abandoned
39. Dreams
40. Rated
41. Teamwork
42. Standing Still
43. Dying
44. Two Roads
45. Illusion
46. Family
47. Creation
48. Childhood
49. Stripes
50. Breaking the Rules
51. Sport
52. Deep in Thought
53. Keeping a Secret
54. Tower
55. Waiting
56. Danger Ahead
57. Sacrifice
58. Kick in the Head
59. No Way Out
60. Rejection
61. Fairy Tale
62. Magic
63. Do Not Disturb
64. Multitasking
65. Horror
66. Traps
67. Playing the Melody
68. Hero
69. Annoyance
70. 67%
71. Obsession
72. Mischief Managed
73. I Can't
74. Are You Challenging Me?
75. Mirror
76. Broken Pieces
77. Test
78. Drink
79. Starvation
80. Words
81. Pen and Paper
82. Can You Hear Me?
83. Heal
84. Out Cold
85. Spiral
86. Seeing Red
87. Food
88. Pain
89. Through the Fire
90. Triangle
91. Drowning
92. All That I Have
93. Give Up
94. Last Hope
95. Advertisement
96. In the Storm
97. Safety First
98. Puzzle
99. Solitude
100. Relaxation

Some of the themes will be a little hard to represent, and some will be really easy. This should be an interesting personal challenge for me to challenge myself with. Lets see how I cope with it shall we.....

Note: The themes that have been crossed out have been completed. They will be posted to show what I have done.

Art Journal For Beginners - Swap Bot Swap

I joined this swap on swap-bot because I am really into Art Journaling. And because I love any excuse to use my bind-it-all, I made the journal my self. Here is what I have come up with so far:

This is the front cover:

Inside Cover and Page 1.

Page 2 & 3 - This is Me....

Page 4 & 5 - Wings

Page 6 & 7 - Adds

There will be about 30 double spread pages in total, each with different prompts. I am going to work on this a little more today prolly do another 3 or 4 more prompts. I just wont stay up for as long as I did doing this last night. I ended up going to bed at 2am, needless to say I am a little tired today but that's OK I get to have a nap later today.

In other news I have gotten in contact with a lovely lady in Victoria named Glenda, that sells the Art Journaling Magazine made by Stampington & Company. Here is a picture of the issue that I am getting:

 

I can't wait to get it in the mail. I will probably lay down on my bed with the electric blanket on  and spend a few hours reading it from cover to cover.

If anyone is interested in taking a look at Glenda's Blog you can see it here, she has some fantastic stuff here especially her ATC's they are fabulous.

Well thats all from me for now, keep checking back.