Crazy Threads... Fatbook pages!

Got to make a fatbook page today! I'm happy with how this one turned out especially. I'm in love with that golden trim and my little bird and his wire feet. I got a yard of canvas at the flea market the other day, and it was the perfect material to use for this crazy thread background. I have a little jar where I save all my little threads that come off the edges of my fabrics, embroidery thread ends, etc. I like to use them on my watercolor backgrounds, but I wanted to have a similar effect on a fatbook page!

So to get that effect, I used canvas and spread a thin layer of Alene's flexible fabric glue (I'm sure you could use something else, but this is what I had on hand). Then I just dropped all the little threads and stuff all over it in strategic places, just wherever it looked good. Don't press any of the threads flat until you're all done because it will just all stick to your hands and be a mess. Once the surface of the canvas is pretty well covered, use the palm of your hand to gently press everything flat. It shouldn't stick to your hand much at all if there's a lot of thread on there. Voila! A crazy thready jumble piece of fabric! Then I just let it dry and sewed it like any other piece.

This is the other side. It's a "print" of that stamp I carved a little bit ago with a pretty fabric border...

The stamp turned out cool looking... I stamped it first with lime green, then stamped over it with blue. It's tie-dye-ish :) Happy Thursday!

More WIPs! Altered book & Yeti Pillow

I swear, I've been crafting!!! I've been working on some bigger projects which reminds me why I don't usually do big projects. Instead of falling off the blogwaves, I thought I'd update on what I'm working on, even though it's not done!!!

This is a little board book I've started altering! I got it at the flea market. So far I've prepared the cover and glued in various neat papers on the inside pages.

I was lucky enough to find a board book with a wooden cover! I had to sand off the snowmans on the outside. It's a plain wood for now. I haven't figured out what I want the cover to look like.

Here we have the biggest plush I will have ever done... It's an XL wool sweater I also got at the flea market. It's so soft and wooly, I had to make a cute yeti pillow out of it. I've started stitching on the chest... it's taking too long. I can't wait till this giant is finished!

And a little reminder! Please vote for my artwork :) There's a link just to the right, here on my blog! And don't forget, you can vote every day, so please do! Thanks to everyone who has been voting, you're the BEST!!!

Please Vote!!! Dangers of Debt Contest

Hey, everyone! I've entered this mixed-media painting in a contest to illustrate the dangers of debt! Voting beings today, so I would be so grateful if you went and voted for my painting! You can vote once every day this month, so please go back and vote as often as you can :) I appreciate your support! You may need to click through a couple pages of entries to get to mine, but it stands out, so never fear!

Vote here: Dangers of Debt Contest

Thanks again, pals!