Do you love me...

...do you Surfer Girl?

Hi guys!  I have really been a terrible blogger this month!  It's the 22nd, and I've only posted twice.  (It's no wonder I have no readers!)  This is the thing - it's hot!  Daaaaaaamn hot!  (What move...anyone?)  Our A/C is out - thought it was gonna be fixed - no such luck.  So, everything is just...difficult when you're hot.  But i've been quilling.  And planning!  I have over 300 Pinterest followers, which, I know that Pinterest following isn't an "active" process.  However, it does let me know that I pin good stuff.  And everything i pin, with one or two exceptions of what NOT to do technique-wise, is a future piece.  Someday.  Anyway - here is my Surfer Girl, and once again - while it's really beautiful in person, there are things that I have learned about doing this kind of silhouette.  The outline of the board kind of irritates me in this picture.  It looks like the board has jagged edges - which it doesn't.  It is nice and smooth and curved.  But since my gold and ivory pieces don't touch the edge continuously, it looks funny.  I like it much better in person.  And then I found that the navy blue was difficult to work with.  It was thicker, I believe.  I think it has to do with being more pigmented than the others.  Anyway - I am awaiting the arrival of my NEW 1/4 inch paper from the lovely Erin Curet whose Etsy store can be found here.  She is awesome to work with, and I cannot WAIT to get my paper.  Stay tuned, folks!

Happy Quilling, peeps!

Be True To Your School...

They're GONE!  Back to school, off to school, sleepy at school!  The kiddos are outta here!  Don't get me wrong, i love having my babies around me.  But that's just it -when they are here, we play, we do things, we go to practice, etc.  We don't quill - not purposefully anyway!  So...the last 2-3 weeks of summer vaca have been more design time and prepare time, not actually quilling time.  Thus...what "back to school" means for me...is that I finally get to start actively quilling again.  Which is good news because I have about a bajillion ideas for my art show that is in a month ~ I need to get to it!.  I have been working on a historic house, but I ran out of the color of brick i need.  So that's on hold.  But here's a sneak peek...

What I hate about sneak peeks is that it forces me (and you guys) to see every little piece that isn't perfect.  Quilling (mosaics anyway) isn't a perfect art form.  It never will be.  So if something isn't perfectly straight or if a piece of paper is bent just a little...all the flaws show up in tiny focused snippets.  And seeing that can be discouraging.  (Or you could think i am a terrible quiller...which is debatable!)  But when you look at the finished project, it looks fine.  For example, my right window is a little crooked.  I see it - you can't NOT see it.  But when you look at the entire piece, it's not near as glaring.  Will I fix it?  Probably not.  It's just different when it's  complete!

The art show I am in next month will be held at this house, so i thought I would make a quilled replica just for the heck of it.  Who knows, maybe the House Director/Curator will want it!

I'm hoping that over the next few weeks, I get quite a few pieces finished.  Some are simple mosaics, but one is kind of a big undertaking, and I haven't even started it.  We'll see.  I will keep you posted.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Quilling!