SCORE: $5 for this box of over 100 vintage pigment powder vials at an indoor community tag sale. So excited to use them in matchboxes and on other altered art projects.
I’m trying to get adjusted to a new job and some other changes I’ve made, Can’t wait to get back to art journaling and creating. I’ve missed it terribly. My outlook couldn’t be brighter than what it is and I think genuine and real joy is up ahead and right around the corner.
Vintage Vials for Altered Art: Junquemail Contessa
500 faces cut from Le Petit Larousse Illustré dictionary pages to be used for ATC’s and other mixed media and collage art.
500 Faces: Collage Elements – Junquemail Contessa
500 Faces in Altoids Tin: Junquemail Contessa
Taken from this French dictionary I found in a used book store’s discard bin. There are tons of amazing images left to use.
500 Faces: French Dictionary – Junquemail Contessa
Took a few steps back and now I’m moving forward again…isn’t that what they call the Cha-Cha??
No boring details….just thankful that I’m here, where I am and in one piece….because man…I shattered. Grateful to those who put the pieces back in all the right places. Confused why those I thought would be there, weren’t. Surprised that strangers could see me drowning when those closest to me couldn’t. I couldn’t even see I needed to be rescued. Faced a few fears, cried a few tears, ate a whole lot of cookie dough ice cream and stayed in pajamas for a few weeks.
My pity party is over…I have uninvited myself.
To get back on track and hunt down my wandering muse, one of the first things I have decided to do…since I haven’t touched an art supply since my last post, was bring my art space out of the closet and next to a window. A big window…in our bedroom. My husband (the cutest boy in the whole entire universe) actually suggested it. And it makes a huge and wonderful difference.
I’ve been researching (aka Pinning) some techniques to bring more fabric into my creations and decided to finally organize my fabrics. Since I work on a small scale, samples and swatches are the fastest and least expensive method to accumulate an awesome working stash.
I threw everything in my fabric boxes and bags on to my bedroom floor and sorted/grouped the biggest collections today:
Vintage Menswear Suit and Shirt Swatches
Vintage Menswear Fabric Swatches – Junquemail Contessa
Vintage French Wool Samples:
Vintage French Wool Samples – Junquemail Contessa
Silk Kimono Scraps:
Silk Kimono Scraps – Junquemail Contessa
There were tons of smaller bits and pieces of menswear suiting, French wool and kimono silk that I set aside in one pile. I love the idea of having these on hand for fabric beads and mixed media creations like this bracelet made by Baggaraggs on Etsy:
There were too many to fit into a 2.5 gallon Ziploc bag (my self imposed limit)….so, I put together 4 bundles to share (about 75 pieces in each). If you would like the chance to win one, just comment on what you would use them for (ATC’s? Art Journal? Just to look at?) and I’ll draw 4 names on August 24th. (International friends are welcome to join in.)
Please consider the fact that these bundles have samples over 50 years old and I only know that they have been in plastic bags in my closet for about a year, some less than that. I have no idea what environments they were in before. My house is dog friendly but non-smoking. Some samples are extremely odd shaped (they way I got them) and may have slight staining or sticker glue on them.
Vintage Fabric Packet Giveaway – Junquemail Contessa
Just my way of saying thanks for sticking with me. Let the creating begin…again. Peace, friends. xoxo
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