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Yes yes

Iris — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:30:27 +0000

I’ve done some more art over the past few weeks. Not been too productive but I have some stuff to show you. I’ll post them as soon as I’ve managed to take some pictures. I got some new art supplies for my birthday so I’ve been playing with those. Fun!

I get annoyed with myself for not creating art more often but I guess doing it once a week is better than not at all! Hopefully I’ll get another video done sometime as well but I keep getting stage fright. Not about talking on camera but about recording my art, I feel too much pressure!

I also feel like I don’t have time. I know that’s bullshit, but you know how sometimes you know something in your mind but you don’t feel it in your heart? Well that’s what this is like. In reality I have heaps of time, but it feels like I hardly ever have time for the things I want.

So yeah, now I’ve got all the excuses out of the way I’ll go to bed and upload my art tomorrow!

Accordion Page (originally posted on Live Journal)

Iris — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:12:40 +0000

I am so inhibited when it comes to working in my art journal it’s not even funny, but I managed another page. Inspired by Suzi Blu’s prompt to make accordion pages. Had to get out the boyfriend to set the eyelets as I just can’t muster enough force (I think it’s hilarious “honey.. can you whack this with a hammer for me?”)

I went to the FABULOUS store Hobbycraft yesterday and got lots of little things (I’m so art supply obsessed, it’s an addiction!). Stuff I bought that you can see on this page are embossing metal (why is it never possible to attain the same result as in the pictures on the packaging even though I followed the inscructions to the letter????), patterned stamps (they were in the kids section of all places! They’re awesome to create patterned backgrounds with), cheap white paint (£1.49 for 500ml of the stuff!!), and rub on words.