A stone I died and rose again a plant

What a fabulous idea JacQ. I think it was tailor-made for me on so many different levels. Here are a few snippets from my pages.

Clue from Olley's Book

Intriguing!? Yes! Fun and colourful? Yes! I had several thoughts about Olley's theme, there was quite a bit of information to work with, in the end I went with the first idea/feeling I had! I also think what worked for me in putting together my page for Olley's book was the pressure of time. Once I had made up my mind where I was heading, I got out my favourite resources and mediums and just went for it. I used collage pieces over layers of phone book pages, there is texture in the form of fabric and an interactive piece! I thoroughly enjoyed the thrill and challenge of completing this page....have I got it right??? Only Olley will know! And that will only be revealed at the completion of the collaboration!

A Lovely Creative Idea

I love Olley's idea of each of us adding Chinese ephemera to her postage box! Olley you are so creative! The ephemera I have attached came all the way from New York!

Tamara's Clue

Here is the clue from the page Tamara sent me for her book...On receiving the parcel and opening it a month ago, I felt pretty confident that I was on the right the track with her theme...except for one thing...the Big R....oh dang it! I can't tell you!! But, I wish I could! Because this one element has had me wondering if I'm missing the point altogether. Pretty much everything points one way. Except this thing. So, I've gone ahead and created my page as I first interpreted the theme, and included a reference to "the thing" in my piece. I also worked in a piece of machine embroidery, along with the watercolour paint, mica paint and coloured pencil.

How is everyone else going?

Ready for the next lot of pages?

Back to Reality

It's wonderful and exciting and fun to travel........ but also fantastic to be home again and back into things, like sleeping in my own bed, snuggling up to my husband, eating Aussie fare, giving my dog a pat and getting back into my studio and the collaboration! What have you each been up to over the past few weeks? Have you figured out the theme of the book sent to you for round one? Or are you scratching your head with bewilderment! because I knew I'd be away for most of this month I had to move fairly quickly with Olley's book, I wonder if I have 'read' it correctly? It was such fun interpreting Olley's theme! I could see at least two possible stories and also maybe a third......there was no time to dilly dally, so after considering my options I pulled out a selection of my favourite art materials and simply let my intuition and understanding of the theme guide me in piecing together my page. I know we can share some snippets of the books on this blog, so thought it would be okay to share with you an image of the postage box that Olley's book pages will be travelling around in. Olley has requested for each of us to decorate her postage box with Chinese ephemera.....what a brilliant idea! Oh Oh.....I'm a bit rusty on the uploading of images so you will notice that the image of Olley's box and my clue snippet image are above this new post...sorry!!!! (Maybe I can blame it on jet lag!!)

Its cold here !!!

This is what I woke up to this morning!!! Note the letterbox!

From Cleveland USA!!

I awoke this morning to a white wonderland.......it snowed during the night at my daughters house in Cleveland!! How beautiful everything looks when covered with a soft white covering...and how cold it is when you venture outside!! It's really lovely being here and seeing my daughter and my new grand daughter....Abby is soooo very cute! she is a very happy and contented baby giving us all lots of gorgeous smiles!
Everything looks so different here to what I am used to in Queensland, the houses are mostly painted wood, cream, white, pale greys and sometimes there is a deep red one! All the roof's are steep to allow the snow to slide off and not build up and cause the roof to collapse, the trees are mostly bare except for the fir trees of course.......and the letterboxes, they are quite large and made out of plastic!
Tonight we are eating out at a diner with Matt's family, this will be an interesting experience for Tate and I!
How are you all progressing with your books? Have you figured out the themes? It's very interesting to ask others what they think the theme is.....I asked two friends from work, they both saw different things to what I did!
I'm looking forward to seeing some blogs soon!
From your well rugged up coordinator!!