Little Things

The snow this weekend had a gentle blessing side. After shoveling our sidewalk and our next door neighbor's, I settled in for an afternoon of creating. When you can't go anywhere you have no excuses, right? I finished up a couple of ideas that have been lingering in my head for awhile.

The first one I'm calling "Gentle Breath." It's kind of a study of the possibilities of repetition and color. It was very simple and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

I took a butterfly shaped paper punch and used it on a variety of papers. Some were scrapbook weight. Some were out of magazines. There's even one on newsprint. I folded up the wings and then dipped each one in a two part resin. They remained shiny after hardening. The one from newsprint became so transparent that you can read the type on both sides.

All that was left was to arrange them in a frame in a way that I loved the colors. I used 1/8" foam adhesive so it looks even more like they are ready to fly away and explore our house! It was a fun, relaxing and contemplative way to spend a snowy afternoon!