Honoring Inspiration Avenue challenges

Does anyone ever wonder what I do with all those Inspiration Avenue (IA) challenges I show each Friday? And how does that fit with Tuesday Tea I share with Kimmie and friends?



Back in May of this year, I answered this green and purple IA challenge. You can see how I made it here using oil pastels and Twinkling H2Os.


Then I showed this spoon as part of the Art Nouveau challenge from November 4 of this year.


Last Saturday I decided to turn these two pieces into an assemblage, after Priti Lisa left a comment about envisioning the spoon as part of a wind chime. I began by covering a block of 10 inch by 7 1/2 inch by 1 inch wood with gesso, to which I added the deconstructed part of the "Tea for 1" as seen in the first photo. I removed the sentiment and added a tea label with string attached, to the cup. The process took forever, because I glued one side at a time. Originally I had planned to use all tea bags for the back and sides, but changed my mind when I remembered I had made two backgrounds for this challenge.


So today my cup of tea with Kimmie and friends begins on my kitchen table. It's no secret my camera is not the best, so the colors are way off in this shot.


I thought if I stood it up, the colors might be bit truer, but this action only made the tea cup darker.


But then I decided the only way to get a good photo was to scan the piece. So here is the front where you can see I tried to change the spoon color a bit, and


the back. I used the only purple ink I owned to color the rubber stamp of the tea pot and cup, but it simply gets lost on the tea bag. When I began removing the sentiment from the deconstructed piece, I noticed how easily the letters popped off. To make sure that didn't happen in the event I gave someone this assemblage, I glued them to the page.

Have a great Tea Tuesday everyone, and be sure to visit all my tea (and other beverages) drinking friends at Kimmie's.