Journal 52, Week 41, Fairy Tales

This week at Journal 52 Chelle admitted she didn't have time to make art.  I don't feel so bad, because I am really in a crunch, too.  However, after looking at the Fairy Tales prompt for Week 41, I knew what I wanted to make, just didn't have the skill set to do so.  So for once I went to the internet and found an image.  Then I converted it to black and white because I have no color in my printer at the moment.  And for the first time in over five years, I used an image from the internet for my journal.

That's getting ahead of myself, though.  I keep telling my friend Sally (and others) that I seem to have a condition that makes me extremely sensitive to anything against my skin.  I realize I don't have fibromyalgia, which affects muscles and soft tissue.  What I DO have is sensitivity and it's one reason why I wear loose fitting dresses and clothes.  I can't sit at Sally's because she doesn't have a single chair that doesn't have something in it.  She tells me to push "stuff" aside, but I still can feel things I've failed to move. 

So why am I explaining all this, you ask?  Because I've often said I have the "Princess pea syndrome," which of course is not a real syndrome, but one I made up to explain how it feels to be in my skin.  However, it reminded me of the Fairy Tale I simply had to tell this week.

Practically all my time for Journal 52 this week was spent on the internet or my computer, finding a decent image and printing it directly on my used file folder.

The only things I wrote by hand were the name of the fairy tale

and the week number.

I turned the image into black and white in order to print it, but when I did, I turned the file folder the wrong direction and printed on what I consider the "back side," which is reserved for the even numbered week.  It doesn't make much difference, though, because I'll just add Week 42 on the back of this, which was one of my failed Gelli prints.

Although I was able to straighten the words in PS for this view, I created them in my word processing program, and ran the file folder through the printer a second time, getting it crooked in the process.

This is the original image I used which I got from Wikipedia, since it was free to use in the US.

One more look at this week's entry where my substrate was a used file folder and the image and words were practically all computer generated and printed.

I know this is wimpy, but Chelle, our host, didn't even have time to create art this week, so I don't feel so bad.  Like she said, this is turning into the really busy season.  Add to that, I will be at Sally's all next week, so you may or may not hear from me.  Having said that, I still appreciate your very generous visits and comments.