ARTifacts for July

I'm once again joining Seth Apter for our once monthly showing of ARTifacts.

This is the page Seth will share on his blog.  All other photos will be close-ups and detail images.

I was thrilled when I found this image in a magazine, along with the words I cut to share with it, too.  I think it would be fun to own some of these drinking glasses.

I had altered one of these slide mounts earlier in the month, so did the same to another one here using tiny shells I found in my stash.

In one of his DVDs, Seth encouraged us to save words that we could use at a later time.  These came in handy when I sewed them to the page.  I changed thread colors a couple of times for effect.

I was given this wonderful clear cat stamp by my friend Chris.  I first stamped it on the right, but after I did so, I realized I had inked the wrong side of the stamp.  This was supposed to be an image of my co-host Bleubeard for Art Journal Journey this month (with our theme of Summertime Love), but it looks a bit too fat for Bleubeard.  To give equal time to Squiggles, I added another cat on the left side, this time, from the correct side of the stamp.

I added the Popsicle in the middle to balance and fill the empty space.

For the right side, I began by poorly stamping a tea service on an index card.  I simply don't do well when the stamps are not mounted.  This card was intended to represent our 4th T Stands For Tuesday anniversary as well as my altered index cards I have created daily during June and July.

Last month I forgot to add the month to the spread, so I wanted to make sure I did it this month.  Of course, my wonky sewing made it hard to see that it was 2017.

I found several of these "cutesy" images in my stash, and decided it was a great time to use them.  I have more of each, too.  They quickly filled the page they were so big.

Here's one final look at July's ARTifacts spread which I created in my Rocking Horse visual journal and in conjunction with Art Journal Journey.

 

I want to once again thank Seth for hosting this monthly event.

And of course, Bleubeard and I want to thank you for visiting us from Art Journal Journey.  We hope to see you there, too.