It's the first of the month and we have a new host at Art Journal Journey. Please welcome Erika, aka Bio Art Gal, our host this entire month with her themes plaid, stripes, polka dots, and patterns. She gives us lots of choices and I look forward to joining her this month.
As the title suggests, I want to bring back saddle shoes and argyle socks. 
It's always great when I can start with a pre-made background, especially one that fits the theme so perfectly.
A little sewing never hurts, since I printed the image on printer/copier paper.For this page, I started with a sheet of 12 X 12 inch square scrapbook paper that I cut to 8.5 X 11 inch size after creating a tag for Tag Tuesday last month. I found this image in my stash, so I sized it and sewed it to the background. I also printed the sentiment and sewed it using variegated thread.Thanks for joining Bleubeard and me today. I hope you will join Erika, Susi, Bleubeard, and me this month at Art Journal Journey with your own art inspired by plaid, stripes, polka dots, and patterns. Please be aware, we want to see your altered book pages, journal pages, loose journal art, canvases, fabric pages, and digital art. However, we cannot accept cards, ATCs, ATCoins, tags, or 3-D art, and will be forced to delete your entry.
Love the title and page! And specially your sewing makes the pages always so beautiful. No exception here. The scrapbookpaper fits so well. Happy Sunday, happy September, happy AJJ!
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Wonderful page Elizabeth, love the sewing. Have a great September! Valerie
ReplyDeleteGreat page Elizabeth! I've no idea what saddle shoes are, but I love a pair of colourful argyle socks.
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Great page, love the sewing. Those shoes look very heavy to wear and I have never heard of saddle shoes. Have a good September, hugs Wendy.
ReplyDeleteIts a fabulous background and a great inspiring page.
ReplyDeleteIs 'Saddle' a style of shoe? They look very smart.
I remember well wearing argyle socks, thank you for reminding me about them.
Have a good Sunday.
Yvonne xx
Lovely art journal page Elizabeth.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful page, Elizabeth! Kisses, my friend. I am back from vacation.
ReplyDeleteGreat memories of those days! We not only wore saddle shoes and argyle socks, we also knitted them in miniature to hang off rear view car mirrors. I’d guess not many teens these days spend time knitting with so many electronics keeping their hands busy. Ahhh, peaceful memories!
ReplyDeleteThe argyle paper is amazing. I wish argyle sweaters were back in style. Maybe not obbie socks and saddle shoes. (smile). This is the perfect page to start the month with. And certainly not plain as you mentioned in the comment you left on my page. Enjoy your Sunday. Hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteCool to have background paper to match the theme. I love saddle shoes. I love argyle, too, but don't think I've seen the pattern in the brights of your background.
ReplyDeleteThis is s a great page! I love the image and the argyle background is perfect. Your stitching gives it texture.
ReplyDeleteI did have saddle oxfords, but I missed out on argyle socks :) It's interesting to see art incorporating images from our recent past. Fun!
ReplyDeleteThis one is just plain fun! (I regret that I remember saddle shoes -- not the best look of all time!). Love the argyle background.
ReplyDeletejust love how this turned out. I admire the sewing you do on these lovely masterpieces so much!!
ReplyDeletehello hello, long time since, great page this, but also your monthly calender for august was fine, you´vv been busy ;O))
ReplyDeleteSaddle shoes take me back:) And that argyle background...purrfect.
ReplyDeleteLove this, Elizabeth! It is like a scrapbook page! Happy Labor Day week-end! :)
ReplyDeleteI had saddle shoes like the girl on the left but no argyle socks. We wore them with white socks like these girls. Loved loafers. too, like the other two girls have on and put pennies in them. :)
ReplyDeleteVery cute.x
ReplyDeleteThat's a great page, and I do like the sewing :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Hi, Elizabeth. I like your journal page a lot. That argyle patterned paper is bursting with colors and complements the bnw photo of bobby soxers well. I was on the tale end of the sock-wearing thing in junior high. Panty hose, fishnet hose completely changed those habits. Then I think bell-bottoms changed it all again. A lifetime ago. And it was, lol. Have a great week! xoxo
ReplyDeleteArgyle socks! As soon as I saw your entry i thought of golf. It just reminded me of the jumpers or do you call them sweaters?) and socks that golfers wore. Still very popular in some shops over here, especially in Wales and Scotland, you can see this pattern in many colour combos.
ReplyDeleteGreat page, great photo, great idea.
Hugs to you and Bleubeard (ad Squiggles) xxx
Neet
Great page and interpretation of the patterns theme!
ReplyDeleteI love this Elizabeth! My Dad used to wear Argyle patterned jumpers! Chrisx
ReplyDeletelove your page and the old picture. They were the young teens who followed heartthrob Fran Sinatra...the bobbysoxers
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