Rain's Thursday Art Date: Candies

 

It's Thursday, so that means it's time to show my contribution to Rain's weekly Thursday Art Date.  This week the theme is Candies.  Most everything I have will be from pages I have created in my art journals or altered books.

I created this in my Coll-AH-ge altered book for an art challenge one year.  I named it Eye Candy.

This was for week 14 of a 52 week art project.  The prompt for that week was Sweet Treats, the title of the piece.  I used only candy and chocolate wrappers most people would have thrown in the trash.

In 2014, I was in a Craft Barn quotes and lyrics challenge.  The prompts for that week were knowledge and hurt.  I decided the word I would use would be HURT, mainly because all the DT examples were Knowledge.  Of course, those of you who know me, or follow along on my blog, know that I'm a positive person, with no room for pain or emotional baggage.  So finding a good quote was priority #1, and finding one I could use recycled materials with was priority #2.  For this entry that occurred during my recycling month of April, my quote came from Charles Schulz:

All you need is love.  But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

 Who knew there were so many cute and clever images on a Tootsie Roll POP!

 For Day 2 of ICADs in 2013, I used candy wrappers.  Back then I was following the prompts and Day 2's prompt was Candyland.  I was definitely in my comfort zone for that prompt.

I created this for my Altered Recipe book.  It's no secret that I can't draw, but when I found this tiny elephant image, I had to use it in a circus theme for my recipes. I drew the "big top" using a blue highlighter, over which I dry brushed silver paint. I found the cotton candy recipe on the Internet and printed it in pink ink.

 

In 2018, I hosted Art Journal Journey with my theme being My Favorite Season or 'Tis the Season.  I created this Trick or Treat to honor Halloween and a bit of trickery.  All candy was eaten for a good cause. 

I am sure many of you remember My House on Candy Lane I created last month.  Once again, as happened last month, I am no longer able to left adjust the text.

Now let's switch gears.  Sadly, I  can't seem to get my left adjustment to switch back!

At one time I was part of a group called Mandala Monday.  We tried to come up with unique mandalas made from things around our homes.

I attended an art opening at a museum in 2018. The artist named this Cotton Candy.  Personally, I think it looks more like taffy.

For Christmas last year,

I bought a bag of Kit Kats for me and a couple of bags of candy to give away in gift boxes.

Not sure why the left adjust finally started to work, but it was nothing I had any control over.

All photos were taken by me, all art created by me.  Bleubeard wants to know when he can make candy out of his catnip I planted.

Thank you beyond belief for stopping by.  I am truly grateful to you, my dear friends, followers, readers, and lurkers for visiting.  Please also join Bleubeard and me at Rain's Thursday Art Date.