It's the pits

 

Many of you probably know by now that Bleubeard and I are hosting Art Journal Journey this month with our themes Collage Fodder, Food and Drink, or both. 

This is the pits!  It's also the title of this work.

 I used a stencil and brown dye ink to create what I hoped looked like olive pits.

You will more than likely have to use your imagination, but this is supposed to be one of two olive trees.

 

 An olive pitter sits between the two olive trees.

 After removing all those pits, you get extra virgin olive oil, or EVOO.  Of course, you  can buy green and black olives with the pits removed, too.

 

 

 I even remembered the date.

The substrate is cream 140 lb. cardstock that I decided to keep plain, instead, focusing on the various collage elements I sewed to the page using red variegated thread.  I created the olive trees out of wood grain cardstock.  The words and pitter were from the book of kitchen tools, and the olive oil came from a household tips book put out by the Old Farmer's Almanac.  The ransom style letters came from various magazines.  I framed the page using blue variegated thread.

Bleubeard and I are truly delighted you visited today and hope to see you at Art Journal Journey with your own version of Collage Fodder, Food and Drink, or both. 

 

  We are also joining AEDM.