31 March 2012 - Lollies/Sweets/Candy

30 March 2012 - Mushrooms

29 March 2012 - Beetroot Dip & Yoghurt

28 March 2012 - CD & Prismacolor Pen

27 March 2012 - Textbook, knife, crayon

A very out-of-date textbook, otherwise I don't think I could have cut it up.

26 March 2012 - Photoshop - Editable Gold Text

Created in Photoshop using Deke McClelland's tutorial

http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-tutorials/dekes-techniques/76067-2.html

25 March 2012 - Liebster Award - Thanks to Monique of Tabsalute

A big thank you to Monique of Tabsolute for nominating me for a Liebster Award. Monique makes fabulous creations using soda-can pull-tabs: some small and realtively simple, others complex and intricate, some very funny, all very clever and inspiring
http://tabsolute.blogspot.com.au/


Within the blogging community the Liebster Award is given by individual bloggers to up and coming blogs which have less than 200 followers. Here are the rules and who I'm nominating:

Official Rules:

1. Choose FIVE UP AND COMING blogs to pass the award onto.

2. Show a BIG THANKS to the blogger who gave the award to you by linking back to them.

3. Post the AWARD on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their site.

Here's who I've chosen for the award:  -

1.  http://mawarini.blogspot.com.au/

 

Mawarini is an illustrator who does lovely sketches, animations, paper-cuts and shadow puppetry partly inspired by her Indonesian heritage.

 

2. http://creativelytara.blogspot.com.au/

 

Tara created suns all through 2011 so I've found her work very inspiring. For 2012 she's started a new blog to show-case her sketches and her commercial creative design projects

 

3.  http://giftsofgab365.blogspot.com.au/    
 http://www.youtube.com/user/giftsofgab

2-in-1, Gabi has a blog and a vlog recording her progress creating projects based on Noah Scalins Make Something 365 daily suggestions, she has a great sense of humor often putting an unexpected spin on Noah's prompts.

4. http://365artydays.blogspot.com.au/

 

Branka is drawing, painting, cooking, knitting, crocheting, sewing and giving insights into life in general. She's also using facebook to help strengthen support between 365 project participants.

5.   http://wheegina.blogspot.com.au/ 

 

Gina is making fans using a great variety of techniques and materials along with many entertaining observations.

 

 

25 March 2012 - Origami Crane

Inspired by Ellen's 366 Cranes project

https://www.facebook.com/366Cranes

24 March 2012 - Mixed Media

White wax crayon on paper, watercolour paint

 embroidery thread, crystal, sequins, seed beads,

metalic pens.

23 March 2012 - Patterned Paper, Pen & Crystals

Needs to be re-photographed in natural light.

22 March 2012 - Shisha Embroidery

Helpful resources for Shisha embroidery: -

http://www.joyfulabode.com/2008/02/12/tutorial-indian-shisha-mirror-embroidery/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om-ZrEi3LDo

21 March 2012 - Special Offers on Printing

20 March 2012 - Bus Tickets

It seemed to take ages to stockpile these multi-trip tickets.

$278.10 = my most expensive project!

19 March 2012 - Friendship Band

Pattern No 566 from braceletbook.com

18 March 2012 - Illustrator Patterns

17 March 2012 - Paper Coils

16 March 2012 - Pencil & Pen - Text & Pattern

15 March 2012 - Bent Paper-clips & Seed Beads

14 March 2012 - Yesterday's Finished & Crochet Today

This is yesterday's project finished.

Today's was revisiting crochet.

13 March 2012 - Knotted Embroidery Cotton

Didn't get this project finished tonight, was watching a documentary instead

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/onawingandaprayer.htm

12 March 2012 - Watercolour paint & pencils

11 March 2012 - Air-dry Clay & Paint Faces

These had to dry over night.

Made for the Facebook 365 group project Strands of Emotion - this is how I feel working with clay which I'm not good at.

11 March 2012 - Confidential Envelope & Brown Paper Bag

10 March 2012 - ArtRage again

9 March 2012 - Sun Button, Seed Beads & Hemp

Sun button from the Button Bar in Adelaide Arcade

http://www.adelaidearcade.com.au/buttonbar.php

8 March 2012 - Woven Paper

7 March 2012 - Spectrum cut-out

6 March 2012 - Pen & Coloured Pencils

Drawn in pen using left hand and coloured with pencils using right hand.

5 March 2012 - Illustrator - Text

4 March 2012 - Tea Bags

 Went to Writers' Week this afternoon and listened to some great authors 

http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/2012/writers_week/adelaide_writers_week_day_two/visitations

http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/2012/writers_week/adelaide_writers_week_day_two/hard_boiled

http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/2012/writers_week/adelaide_writers_week_day_two/burning_bright 

Thanks Deb & Chris for the invite and fabulous lunch.

3 March 2012 - Illustrator - Paths & Fill Effects

2 March 2012 - Paper Lantern

1 March 2012 - Cardboard Tubes

Toilet roll tubes with HP pencil, pen & brass fasteners