my heart aches for you

New York, my heart aches for you. 


Ok, even i can admit that is a touch dramatic. 


But i do miss New York a lot. i can't believe it is almost a month since i was there. Oh well at least i have this new little collage to look at wistfully when i get all sad and miss New York. 

eve on the seven seas

i love making things, its just how it is and has been since the good old playdough days. i have been having this recurring image in my mind since i found this old atlas and haven't been able to get the composition quite right. finally i think i did, well for me anyway. i guess a little over the top is a style that comes to me naturally. so here is the result . its eve on the seven seas. she is kind of inspired by xanadu (which i love!). i am really liking the style, and i loved mixing up the mediums. i sketched all the elements, got to use my pastels and even sewed a bit.

eve on the seven seas

something old, something new

sometimes i have an idea in my head that i can see and it looks great but when i try to actually create the real thing it looks nothing like it and i get disappointed. then there are days like yesterday.

as the parentals are renovating we have been spring cleaning, which is how i found my new precious box of old stamps. as soon as i saw them i thought hmm maybe they can be a pattern for the laidies to wear. so i spent a long time ilast night burning the midnight oil n a frenzy drawing and collaging and these are the results. i haven't sewn them yet i am actually happy that for once something turned out better than imagined

hope you have a creative day too xxx ava and the birds

sophia

jennifer