Building from Scraps Part II.b: More backgrounds

I think I'll be able to use top r and bottom l. I have an idea of the base-background, and the composition is starting to form as well. Something like this

this.
The little Lady here made her entrance as well. Dunno'f she'll stick around.

Building from scraps part I, and part II.a
Imgfave (-- careful—I spend hours there the other night. Endless wonders).

Building from Scraps Part II: Backgrounds

The light was in a hurry this afternoon, there really wasn't enough to make the shots :-) I think fall is here—the ouverture at least, is in midst play. It's beautiful. I'm ready to exhale.
I did a little work on some backgrounds for the "walk-along-collage". I'm not satisfied; I will continue tomorrow.

Great collages at Señorita Leona

Little shop of hand-mades

I have wanted to make a new shop for a while, and now it's here—with bright, happy colors for launch. I'd be happy to hear your opinion :-) Thanks.

Tomorrow I will post Part II of the Building from Scraps.
On Min Hjelm (My Helmet) you can design your very own biking helmet (in Danish only)
+ you can check out yummy eye-candies at Keetra's.

Building from Scraps Part I: Elements

In my life as graphic designer, I usually have rules to obey. Assignments where text should be readable (!), pictures be decodable, page no. 12 should follow 11, and so on.
I like this—but I also really like making stuff where I have to follow NO RULES. The Dear Diary-project is like this, and the collages too. Sometimes telling a little story, sometimes just a color, or emphera gathering. I love how I know nothing about the little piece before I begin (I rarely plan a collage). We just sort of take each other for a walk.
So today I thought about asking you to stroll along (if you'd like, and have the time?). I have no idea how it's gonna turn out, or if it'll be any good/pretty/interesting? (woup, felt the sligt sting of fear of not doing good for a sec there :) Anyhoo—stage one for this is some elements (which of course might be replaced, partly or alltogether—time will tell.
:-)Let's walk ...

A few links: I love this pair from Mrs. Eliot Books.
and four beautiful photo-collages from Fine Little Day: 1 2 3 4

Pre-order available now

Our book on collages, Scraps, from Lark Books is now available for pre-orders on Amazon.
I'm excited, happy and grateful, and I'm thinking a little giveaway, come release in November, might be the perfect way to share this grattitude :-)



In the meantime I will show you the cover, (the lady on the cover is my late aunt Ella), and tell you what Claudine Hellmuth from collageartist.com and Jenny Doh, editor-in-chief at Somerset Studio think about the book. (Thank you guys so much :-)) ThankyouThankyouThankyou :-)

»Scraps is overflowing with visual eye candy, inspiration, tips and tricks you can use in your collages right away! A perfect addition to any paper artists' library.«
Claudine Hellmuth, Collage Artist, Author and Illustrator

»Scraps is an enchanting book that illustrates the transformative nature of collage.«
Jenny Doh, Editor-in-Chief, Somerset Studio and Director of Publishing, Stampington & Company

You can see some of the images from the book in my portfolio, and more collages here.

Yellow Sponge Philosophy (in NaturesOwnColours™)

1. Dear Diary


2. Reminiscence of July


3. Everlasting Love of Hama. (Considering a little shop—this might make its way there)

This entire post was kindda inspired by an episode of Spongebob Squarepants.
The Idiot Box. Spongebob and Patrick buy a huge TV, only so they can use the giant cardboard box to play in, using their Imaginaaaation. Eleven minutes to be appreciated on many levels :)
Happy Monday. Please remember to enjoy it in Colour.

Take charts!

I hope you are well. I am working a lot these days—feeling very thankful.


A card I made earlier this summer. Do you remember the peacock?
Making the gif in Photoshop, the chart (below) appeared. Oh joy! More charts :)


If you have seen the movie Carne Tremula, you might know this track: Sufre como yo. It made such an impression on me. I hope you will like it too.
Lovely Cecilia Levy's: Constellations
and a cooool book jacket, via Things I Like About Today

One should defintately make more charts!

Wouldn't that be cool. "Mood-chart of the day". "Efficiency-chart of monthly dairy intake". Ok. Maybe not.
Did you ever play The Sims? The characters' "plumbob" turn green when he or she is happy (and red when they're upset). I sometimes think "if I was a Sim—my plumbob'd be completely green right now" :-D . Not a bad idea, though—could be helpful in numerous situations. (why did-I...? Oh yeah -- mood charts).

So. Ok. Charts. And doodles.
Please meet Fiona (trust the chart—not the photo).

Fell in love with enchanting ceramist le petit atelier de paris. She also has a blog. (via dear oly). ummnm. so beautiful. Have a great day :)

a Moment

(a little holiday sketch)


Friday. Wonderful, Sunny, Soothing Friday.
Will you take a moment with me? Five minutes (well 5:25 to be exact). To lean back, listen, and let the world around you -- simply be!
I hope you will join me. And have a wonderful weekend.
F/style via HunterGatherer.

♥

Yesterday at the gym, I all of a sudden sensed the smell of Autumn. Do you get that too? Sometimes it's the earthy smell of outside, sometimes the rain, sometimes that hard-to-put-your-finger-on smell, when you instantaneously think: Sweaters. Knitting. Tea. Forestwalks. Soup. Candles. Bam! All at once, in a smell.
I love the Autumn. Love-love-love. If I was to choose a favourite season, Autumn would be it.
Which one is yours?
Loveliness for both eye and ear at Par3rgon.
Have a sweet Tuesday :)

Working days—knitty nights

Finished a little neckwarmer. Modified Cherry by Helga Isager.
Have you seen The Pearce Sisters? You can watch it here. Very beautiful. And a little scary :-)
Great blog Dear Oly. Via Eddy and Edwina (who, luckily for us, is posting again after a break)

Thankful

Nothing to do, and Momma's working aaaall the time. Come lunchtime, we decided to grab a quick bite, standing. Suggestion: Rye bread with fig spread. Sure. And remoulade ...?! Yddrr, we both said. —should we try? Reaction: Ummnn ... good. (!)
Down went 3 fig-spread-remoulade. (I must admit I stuck to my potato-mayo-bites) and we took out the fancy glasses to drink pommegranate juice from, pretending it was a very fine red wine. Did you know?! This kindda wine is absolutely best enjoyed with a snip of parsley. Yep!

Colours_B

Last colour post for now
♥+peace to all.

Colours_E(arth)

Andrew Bannecker. And blog (sadly a while since he posted)

Colours_G

Michael van Ofen Images

Colours_W

Creative Suite pillow collection
via BumBumBum

Colours_P

One more. (I just love her work)
Delicious dishes.

Colours_Y

Thank you so much for your sweet and wise and wonderful comments:)
For the ears: Bon Iver : Flume
For the eyes: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
For the smile: Knitwear for Life (says it all :)

Dear Diary

The Dear Diary project is so much about process. It is so important for me that I challenge myself, and the Diary is a playground in which I can feel free.
However, ambition and everlasting judging play here too, and sometimes, when a Diary page goes -- since there's no wrong here, then -- off!, dark skies gather over the premises :-) I liked this spread better a good three or four stages ago. But then green paint entered, and ... well—Process.

Flipping back through the book, shows me exactly when I have been feeling creatively relaxed, and when I've been struggeling. There are days when I'd had liked all pages to be perfect, but that's no Diary. My book is, in this way, very honest, raw and tells the story of a process. Ups and downs. Flow and no. And green paint where there should have been none ...
Best of weekends to you.
Before you go :·) Great stuff at Poppytalk Handmade (via LeiLiLaLoo)

Above

Being busy with wonderful, fun design jobs. Managed to do half a Diary page too :-)
These photos are from 3 evenings this week










1. Thunder, Tuesday July 7th. 2. Sunny day bright evening, Monday July 6th, 3. Cracked, Sunday July 5th

Dreamy photography by Erin Tyner
via Small Mag, Spring ed.
Have a sweet mid-week.

Stages

Heather Smith Jones, Jane Austin in Japaneese, and Rosemarie Fiore (very much her waffle iron paintings).

Wou-hoo

Books arriving! Oh joy. A Year of Mornings; been wanting that for so long. Lena Corwins: Printing By Hand; yum. Murakami + Rushdie—gotta see what the fuss is about, and poems selected, sending warm thoughts to Mansuetude for inspiration. Thanks :-)

Made elderflower syrop. Not much this year–just this bottle, and allready much of it is gone :-) As it should be. Been experimenting with jam of the leftover lemons. It might go well with cheese, or simply morning toast.

Small Magazine Summer issue is out, with lots and lots of yumminess.
Have a sweet weekend

The Draw

Sorry I'm late. I think the technical term is System Overheat! Boy. It's soo warm here, my mind goes ·>pouff<·!! early afternoon, and won't go back to normal until the next morning. A few hours of normal, and ·>pouff<·!! again. But not complaining ... we like warm and sunny (please stay, Mr. Sun, a few weeks longer).

So. The Draw. Using random.org, I listed participants in the order they had come in (1-7) and Random picked number ... ta-daaa; 6: Tiny Red. Congrats :-)
Thank you so much for playing, all of you.

The image; is a poster spot in downtown Cph. I'm so fascinated by it. Poster glued on poster, glued on poster. The photo(s) were shot on a not so sunny day. I like those days too. Come Rain Or Come Shine. Have a lovely Friday.

Sunshine

Off with the slippers. Up with the sunshade.
The weather is huuugely satisfying, and with rasberry-pineapple-softdrink in one hand, book I'm gonna do the cover for in the other, I dare say all Tuesdays should be like this.
Like if that wouldn't cut'it, I ordered a stack of deliciousness from Amazon. Yum!

Will you listen to this? Can't quite sit still, listening. (Deva Premal—more yum)
Please treat yourself to My Milk Toof—it's hilarious:-)
Happy Midsummers Night.
(and don't forget June give-away ;-)

Layers, and a Give-Away

Two little notepads came to me the other day, carefully tugging at my sleeve. They asked me, if I'd seen the world, and to that I replied
– Some, far from all.
– Can we see it?, they asked,
– can we see some, far from all?
...
Would you like a notepad coming to your part of the world? Please leave a comment on this post before July 1st, and let me know what you think that is, there, at the photo above right. (Pictures of notepads here)
Two Tunes by Cat Power (I just love her voice, and she's so beautiful, too)
Cool collage by Scrapatorium.

Before-After

It could happen ...!! :-)
Saturday's knitting for premature babies was a great success. The café was loaded with knitters, and being a semi-fast knitter, I made 0.8 bonnet there, and the rest when I got back (and then I couldn't stop of course—I'm on my 3rd now).

Brooke Reynolds (former art dir. for Martha Stewart),
beautiful weather forecasts (via mayhem and misc.),
Goldfrapp Satin Chic (for your ears only)
Have a jolly Wednesday :)

Doodles

Very busy with work. But then colours and doing without thinking wanted to come out-come out. (hence the »don't know why«)
This Saturday is World Wide Knit In Public Day. Isn't that funny? Will I be out there, knitting in public? Oh yeah! I'm attending a charity event where we'll be knitting baby bonnets for the hospital.
No links (alas), I haven't had time to visit. In a few days, deadlines will be met, and this little blogger will be surfin' once more. C u soon :-)

Weekend (a little late)

1 bonfire
1 ocean view sunset
3 flee market finds
129 pictures
14 hours of sun on my nose

I hope your weekend was delightful

Fryd+Design
Cassette wallets (excellent idea :-)

Dear Diary

well, not today-day, the day before yesterday, actually.
papéis por todo o lado and great collages at Charm School Dropout

Finished Hemlock

Most relaxing, curling up in the corner of the sofa with needles and yarn. Or knitting in the car on long drives. I always have several projects knitting — some are good for watching movies I have seen before, but want to see again. Some are good for knitty company, and some are good for absolute mind-relaxation. Like Hemlock here. Difficultlevel high enough to engage all of my concentration, leaving no room for stress, speculation or planning ahead. Just me and the wool and the chart I work by. I have no idea what to do with the blanket. It's really too small to be a blanket, too big to be a pillow, and more about process than product.

The originator of this pattern is one of the most inspiring Knit-bloggers I know of; Brooklyntweed. Amazingly talented, inspiring and sharing! You can find many beauutiful, free patterns there.
Have a grand Tuesday :-)