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Archive for April 27th, 2014

My Happy Place

Sunday, April 27th, 2014

 

artnouveauprint

I went down to my studio for the first time since I dumped the last load of stuff before we moved into the condo. It is the end of the month and I needed to get a print done for the Printed Fabric Bee.  The theme is art nouveau.

This is what my studio looked like when I walked in.

messylovejoystudio

Nothing has been put away. I grabbed the stuff off my work table and put my print board up and went to work. First, I found my Bose radio and turned to my favorite rock music station!

I had cut a couple of freezer paper stencils. I wanted to do an art nouveau stylized flower. I decided to do some wavy lines of dots first. Here is my stencil.

browndotstencil

browndotpaintstencil

browndots

I used the skinny end of a chopstick to add yellow dots to the brown dots.

yellowdots

Here is my stylized flower stencil.

flowerstencil

This is the 6 inch piece that is going to the winner of the printed fabric pack. The piece for Jackie is up at the top.

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I went to my studio in a great deal of pain. My lower back has been killing me again. All the shuffling and packing and unpacking has taken a toll.

The thing is, I was so happy and stress free working in my studio after all this time that I suddenly realized I was not in pain. And, I was so happy. So happy that I started to cry. I am really looking forward to getting my studio organized and getting back some creative time.