Thank you!

Todays post and my weekend has been inspired by Blaze.

A few weeks ago I got one of her penny playlists and have been listening to "Spring Mix 2008, Leaves are coming" and have been so inspired by "Comtine D'un Autre Ete" a track from "Amelie". So much so that I decided to rewatch the film on Saturday afternoon. I love it, I love Paris, I love the wrought iron elevator casings, the wallpaper in the characters appartments, the comic strip style of the film and so much more. I was also given a beautiful bunch of sunflowers by my friend H, which got me to thinking about Van Gogh, which I haven't done for a long time. I then realised there was a sort of French Connection to my weekend and I am going to carry the mood through my week.

I have some uncreative work to finish over the next couple of weeks so I am taking little bits of time to fill my moleskins with ideas that I can get into when this other work is done. It has dawned on me that I need to tie up some loose ends to allow myself to get stuck into my new shop designs, but I can still make a little time for play while I'm doing it. So I have taken the pressure off myself to get new things made, untill I have cleared up some unfinished business which has been hanging over me for ages.

In the mean time what tune is filling your head with inspiration just now?

Day 9 - Help is at Hand

Della's Yibble Cottage

Made using satin, silks, aqua beads and silver glitter glue

Yesterday the Yibble Liberation Front gained a new member, my little cousin Della. She has been the inspiration for the Yibbles from the start. She is currently working on a little book about them too, creating characters, their cottages and lots of other fine details. So yesterday we met up to do some making with fabric, beads, glitter glue and PVA and she suggested that we made some collage Yibble cottages! She was very clear on how they should look, 1 door for the Yibbles and 2 extra doors for foxes and mice! I had a wonderful time, it has been so long since I just cut and stuck. And I think Della enjoyed it too!

Close up of Della's "Button Collage"

This was my attempt. I have been struggling for weeks to come up with ways to creat the Yibble kingdom and 10 minutes with Della and it all becomes clear! So keep watching, when the Yibbles are Liberated you may well get a little cottage for them too! I would like to say a big thank you to Della for a fab day and all her Yibble help. She asked if I could post her pictures for you all to see and she'll be checking it out very soon, so hello Della P!

I would also like to introduce you all to Eleanor, the wonderful mind behind A good idea on paper. She is a fine artist who specialises in Book art and has a really interesting post about sharing a page from your sketch book. I think this is a great idea, getting to nose into a page of other creative minds and to share the different ways that we all work. Head over and take a look at her beautiful paper dress up doll pages, leave a comment and she'll post up your pages. Get going, I'm sooo nosey and can't wait to see what you are all up to!

This is one of the pages from mine, it is little Olive in Paris! I still love doodling about her and find the different surfaces of the book to really lead me in starange directions. Well I'm off now to walk my pup and get sewing and I'll be back and let you know the date for the Liberation and some more little details. Happy Wednesday x