The Last of the Bookmarks - whew!

THESE ARE THE FINAL TWO BOOKMARKS (FRONT AND BACK) I'M MAKING FOR FRIENDS. THE LAST TOOK ME SO LONG BECAUSE I HAD RUN OUT OF THE WATERCOLOR PIECES, AND WASN'T SURE HOW TO GO ABOUT IT. IT'S I MADE OF LAYERED SPECIALTY PAPERS.

Bookmarks, cont.

New Shirt, Yay!

Hi! Just in keeping with what I've been up too... a couple of weeks ago, I decided, though I love them all, I had way too many t-shirts. (over 40!) One of my favorites that had passed it's prime, was an old fan T of Tank Girl that I'm made while in collage with an iron-on transfer. I didn't really want to trash it, but it had gotten too dingy to keep. So I decided to make a replacement.
I ordered a blank T shirt from Hanes.com. Then, I scanned in a new image from one of the TG books I have, cut out the back ground, filled in the missing pieces of the image that'd been covered with word balloons using Photoshop. It was printed onto an old transfer sheet I had around. Man! It took forever to peel that thing off of it's backing.

But it's survived its first wash. Here are the results:

Old T:

New T:

I really like the new image, too.

COMMEMORATIVE BOOKMARKS

********** HI EVERYONE!
AT LONG LAST I FINISHED THE WINTER SOLSTICE/ NEW YEARS/ CHINESE NEW YEARS COMMEMORATIVE BOOKMARKS I DEVISED FOR ALL MEMBERS OF CHALKBRUSH! YAY! (ASIDE FROM LAMINATING AND GLUING UP THE EDGES OF THE LAST FEW, THAT IS.)

I THOUGHT, "WHAT A GREAT THING TO BE PART OF THIS ARTIST COMMUNITY," AND WAS FEELING CRAFTY AROUND THE HOLIDAYS... SO...



THAT, AND I HAD ALL OF THESE EXTRA TEST WASHES I MADE IN PREP FOR THE POST CARD SHOW LAYING AROUND ONE AFTERNOON WHEN I FOUND I DIDN'T HAVE A BOOKMARK HANDY....

SO, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE FRONT AND BACK OF EACH ONE. THEY'RE MADE FROM WATERCOLOR, GLUE, INKJET PRINTOUT OF GRAPHIC, AND LAMINATION.
PATRICK'S HAS A DIFFERENT BACK BECAUSE I HAD MADE HIS AT THE SAME TIME I DID A SET FOR MY FAMILY, AND OTHER FRIENDS. THIS WAS BEFORE I DECIDED TO GO WITH THE MOSTLY-BLACK BACK.

I HOPE YOU ALL LIKE THEM!

I READ THAT THE CHINESE YEAR OF THE OX IS ONE OF
"prosperity through fortitude and hard work."

WELL, GEEZE, WE'VE GOT THIS ONE IN THE BAG ;).

HAPPY 2009, EVERYONE.!