Inspiration

As you'll see in the following pictures, my studio does not look the same when I'm working on projects.




At the moment I'm working on various ideas at once.






I started working on a miniature book today. I had parts of it started earlier, inspired by a tiny frame I recently purchased from a thrift shop. Today I was focusing on a theme or color palette. I have plenty of leftover blue paint that I had used to paint our bathroom. I love the color so I decided to start by painting the cover blue. Then I thought from there I would add some silver leaf. Once I picked those colors as my jump off point the whole "Marie Antoinette" theme just naturally came to mind. I know I'm a little behind the eight ball on this theme but I've never tried my hand at it and I do so love the whole color scheme. Everything is so rich, opulent, and feminine. I also very much enjoyed the movie.


"Artful Blogging" by Sommerset Studios.

So from there, I went hunting and gathering through my many treasures to pull anything and everything that had a M.A. feel to it. I found so many inspiring fabrics, bobbles, and jewels that I've decided to do two books, a large one from an old vinyl record holder, and the little one I'd already started. Here are some of the materials I will pick from to build my books.









Wish me luck.