This week was primarily about progress rather than completion. Its one of the aspects of mixed media I like - layers and layers - and it is also one of the most frustrating!
I did manage to complete one piece very quickly - this collage of book pages and an image, both from the early 1900's. I purchased the book at a library sale for a dime and the photo I bought at a local antique store for fifty cents.
I enjoy rescuing photos from antique shops: I always wonder what happened that their family let such intriguing photos go?
I created this assemblage to take some outdoor photos including the collage - in it you see a piece of architectural salvage: a Victorian Eye Brow window I bought last week at Pasadena Architectural Salvage.
The box on the left was made to hold cancelled checks - definitely a relic from the past. On the right you see the collage which includes some quotes from Elizabeth Akers Allen, a poet from the 19th century. The quotes are primarily 
about again, which I thought matched the wistful expression on the mysterious man's face.
I hope by midweek I will have another report for you as I will be going to Florida at the end of the week to visit my new grandbaby and will be gone until Tuesday of next week.
What have you created lately?
This post was inspired by the annual challenge, Creative Every Day by Leah Piken Kolidas.
I have been creating consistently and reporting in the community for the past several years.
Consider joining - it is such fun!
