Stocking up!

I am working diligently to stock up my TrashToTreasuresArt Etsy shop. These two art tags are now available in the shop:

"Keep calm and eat cookies."

"C'est la vie."

Today I started on a new batch of tags, which are still in the early stages of production. I also have a number of tags that are almost ready to be added to my stock in TrashToTreasuresArt. These are some of those almost-ready tags:

These tags are extremely fun to create. From start to finish, I'm having a blast with each and every one of them. If you want to visit either of my Etsy shops, just click the links at the top of this blog!

Web store news!

I'm excited to announce that I have opened a second Etsy shop, this one dedicated to my mixed media art! I am of course still maintaining my MissAdventureArt Etsy shop, which contains my drawings, but after some deliberation I ultimately decided that I wanted to manage my mixed media art and my drawings in separate Etsy stores.

My new shop's name is TrashToTreasuresArt. I chose this shop name because my philosophy in creating my mixed media art is to largely use recycled and upcycled goods, such as scrap cardboard and old books that are otherwise not being put to use. I am working on stocking up this new shop as quickly as possible, but these three art tags are already available at TrashToTreasuresArt:

"You make my heart tick."

"You're my cup of tea."

"You're the cat's meow."

To visit either of my Etsy shops, just click on the links at the top of this very blog of mine!

Good night!

Mixed Media Mess

My workspace is a mixed media mess today. I'm working on creating some more art tags as well as revamping some recycled boxes with some mixed media art. Fun times!

The scene of the crime.

In the upper right corner of that picture you'll see just a couple of my newest mixed media art tags. In the upper left corner is a WIP box I've been working on. Soon I'll share some pictures of the fruits of today's labor. Also, I'll be sharing some Etsy news sometime in the next couple of days. Stay tuned!

I hope everyone is having a beautiful weekend!

Mixed Media Art Tags

A couple of posts ago I showed you the first ever mixed media art tag that I completed. Since then I've been experimenting with a few new products and techniques, and with these I've created some more art tags. I had a lot of fun in the process, and here are the results of that fun:

I think I've truly found a new love in creating these mixed media art tags. They allow me to create fun little drawings and experiment with fun collage techniques. What's more, I'm happy to be practicing a lot of recycling/upcycling with these, using scrap cardboard that I cut into the size and shape of tags. And the paper onto which I drew the images is simply from the pages of old books I've had sitting around for ages. Even the little decorative dots you see on the tags are recycled/upcycled, as I acquired these using nothing but my trusty hole puncher and some empty yet pretty Kleenex boxes.

I hope you like my art tags so far! I've got plenty more of them in the works, so stay tuned!

I hope all you bloggers out there are having a wonderful weekend!

Steampunk Fun

I've become very intrigued by steampunk style art lately. That being said, I recently decided to pull out my trusty pens and try my hand at this steampunk style. The verdict is that I had a lot of fun!

A steampunk starry night.

I like this steampunk style so much that I now of course have even more steampunk art in the works and in the planning stages. I'll have plenty of steampunk art -- and plenty of other art as well, for that matter -- to share with you soon!

Good night, bloggers!

Cup of Tea

One way I've decided to use my old book pages is by making tags. I create drawings on bits and pieces of my old book pages and then, in a sort of collage, I use Mod Podge to adhere them to a piece of scrap carboard that I've cut down to the size and shape of a tag.

Here's a shot of the first mixed media tag I've created:

"You're my cup of tea."

I still need to attach the string at the top of the tag, but other than that this one is finished. I hope you like it! I've already started my next mixed media tag -- amongst roughly a thousand other projects -- so stay tuned for more!

By the book...

I have discovered yet another new art love of mine, and that is using old book pages for art!

I love books and reading just as much as I love art, so I decided why not start recycling old, unused books for the sake of art? So many ideas for how to use these old book pages have been inundating my mind, and now I just have to find the time to complete them all!

Journal Catch-Up...Again

I've yet again fallen behind in sharing my sketchbook scrapbook journal pages. Here are a couple sneak peek shots of my journal pages from the last two weeks.

Happy Monday!