Book of Days: January 27th and 28th

Couple more entries to my Book of Days...

January 28th:
The day of the Aftermath Vendors event I was attending... Used a print off of the event poster over Glimmer Misted and splattered base, bit of ink rubbing too while it was still damp. White washed a spot top journal and added an Ottawa Goth Syndicate sticker, grudged that up too. ;O)

January 27th:
CHAOS Day...
Getting the last things ready, making CD pins (stinky fumes), dying my hair...
and in the middle of all that there was Happy Mail from Denise Phillips!
Ripped into it right away and got my entry done. The envelope, tags, fibre and birdie stamp were all part of my goodies. :O)

Happy Mail Side:

BUSY Day Side:

Full Spread so far...

Aftermath Bound!

I'm all packed! ... I think... maybe... possibly...
Still need to pack nourishment, but all the art-sy sh-tuff is ready to go.

I'll be here tomorrow:
The Aftermath Vendors event
Hosted by Ottawa Goth Syndicate
Kent Street Legion - Garrison Sergeant Hall
330 Kent St, 2nd Floor, Ottawa
January 28 (1PM - 9 PM)
http://www.ottawagoth.ca/reddeathmasquerade
Only $2 to get-in!

Hence the 'special' store logo:

Today I spent much of the day getting high... on enamel fumes. ;OP
Made up a batch of CD Pins; the ones made from smashed up CD's and DVD's.
I do sooo love how they look but they are a stinky, burn your hands, phone on hold-need to work quickly or they spoil, holy-what-a-frakin'-mess! project.
Reserved for Special Occasions only. ;O)

These are the backs...
I always put the printed side out so peeps can see what they were.
Hard to find those AOL disks anymore, lol.
Shiny side forward, looks so perrrty coming through the enamel.

The finished batch waiting for the glue to finish drying on the pin-backs.
Shiny!

...and a step to the right...

...and then to the left.

All mounted on Tag-Backs and pinned to a mini-display board.

Spend yesterday... and a bit of this morning, pinning stuff to boards:
WITHOUT Pinterest!
Have the 2 boards going, a few other lil' projects and Portal #2: Welcome to Wonderland (not pictured).
Really looking forward to it!
If your in Ottawa, maybe I'll see you there?
:O)

Portal #2: Welcome to Wonderland...

Today being the last day Portal #1 is up at *Steampunk 'The Penny Dreadful' Art Show* it seemed a fitting time to reveal Portal #2.

Portal to Steampunk Teaopia, and 1 of the other projects, will be on it's way home after tonight's show closer.
Nothing will be getting unpacked because they're all going to the Canadian National Steampunk Exhibition (CNSE), when we go up at the end of April, to be displayed there.
I will be posting Portal #2 for Sale on Etsy as soon as I get shipping costs figured out. Portal #1 will go up for sale after CNSE is over. (May 2nd-3rd-ish)

Plus I wanted to get this project in for both the
*Welcome to Wonderland* Challenge on Scrapbook.com and
The Altered Alice Chapter #2: (#2 how fitting!): Hall of Doors Challenge
Time, in typical Alice Fashion... is running out for both and I don't want to be late! ;O)

For those who haven't seen the 1st Portal Project here is the Portal Description (again) with the measurements for this one:

Portal: Base: 20 inch X 5 1/2 inch
Height: 17 1/2 inch
Pictured on a Table but can also be hung on a Wall. (wire)

Q: What is a Portal? A: A Portal is a Door.

Q: Door to where?
A: Open the door and find out.
Second in a series of fantastical Doors (ie. Portals) that when opened give you a glimpse at another time...
another place...
another space... You don't know what's on the other side til you open the Door.
You want to know, don't you.
Go ahead... Open the Portal

Portal #2:
Welcome to WonderlandI have only shared a few picture here (10, there are 43 in total) the rest can be seen HERE:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keepsakescrafts/sets/72157626344494162/
There are LOTS of pictures up close, of the finer details.
I don't want to post too many on the Blog just in case Blogger can blow-up from Digi-Overload! ;O)

I tried very hard to include as many characters as I could:
The Walrus and Carpenter, Birds, Lizard, Dinah, Talking Flowers, White Rabbit, Alice, Griffin, Mock Turtle, Lobster, King, Knave and Red Queen, Pig Baby, Alice, The Cheshire Cat, White Queen, Lion and the Unicorn, Forest Knights, The Tweedles, The Blue Caterpillar, Dormouse, March Hare and of course... The Mad Hatter.
I missed a few (Cook, Duchess, Card Soldiers...) it was already a pretty crowded place here in Wonderland.

It's like an iSpy...
*Who can you find?
*What Scenes are represented?
*Are you SURE you've seen it all?
Look again! lol

As with all my larger projects most of it is made from Throw-Away sh-tuff:
Garbage, 2nd Hand Store Finds, FreeCycle, Donations etc...
All Paper Elements are mounted on Cereal Box Board
Door is Re-purposed, as are the Antique Door Fixtures.
Backing is Press-board from broken shelves and the Wood for the frame was Scrap.

But enough of my babble...
Have a Look...
and
Enjoy!

BONUS PICTURE:
This is the Portal juuuust as I started it.
The back is papered in Old Book Pages.
The 'grass' is Electronic Boards.

Taking Care of Business

I dragged my Muse kicking & screaming out of the closet today.
I tire easily but am up and about, hoping the Labyrinthitis dizzies will go away so.
*knocking on wood*
That I will feel car-travel worthy by Thursday...
I'm so excited!!! We're going to brave the 4+ hour drive to North Bay to see my Art in the Gallery Show. Yes, I will bring a camera! The plan is to take the 2 oldest boys with us and my parents have graciously offered to 'entertain' the younger 2 for the day.
We'll be IronMan-ing, no hotel stay: Up & Back same day.

I dug out some of my older supplies and set to work on some CD Pins. Yes indeed, these are made from used Cd's (sometimes DVD's too).
It's been almost 2 years since I made any of these. ooo... back when I was still doing craft sales.
I got 6 finished and they're up on Etsy already.
A little high from the Enamel so 6 was my limit. lol

I also managed to get a 'Blinkie' done, though I do not know how to attach a link so it's more of an 'Icon' for the Blog. I always add the link manually with the 'Picture' option in design. I'm sooooo un-techie! I'm still stunned I managed to get this made.
Thank-You Banner Fan!
I started piling scrap-sh-tuff on my desk and got a picture for the background then added all the elements etc... per their easy directions.
Even got the Orange the exact same shade that my Studio is painted! :O)
If anyone is interested in posting it on your sidebar... please, feel free!