Spring Flowers Book Cover Inspired by the Artist, Angie Lewin

A few weeks ago I read a post by Hilary on her blog http://livingtowork-workingtolive.blogspot.co.uk/ (take a look - it's great) about the artist, print maker Mark Hearld. This started my creative juices going and curious, I looked him up on Pintrest. I love his work but whilst doing this search, I also found Angie Lewin, another talented artist and print maker - her work is heavily influenced by the natural world - lots of flowers and seed heads. So my book cover is loosely based on her ideas and images.

This photo is awful - it's from from my mobile - I dropped and smashed my camera - will have to go shopping for a new one!!

Anyone looking for my Grow Your Blog 2015 post - it is the previous one. http://tastytextiles.blogspot.co.uk/2015/01/grow-your-blog-party-2015.html

Spring Flowers

When you can't change the direction of the wind, 

adjust your sails

H. Jackson Brown, Jnr

Be Creative

Along with continuing to finish and prepare pieces for the forthcoming Blackmore Vale Exhibition as part of Dorset Art Weeks, I've been playing along with Myfanwy Hart and her Facebook group 'Be Creative' - membership of this group is by invitation. Myfanwy places prompts to get your creative juices flowing once a month, over a 'long weekend' period and often extended further into the following week. Here are just a few of her 'Prompts'

Draw around your hands and doodle inside

Chose a piece of fabric and threads and stitch 9 cross stitches, add another 9 cross stitches and wait for next prompt - work in progress; I've still to add my next session of cross stitches

Take a suduko puzzle and colour 1 - 4 in colour A, 5 - 7 in colour B, and 8 - 9 in colour C

There is also an opportunity to take part in a postcard swap - mine ready to go

Finally, just a little bit of fun I found on Pinterest!