Tag Tuesday-Letter G

Tag Tuesday 's alphabet theme is on Letter G this week.

G is for gateau

I made a chocolate gateau from the beauty pages of a magazine. The chocolate is eye shadow, the strawberries are lipstick. For whipped cream I used folded silk. The gateau was served on a plate, also from a magazine, and the whole collaged onto some painted papers . I used a Chinese newspaper and inverted it, hoping the text is adverts and nothing inappropriate. I photographed it using a recipe book for background.

Tag Tuesday-Letter F

The letter for  this week's Tag Tuesday's alphabet theme is letter F

Last week I used a lot of E's for my tag, so went for simplicity this time and chose one subject, F is for France. It is a collage on a map from The graphics fairy, and embellished with rubbings and printings, topped with a Michelin guide. I photographed it on my favourite old atlas

February sunshine

I haven't been blogging much over the past couple of weeks, as I have not been well. I had an infection (another abscess on my leg ) and have just finished yet another course of antibiotics. I don't like taking them, but they seem to do the trick and now I am feeling much more like my old self again.

Back with you again, and this weekend we had the most wonderful warm and sunny weather. It was a total contrast to last week's snow! I thought I would take some photos in the garden, as everything looked so lovely. Enjoy them, as we are forecast more snow at the end of the week!

Tag Tuesday-Letter E

E is for Ephemera

The theme for this week's Tag Tuesday is the Letter E.
 I noticed that a few people were sneaking in a lot of things starting with the initial letter, so I thought I would do the same this time! For the base of my tag I used an Envelope, which as a bonus came from my friend, Elspeth! I coloured it up with oil pastels. Collaged onto it were images from The Graphics Fairy. I put in Eggs, Eagle, Elephants and Emerald. Can you spot any more words beginning with E?  I coloured in the collaged paper with crayon, a great idea which I got from Andrea's blog http://www.dreamheartsmartart.blogspot.co.uk 

where she showed how to paint over collage. 

Norman Church at Swyncombe

Driving through the Oxfordshire countryside with Richard, yesterday, we were looking for a bit of cheer on a very cold, dark and dreary day. Coming off the main road to Oxford, we explored some little lanes we hadn't been down before and came upon the church of St Botolph at Swyncombe. This pretty church is Norman, dating from the 11th century, nestling in the  Chilterns. The whole of the graveyard was a beautiful carpet of snowdrops and aconites. When I looked it up when I got home, I found that in February people come from miles around to see the display, and there are Snowdrop Sundays with organised walks and tea and cake. The photo of the church doesn't really do it justice, but it was a lovely sight.

Snow dyeing results

Here are the results of the snow dyeing. I used various cotton fabrics, the last one is muslin. Because the snow melts slowly the fabric takes the colour at different rates. I really like the blurred effects this produces. I did enjoy playing with snow and next time it snows I know what to do with it!

Tag Tuesday-Letter D

The theme for this week's Tag Tuesday is the Letter D, continuing the alphabet theme.

I made a tag from cardstock, and collaged some dresses and a lace daisy chain with colourful borders.  I have not had much spare art and craft time this week, as I have been celebrating my birthday, spending my time socialising with friends and family, and eating a lot of delicious things!