April CQJP Glued and ready to Rock!

The books are quite fetching together. Can't wait to see all 12 done.

April CQJP Block

Wow a month has flown by. Maybe I can get my blogging mojo back someday.

Here's the next submission for the CQJP. 

It goes on this journal. I used this briefly back in 2003-2004. Painful  memories I tell ya.

Here's a not so painful one....I traveled to Rantoul for supplies in February. That's where I live now.

The block is being glued on now. Pictures of completed journal to come. Ty for your patience. 

The Great Glue Experiment ~ March CQJP

My offering for March for the CQJP is a block that has been glued, not stitched. At times I had my doubts which is why I don't have any pictures of the work in progress. Today I finished it up while my computer was defragmenting the hard drive. Gluing things to within an inch of their lives helps with computer separation anxiety lol!

I used some autumn toned fabrics, watch bands that came in a jar of goodies from an antique store, an earring, plastic beads, vintage buttons, gimp braid, vintage trim and about 1/4 of a bottle of Tacky Glue. This will be decoupaged onto a book called Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All   by Allan Gurganus I bought at the library for $1 and will eventually become #3 in my Art Journal series.

The Next CQ Book Cover for February CQJP

Why in the world is purple so hard to photograph? I took about 25 shots to get this one and I'm still not happy with it. Oh well. Much prettier in person, as they say.

CQJP January Submission

Sometimes I can't think outside the box very well. I found a blank journal one of the vendors was giving away up at the energy conference and I decided it would make a great place to start the CQJP thingy....too bad I forgot to take a picture of the blank journal. (My brain still isn't functioning too well after the wreck. I am not physically hurt but mentally I am in shambles.)

Anyways.......... I covered the journal and now I think I will add all my upcoming blocks into it. I can glue a few pages together to make them stronger (something I learned from a book called Altered Art by Terry Taylor I checked out of the library). I can also keep a diary if I so choose. Wow.... a plan. Plans are good.