Back... sort of... and an update.

Okay, obviously I have officially slacked on my flower-a-day project, so it has become more of a "365 flowers in a year" rather than a "flower-a-day" project. Even though I haven't updated on my progress, I'm still more or less keeping up with creating new things, just not always finishing them. Now that I'm done with school for the summer, I will play catch up and make sure all of my projects are recorded on the blog.

On another note, the project has shifted a bit to include more illustrations that have flowers in them. It's something I really want to get better at and so I need to practice quite a bit more. It would be awesome if I could make some money doing freelance illustration.

F-A-D days 145 thru 149

5-3-11
145/365

Today's flower project is page corner bookmarks. I saw a tutorial on a blog about how to make something similar, so I got out all my handmade papers and made several of them. They're about 2 1/2" x 2 1/2". I plan to give sets of them as gifts for Mother's Day. The three in the left column are going to my sister in Utah and the three in the right column are going to my mother-in-law in Idaho.

F-A-D days 140 thru 144

4-28-11
140/365

This is a camellia flower that I drew from an old print. I just used watercolor pencils at first but it needed more definition so I added colored pencils on top to help bring out the lights and darks. I sort of like how the paper buckled - it gives a neat but subtle ray-like effect. Yay for happy accidents!

F-A-D days 135 thru 139

4-23-11
135/365

Mmmmmm... chocolate mini egg flower.

F-A-D days 132 thru 134

4-20-11
132/365

Today's flowers done with Derwent Inktense Blocks.

Days 130 & 131 of flower-a-day

4-18-11
130/365

The lotus part of this piece is a royalty free graphic. I cut it out and pasted it on a background I drew with Derwent Inktense Pencils.

Flower-a-day Days 127, 128 & 129

4-15-11
127/365

I made this flower with gouache paints and a plastic palette knife.

Flower-a-day 125 & 126

4-13-11
125/365

I made this flower from my Arttero Wire & Bead kit.

Flower-a-day 121 through 124

4-9-11
121/365

This is another exercise from the drawing book I'm reading. The toy is a 3-inch tall lavender chenille Easter bunny holding a flower.

Flower-a-day 116 thru 120

4-4-11
116/365

I'm taking Design with Flash this quarter, and we had an assignment to practice using the program to write our names.

Flower-a-day 110 thru 115

3-29-11
110/365

Today I made a miniature book from a kit by Artterro. Artterro is located in the US and they make eco-friendly products. Check out the website - they have a lot of similar art kits.

This is the front of the book.

Flower-a-day 103 thru 109

3-22-11
103/365

Today I took advantage of the nice weather and shot some pictures of the flowers at Highline Botanical Garden. Spring is here!

Flower-a-day 99 thru 102

3-18-11
99/365

More cherry blossoms today! Kirigami on watercolor background.

F-A-D days 92 thru 98

3-11-11
92/365

My hubby bought me this set of pliers from Harbor Freight for working with wire and stuff.

Days 89, 90 & 91 f-a-d

3-8-11
89/365

Happy Mardi Gras! Lotsa homework tonight so I did a quick flower out of old Mardi Gras beads from The Orleans hotel in Vegas, Thanksgiving 1999.

Flower-a-day 84 thru 88

3-3-11
84/365

I was stumped for a project tonight so this piece evolved as I went along. I started out with flowery scrapbook papers, glued them together, and added flower brads for dimension. Next I added the paper flower stickers in coordinating colors, and finally I added this lovely Ralph Waldo Emerson quote I found on the interwebs.

Flower-a-day 79 thru 83

2-26-11
79/365

I made these flowers with more Daniel Smith handmade papers. I used a little heart template to cut out the petals and I joined them together with glittery brads. I glued the flowers on the page and then added stems and grass with Sharpie paint pens.

Days 77 & 78 f-a-d

2-24-11
77/365

I salvaged my empty hot chocolate container for a pencil can, then decided to jazz it up with colorful magazine scraps and glittery flower scrapbook paper. Then I glued the funky trim in a swirly pattern all the way around the can.

Days 73 thru 76 F-A-D

2-20-11
73/365

Experimenting with some quilled flowers using different shapes - teardrops, marquises, and semi-circles.

Days 68 thru 72 F-A-D

2-15-11
68/365

More stamps with colored ink.