11.08.08
Art Journal… Day… errr… Page 21
Yeah, so… it was supposed to be days in a row of art journaling, but that didn’t happen. With helpful nudges from Sandy, I was able to push some paint around on paper yesterday…
It’s sort of a dark Laura Ashley wallpaper thing. Why not take all Laura Ashley products, circa 1987, since the 80’s are coming into fashion again… and… make the designs darker, more macabre or goth-it-up a bit. Because nothing says chintz poofy curtains like Bauhaus or The Sisters of Mercy. Bela Lugosi may be dead, but I’m sure he needs a posh tea room where the drapes match the walls match the pillows match the tea cozy match the carpet. And heck, these bands were quite popular at the height of the Laura Ashely fad… makes sense to throw them together. (BTW, go over to the LA website these days and everything is quite lovely! Esp. the wallpaper!)
Thank you for indulging in my ramblings. Sandy. Contrails.
Art Tea Life said,
November 11, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Lookie HERE ! back in the book ! The book the book the book !
Journal Fair and Journal Fare !
I likesy. I like it more since you said it would be a posh tea room for Bela.
And adore your creative thinking here.
Eighties are coming back ? you lie !
Noooo, no no no. Hairspray too ? Wow.
I thought it was cool to grow the hair on my legs out in the eighties / seventy nine. I was wearing all of the india cotton skirts and dresses and tops -dont they call it boho now ?…PERMED hair…no make up….laughing. OMG. NOOOO. What am I saying, as I typed this I looked down and I am wearing a shirt with crocheted bell cuffs ! I guess I AM DOING THAT AGAIN. But I shaved yesterday. No worries….
xo- checking out that LA link. Thanks. Memories….I love that we love the same s t u f f.
Art Tea Life said,
November 11, 2008 at 2:26 pm
hahhaha. I was just coming back to tell you that the LA site was fun and I see I missed the last line of your post…CONTRAILS ! kkkkkkk ! (that is me laughing making a funny sound in the back of my throat)