Sketchbook Wednesday with Mrs. Staggs and some bears....
Mrs. Staggs mentioned using a jar for a prompt to inspire a journal page. We have a BIG old Planter's Peanuts jar where I have been throwing pennies for many years. I refer to it as my "rainy day fund" but I suspect that these coins will not take me far nowadays. I do love looking at the jar though. I have always had jars of joins in my life and this is not the only one I have here. Typical Yankee! This is the only "bear market" I am involved in.
Don't forget to click on the photos to make them bigger.
What I did:
I photographed some bears from my collection. One of them I posed in the jar. I printed out the photos on card stock , cut them out, and used them in the design. Right now I love clear glues which are quite cheap and do not cause buckling in paper. Added some embellishments like crepe paper and ribbon. I used brads to attach the page to my journal.
What I learned:
I still do not get good photos and I chose a journal that is so big I cannot get it into a scanner! My opinion is that the colors in this page are prettier in person than they are in a photo.
While I was working on this page, I actually finished another page for another week. I had made so much mess at that point, I figured that I would work while I had the supplies out.
Now I am off to Mrs. Stagg's blog to see the other work!
4 comments:
Very nice! Even on my computer screen, it looks very 3-dimensional, not like a copy at all.
I think we all can use some rainy day coin jars!
Helen, you are so creative. That page does look like the real bear and jar are just sitting there. I know, it's frustrating to try to get a good picture of the pages, isn't it? I think a couple of mine have looked dreadful online, but in person, they're much better.
It's so interesting, you are working in a large book, and I'm working in a smaller one and wishing for one that is larger. I think, if I do this again, I will use an old fashioned scrapbook. Occasionally, I find those at the thrift store, never used. 'Course then, there is the issue of scanning, but I think the larger size would give me a bit more freedom in what I'm creating.
My guys hate to carry change around, so they always throw them into a jar. Once, I rolled it all, and was able to buy a large television and a VCR for the basement, so my son and his friends could watch movies down there, instead of taking over the upstairs. These days, I think we'd all best save as much as we can.
Thanks for all of your kind support Helen. I truly do appreciate it.
Helen, your page turned out very nice. I love the teddies. They look so cute saving for a rainy day with their peanut jar. I have a big collection of teddy bears though, so I guess that makes me partial. ;^)
I didn't do the jar page, but after seeing what you and Mrs. Staggs have come up with, it seems to me I need to rethink my attitude and come up with something "jar-ish" I can show next week.
-Sue
I've learned to really start looking forward to Wednesdays. Your bear in a jar collage is so creative.
No.. peenies won't get you very far. You'll have to start throwing in a few quarters now and then.
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