Inspiration: lollipops, carnival, old floral paper and postcards.

I am feeling better about these images now ... I decided to include them into triptychs with old postcards and their messages. I think they are better suited now than with the old sketch I was working with before.

Here are some pictures of what I worked on last night. See my set carnival & postcards for more pictures ...

Just sharing some artists and crafters that I have admired over the past little while...

For starters, Yellow Owl Workshop makes these wonderful postcards, found below, among many other things such as cards, ceramics, stamp sets and paintings.



I love French artist Maissa Toulet's work. She makes these cabinets of curiosities inside of glass boxes. All collected and found objects are matched together to tell a different story in each cabinet. Found below are two of her works: Echographie and Les Végétaux. They remind me of old botany displays, catalogues and encyclopedias.





Studio Mela makes the cutest prints. Found below is So Very Happy V3.




Julie Chen is an artist and book maker. Her books are intricately detailed. Her books unfold or span open in a meaningful manner to reveal layer upon layer of changing imagery and text. Her Ode To A Grand Staircase is pictured below.



I love Amy Victoria Wakefield's photography, especially her portraiture made to look like old fashioned photographed postcards, like the one pictured below.



Finally, I love how Paige Smith repurposes tea cups and saucers into jewelry holders, so elegantly. One of her creations is found below.

Here are some postcards I found in an antique shop in Saskatoon. I love the muted colours and that some of the postcards have writing on them...