finding light

I try to keep things light here

but I have been going through a personal thing that has me up one day and down the next

... and it's affecting my blog ...

I try to say "it's one fine day"

but some days I just can't

today I held up one of my older photo transfers to the light

and it was transformed

... now they're all strung from thread and hanging in my window ...

and it's little things like that that change everything

a serious need for chocolate

look at this face!

she's a real princess and it looks as if she's about to say 

"where's mine, missy?"

as in: "where's my hot cocoa?"

because that's what I needed this morning

it's been a stormy day and only 42 degrees - 42 - yup, I said 42 - A R G H !

sitting here with my hot cocoa, the princess, and The Quilt

- of which, I can finally say, "DONE"

I finished the patch for the back that has names, dates, etc.

my embroidery skills are rudimentary - but love is there

(I used an old hankie for the patch)

- when I have a sunny day, I'll hang this quilt out on the line for a full photo -

and I know I will have a sunny day again soon

just trying to believe that we are in the northern hemisphere

and that the calendar actually says  M A Y

one fine day 9

6:15 p.m.

(and the moods are cascading up and down)

in spite of that it has been one fine day

Rfrshing

... the e's have been shot out with bullets

are you having a refreshing weekend?

or a rfrshing one, like me?

this is another polaroid emulsion lift

this time on watercolor paper

I allowed the right corner to float and drape as I did the transfer

it really works well with this rigid composition

don't you think?

I think I'm due for some float and drape in my own life

... looking forward to Sunday afternoon ...

that's when I take a big old nap

one fine day 8

(this morning sometime)

I'm almost finished with my daughter's quilt

and it's been one fine day for working on THAT

(a work in progress since 2010)

and I even had time for tea

one fine day 7

(1:48 pm)

five girl cousins swinging their hearts out

it's one fine day

a new kind of image transfer

... well new to me at least

polaroid emulsion lift has been around for several years

but I never had a polaroid camera to play with

another one of the things my dad gave me is an old 600SE

(or goose)

here are some snaps I took yesterday

-rather ho hum-

but, transfer them to something interesting

like beach glass and pottery

(flotsam and jetsam)

and the magic happens

if you are interested in the how-to's:

google Polaroid Emulsion Lift Technique

I didn't find any tutorials for transferring the image to glass or ceramic

so I just did it the same way I saw people doing it for paper

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and a shameless plug:

these pieces are available in my Etsy shop

and any new sales will fuel my new film craving

xoxo  :)  xoxo