New Toys !! It's like having new toys ! 😄
I do so love art supplies. I always have. As you may have seen (or not) I've been playing in paints and papers, trying to learn to make collage art or mixed media stuff. I've been making some fun painted papers and watching videos by others on youtube and trying to decide what I will attempt first to begin my practicing.
I bought these acrylic inks. I don't know why. It's not that I think they will help me much in my new endeavor, but I saw them while I was looking at other stuff and I liked them. I'm not sure what I will do with them at all ! That made me laugh to type it, but now that they are here, I will play with them some later. I liked this photo of them as they were sitting on my desk. The light shining in behind their clear package reminded me of colored glass vases and the such, on shelves across a window. That sort of thing always attracts me.
Some of the things I got made way more sense for what I've been playing with, like more stencils, some markers and a couple of different papers.
What's not to love about new markers??
Lots of colors in this pack. I tried one or two and they seem to flow really smoothly. These will be fun to use to add some details here or there.
I did mean to get a handful of new and different stencils, and even though I only bought a few different packs, I was still amazed how many there really were when they got here. Yes... I read the packages, but I didn't keep a tally on how many were in each one. Dorkas ! I know !
I didn't have to count !!! I can do what I want....... and who cares after all ?!?! Right ???
I shouldn't need anymore in.... ever... absolutely not ever... never ever....LOL Some of these were in the photo above, but the biggest surprise to me when they got here was how big the ones on the bottom of this pile are. I put the ruler below so you could tell. It made me laugh.... again
I also got this hole punch set. 5 sizes ! They seem nicely made and two circles that they cut out are already glued to the first piece I'm working on. I really like these.
They are extra neat because there is a little slidey thing on the bottom that catches the paper circles when you punch them out, but slides open easily to get them out. You can also still slide it open if you want to see the design it will capture from your paper.
Here's a few I punched out from one of my blotter sheets. I HAD to play with them on SOMETHING !
Now for the game, which item does not belong on the art table???? ahahahahahaahhaha...... don't worry, it's not there anymore !
I also got two kinds of paper, thin, rice paper'ish stuff that is more transparent than the papers I already had here. I'll show them to you better when I post showing where I played with some stencil designs on them soon.
My work Monday felt like the typical example of why folks think Monday's are no good. When I first signed on to my computer, my main work program wouldn't come open by clicking the desktop icon, NOR searching for it's program and trying to open that. GAH ! So I cold booted and reset the box that connects me to my work stuff..... and it finally came up. Ugh ! The morning wasn't the worst after that, but after lunch, the password in my other main program disappeared. I changed it today and had already used it successfully.... but no.... cold booted again and STILL had to call the help desk. (rassa@#^#@$frassaras^&(*%^$&safras).... but that's not exactly what I really thought. They got me in again and then I got hateful work most of the rest of the afternoon. I was so glad when it was time to log off for the day !
Thankfully most of my days aren't like that and it will all be ok ..... I think.
Time to ramble to the kitchen and see what I am going to feed myself for supper.
I hope your Monday wasn't quite as quirkie as mine.
If it was, here's you a hug {{{{{ hugz }}}}}... and if it wasn't, I just wanted to hug you anyway !
Love you !
Jacey
Oh ! Thank you !
You're welcome! :)
Ice cube tray!
What do I win?
A big fat NO ! ha ha.... but I know you are funnin me, so there won't be any head thump to go with the NO !
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I'm sooooo jealous of your inks and your circles punches. I've wanted a 1" circle punch for the longest time. Even had it on my present list but my daughter bought me this changing size cutter thingy instead which doesn't go as small as 1" and I didn't like to put it on again. 😂
I'm always drawn to the ink sets whenever I'm out shopping for replacement supplies. I've a number of individual bottles I've bought over the years and they are one of my favourtie (if not my very favourite) supplies to use.
You're going to have so much fun!
I understand about not wanting to put something on your gift list when someone you love thinks they have already covered it.
I'm wondering how I will feel about the inks. I will be looking to see what all can be done with them and at some point I'm sure I'll post when I play with them... for the good or the bad of it. ha ha
I hope I stay motivated long enough to actually get good at something LOL.... right now it is so new, that all the things there are to learn is what is keeping me interested.... well that and that I'm having fun.
I'm with you on learning new stuff keeping you interested although I'm not bothered about getting good at any of it. The more I an play without restraint the happier I am. 😁
Art is the one area of my life where I don't know how it's supposed to be done and I've vigorously defended that "not knowing" and avoided classes etc. Since I don't know the "right" way to do any of it I can't get it wrong. If only I could live the rest of my life like that!
How big is the biggest punch? You could have a lot of fun with some big perfectly punched circles!
The largest circle is 2 inches.
Fun ! Fun is the intent for sure. I saw someone punch holes in a paper and then use that paper as part of something they were making instead of using the little circles pieces. I'm sure I will use that idea too somewhere at some point. I had one punch already that is a heart from some way back project. I thought I had a second one of some kind, but so far in the rummaging through things I already have, I haven't come across another. hmmmmmmmm I thought I had things a least semi-organized, but there are too many years of gathering and clearing out and ..... sometimes it's no telling what I decided I didn't need anymore along the way.
Two inches is quite a lot! In the grand scheme of punchy hole things that is :OD
It is weird when you rummage through piles of stuff you have and find things that you genuinely had no idea that you had and no idea if you ever needed!
That's the truth !
Every time I re-organize, I always get rid of more things. Sometimes I wonder how they ever made the cut before.... ha ha.... but then some things have made the cut for years and.....all of the sudden when resurface I'm thinking "I forgot I had this ! " funny....
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