D is for Dual Inchie

Dual has so many possibilities.  The weird thing was that when I thought ahead to it, all I could think of was doing a square that was half black and half white!  I dunno why.  I just could not get that out of my head.  But, once I was ready to go, I knew I wasn't going there.    Then I looked up the definition for dual.  I like to do that for inspiration sometimes.  When I read

dual (ˈdjuːəl)

adj

1. relating to or denoting two

I immediately thought about love.  Maybe it's Valentine's Day still in the air or maybe it was the excellent time I had with my husband on vacation last week, but I decided two wedding rings was the depiction of dual I wanted to go with.

Happy belated Valentine's Day to my Every Inchie Monday friends!

C is for Chocolate Inchie

OH, better late than never.  Next time I need to work ahead when I'm going on vacation so I don't get so behind.  I had a lot of ideas about "chocolate".  I kind of just wanted to create a "piece of chocolate" like you'd find in a box from See's or something, but I could never find the materials I had in mind.  Then I thought of drawing a box of chocolates and lamented not owning a set of colored pencils... THOSE are on my wishlist now.  I guess I need a trip to Michaels!  Eventually, I thought about all of this old leftover Halloween candy I had and came up with the bright idea to use the wrappers to create another type of collage.  You know I like those collages!  So, here it is.  Can you read it?

Inspiration by Every Inchie Monday

C is for Cathedral Inchie

So, this was hard!  But after consideration and since I just finished reading the Tiffany Glass Co story, I decided a stained glass window would be my cathedral concept.  I had it in my head to do a glass painting to mimic an actual stained glass window.  I used to do a lot of glass painting a million years ago... or well, 30 years ago.  Then I realized that would cost a lot for the supplies for one single inch, so I decided to do a drawing as my "sample" and then decide how I wanted to proceed.  Well, once I finished my sample, I decided it would work just as is!  I drew it, inked it with highlighters and sharpies, then covered the whole thing with nail polish to make it shiny.  The picture doesn't really show the shine, but I'm happy with this result and I'm loving that every inchie I've done so far has been totally different than any of the others.  Don't know how long I can keep that up... we'll see!

As always, thank you Every Inchie Monday for the inspiration to create.

B is for Ballet Inchie

Ballet instantly brings up pictures of pink toe shoes and tutus and if there is one thing I love making it's a tutu!  This is the smallest tutu I've ever made and I don't plan on doing it again!  I used tulle from the tutu I made at Burning Man, so it makes it a little more special for me for it to have a piece of such an amazing time of my life incorporated.  Just did a little doodling on the background paper and blinged it with a couple of sparkles.  Voila!  Smallest tutu ever!

As always, thanks for the inspiration Every Inchie Monday!

B is for Brown Inchie

A funny thing about brown is that when I hear the word brown or see anything brown (and I mean anything), I immediately think of my six year old nephew, Nicholas.  He's a funny kid and there is something particularly funny about him:  he LOOOOOOVES brown.  I don't mean brown is his favorite color or he has a favorite brown shirt, I mean this kid is completely and utterly focused and maybe even obsessed on brown.

If he sees someone wearing a brown shirt, he would likely say, "Look!  That boy has a brown shirt.  I really like it."  If you ask him what color toothbrush would he like, he'll probably answer "brown".  This kid LOVES brown.  He especially LOVES little brown girls.

Nicholas started in the computer/gaming world quite early and somehow between Mario World and his big brother (who is a "the 3rd") he decided that his "avatar" when playing video games was Daisy 3, a little brown girl (by golly, do NOT say black girl - he WILL correct you!  "She's BROWN!")  We joke that someday he'll meet a brown girl named Daisy and he'll probably marry her - but it's not entirely a joke.

So, back to the inchie.  When I saw Brown, I thought of Nicholas and I had to make this about him. I first came up with a plan where I was going to do a sepia photo of him with a brown leather border and do some decorating around it.. I started that, but it wasn't really coming out like I wanted, so I tossed it (not so hard when it's only an inch) and I have been wracking my brains since on how to depict my little guy and then looking at a bag of scraps that I used to make favors for the Renaissance Faire one year, I saw the wooden petal shapes and though, how about a brown daisy?  And there's his little face in the center.  I cheated a little as the bottom wooden petals stick out a little over the edge of the inch and I had to put this together quickly, so I could have neatened it up and cleaned up the edges of the leather better, but here is my result.  My Brown Daisy 3.

Thank you, Every Inchie Monday!

I also want to thank my dear friend Annette, without whom, I would not be so inspired to create.  She is a beautiful and inspirational soul whose art is beautiful, hands are magic, and who just knowing her, makes me smile.

A is for Amulet Inchie

Amulet (noun)     \ˈam-yə-lət\

a small object worn to protect the person wearing it against bad things

Do I wear a key?  Actually sometimes I do.

Does it protect against bad things?  Well, I suppose in theory it should protect my home and my personal property when used to lock doors, etc.

But, more than that Key has so many more meanings.  The best being "to be essential to".  If anything can act as an amulet, I see a key as a perfect one.

That said, I'm a little torn with my finished product.  I wanted to shine it up like my last one, but the husband said he thought it was best just like this.  SO, here is my amulet:

Thank you, Every Inchie Monday!

A is for Alice Blue Inchie

Oh, I'm running behind as usual, but I am determined to stay on top of the inchies, so I can't miss the first one.  When I saw ALICE BLUE, I wasn't sure what direction to go.  There is the real "Alice Blue" based on Alice Roosevelt and then there is the Alice in Wonderland "blue dress" and it got me thinking of the many shades of blue.  So I decided to simply make a collage of Alice Bluish colored hearts...  Has anyone else noticed that one inch art projects are actually harder than full size projects?  SHEESH!   Here she is!

Thanks, Every Inchie Monday!