out of doors

Inspired by Everett Ruess.

sharpies and watercolors.

inhale, exhale

water colors, smooshed together onto another paper, then sharpie.

Also some collage and sharpie.

first bf atc's

Once upon a time I was 14 years old and madly in love with my very first boyfriend ever. He lived in Fresno, and I lived in Orange County - about 4 hours apart. I was 14, remember, and couldn't drive - so in addition to the three hours a day we spent on the phone, we also wrote letters. A lot of letters. Recently my father decided he actually wants some of his garage to himself, so he foisted a big box of old-Roya-stuff on me... and I found the box with all the old letters, some photos, jewelry, mixed tapes and other mementos. 

I wasn't sure what to do with them...seemed a shame to just toss them, but I didn't really need a big box of letters from my first boyfriend, either. Then a friend came over and introduced me to ATC's - the perfect solution. I cut up some letters, envelopes, and other random bits of nostalgia and made a few ATC's, and then tossed the rest. 

So here you have my First BF atc's.

watercolors, glue stick, and collage material.

atc's

watercolor and sharpie atc's. I did some stenciling, and used some punch-outs from a friend's atc's too.

ATC's batch 2

ATC's with water colors and sharpies.

another batch of atc's

ATC's - sharpies and water colors.

ATC's

I have recently been making Artist Trading Cards (ATC's). I need a place to display them before I trade them, so I figure I'll sprinkle them in here! This first set has a history...

way back when I went to this amazing gathering of unschooled (young) adults in Oregon, called Quo Vadis. At this gathering, two friends of mine - Evan and Danielle, danced. They danced swing dance so purty that my friend Kat took photos. I thought they were such great photos that I turned them into linoleum prints, and made a bunch of prints that managed to stick around in a box of old photos. Then I dug them out again.. 8-10 years later, and made these ATC's! I added some water colors, too.