Spring has sprung here, at least for a little while. My daffodils had a few buds last Thursday and yesterday I picked some blooms. I’ve never seen them develop that fast. Not complaining, mind you, because I wait all year for this. I love my daffodils. Yesterday I planted 4 grape vines that I bought at Sams Club. Two whites and two reds. I hope they make it but of course I won’t know for a while. The red and gold raspberries and the blueberry bushes we planted last fall in the midst of the drought have started to bud out also. I have been trying to grow the red raspberries for many years after my first sets finally died out without much luck . This year I am going with some mir-acid in hopes they all make it. At least the winter didn’t kill them.
More tags I
I did make it back into the studio to work again on the tags the last few days for a little while. It is funny how, sometimes, it is hard to get going on a project again. I stared at the blanks for a while before I could start to draw on them. I felt a little intimidated at drawing over the colored background in fear that I might ruin them. I finally started on the ones that appealed less to me (although I really liked them all) and by the time I had done a couple, I got into the creative flow. I ended up using up all but three. I really like the blend of colors on those and am not sure that inking over would improve them. Perhaps I’ll just sell them as they are.
I investigated the aceo sleeves and they appear to have 1/2″ extra in both dimensions. If that is true I will be able to punch a hole in the holder, keeping the tag intact and useable as an aceo. I may decide to put in a white backing sheet (unattached) where someone could write a short note to be saved or discarded at a later time. I ordered the sleeves yesterday and will have to wait until they arrive to make a final decision. In any case I have decided not to punch a hole.
More tags II
This has been a lot of fun and I have the next sheet ready for cutting. I will probably cut it today and then start lay out for my next drawing. These smaller projects are good for the down time when I am letting a picture rest so I can look at it with new eyes.
And because I said I would show it, here is the last drawing. It’s up in my etsy shop already.
