365 Days of Creativity : Old to New

Last week, my four sisters, our mom, and I went to a women's conference in Lethbridge and on our way down, we stopped in Nanton to go to an antique store! The best one there is Sentimental Journey Antiques. It's in this cool old building with antiques in every room.

I found some great old things to use for my Artist Trading Cards.

1. A needlecraft magazine from 1920

2. A stack of US envelopes with cool stamps/postmarks

3. Paper bottle top things and Nabob coupons (no photo)

There were so many cool things there! I wish I could've bought it all.

Day 101 - I have an old Nancy Drew book I used for this card. I flipped open to this random page and wanted to paint these woods with the "clicking noise".

Day 102 - I had to make this card in like 2 minutes because I was at the hotel with my sisters and everyone wanted to go to bed so I had to quickly get it done so I could turn off the light. Even though I was rushed, and it's super simple, I actually kind of love it.

Day 103 - I used one of my antique coupons! Also, napkins are fun for collages because they have lots of folds.

Day 104 - It's quite freeing to do something like fingerpainting! I used painter's tape to mark off a few lines before I got started.

Day 105 - Optical illusions are fun!

Day 106 - AH! I used more of my antique stuff. It was hard to cut into it, but I had to! That's why I bought it. The mini pencil drawings are on cut out paint samples and attached with wire to the string on a tag. I love the silver thimble thing - I think it was a "prize" for subscribing to the magazine? So awesome how different life was nearly 100 years ago.

Day 107 - Jordan and I tried to take advantage of the tennis court down the street by purchasing some equipment this past Summer and giving it a shot...ya I discovered I'm quite dreadful at tennis. It was a good workout though...I chased the ball the whole time.

Day 108 - Another photography card

Day 109 - I'm so crazy... Today I had to jump out of my car and scoop up some dirt from a construction site and put it in a little tupperware container. Oh man, the things I do for this project! (Also, I totally cheated and made this hair pin months ago). Another wearable ATC.