Inspiration Avenue's Auction

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Good morning all, I just wanted to give a quickie update on our auction at Inspiration Avenue.  We are just over halfway through, so there is still time to bid on one of these lovely items.  We've managed to provide a nice price range in order to meet all needs ;)  Go check it out and remember every penny earned goes to Angel Faces!
Cheers,Stephanie

Paint Party Friday- April 29.

I know a lot of you have already heard me talking about the Sisterhood of the Traveling Sketchbooks, and that is what I worked on this week.  Because......this is IT!  They're starting their travels TODAY!
SO, I had a lot of bits and bobs to finish and do touch ups on....
Like; my sign in page- here it is finished:

And a spread dividing the sign in from the "personal info" page:

The personal page was supposed to be reflective of our favorite color represent a sense of who we are:

  I've been hearing a lot about projects people are doing with 21 Secrets (I'm REALLY tempted to sign up....:)) anyway, one technique that really resounded with me was to cover your journal page with writing before you add anything else.  Being the kind of person who usually chooses the hardest way to do things, I decided to do my writing with white souffle gel pens.  It was a little like writing with invisible ink- but the results were SO cool when I did my watercolor wash over the writing- like a watercolor resist! With my words, I was basically rambling on in a rather ADHD sort of fashion about color and colors I like.....
I painted over this with a rambling of turquoise, lime, blue and purple and then once that was dry, I went over it with blue-black; using liquid watercolors.

 I trimmed out a print of my (now infamous) self portrait and played off of a quote from my favorite movie; Ever After"- something Danielle said about choosing a favorite book; "I'd sooner choose a favorite star in the heavens!"  since I love this movie AND books I thought it was kind of neat to include a bit of it in my spread.

random-naming of colors

 Then on the back of the personal spread, I wrote a journal entry basically saying the same thing I've said here, so I didn't take a picture of it.  By the time most of you read this, my little "baby" will have started her journey- first stop is the UK!
The other thing I worked on this week was finishing my angel for the Angel Faces auction.  I'm really happy with how it turned out!  I'll be posting more about the auction today or tomorrow and it starts Sunday for anyone whose interested in obtaining some artwork for an amazing cause!.

Be sure to go see what everyone else was up to this week at Paint Party Friday-  I know I'll be spending the day visiting!
Happy PPF- I can't believe, I'm early for once!
Stephanie

Paint Party Friday- April 22

Yay, it's Friday again, and you know what that means; PAINT PARTY FRIDAY!   This week I was working on several things.  Sketching out two canvases and getting my journal ready to begin it's Sistahood travels next week.  

You might have read earlier this week that my Etsy team, Inspiration Avenue

is having a charity auction to benefit Angel Faces  

a wonderful group that puts together healing retreats and provides ongoing support designed to inspire adolescent girls with severe facial disfigurements to achieve their optimum potential.

Since the auction begins next week, I really needed to focus on my painting I'm donating. And since the theme this week at IA is "angels", I thought this would be perfect!  I took this picture from my garden last year (actually for a different IA challenge- "How does your garden grow") and always wanted to paint it.  So now I am and I'm really enjoying it!

Today I'll try to finish, it's very small 5" x 7" so I think I can get it done in time to submit for the challenge AND the auction!

Oh and one last note about the auction; we'd be THRILLED if you'd add the auction badge to your sidebar- it's such a worthy cause and we really want to get the word out.  We raised more than $500 last year and we're hoping to double it this year!

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2011/04/2011-charity-art-auction.html

That's all for me this week- I'm to check out who's at the party!

Happy PPF!
Stephanie

Inspiration Avenue's 2nd Annual Charity Auction!!

We at Inspiration Avenue have a special place in our hearts for the amazing work that is done at Angel Faces to help adolescent girls who have been burned in disfiguring accidents.

We're SO excited do something that will assist Angel Faces to help

these deserving girls, and we hope you will feel the same way.

Plus, we'd love it if you fall in love with some of the beautiful

original art pieces that are being offered in our auction!

Feel free to bid generously because every penny goes to Angel Faces.

Shipping is paid by the artists themselves, so a winning bid

delivers the piece right to your door!

The auction begins May 1, 2011 and goes until noon on May 7

We hope you'll return on May 1 to look over the items up for bid

and find something you can't live without!!

(**Perhaps we'll have an early sneak peek at some of the items...

check back from time to time in the coming weeks!**)

If you would like to help us out, 

we'd be thrilled if you would spread the word and

post the auction button on your blog.

http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2011/04/2011-charity-art-auction.html

Thank you so much from all of us at Inspiration Avenue!!