Oh, the places I'll go!

I wasn't crazy for the look of these shoes so they were sacrificed to the creativity gods.

And became....travelling shoes!!

 

With a me made jumper

 and a belt. Now I just need somewhere to go. And soon because I'm getting Cabin Fever really badly!! 

**Because several people asked**

The shoes are dead easy to make. I scanned an old geography book, tore up the maps and used acrylic medium to glue them to the shoes.I sealed them with a couple coats of Minwax polycrylic. I need to find a way to make them more supple so that they don't tear or shatter when I wear them. I may try bowling alley wax.

Wait, I know. I'll go to Visible Monday.

http://notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.ca/2013/02/visible-monday-83-nice-tough-girl.html

Happy Ground Hog's Day! or Imbolc!

Much to Bruce's joy, his image is now on the poster for the "CAbin Fever" show in Kimberley. I invite you to attend the reception on Saturday, Feb. 5 from 1-3 pm.

Looks like we will have six more weeks of winter. It's bright and cold (-28C yesterday). Things should be warmer from now on. Imbolc is an old celtic holiday that marked the beginning of the end of winter. Things are beginning to stir deep underground and the sheep begin to lactate. I just noticed that it is (finally) starting to get lighter earlier in the mornings and stays light until nearly 6 pm. YAY!!

Polar Bear Swim 1

polar bear swim 16x16 acrylic

My poor long suffering husband lets me use him for a model occasionally even when he knows I'm up to no good...but I appeased him by letting him know that Polar Bear Swim 2 will be based on me.

Cabin Fever is striking HARD. If one more person tells me about their trip to the southern US or Mexico, I am going to go ape shit! I just want to jump in the car and drive. I dream of the backroads of New Mexico. I long to explore Montana and Idaho (sans snow of course). I've never been to Wyoming. At times yesterday both the Trans Canada 1 and 3 were closed down due to road conditions so I wouldn't get far even if I tried. The only nice thing about today is that it is realatively warm and sunny.