blast from the past 3

After some encouraging words from last week, I am slowly starting to scan some more of my retro collages (yes, retro as in from the not-too-distant 90s). I must have been in an angry mood the day I made this back in the day... lots of sharp pointy references in this one. I kind of cringe and laugh at the word "Alternative" I worked into it too... it's so embarrassing. 

collage: girl and bird

One of my fave things about spring is seeing and hearing the birds in the magnolia tree outside our window... well, as long as they are the wee voices of the tiny little birds and not the screams from crows or seagulls. Thank goodness we have been lucky with that so far!

Also thanks to Pandapop blog for including me on one their posts over the weekend! :)

snowshoe day

Yesterday morning we went snowshoeing up on one of the trails at Mount Seymour in North Vancouver. After some huffing and puffing and a little bit of grumbling and a few curse words, we were rewarded with some awesome views of the local north shore mountains. Apparently there are several more peaks further on (as in further up), but we'll have to save that longer trek for next time!

butterfly plant

I'm so excited it is finally spring! I think my favorite houseplant knows, since it's starting to grow like crazy! (Yes, I am weird... I have a fave plant ... it's my fave since I like how it looks and it hasn't died on me yet). In the day time all the leaves open up towards the light and they look like butterflies, and at night the leaves close back up again. I have a green one too, but he's my second favorite.

Also should mention that one of my collages was featured on Angela Vandenbogaard's blog yesterday... thanks Angela!

first day of spring

Today is the first day of spring... perfect for a spring themed baby animal collage! I probably wouldn't be so calm feeding a fawn in real life... I would be too scared I would get a hoof to the face! 

Also on another note, the Cabin + Cub shop was featured on HeyIfoundthis.com yesterday... be sure to check it out. Thanks Gabbie for the post!

collage: girl and rain cloud

One of the reoccurring themes in my collages seems to be rain, rain and more rain. Living in Vancouver, it rains here a lot in the winter, so it sort of becomes an unavoidable topic of choice. So instead of complaining, I will suck it up, put on my gum boots and twirl my umbrella until Mr. Sunshine decides to make an appearance again (hopefully, I won't be waiting too long).

blast from the past 2

I posted an early collage a couple of months ago, and got a lot of great response... so I thought I would post up another one today. It's from the same teen angst book of collages I made over ten years ago. While scanning it, a few pieces began to peel, and I am realizing that the crappy low-grade glue stick I had used is slowly starting to lose its stickiness.... the thought of trying to save this book is scaring me... scanning close to 200 pages of these things is going to be such a nightmare.... argh!