IT'S SNOWING

As predicted, it was snowing when I got up this morning.

Nelson had Waiting For More Snow open to this page by the window.

It's snowing!

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Click here to see the process of creating Waiting For More Snow by Marge Malwitz.

SNOW BOOK IS PUBLISHED

Sent files to Blurb on Friday.

Wednesday it's delivered.

Published:

Waiting For More Snow

Marge Malwitz

Is that service or what?!

Expect to put online in

Share Your Blurb Book.

Will post when.

READY TO PUBLISH

Friday am

Sending book off today.

Another image wrap hardback.

4th to publish through Blurb.

On to the next book!

Some limitations in Blurb's BookSmart program. Book spine can only be white.

FINISHING UP THE SNOW BOOK

Wednesday morning

Working on "Waiting For More Snow" this morning in BookSmart. Here's the title page:

Tackling the cover and another introductory page this morning.

Getting it ready for Blurb. They'll be publishing.

3 BACK PAGES

working on snow book

back 3 pages

inspired by winter

photo images

outside

inside

Blurb BookSmart screen shot as I'm working.

MULTIPLE BOOK OPTIONS

I'm back working on the snow book - along with the latest Kittykee book.

Going to design the snow book 2 different ways. One for my grandkids, writing a Kittykee story and another with snow words and images connected & flowing across the pages.

Lots of ways to do this when designing a book on blurb.

• page from snow book.

• snow book pages on the work table.

WAIT 'TIL SNOW FLIES

Spring officially began today. Decided to pack up the snow designs and wait 'til snow flies again to complete the project.

I've completed collaging all the pages. It's at a good point to take a break. Will return to the project in the fall.

Trying out the design in Blurb bookify.

SEQUINS & BUTTONS

finished collaging

adding buttons & sequins

scanning next

swirling

BLUE CATS

Stamped & heat-set cats and trees.

Added trees in other snow squares.

Working on this one.

Lights out in the house.

WORKING ON NIGHT

snowing

all day

into night

need to print more trees and a blue cat

WINTER'S ALMOST OVER !

i see winter's almost over

finishing snow book

today

1. painted accordion book

2. worked on snow collages

3. paper clipped squares to accordion book to see flow

4. close-up

5. more on this tomorrow

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CAT ON A HOUSE

Back to working on the snow book.

Cat enters the story.

Making progress.

THE PROCESS OF GOING MINIMAL

I've been slowly working my way from complicated to minimal. Minimal was where I wanted to be years ago but it took years of artmaking to get here. It's been a long process.

17 years ago I designed the Creation Quilt. Still a favorite of many, some have called it my signature piece. Busy, busy busy...filled top to bottom & side to side with imagery. So glad I took a year to make this quilt but I've moved towards minimal ever since!

Currently I'm working on the snow book. Yesterday I drew hilly lines with machine stitches. Studying those stitches this morning.... I had to remove them! Too busy!

There is a quiet beauty in simplicity. Less is more..for me these days.

2nd photo - playing with minimal page design.

DRAWING HILLS

drawing

hills

running

stitch

jeans

needle

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CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

Had a great idea that did not work. Rubber stamped some of the snow story words on a scrap of gesso painted canvas.

Very uneven results-surface too rough. Scrap that. Tried it on another fabric. Didn't like those results either.

Just problem solved in my head. Going to take a different tack.

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Didn't work much today. Made valentine cards for my 3 grandkids. Now in the mail!

ILife '11 came. Apple store again tomorrow for 1 to 1 IPhoto workshop.

PUSHING AROUND SHAPES

cutting

painted papers

fabric

pictures

into

squares

rectangles

triangles

houses

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Taking weekend off - see you Monday.

Regroup

or reorganize. Whichever. Whatever. I can't move ahead on this project in the middle of a messy workspace!!

With snowy sky & landscape pasted down, I'm ready to venture into the next design phase of the snow book project.

So yes, today I had to reorganize. Straightening, sorting, putting away, clearing the decks is good for the creative thought process ahead - at least for me.

I set aside the snow fabrics and brought out boxes of painted papers. Playing with house shapes tomorrow. This will be fun!

Top 2 photos are the before and 3rd is cleaned up & ready set for tomorrow morning.

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SKY & SNOW GLUED

a couple hours cutting - pasting

background in place

pondering

houses

cats

------- lines

buttons

title

?

thinking

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PRINTING SNOW

today

paper plates

gesso

sponge

scissors

canvas

cut sponge circle

dip into gesso

print on canvas

snow

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PATTERNS Of SNOW

I made patterns of the snowy sky & wintry landscape today, following the flowing line across the pages.

Later in the day I cut and pasted a couple skies on to the paper squares. Keeping the pages separate for now.

They say we have another snow storm coming tomorrow. We'll be snowed in - so hoping to make good progress in the morning.

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