A red head and more....

Hi everybody!

Lovely weather again here - it's still very cold and windy, but sunny,

and that always makes me feel better.

For Paint Party Friday and Art Journal journey

I have a hybrid piece today. Lovely  Linda is the new hostess,

and has chosen the theme of 'Fifty shades of red'.

I have used one of 'my' heads, filled with a collage of ladies in red

on a mixed media background. The feathers and flower are from 

Mischief Circus. I was thinking of Chris de Burgh

and his song 'lady in red':

And here I have a mixed media tag made from a heap of disparate

bits and bobs. The face is from Lost Coast, and was stamped on an

old letter and then collaged. I added some random stamping

and did lots of sewing. The background was made from an

Amazon shipping envelope, partly peeled, embossed and painted.

This was my start up 'heap'. The bits and pieces of book pages, letters,

old passports and found things, like the feathers, remind

me of what is left over when people die and their

houses get cleared. Most of the old family papers I have

were dug out of dustbins after their owners had died,

some go back to 1700, and I will never understand

why people race to get 'useful' or 'valuable' things, but throw away their heritage

without a second thought.

I am also linking to Go Tag Thursday, anything goes,

and altered eclectics, also anything goes

I love the wintry scrub hanging over the fences:

But I didn't like the slippery paths:

 

And although it is still very cold, I saw the first signs of spring:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot or coming by!