I Am Honored - Dead Asparagus - Velvet Letters

How about that title!!?!

The above is a digital collage I made this week just to keep my hand in. I hadn't done one in a long time, had the itch to do one, and found this old photo of some of the ribbons I've won for my artwork, paired it with a practice page of script lettering and made this very simple digital piece.

Above is a photo of a stalk of asparagus from the journaling workshop I attended a couple of months ago. When it fell out of my tote bag of supplies I had to laugh. Time to bury this poor boy. He was a good prop, but he had a built in time limit, and was past it!

Below, two photos of envelopes I lettered last week with Moon Palace on silver metallic envelopes. The silver base made the letters look like black velvet. They were a bear to letter on because the silver was not a tiny bit translucent even on a light table. I had to prop two lights under my board and turn off all the lights in the room and strain and strain - and strain some more - my eyes to see guidelines to keep the lettering straight.

Boxed and ready to mail.