syn·aes·the·sia – a subjective sensation that occurs in one sense modality when another modality is stimulated…. syn·aes·thet'ic – involving more than one sense
The other student casual we had working with us for a few months recently graduated, and will shortly be returning home (overseas) to get engaged then married. This is the farewell / congratulations card I did for her from our team. The stamped image is actually on a background I made on watercolour paper. I […]
This was for my friend’s birthday a few weeks ago. I found a gorgeous gift bag with 1920s images on it, and decided to make a card to match. The main colours on the bag (other than black) were pink and turquoise so I focused on using them. The art deco stamp was stamped onto […]
This was for the male half of Bengela, who had his fancy dress birthday party on the weekend. The theme included mad scientists and South America, so I used that as my inspiration to some extent. Images stained with antique linen vintage ink and cut out carefully. Card used for laying has been embossed with […]
This was for one of our student casuals who had been working with us for a few months, and finished up a week ago. Image inked with adirondack dye ink and spritzed with water for watercolour effect. Stamped image swiped with purple ink around then edges, then layered on gold paper, patterned paper and purple […]
Seeing as The Great Intervention is nearly upon us (due next year in fact), I am doing a reread of the Julian May books – Saga of the Exiles, Intervention and the Galactic Milieu trilogy. For those who like their stories on a grand scale with a lot of philosophy, Jungian archetypes, history, pseudo history […]
This is a card I made for someone at work who went on maternity leave a few weeks ago. Gender of baby was unknown, so I went for something to reflect both possibilities. This was fun, I used some old papers I hadn’t visited in a while. I covered a large tag with a fragment […]
My best friend’s daughter is obsessed with the Eiffel Tower. His family are French Mauritian, many of them are multi lingual (sadly not my friend so much), and one of them gave little G a tshirt with Eiffel Tower on it. It immediately became her favourite thing, and she has a book on it, and […]
Well that is the full wrap up of the RWA conference, as per events and panels I attended. I had a most excellent time, I think I learned a lot, and hopefully I will be able to put some of it to use. I do have to finish off the Screenwriting Tips for Authors workshop […]
This was the second of two panel discussions where publishers and agents were pitching to the conference about ‘why you should go on a date with me’. Second panel consisted of: Alex Adsett (Alex Adsett Publishing Services) Beverley Cousins (Random House) Sarah Fairhall (Penguin)
Panel discussion with Lexxie Couper, Jess Dee, Rhian Cahill, Sami Lee, and Denise Rosetti Much of their sales are in ebook format. Some books have been self published. Difference between erotica and erotic romance: Erotica focuses on the personal journey of one character, and that includes a sexual journey. One or more partners maybe included, […]
