Ah yes, back in button land. Today's thought is reproduction (no no silly, not that kind, another blog entirely). I have my stash of buttons, check. From those I want to be able to create animals, monograms and other cute little shapes for each piece of art. You want a dinosaur? Sure I guess I could 'eyeball it', but that's not me. That concept takes me back to when my girlfriend and I did a weekly cooking night in Orlando. I always had to have the recipe printed out in front of me so I made sure to do it 'right'. She, of course, threw random things in a pot and it tasted great (bitter, party of one). No, eyeballing it is not for me. Instead I want to come up with some sort of pattern so that the pieces will be handmade, but in the shape my mind intended (because my mind generally sees a masterpiece but my hand puts out a stick figure).
Back to getting my google on. I am really appreciating the art of SEO. You have to know what you are looking for to really get it right? But I'm not sure what is right for my task. Wooden Letters, Stencils, Foam Shapes?? I searched high and low for awhile and couldn't really find what I felt was a good fit. Seriously, do all stencils come in size mini?? Eventually I happened upon some great coloring books in my local art store and decided I could cut out the shapes within them, trace that onto foam and then make my own type of stencil. Sounds sensible right? Yes, but goodness it's a pain. After four or five (amazing) animal cut outs I went back to the google hunt and PRESTO! I found everything I was looking for. Of course it was common sense - an online education supply store. I found a lot of goodies at discountschoolsupply.com. Fortunately (for my button addiction) and unfortunately (for my wallet) I also found tons of buttons and such here so I brought home a nice haul.
So now I have the buttons and the shapes I need to start my creations. Step two down.
I already planned to mount these on canvases so I picked some up during random sales at my local art store, but I didn't know about canvas boards before yesterday so I ordered a few of those online too. If they pan out the way I'd like (thinner than canvases so it looks like you can put them in frames easier) then I'll share the info. next time around.
Almost ready to actually begin the fun.
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