I know there are tons of you out there like me who have buckets and buckets of scraps you've collected over the years. Fabrics, magazines, photo's. I've been inspired by little flowers on our springy walks this week and did a little digging through my treasured junk bins to see what I could pair with my wilted friends.
There's so much more than I will ever use in my "collection" so it's only just occurred to me after all these years to tart scanning my beloved bits.
At first I thought I would make little montages out of them but decided I didn't need to sully their goodness.
These kinds of morsels will be great to have on hand for design time and to chuck into my journals when I need to. I know must of us have scanners these days. So if you don't like waiting for pressed flowers like me this is a nice way to enjoy some blooms without the press factor. I intend to do some sketching over some of these backgrounds or simply layer them into illustrations.
BRILLIANT! i love my scanner for sublime reasons like this one. beautiful combinations. you have quite the eye.
Posted by: stephanie alaine | April 19, 2010 at 06:34 PM
What a great (and simple) idea! Your combinations are wonderful, thanks for posting this! I have scanned autumn leaves that I didn't want to try to preserve, but never thought of combining them with ephemera!
Posted by: Gwen | April 20, 2010 at 05:46 AM
Very inspiring! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Briana | April 20, 2010 at 06:44 AM
I love this idea. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: SLY | April 20, 2010 at 11:33 AM
love love the last one! so pretty.
Posted by: jessica loughrey | April 20, 2010 at 03:49 PM
I have scanned many bits & pieces, however, I haven't
quite figured how to best file them, so when I am
working on something, I don't have to look through
so much stuff.. How do you file yours?
Posted by: Lorrraine | April 20, 2010 at 05:47 PM
Love the way your scans turned out, very vibrant, what scanner did you use?
Posted by: alicia | April 20, 2010 at 05:53 PM
I have an EPSON artisan 810. nothin fancy.
As for filing Lorraine my files are a mess! But I like digging for inspiration too. I have a throw it in a bin- digital system. After all these years though oddly I know where to find most of what I have. i usually have files I am actively working in. But then I have things organized by say:
"Lithographs"- People, animals, flowers, birds
With different files for each.
I have "background" folders with
Handmade
Digital
Patterns etc.
Old Photo's:
Cabinet cards
vintage
personal edited
Collage bits:
Scans
handmade
digital snippets
ya know- probably less organized than you already are!
xoxoxo
Posted by: anahata | April 20, 2010 at 08:24 PM
So beatuiful. I love the sweet simplicity of the tiny barely-there little fowers. I'm inspired, thanks.
Posted by: jennifer lorton | April 25, 2010 at 08:34 AM