As I'm mentioned before, this is a space for me to practice creativity, explore artistic opportunities, and just play around and have fun. I've been so focused on Dually Noted these past few weeks, that I've largely ignored this creative playground, even though it calls to me every day. So today I made time. I have a huge list of practical things to do but I've been itching to do this collage thing for weeks now and I finally decided it was time to scratch. 

I was inspired to create what I call my Name Collages after discovering Isle of View. I'm pretty sure I discovered Isle of View while browsing Sparkletopia, a lovely site that makes me want to create every day. If you go to Isle of View and type in a name, they come up with an acronym for it. I loved it. I thought that was so cool. I typed in the name of every person I knew that I could possibly think of.

Wanting to do the same thing but on a much more personal level, I took the name of two special ladies in my life and came up with my own acronyms. I couldn't believe how quickly the words came to me. I guess that's what happens when you know someone so well and love them just as much. It's easy to describe them, even when limited to certain letters.

After coming up with their name acronyms, I then began the collage. I've never really done a collage before so I don't know the rules, if there even are any, and just kind of dove in. I knew I wanted some sort of background that felt like there was texture there. And I knew I wanted to include words, phrases, and pictures that I cut out from magazines. But that's about all I knew. From there, it all just flowed surprisingly naturally. Except for the rubber cement. That was pretty sticky and messy.

So here are the two finished products, which my lovely lady friends will be getting in the mail. I really, really enjoyed making collage and have a feeling I will be doing it again.

Incidentally, this is another thing on The List that I can now say I've done!!