Rainbow Hearts

I was making little hearts out of a rainbow pack of strips the other day. I had no mission, no great idea of what I wanted to create. I was having a bad day, and making these little hearts was very calming.

They looked so cute and cheerful, I had to do something with them! So I started putting the purple together, then adding blue around it. 

I loved how they looked so I kept adding, and adding.

 It became a little harder as it got bigger to fit in the new colors without so many gaps. I had to play with positioning until I had it just right.

I love how every single strip of paper is a heart, and I love how it starts out at purple and spreads out to red. This was a really fun piece and now I can't wait to see what else I can make out of hearts!

What do you think? Leave a comment!

Quilled Cup of Love

I was accepted into the August themed auction over at Auction Junkies. The theme this month is Eat, Drink and Bid. I knew that a cup of coffee, or tea would be perfect!!

I had a couple shades of cream, and brown to choose from, so I started with 2 to see which looked better. I ended up liking the left one better.

I didn't want a literal cup and saucer, so I just used my papers to give an outline.

Once I started adding the little details I fell in love. I really need to make another for myself!

Here it is all glued down and in a pretty white shadow box frame. The white really offsets the cream background and makes the cup pop.

This piece will only be available in the Eat Drink and Bid Auction. It will be held on facebook from August 22 through August 25.

Happy Quilling!!