Saturday, September 22, 2012

bittersweet september

Sweet friends,
how is September treating you?. I imagine the colors are rapidly changing and the air is cooler. Not too cold perhaps to enjoy fire camp outside at nights, grilling S'mores and marshmallow on fire and stargazing under warm blankets. Only, I'm on the other side of the world enjoying hot & humid weather all year :). And I must create a spread to celebrate Fall and all it's glory. 

These pages are inspired from a stroll with Dawn in her beautiful pumpkin patch and garden!. You can come visit too, HERE


Yup, pumpkin pages!. And gold glitters. Comforting orange & black colors.



I used shredded orange tissue papers as background. Glued them down, layer by layer to give that pumpkin ridges look. Then sketched a pumpkin silhouette on a paper and secured down to the page. Dabbed black gesso over alphabet stencil & pumpkin mask. Finger-smudged a wee bit of green acrylic paint on the ridges while spritzing some water.



I dressed the pumpkin pages with gold glitters, some doodling (with blue sharpie), linen cloth, gold leaves and a few strings of fibers. And lastly, wrote a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge along the perimeter of the pages. It says;

" The one red leaf, the last of the clan,
that dances as often as dance it can,
hanging so light and hanging so high,
on top most twig,
that looks up at the sky "

So that's it. My reminiscence of beautiful Fall days. I feel comforted just thinking about the season :). 
Hugs.

18 comments:

  1. What a beautiful poem! Right now here in Germany it's all gray and rainy all the time. So this post lifts up my spirits a bit!

    Gaby xo

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    1. Hi, Gaby!. Sounds nice for a chance. When it rains I love to bundle up and drink tea :). Welcome to my blog!

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  2. Your beautiful spread sure does sing of autumn! I love the glittery details!! Sure wish I lived in a place that was hot all year long...and thank you for visiting my blog and leaving your comments-much appreciated!

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    1. Thanks so much, Linda :). Have a great day & keep warm :).

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  3. Such a pretty fall page. We don't get much of a fall season here in the desert. But it has cooled down. Which I am really enjoying.

    Hugs~

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    1. Good that it cooled down a bit :). I know how you LOVE rainy day!. And I enjoyed seeing rain drops on leaves from your photos!

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  4. Sharule, these pages actually look YUMMY! LOL They are positively gorgeous and I AM starting Fall..with over 100 trees on my lot its ALOT to see! Enjoy your cozy weather!

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    1. Oh my!!. You'll have a gorgeous view for months, and a lot of work to sweep the leaves :). Thanks so much, Jane!

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  5. Superb page Shahrul! Love the pumpkin! Getting ready for the halloween eh? Hehe....
    Missed autumn back in the UK too....

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    1. hehe...let the ghoul walks :). oh there were a couple of costume party shops at Petaling Street which sometimes I like to peek through :). Best kan, gets warmed up and the food!.

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  6. Very funky page! It definitely gives the spirit of Halloween...luv the lettering and that pumpkin!

    Looks superb!

    Duaa

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  7. Cool. Love to see how you experiment with papers and textures. This one's perfect for fall. :)

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    1. Thanks, Yvonne!. Oh look at yourself texture extraordinaire! :). Loved how you did the canvas mixed media texture from before :).

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  8. THIS MADE MY DAY!!!! Thanks so much for being inspired by my pumpkins, so happy about that. I LOVE LOVE what you did here, the pumpkin looks great and all the special touches you put in always make me love it!!! What a great poem for this page and how you added it to the pumpkin was creative.

    I'm sorry to say my sketches aren't coming out the way I want them too. You know how you have the image in your head but can't get it down on paper that way, that's what happened.Just seeing this page is inspiring me to try again and this time to just RELAX AND PLAY, FUN ONLY RIGHT!!! hope to share some fall art soon.
    Thanks sooooo much for this inspiring page and for being so kind. My heart is happy when I see your art and for being friends with you!! HUGS HUGS!!!!

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    1. I totally understand :). Take some little breaks and then come back to it refreshed. You are right, its ALL PLAY and have fun!!. I have so much fun making these pages, thinking constantly about your beautiful garden, corn field and pumpkin patches :)). Hugs back.

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  9. That journaling is awesome! Love all the texture you added but can't get over the funky journaling on the pumpkin... wonderful!

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    1. Thanks, Marjie!. The space was limited, so I thought I doodled with a child-like mind :) and just have fun. :).

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