Embroidered Collage

February

I was most fascinated by the layering on the background of this page by Sue, known as fiverdog.  embedded into the blue were text and symbols relating to the whole and it looks like it began with prnted text, maybe, underneath the other layers of paint and ink.  There's a bit of a glow to the page, when seen in person and I think the touch of a teal wire tied around the focal picture is perfect.  Sue also did a spread with a fantastic fold out booklet in rich burgundies and browns.  You can see more of her artwork on her picturetrail, which is an astounding collection of altered pages and includes an album with all of her work for this altered calendar round robin.  She blogs at Art-e-cats.

March

This is the left side of a spread by Liz Smith.  In between the two pages of the spread she put a pocket with a fantastic little book on one side and assorted travel ephemera on the other side.  Both were extra fun to look at when my calendar came home.  She made good use of multiple maps and other pages for the backgrounds on this spread. They blended together nicely into a coherent whole with the treatment she applied afterward.  Liz keeps a blog, aLteRaTIonS, and a picturetrail which also includes all of her calendar pages for the year.

April

I love how Caren incorporates her very realistic watercolor painting into collage with torn strips and pieces of other papers.  Each page she did was distinctly differet, but they were very much her style.  This is my favorite.  It just makes me happy for some reason.  Caren has a picturetrail as rosemoon and it includes other calendar pages and a live journal as dunesza called wanderings according to moon.