AEDM #16

Day 16 of Art Every Day Month! Today I've made an Artist Trading Card. It's not my favorite thing I've every made, but oh well!

AEDM # 10

Art Every Day Month day 10! Today, I made an artist trading card. The black is Glaze pen and the rest is watercolor. I kind of wish that I had gone with my first instinct and painted the background blue instead of the purple-ish color I used. But oh well. I like how the butterfly turned out for the most part.

AEDM #5

Day five of Art Every Day Month- a pair of Fall artist trading cards. I don't really make ATCs very often.

More Art Abandonment!

I abandoned two ATCs at Walmart today. It was crazy busy, but I was still able to get a couple of quick pictures. I left one in the pet department with the aquarium things and one in the craft department near the beads. I had one more in my purse that I was planning to leave near the groceries, but it was way too crowded. 

For more info about Art Abandonment, click here.

New ATCs

12 new ATCs I've made. I'm not sure if they're going to be swapped or abandoned. Probably some of both.
I think I'm through with them, but I may end up adding an embellishment here or there.

Art abandonment update! I abandoned two ATCs at Food World today-one in the cookie aisle and one in an empty free brochure thing by the newspaper machines.

Art abandonment update!

I left this ATC on a random shelf at the library on 7/24

Art Abandonment

Ever since I heard about the Art Abandonment group on Facebook, I've been wanting to abandon some artwork. Some info from the group:

Art Abandonment is a group designed to encourage random acts of art, left in various locations around the globe. The idea is that folks can make something and leave it for a lucky unsuspecting person to find. Artists can then post locations and photos of abandoned goodies…and finders can let everyone know that they are the lucky finder!

I just think it is a really awesome idea. I've been a member of the group for a few weeks and I finally made some ATCs. The problem I'm having is that I love the two I made and I'm not ready to abandon them. They are probably the best ATCs I've ever made and I can't stand the thought of them being thrown away or something like that. So at least for now, I'm keeping them. I'm in the process of making more, but it may be a while before I get those finished and ready to be abandoned. In the mean time, I went through my old ATCs from a few years ago and found several that I could abandon. My style has drastically changed. The old cards are more scrapbookish or crafty than arty, if that makes sense to anyone but me. But I do still like the cards and hope that whoever finds them will as well. I'm planning to carry them around in my purse and look for places to leave them as I go around town.

Some of my old ATCs I plan to abandon. There were also some duplicates from a swap that never happened.

I went to lunch with my family and left three in various places at the restaurant. It wasn't as crowded as usual today, so I was able to get pictures.

You can't really see it, but I left one in the mouth of the foo dog statue at the Chinese restaurant.

I also left one on the table with the sugar packets.

And one on top of the bubble gum machine.

I hope they get found. I know I might never hear anything from whoever finds them, but I do hope that they are enjoyed.