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Enough …

here we have the last spread in a visual journal that I started working in back in 2009… as finishing this journal this month has been a challenge I set for myself I am entering it in Susi… more →

Magpie's Nest ~*~ Patty Szymkowicz

Enough ... — 7 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 9 hours ago: here we have the last spread in a visual journal that I started working in back in 2009… as fi … more →

Tags: altered book, Art Journal Journey Challenge Blog, collage, Julie Prichard On Line Classes, Mermaid, Mixed media, Quote

wherever you stand... — 26 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 1 day ago: a couple more pages for both the Art Journal Journey (Challenge Yourself)  and Dawn’s Journal … more →

Tags: Art Journal Journey Challenge Blog, Birds, Dawn's Journal Journey's, Garden, Nature, pixlr photo editing, Quote, Rumi

be blessed ... — 33 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 1 week ago: my little 4.5 inch book was  finished in the span of a few months with no real plan or theme… … more →

Tags: altered book, angel, Art Journal Journey Challenge Blog, metal, paint, Paper Whimsy (PW)

promise... — 41 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 2 weeks ago: Susi’s Art Journal Journey May challenge theme is to “Challenge Yourself” (all are … more →

Tags: Art Journal Journey Challenge Blog, Books, Butterfly, found poetry, paint, paper, Paper Whimsy (PW)

Kindness is ... — 26 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 2 weeks ago: not sure whose quote that is but it is a good one… the Sweet Pea image is printed on fabric fr … more →

Tags: Dawn's Journal Journey's, Garden, Mixed media, paint, paper, Quote

stitch by stitch ... — 32 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 1 month ago:   a chance to use some of my rusted and hand dyed fabric pieces…  not worrying about making ex … more →

Tags: Buttons, paper, pixlr photo editing, prayer flag, Quote, spring, Swan

natural dyes... — 51 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 1 month ago: Mr Magpie recently brought home two bags of onion skins and thus began a wonderful two day+ adventur … more →

Tags: eco dyeing, Eggs, Nature, Quote, tutorial/how-to

nesting ... — 31 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 1 month ago: a recent Cloth Paper Scissors fiber art nest tutorial got me excited about making a nest out of bits … more →

Tags: Birds, Cloth Paper Scissors, Eggs, Nature, Nest

'Tea with Marie'... — 40 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 2 months ago: my talented friend Susan created her first gorgeous altered book for a round robin in our mixed medi … more →

Tags: altered book, Blogging, collage, Flimmersterne, marie-antoinette, Mixed media, paint, paper, rubber stamping

Blessings on the breeze ... — 30 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 2 months ago: our local Mixed Media Collaborative arts group exchanged prayer flags at a recent meeting… sev … more →

Tags: Blog Candy, Buttons, monoprinting, Peace, pixlr photo editing, prayer flag, Swan, swap, tuxpi Photo Editing

Truth ... — 38 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 2 months ago: Dawn’s Journal Journey’s challenge theme this month is “Choose a Word” … more →

Tags: Photography, rubber stamping, Paper Whimsy (PW), paper, Heart, Mixed media, paint, Dawn's Journal Journey's

Medieval Thymes — 37 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 2 months ago: to find out how my little velvet book began it’s journey around the world last February you ca … more →

Tags: paper, metal, Mixed media, paint, Round Robin, Zine, Medieval

Love to you and you and ... — 36 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 3 months ago: “Love is the medicine that accelerates healing. Love yourself, love your neighbor, love your e … more →

Tags: Quote, collage, Nature, Paper Whimsy (PW), Heart, Mixed media, don Miguel Ruiz, pixlr photo editing

all you need is Love... — 27 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 3 months ago: assorted fabrics, lace  and velvet rickrack sewn onto watercolor paper, Paper Whimsy girl, scuffed u … more →

Tags: Quote, Altered cutlery, Beads, Paper Whimsy (PW), Wood, Mixed media, 5 x 7 inch (12.7 x 17.78 cm), Wings

tea dye — 35 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 3 months ago: my collection of used tea bags continues to grow… so it seemed like a good time to give some a … more →

Tags: Nature, Tea, Tea On Tuesday, yogi tea, winter

hjerter... cœurs... harten... Herzen... cuori... kiery... corazones... hjärtan — 52 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 3 months ago: …hearts… back in November I found a pretty Liberty wool scarf at an Aspen Thrift Shop fo … more →

Tags: Photography, Quote, Charms, Blogging, Heart, Mixed media, Embroidery, pixlr photo editing

beeswax tins... — 34 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 4 months ago: do you find some packaging impossible to resist? I admit I have purchased items for their containers … more →

Tags: Buttons, Charms, beeswax, metal, Tins, horses, Mixed Media Collaborative

* JoY * — 26 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 4 months ago: thanks to my special Queen Bee friends (QB5) I made my first prayer flags back in August for a swap … more →

Tags: art heals, monoprinting, prayer flag, QB5 (Queen Bee 5), R.A.K (random act of kindness), Remembrance, swap, YouTube

*Twinkle* — 17 comments

~*~Patty Szymkowicz Magpie's Nest wrote 5 months ago: Natalea of Kandeland hosted a handmade ornament swap and I was lucky enough to be able to join in … more →

Tags: Altered Art, swap, Christmas, Mixed media, angel, Wings, pixlr photo editing


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