Monday, February 28, 2011

Art Calendar Challenge 2011 - March

For the Art Calendar Challenge at the Kathryn Wheel, I finished my calendar page for March just in time! February was a rough month for me. There was a lot going on in the household and on top of that I have been sick off and on for about half of the month. I hope that with Spring in sight, things will start to look up again!

For the March page I focussed on Ostara, the spring Sabbat that is celebrated on March 21st. It has a lot of the same elements as Easter does, like the eggs and bunnies. It is to celebrate that Spring has started and that the earth is fertile again (where eggs and hares are a fertility symbol). I also have added chicks and spring flowers to my page. And I used eggs instead of circles this time. I made a background in pastels (green, yellow, pink and white) with acrylics. I did this yesterday and today I pasted the elements on the page. So I barely made it in time ;) I love the cute bunny from fabric in the upper left corner :)

My finished February page :) I am glad I was able to find some lambs for the page and decorated it with some flowers to symbolise the first spring flowers I already spotted this month.

I love to use stickers to add some cheerfulness to a page. I am still enjoying making and using the calendar pages. It helps me to remember what I did when. It also reminds me how many days I was sick or tired and while this isn't really fun, it is helpful. I am already thinking what theme to choose for the April page. So far I am a bit clueless. So suggestions are welcome :)

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16 comments:

  1. JackieMarch 1, 2011 at 5:05 AM

    Your calenders are lovely! It's such a neat idea to make a creative calender by hand. I never would have thought to do that. I'm thinking it's time for me to get crafty though. My life is so unorganized without a planner!

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  2. Crafting QueenMarch 1, 2011 at 11:49 AM

    Great pages, love the use of egg shape journalling.

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  3. UnknownMarch 1, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Lovely spring page, hope your better now x

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  4. Sandra HallMarch 1, 2011 at 5:08 PM

    Lovely pastel colours for both of the pages. Hope you have a healthier March :)

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  5. patcraftsMarch 1, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    Hope March is good to you.
    Your March pages are really pretty and the fabric bunny is so cute as is the lamb on Febs pages. Brilliant idea to use the egg shapes for journaling.

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  6. UnknownMarch 1, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    Love the eggs and pastel colours - great idea for March.

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  7. sandra deMarch 2, 2011 at 12:26 AM

    Such pretty pages and I love the explanation about Ostara always interesting to learn about how people celebrate.

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  8. PoppitMarch 2, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    I like how much thought you put into the design on your pages :-)

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  9. UniflameMarch 2, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    Thank you all for the sweet comments :)

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  10. KazMarch 2, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    Love these pages. What a fab idea to use eggs for the days!! x

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  11. thekathrynwheelMarch 2, 2011 at 10:53 PM

    Your pages look great - glad you managed to find the lambs (although I haven't seen any yet this year!) Hope you feel better this month. Thanks for staying with the challenge and keeping up so far. Looking forward to seeing your pages for April! Kate x

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  12. JulsMarch 3, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    fab!!!! Loving the soft colours of your pages! Hugs Juls

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  13. Theresa PlasMarch 5, 2011 at 2:53 PM

    Cheery Lambs! Well done!

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  14. Anneke WijersMarch 6, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    Very nice pages.
    The soft colours are beautiful.
    Greetings Anneke

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  15. flutterbycrafterMarch 7, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Two beautiful pages, lovely soft colours, very inspiring. Hope March is a better month for you

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  16. Luna ArtMarch 10, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Love your Ostara pages, especially the egg shaped journal spots! I focussed on Ostara for my page-I wanted egg and hare stamps but could not find any so just focused on green for fertility and lots of spring flowers!

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