The Documented Life Project Week Six- Pinterest Inspiration

2/1 Week Six

Challenge: Open your Pinterest board and be inspired
I call it "Bird Story"
I did this one on a whim - while making screenprint of two birds for one of my hand bound book covers ,I decided to print the same birdies on a Gelli Print I had laying around (the screen was already flooded with too much paint and it was a waste to waste it ) .
When I printed it ,I didn't have any artist in mind ,but looking backwards I guess ,the influence came from the talented Genin whose work I adore !!
I haven't looked on her work to be inspired by per se ,but following her here on FB, must have triggered my artistic sciences

original gelli print

Hand screenprinted birds

painted with Posca markers

By Viki Tiamat

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The Documented Life Project - Jan 18 (Week Four) Challenge

Challenge (Week Four) -  Write a secret message and then paint over all but one key word

"The DREAM catcher "

Mixed Media 

 original Gelli Print

 Woven Dream Catcher and zentangled feathers

 My secret message is 

I'll turn my can'ts into cans

and my DREAMS into plans ...

tipped in my journal

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The Documented Life Project - Week 3 -Junk Mail Challenge

January 12 Challenge (Week Three) -  Add an envelope from your mailbox. Get creative and add the whole envelope or parts of the envelope.  Journal on it, write notes on it or use it as a pocket!

Made this entry as a spread -half of it on the actual planner the other half as an envelope tip in.
The doodled characters were drawn in a car ,on a road trip to Tel Aviv :)

The front of the envelope was decoupaged with decorative cardstock and pieces of my Gelli prints, stamped with a cute birdie and a bicycle stamps by Imaginisce  and has an inspirational quote I like

ATTRACT what you EXPECT

REFLECT  what you DESIRE 

I left the original posting stamps on  

Read on after the jump break----->

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Week 2 Challenge for Documented Life Project- SELFY

The Documented Life Project - Jan 5th (Week Two) Challenge

Say Cheese!!! This week's challenge is to incorporate a selfie into your planner.  This can be done as simply as snapping a photo with your phone, printing it out and adding to your planner.  Don't want to add your sweet face to your planner? No worries, why not sketch or paint a likeness?  Can't sketch or paint? No worries, consider using words to describe yourself and add those to your planner. Not into the selfie scene? This challenge is optional!

My second challenge is ready

My SELFY -I call it חייה בסרט *

Thought ,I would kill for legs that long,actually it's just a fashion illustration which represent me the best these days- I'm a Fashion and Accessory designer
I do wear my hair like this-LOVE Victorian Rolls

Actually,I don't like stars-that's just what my washi says about me
But I do live my life in a different dimension (in Hebrew we call it "חייה בסרט" * "Haya be-Seret" which literally means " lives in a movie" but in English it will better translates as "Lives in a Wonderland " -Yep,that's ME -that's why my washi is trashing me lol

I AM wicked -that's what my Mom says about me and I know for sure my mother in law DEF telling people I'm a witch

The Anchor is to represent my Daddy-one of the loves of my life -seriously,I LOVE my Dad to pieces and wanted him to be in my selfy!!

The lipgloss represents the very first thing I've learned after graduation high school -I went to study to be a Make Up Artist, but haven't practiced it but on myself and the models I shoot for my collections

The tiny words near my photos telling about me being a free spirit girl-I'm a sagittarius ,so I'm always up for a good adventure ,thus the words "bags & fun "

And lastly, my photo goofing around with my loved ones -hubby and my girls (it's an old photo taken about 2.5 years ago But I still look the same and my printer played a trick on me and stopped working right after I bought new cartridges for him (what an unappreciative printer he is....)
Anyway,couldn't print an up-to-date photo of me ,BUT I actually really happy with this one as it's so much ME without the posing and fakeness ,you know

I just LOVE this project-it's like a free therapy lol

 Original Gelli Print prior selfy

in my planner

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First week challenge for the Documented Life Project

The Documented Life Project - Jan 1 (Week One) Challenge

guidelines :

photograph, sketch, paint or incorporate your front door-  "As the door opens on our new year, we all share the bond of having an entry into our home,  our lives, ourselves.
Through the artistic medium of your choice, show us a bit of where you live in the symbol of your door, entryway or porch. Think a bit about how you can use your door to express your personality, your life, what you value."

Here is my door
Mixed Media-
Gelli printed wood grain background in water colour scheme -cause it's the year of the Wooden Horse and water nurtures wood .
Doodled front door
Hand written business blessing (Hebrew) -cause my planner will be all about attracting/bringing in a good luck and fortune for my business )
Some additional Feng Shui symbols as the Lucky Bamboo and Double Happiness Sign.

And of course a little Mezuzah doodle with the 3 Hebrew letters " שדי" that represent the words "Keep Israel Doors Safe" ,to keep my family safe and blessed as well

in my planner 

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The Documented Life Project

Exactly one month ago I've started a great journey called The Documented Life Project
Basically ,it's a mix of planner, journaling and ART  weekly challenges that each week bring out the best of me for some many reasons ...!!!!

The most important reason for me to join this adventure was the fact that besides sketching patterns for my fashion,I haven't touched a paintbrush for about 14 years!!!! (can you believe? ) and I think my soul missed it so much ,I was drawn to this group of 4,675 people like fireflies to fire.
Another reason to join in is quite simple -I have tons of ideas racing in my mind ,daily and trying to remember them all ,just overloaded my brain ...It's like having an everlasting firestorm in you,so by keeping a journal ,I feel less ADHD and it helps to put some of this fire to rest .
Now when I have an idea,I don't need to start it as a project and 15 minutes later on put it to side and begin another one just for the sake of remembering ...I write the idea down and know that when I'll have time for it,I'll make it happen (don't worry,I still run at least 3 projects simultaneously, this just helps me focus more :D )

Now the truly great thing about all this documented life for me,is the weekly guided challenges -
I LOVE all thing inspiring ,and having art topics to deal with ,make the art creating process for me MUCH easier ! If I don't have someone telling me to create art,I might leave my paint gear for additional 14 years and that obviously would be a shame

So to start with this project one needs a planner -most use Moleskin ,others different types of sketchbooks ...me,I hand bound my own Planner
Making my own books give me the opportunity to play with both the choice of colour  of my pages and the weight of them-Moleskin planners tend to have a very lightweight papers people gesso to prevent their markers to bleed through .Binding my own book gave me the option to use heavy weight 160 gms cardstock in a cool gold colour AND print my own doodled day dividers
Each season has a different doodled layout

 winter

 spring

 summer

Autumn 

P.s, you can purchase a ready to print files of each of these fun doodle layouts in my Graphic Design etsy shop - TiamatDesign
But wait,don't run off yet,read on for a nice surprise....

On Top of all that coolness,I chosed to make a fabric ,hand embroidered cover to truly showcase myself (apparently ,I'm a flower girl :D  )

 mix of vintage embroidery patterns  ,hand embroidered on a heavy weight canvas

 long stitch binding

gold pages peaking out 

and this is the inside cover (flower girl going strong :D )

first page with my name,year and PettiBear logo on

O.k, so obviously you can see I'm excited :p

To share my excitement  with the world ,and to make some of you happy in the process ,I decided  to release the doodled files for all my readers and followers as a freebie !!!

I won't ask much in return either!

Just a simple courtesy of mentioning my brand- TiamatDesign and a link to my etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/il-en/shop/TiamatDesign

to your followers in case and you choose to download one of the files and use them in your journaling or art project-simple as is!

And if you like, you can even share the result of your art with me,and I'll feature it here on my blog

So without further ado ,lets do some fun doodled art 

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ENJOY!!!

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Life Project props GIVEAWAY!!!!

It's been AGES since I run a giveaway  and I feel that this is the perfect time to through one :)
Usually, I offer an item from my fashion shop or kid's shoppe,but this time I want to do something different-I'm going to give away  a small  handmade treat made especially for the upcoming
"Documented Life Project" ,which will start in the beginning of  the new year ( and you still have time to sign up if you haven't done it yet )...

For this occasion, I whipped up a cool little set of 12 months dividers/ tabs STICKERS ready to use with your new 2014 planner .
In addition , I made a small sampler of seem to be MUCH loved handmade washi tape which I'll gladly add to the bundle :)
AND to sweeten this deal even more ,I decided to add a  sweet little cherry  on top-I'm going to hook you up  with a brand new gadget from XYRON!!!!
 Prepare yourself to be the new owner of  the cutest little adhesive applicater - the pink Mini Tape Runner + some more surprises ....

The lucky winner not only will get to have this lovely oriental set, she/he will have a little part of my actual house on it :D
I bet now you are REALLY curious what am I talking about,right ?1
Well,these tabs are made of  upcycled cardstock sheets by DCWV  from the "The Far East" stack, which only a month ago were wallpapered to my studio wall!

see if you can find the sheets that the tabs were cut from :D

Anyway,after thinking things through,I decided to remove these beautiful sheets from the wall and continue with my mural and use the cardstock +  little bits of plaster, to make these awesome tabs for YOU!

The handmade washi tape was made using origami paper and Xyron Creatopia machine  loaded with repositionable adhesive cartridge 

So now even if you won't win this set,you'll know what I  used to make it with and can use my rounded edges tab template to whip up some cool tabs yourself - use the PNG file with your cutter machine to cut some personalized month dividers using your own art or decorative cardstock like the above^

So how one can win this lovely set of Dividers+ handmade Washi + Mini Tape Runner by Xyron you ask....with a few VERY simple steps:

1. Check out my etsy shops and tell me via comment here on my blog  what item you liked best from each one of my shops

PettiBear- Made to Measuremnts Fashion & OOAK Accessories
PettiBearKIDS -Eco Friendly KIDS Fashion ,Toys, Bedding & Decor
TiamatDesign-Digital Templates and Graphic Home decor

2. Like my Facebook Pages
PettiBear
PettiBearKIDS

EXTRA points-
3.Subscribe to my monthly Newsletter
4.Share this Giveaway with your friends via social media-
Facebook ( tag me -Viki Tiamat ) ,Twitter (@PettiBear)

The Winner will be announced on New Years eve ( IST time)

GOOD LUCK!

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Graphic45 /Petallo Blog Hop follow up-16" Paper Star Lantern DIY

OMGosh!!! Graphic45 has this AMAZING Steampunk  Spells collection that will make you drool :p The cardstock is so beautiful ,that after having a thought to make a 3D star out of it, I actually had a hard time to make the first cut  :D

In any way,after admiring the design just enough and  overcoming the shaky hands ,I created the template  for the star and made this DIY tutorial for you :)

And so,to make yourself a star like this

You'll need -

• 3 pieces of 12X12" Cardstock- I'm using the Steampunk Spells cardstock by Graphic45 
 - Witching Hour 4500687

 -Tick-Tock 4500686

 - Clockworks 4500682

• XYRON 1/4" (6mm) Double Sided Tape
• Electronic cutting machine 

First of,I created a template for my 16" Paper Star in Photoshop 

(you can grab it from my graphic design shop)

I transferred the design to my Silhouette cutter and cut a total of 5 shapes.

See how I cheated my old A4 cutter to cut a 12" design I planned-I folded the sheet underneath the cutting matt and after cutting the first piece I unfolded the cardstock and cut the second shape on the remaining part of the sheet. :D 

Of course if you have the Cameo which is a A3 plotter ,you won't need to manipulate your machine and will save some valuable time as well lol 

OR, you can just cut the template off by hand-that will work too :D but I'm lazy like that^^

 So here is my cut shape-you need to cut exactly 4 more like this

 Make the creases

 Apply the double sided tape- I used my 6mm XYRON double sided tape

 Tape here...here...and here...

The long fold is glued  to create the 3D shape

 The short folds are connecting the shapes together

 Glue one side together ,turn the shapes over and glue the other side

 Keep doing so with all 5 cones

 Ta Da-finished :)

 Now,if you want to make this Paper Star into a light fixture, don't connect  the 4th and 5th cones to each other  so you can insert a light bulb in the gap

 To see how I made a Blossoming Headband from Petaloo flowers and trims hop on here

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Poison Apple Apothecary and my label design

A month ago I was working on a label design for Angela-the owner of Poison Apple Apothecary on etsy

a darkly romantic perfumery located in the heart of haunted Savannah, Georgia.

The request was for a vintage like label design for perfume bottles in style of Jack Daniel's Whiskey bottle label

After some tweaking and back & forth with Angela,here is the final design-I love it!!!

Today in the mail was waiting for me an awesome surprise...

Lovely Angela has sent me a gorgeous smelling Thank You gift -

an Apothecary Sample Set

In the set were waiting for me 6 little oil perfume samples

(see the new label in action :)

• TOWN LUSH -

We've all seen her... that woman that boozes about town but still manages to keep the utmost sense of propriety in all important social endeavors. Our glasses raise to her, the town lush. Her drink of choice? A perfectly muddled mojito with lime, cane sugar, bruised mint, and a generous splash of rum.

• CRUMBLED CAKE -My FAVORITE!!!

A decadently divine dessert cake that is good until the very last crumb. This perfume oil captures the scent of a warm crumbly cake spiced with nutmeg and allspice, packed with brown sugar, and covered by a glaze of confectioners sugar tinged with french vanilla and lemon zest. So addictive you'll swear it has calories, but we promise it doesn't... sate that sweet tooth!

• PSYCHE - named after the story of Cupid and Psyche, which was one of the first translations I did in my study of the Latin Language. The legend says that Psyche was too beautiful for her own good, which of course enraged Venus (an all too common theme in Roman mythology). Psyche's perfume is alluring as she was serenely beautiful: a soft and delicate bouquet of violets, jasmine, rose, and vanilla.

• LAST BREATH-The last surge of glittering life before an endless sleep. Bright lemons pair with soothing lavender, beckoning one to eternal rest. Wonderful for wear anytime, but is especially soothing while trying to drift off to dream.

• GHOST -A haunting blend of the palest white musks, like an eerie whisper on your skin.

• GWYLLION -In Welsh mythology, the Gwyllion are mysterious fae who live in the mountains. When the rains fall over the mountains, these mischievous creatures retreat to the valleys and sometimes- the houses of unsuspecting villagers. Their scent is the mingling of clear mountain air, hillside wildflowers, icy rain, and fallen pine needles.

These were the scents Angela had chose for me!

But, if you like to smell the heavenly aroma I'm smelling right now,the listing is calling to Fill Your Tin with Six Artisan Perfume Oil Samples of your choice
You can find the MASTER LIST OF SCENTS here: http://www.etsy.com/people/PoisonApplePotions


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Angela, THANK YOU for a lovely surprise!

I love and appreciate it a lot!!!

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