Ruts, Cornflakes, and Wings

Ruts are bad things.

According to Wikipedia:  The term stuck in a rut can be used figuratively to refer to a situation in which, as time progresses, the situation is unable to be changed or steered in a desired way.

Add that into your creativity and you'll be crying in your cornflakes. (Sorry it's breakfast time as I write this, might need to grab something to eat).

I have personally seen the inside of that rut and it's not pleasant. It's scary, dark and smells like the men's bathroom at a cheap gas station. Bad juju!

I believe Onion (aka Sue) and Quirks (aka Lisa) have also been down that same rut. So, wearing nose plugs they challenged each other to a challenge. My eye balls fell out when I saw their art work using FORKS. No, that is not a new crafty supply. When I say forks, I mean the kind you eat eggs with. (again my stomach grumbles!)

http://minkimpressions.blogspot.com/2013/05/metaforkally-speaking.html

http://scrumplescrunch.blogspot.com/2013/05/something-completely-different.html

I of course jumped up and down and said ME ME ME, I wanna play too!

So, got forwarded the list of challenges.

And I present to you this week's challenge for playing with metal. Thank goodness they took the requirement of having to use a soda can out of the mix. I have soda cans cut out to use for something, but I'll post that later since that particular project will be taking a bit longer. Have to buy a box of band-aides too while I am at it...

I decided to alter a clock as time is one thing that helps with getting out of that creative rut. Sometimes you just need some time out of the studio in the sunshine to forget. The wings of course represent time flying when the creative mojo is flowing.

The wings are cut from my Silly Machine and were originally paper until I used some aluminum tape over top of the bottom layer and embossed. Of course also inked and glittered and sprayed and formed until my fingers were sticky.

I keep a roll of that handy in the craft supplies. LOVE IT. 

The clock and the metal ring I used came from the second hand store. The ring was originally a brownish color and is supposed to frame out a hanging light. See it hiding under the feather earrings and ticky tacky Mexican pot? Yes, pay no attention to anything else in that pile of junk. ;-) THAT is for sure not another bird cage...no really it's not. 

Another favorite part of this piece are the wooden swirls I added. Found those at the hardware store.

Here they are all packed up in their wooden glory. Near the cool paint I found that I also added to the wings at the end for a smidge more shimmer.

Fun times here!

This is FOR SURE the most energized I have in a long time. A challenge for the sake of a challenge!

I am counting down the minutes to see what Onion (aka Sue) and Quirks (aka Lisa) have made since we did not share our projects ahead of time...

Happy Weekend!