Jeudi Journal - Old

 A short quote this time "Old is the New Black" had me thinking immediately of a black page for the background with bright figures on it .. but then ... What?  My brain ceased working.  Next I thought of an old woman dressed in a mini skirt, hence a head with grey hair being on my page.  My third idea is the one I ran with so here goes.

I began with Tea Dye DI direct to paper and then smooshed with the blending tool followed by a stencil placed over and I took a bit of the colour out in parts using a baby wipe to give the appearance of old wallpaper, much as you would find in a charity shop.  Then I used Rusty Hinge DI for the floor and used another stencil to give it a bit of pattern, again went for the faded look.  

It is supposed to be the inside of a Charity Shop with clothes hanging on the rails, coats, dresses and trousers.  Then there is a Bargain Box full of shoes and boots and it looks as if something else has got in as well.  The story, well ...

"Bridget and her friend Martha have gone along to the local Charity Shop (I think it is a Goodwill Store in America) because high fashion at the moment is something a bit more vintage and this is the place to buy your clothes from nowadays.  In fact "Old is the New Black".  Especially as the prices are way below those of the shops on the high Street.

Martha has not been here before and is a little dubious so she is standing way down from Bridget and trying to make her mind up whether she wants to be seen in here or not.  After all she is more of a Goth than a high fashion dresser, and certainly not convinced about vintage clothing.  Bridget, on the other hand, has shopped here before, isn't that dress similar to the skirt she is wearing?  Oh dear, she is not very happy about that but rather fancies herself in the cute little number in blue, with her long legs she should look rather good in a short dress like that, probably from the 60's"

So there we have the scene for this week.  In order to join in with Alison and her challenge at Art Journal Journey I stuck the Bargain Bin on the base and sides only so it forms a pocket for the piles of shoes, and that yellow thing, and then I put tiny tags on the various bits of clothing that are hanging on the rails.  I hope you like the little coat hangers I used on the dresses, I think they are a TH thing from way back.  I knew I had them somewhere so a search on Saturday revealed them and they became part of the blogpost.

I am doing this blog post in advance and hopefully will get something started for the week after too.  Will have to see what tomorrow brings.

Stay safe and well folks.