newton's third law, in collage form! :)

don't worry, i'm not gonna get all sciency or anything (as if i COULD, lol!) but i realized as i was photographing my collage obsession piece, for which the prompt was, "handwriting", that jeff and i have our own embodiment of the premise, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction". in our case, the more winter gets chucked at us, the more we long for hawaii! and apparently, the more i long for hawaii, the more i like making hawaiian-themed things. here's one, now:

i suppose you could argue that the vibe of this is more art journal-ish than collage-y... but really, where do you draw that line? should there even BE a line? checking out the various galleries at collage obsession you'll see so many totally cool, totally different takes and styles for each theme that you realize how wonderfully elastic the term "collage" actually is!

in this case i've assembled a few bits of vintage hawaiiana (the postcard and newspaper clipping) and some souveniers from our trip (funky stickers and part of a tourist map). i've added in handwriting by filling the vintage ledger page background with my favorite and jeff's favorite memories from our 2011 trip. i've also made some big bold handwritten-- and handcut-- titles which read, "aloha and mahalo"... the hawaiian words for hello (also goodbye, and love) and thank you; which you hear constantly in our fiftieth state.

now i can't wait to check out the other entries at collage obsession... won't you join me?!