Fortune for 2009

This art journal page is the first I've completed in 2009...it was inspired by the fortune cookie wrapper from a local Asianrestaurant.(I suppose this is a stereotypical image...no offense isintended to anyone of Asian descent)I loved the limited color palette, which I'm sure was usedpartially due to the manufacturer's desire to limit printing costs.I sewed the cellophane wrapper to the page by hand using yellow/orangevariegated thread. I continued adding stitches around the watercolorand ink images because I liked the texture it created. It reminded meof the old "sewing cards" I had as a kid, that were prepunchedcardboard that you threaded yarn through. The fortunein the lower right corner reads: "You will havemany friends when you need them."That is my wish for all of youin 2009!