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Friday, May 14, 2010

Feelin' the Love

Well, I am just feelin' the love. :-)

Melissa at Those Northern Skies has awarded me with the Trendy Treehouse!!
Thanks Melissa!!

Here are the rules:

To receive this award {Trendy Treehouse} you have to promise to share this with 10 other BLOGS that you think are Trendy too.
Post about your award in your blog.
List your Top 10 Trendy Blogs.
Share with them.
Leave a link to the Trendy Blog Button.
Tell them they need to give this award out to 10 as well.

Here are my Ten Trendy Blogs in no particular order:
Beth@ Live. Laugh. Make Something.
Heather@ My Frugal Family
The Magic Onions
Nikki@ WhiMSy love
Sara@ tell love and chocolate
Angela/Niki@ Northern Mama
Brittany@ LatteLoveMommy
Jenny@ Let The Children Play
Becca@ bare feet on the dashboard
Sarah@ Cars, Trucks, and Teething Rings

Please check out these great blogs....I know you'll be impressed!!!!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Here is the block print that I made for my Mother In-Law for Mothers day. It's of her favorite car, one that she used to own and always relied on. She speaks of it with reverence. :-) I've heard her talk about it enough that I thought, "Why not make a car print?"

Why not indeed. It turns out I don't have any woodworking tools for making wood block prints. I had thought about lineoleum....but I wanted to use materials that I had around. I found a piece of plywood and an exacto knife. I sketched a design based off from some images I found online and then started scratching away the negative space. The plywood was really handy....all the different layers made it pretty easy for separating. I was expecting it to be quite a process to do this project with the right tools....but, it turned out that I had what I needed. I love the way it turned out. :-)

I found the frame at Goodwill (where else?!?!) and painted a layer of acrylic Hydrangea paint on it.

Before it was fully dry I rubbed it off in spots to give it that aged look. The background behind the painting is a polyester fabric that I just tacked onto some matting.

So, here's the deal. I made quite a few prints and I've never done a giveaway....so, why not?? I'm going to make it a little funky, though.

Here are the rules:
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Straw Floral Wreath Repurpose

I found this wonderful floral wreath base at Goodwill for .99cents and I could immediately imagine some fun twists on all the awesome wreaths I have been seeing. First of all....I would display this wreath without any adornments. I *love* the look of bundled straw. Second of all, the blue "flowers" that you see in there are actually made out of heavy duty plastic tarp. Fun, huh?? I've been trying to think of a way to bring a tarp into my art. The other flowers are made of a strong canvas and the string is just a cotton yarn. This wreath should be ready to handle the spring weather!!

Here's the basic overview:

Wrap the wreath with your color choice of yarn. Bailing twine would be fun too....but you might want to do something different with the flowers if you go that route.

Make those lovely little twist flowers that you know you've been seeing EVERYWHERE. They are the cutest. Here's one tip: If you choose to use a tarp (it's an odd choice, I know) beware of the melting factor....the second that glue/metal tip touches the tarp it is **melting**. So, twist and place it fast!!

That's it!! Pretty easy, huh??