Saturday, May 29, 2010

Gothic arches! Openings

Arch from Artchixstudio(online shop)
Saints Oracle playing cards
pressed flowers(for-get-me-nots and daffodil)

Sunday postcard! Insects!

I made a "kinda" postcard from a favorite book, 1968. I read this book( and others in the series) a KA-JILLION times to the boys! they loved ant and bee and so do I!

Decoupage placements for new table! A small tutorial!

We finally got a round table!!! I have always loved the ambiance of sitting at a round table. My husband got this for our 45 th wedding anniversary!
This was a good reason to finish some placemats I started 6 years ago.
Pictures were copied from 2 volumns of Gibson art that I have from Uncle Paul. Copyright 1902
I had done 4 and then gave up the project because it was very difficult for me to work fast enough to apply such a large piece of paper to the wood mats and make them smooth without wrinkles!
So, I have more "know how" and decided I needed to complete the series.
I still have 2 to do.
I choose the pictures for men and women to view!
Hope you enjoy my choices and love to have you come to dinner some time!
supplies
wood placemat
picture
template for mat size
Finished mats have 5 coats of varethene (matte)

2 b finished
2 b finished
This will be for DH

O K
My mat



Thanks to my first yahoo group, Decoupage, for all the inspiration and help!!!!
Thanks Harriet for the place mats!!!!

Something different! crowns

My twinchie
Paperwhimsy girl
transparency and scrapbook paper from Anna Griffin

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Thank you to Inspiration-avenue!!!

Isn't my new bookmark lovely???
It is now with one of my favorite old books!!!

theme thursday! beauty

Beauty? So many thousands of ways to go with this theme. I chose to do a little photoshopping with 2 very different beauties. Neither one actually needed any adjusting, but I thought I would play!!!
http://themethursday.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/thursday-challenge-beauty/

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

TMTA / boats and Inspirationave / blues

1991 pastel 20"x 25"
I did it of a blue dinghy we used to have called
Sweetie Pie.
I took a photo of the painting and resized it to horizontal ATC size. The original has lots more sky and water.

Blue Monday!


My mom's canister set from Germany!
I have enjoyed it for 15 years. Now it is going off to my niece and her daughter.

It took 2 months from start to finish but

my
BLUE