I've been crafty

 

 

 

I've discovered it's okay to get paint on your hands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've also discovered mixed media!

This is a recycled "canvas" from work.

A box, the size of a canvas, that would have been thrown away.

 

.... just the beginning of a mixed media piece 

Scroll-y

Distressed

Frame 

 

Frames~

(Listed on etsy)

 

 

 

 

 

 

mixed media glittery, turquoise-y goodness

... practicing with my new stencil.

I love it!

I love this yellow!

 

Also another

etsy listing

This pig is not cute.

I got her at Goodwill for $3.00.

I took her button eyes off, unscrewed the hook on her nose, took off the tape/price tag from her behind and gave her a good sanding and then some kilz spray paint.

I'm thinking she'll look cute with a chevron pattern painted on her.

 

What do you think?

Before and After Yellow Frame

               BEFORE....

         AFTER.....

I love how this frame turned out.
I bought it at a thrift store for $6. It's very heavy and came with the glass in it.



I brought it home and got busy.
I bought yellow spray paint!
I had not painted anything in yellow (I've mostly painted with turquoise because I LOVE turquoise.)
So, I thought yellow would be a pretty summer color.

A work in process.....

I had two chevron pattern wrapping papers that I bought at HomeGoods (LOVE that store!)
Which one to choose?
I went with the gray.

hello.
It's now a cute dry erase frame.

... things i've been doing

Vaca to Hull, MA.... LOVED it! Want to move there. I've never been to the ocean and now I'm hooked!

The rocks there were so beautiful... God's artwork.

I'm also addicted to SEA GLASS.... these are some of the beautiful things I found on the beach.

Painting {and distressing} frames...

Are you seeing a color scheme here?

Finding thrifty finds.... like old jars at Goodwill for $4.

Audrey

......sneak peek of what I'm working on

New bright paint colors

I picked these up at WMart the other day...

.99 each.

I'm lovin' these bright colors!

And here's my dining room table.
My plan for tomorrow is to finish some of these and start painting some more.

What's goin' on in the craft room

Slowly, very slowly, I've been working on my craft room.

I'm hoping this weekend me and the husband can move his crap

into one corner, organize it, get rid of some of it

and then

put something cool in front of it

to camoflauge it!

Like maybe these old door's from my dad's attic...

and another old door that is out in the barn.

See that maroon iron bed?

My daughter wants it painted gray and put in her room.

The craft room is full of projects.

Like this...

{Another "gem" found in my dad's garage. My mother loved old, chippy,

junk, antiques before it was cool. See pic below...

another piece my mother found somewhere.}

This will be painted black and go in my other daughter's room.

I'm hoping to buy the paint this weekend and finish it.

 

Here's my new chalk board wall in progress.

I fininshed painting it, but haven't painted the second coat yet.

I've been too busy this week and it's driving me crazy...

all I want to do is be in my craft room.

Cleaning, organizing, working on projects!!

{I just noticed you can't even see the typewriter on the floor. I'll post a pic soon... it's really cool}

I can't wait to write on that chalk wall...

neither can my kids.

I put magnets on the back of some of my collages and stuck them to the metal door.

Messy mess.

My daughter, Lydia made this one. I like it.

Still working on this one. It needs a little something more.

I like the poem. I have it on my fridge.

I think it's important for parents to remember.....

REALLY like this song.

I printed it out a couple of years ago

and gave it to my teen girls.

Important for them to remember and also

us moms too!

Still shiny... not dry yet.

I've been neglecting my jewelry making, but here are a few things I'm working on....

I think it's time to clean out my beading board... what a mess!

TODAY IS EARTH DAY... BE KIND TO THE EARTH

~Collages~ they make me happy :O)

{I glued magnets to the back of this one and stuck it to my metal door in my craft/storage building}

I've been making collages for the past few days. I'm kind of experimenting and learning, but it's just so fun!

It's been my escape from reality........

I think I'll call these *brown paper bag collages*
since I tore up a grocery sack from Braums to use as my canvas.