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New Project
This week I made a Valentine’s wreath for the front door. I’m ambivalent about it. One day I like it and the next I think it looks like a child made it, (which it does).
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Christmas Ball Wreath
Going back to my posts about my issues, one of them is finishing three wreaths. I finished two, which I posted about. Anyway I have all these free Christmas ball ornaments I had gotten from the garden. I watched 3 YouTube videos and printed the directions. Seemed easy enough. I needed a wire wreath frame,…
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Seashells
When my mother-in-law stayed with us at the NC house, she liked a coastal arrangement I had made using shells, sea glass, driftwood and other materials in a 3’ cylinder vase. When we were at her home she asked me if I could make her a few using smaller vases and glass containers. She has…
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Another Issue
My goal was to finish three wreaths before I put all the Christmas craft stuff away. I finished two. We are traveling so much I haven’t had any time.
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Bird Bath
I found this in the shed and cleaned it up (check out Ellie) This plate I used as a centerpiece in the dining room So easy We sell these in the garden shop, very expensive. Base $90, dish $120. I bought the base in The Christmas Tree Shop, $9.99, years ago. I miss that store,…
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Issue #3 – Finishing Projects
I’m calling this Issue #3, because of all my issues this came to mind, you’ll see why. I have lots of bins stored with decorative picks, bows, wreaths, berries, pine boughs, etc. I took them out in late October thinking I would make all these wreaths in time to sell at a Christmas fair. Well…
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Stenciling
I saw this painting in a magazine and liked it a lot. I thought it would look good by the coffee bar in the house in NC. I researched it and found that it costs around $2000. I then decided I would try and paint something like it. This has been an ongoing project for…
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Beeswax Wraps for Food
Last week I was invited to my friend Stevie’s home and we planned on making some beeswax covers. We only needed three ingredients and they were fairly easy to make. The ingredients were: beeswax chips, pine resin and jojoba oil. We started with all cotton fabric, cutting different sizes with pinking shears, so not to…
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Mandala Class
This week I took another class at The Cultural Art Center at Glen Allen, “Mandala Drawing.” We were given a rock that was painted a flat black, and a tool set and acrylic paints. It was simply creating a pattern, repeating in a specific color combination and adding embellishments. I will continue to make them…
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Mixed Media
A few weeks ago I took another Mixed Media class at the garden. It was a 3 hour class and I wasn’t that impressed with what we did, (although I did screw up). It could have been because the time constraints of the class that the project was easy, ( again I screwed up). Here…