• Blog - Crafts

    T Tuesday: collage card edition

    March 3, 2015 - By 

    I totally missed T stands for Tuesday last week. T stands for Tuesday_200I can’t even remember what I was doing other than not being on my computer.

    I do know what I was obsessively making on Thursday though…collage card

    I turned on some music, grabbed my scraps and began piecing together collages. I think I was inspired to make more after writing an article about my process. I’ll give you more of a heads up on that when it’s about to be published. 🙂 Honestly I’m not sure how much I’m allowed to say about it until it comes out so that’s all I’m saying for now.

    I’m such a tease…I know.

    Today we are expecting a snow storm but we haven’t seen a flake so far. If it’s as bad as they say, Little J’s concert may be postponed tonight. In the mean time I’ll be working around the house. Exciting, huh?!?

    So…what are you doing today?

  • Blog

    A second look: Fridge facelift

    March 2, 2015 - By 

    SecondlookToday for the 2nd edition of Second on the 2nd I’d like to share with you a transformation that makes me happy each and everyday.

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    Original post from January 21, 2012 slightly tweaked to include updates:

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     So we have this old 20+ yr old fridge that just keeps humming along mechanically but cosmetically it was getting really nasty looking.20120118_11346

    I used to keep papers, magnets and comics on it to cover as much as possible.
    It was rusting from underneath the finish on the doors. I’m guessing that it was a manufacturing issue since the rest of it isn’t rusting at all.

    I sanded all the rust and painted over it with Rustoleum paint.
    I decided on dictionary pages to cover the fridge. My thought was…it’s got to be better than the way it looked before.20120120_11368 copy

    And in my opinion, it totally is!!  I still need to put a couple coats of sealer on top so I can wipe it down as needed. I picked up the Golden polymer medium I used as glue in the recycle center reuse room for FREE!!  Just two cheap foam brushes were purchased for this facelift.

    Yes, I know we’ll eventually have to replace this beast but until then it’s definitely a conversation piece in my kitchen!!

    In addition, I covered our recycling cabinet in the same manner. 20120130_11463All I have left is a pantry cupboard on the other side of the kitchen to give the same treatment.

    Fast, fun and frugal…nothing but good F words for this project.

  • Art - Blog

    Everything glowed

    February 22, 2015 - By 

    Yesterday afternoon while searching for my heart shaped journal….which I still haven’t found…I came across 2 art journals I had started years ago. One is almost full and the second only has a handful of pages complete.

    The large butterfly image fell into my lap as I was digging around through my stash. I decided it was high time that I used it.everything glowed

    I began with gesso and paint for the background in greens and yellow. Sort of thinking rainforest  backdrop. After it dried I was convinced that it needed more color and texture. Out came the gelatos! I’m loving them…my new favorite supply! everything glowed closeup

    I went over top with a little more paint sponged through a bit of punchenella.  I searched my bin of found text until some words spoke to me.