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    BirThday T Tuesday

    September 10, 2013 - By 

    momI’m going to confess right now…there is no cuppa anything in this post. I have a crazy busy day and of course I didn’t plan this post ahead of time as pre-planning is not my strong suit.

    I’ll be taking my mom out for the day to celebrate her birthday. She’s 84 years young today.

    Stop by Elizabeth’s blog for more interesting T stands for Tuesday posts!

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    All that glitters

    September 7, 2013 - By 

    jewlery sortingI spent some time yesterday afternoon sorting and disassembling some junk jewelry I’ve collected over time. I’ve started watching a series on Netflix and wanted to be doing something productive while watching so I don’t feel quite as guilty.  The previous day I sorted my stack of papers that were months and months old. I hate filing. I had a temporary job while in college to get a vet supply company’s files up to date after almost a year of them stacking invoices in a spare room. ACK!! Soured me on filing.

    grandpa's treat boxWe are celebrating my FIL birthday today.  He loves chocolate covered peanuts.  Instead of doing the boring thing of just giving him a bag or two of them, I decided he needed his own treat box. You see, the kids each have a treat box at Grandpa and Grandma’s house. It’s only fair that Grandpa have his own stash as well.

    Notice the embossed paper…that was a piece from our time with the neighbor’s Cuttlebug. It definitely adds some pizazz.

  • Blog - Crafts

    Beyond the list

    September 5, 2013 - By 

    sept cardsIf you joined me for T stands for Tuesday, you know that I had a list long enough to choke a horse. I usually do but I always try to allow for a little “playtime” each day as well.  I can’t say that it happens all the time but I am ever grateful when it does.

    We have some occasions this month that are in need of greeting cards so I’ve been hard at work creating them for the events.

    20130902_3343In addition, I’ve been making a bit of miniature terrain as well. While Mr. G was purging the office, I spied a few pieces that looked like they would work really well as gaming terrain.

    These first three were….CD spindles. Did you guess right?

    I thought they’d make good bunker or storage pieces.

    20130901_3331Next came some molded Styrofoam packing pieces from a very ancient…in the computer world…CDROM drive. I looked at it an saw another bunker, nearly the same design as one you’d pay  upwards of $50 for. Crazy, right? So I cut it in half and glued it together….now I have two!

    20130902_3342After adding some additional foam pieces and painting the whole works with a mix of gesso and black craft paint, I spray painted everything with my splatter technique.

    I layer the colors of spray paint without letting it dry between coats.

    I use a light hand with the color. It gives a rich depth of color…almost an airbrush effect.

    I used 5 colors of spray paint on these pieces.20130902_3339 They were obtained from the recycle center and my folks place.

    I know this is not my usual type of art but sometimes I get a very different crafty bent. This happens to be one of those weeks.

    Hope I didn’t scare you off. 🙂