14 May 2017
by Po' Girl Shines
in Clothing, Daily Prompt, Flowers, Frugal living, Nature, Photography, Sewing, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tags: Daily Prompt, mirror, Mother's Day, motherhood, nature, pink, reflect, reflecting, The Daily Post, weekly photo challenge
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there!
An earlier Mother’s Day.
I was sometimes called a “girly-girl” which I don’t get except I was very slight of frame and quiet. I didn’t wear ruffles or pink but preferred a book to sports, kittens to dogs and giggling to gossip.
I grew to love pink, ruffles and lace as I got older and I don’t mean as an old lady, but even into my 30’s I grew fond of the romantic look in clothing and decor.
An outdoor picnic. I made my dress and my son’s outfit.
Reflections are all around us daily but I’m reflecting internally about the time in my life when I actually “mothered.” I am still a mother but am no longer allowed to act like one. That sucks.
I love Sean’s expression at 3 months.
My son David used to play a little too rough, age 3. At age 10 he broke a foot right before school started.
Reflections of home.
Lace in my coffee.
Lamp on a glass table.
Reflections in nature.
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04 Aug 2015
by Po' Girl Shines
in Flowers, Food & Wine, Nature, Photography, Sewing, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tags: black eyed susan, broccoli, close up, coffee, food, ice cream, macro, photography, stir fry
Some of my
macro shots.
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18 Apr 2015
by Po' Girl Shines
in Art, Clothing, Home Decor, Jewelry & Crafts, Sewing, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tags: art, clothing, collage, decor, fabric cuffs, jewelry, polymer clay, santa doll, sewing, upcycle, vintage fabric, vintage hardware, weekly photo challenge
As stated in my previous post, the last number of years have all been a blur.
I have never been so disorganized and out of touch and this is such a bad time to be this way. I am now in the process of cleaning everything out and packing as I go along, expecting to be moving before the end of the year. Certainly before winter sets in again.
I wanted to share some of the projects I have been working on sporadically since sometime last year as well as other odds and ends. This blog may be a blur as well.
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I’ll miss my vintage hardware. So many replace these after purchasing older homes.
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The doors are rather narrow and I refuse to take them off everytime I have to move furniture.
I have been working on multiple projects on canvas with various mediums, sewing with fabrics, actually made some bead jewelry with supplies purchased years ago and tried my hand with polymer clay.
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Parts of collage I started right after my sister passed early in 2014
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Using photo transfers of various kinds.
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Using modeling paste on some of the tombstones surrounding
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words tapped in thin metal.
Click on thumbnails for full size.
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An Oil I need to finish from the 1970’s.
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Transfers, paint and glue completed in 2013.
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Simply stamps and metallic paint
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on a black canvas
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Large collage in progress.
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Textured papers, some mulbury and ink.
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Love working with textured papers and transfers.
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Stamped metalic rose leaves with red rose transfer.
The following are various sewing projects.
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Valance with tea stained mulsin, transfers, paint and stitching.
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Another nature inspired valance.
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Pillow free hand with paint and stitching on muslin.
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Pillow with transfer of historic Plymouth home, since destroyed.
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Old kimono deconstructed for damaged lining. Cleaned and ready to be restitched.
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Blouse repurposed from 1980’s skirt.
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Scarf repurposed from sweater.
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One of many aprons.
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See if you can spot the error on this apron.
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Working on various cuffs.
1980’s silk pants being upcycled to scarf. Love the images on them!
Very pleased with my second attempt at polymer clay jewelry! This was after I burnt a batch in an old toaster oven with messed up thermostat.
A couple of craft type projects.
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Hardest part of Santa doll was the hair!
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Old World Santa.
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Upcycled oak table someone threw away with layers of paint.
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Tried to add an oriental flavor, but was not happy with the results.
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Covered it over with tissue and acrylic lacquer to protect.
Not going to miss frost on my windows, no matter how beautiful it is.
I’m going to end this blur of a post with a question.
What color is this dress?
My mother made this back in the 1960’s.
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28 Dec 2012
First attempt to refinish table
French toast with Pecan cinnamon bread
Early peas
Turkey, brocolli & Lowfat Alfredo sauce
After the Crucifixion in Lenawee County
Fall motif made with glass plate, silk flowers and tissue paper
Honorable Mention in Spring art show 2012
Whole wheat pasta and some kind of homemade sauce
Early spring rose branches
Spring rain
Misty winter morning
First violets
Baptism of my great nephew
Spring walk
One of many Instructables in 2012 posted on Instructables.com
Photo transfer on white Organza
Black-eyed Susans
Fresh produce
Bread n’ wine
Monarch on my Butterfly Bush
Lace backed collage of my German ancestors
Broken toilet handle spring 2012
printing on used dryer sheets
Lovely Daylilies
Finally spring
Neighborhood pool
First peony
Apron and wine sack
Bottle & stamp necklace
Accent transfer and thread painted, unfinished
Patching up jeans
Short cape soon to be on etsy
Various types of fabric jewelry
Asian theme apron
Tea stained apron
First try at matching pot holders
Crazy skull heads from air clay
Second attempt with fall decor
Apple from the cider mill
Carrot and squash soup with turkey on whole wheat & avocado
Crappachino
Cozy teatime
Team Robin for Robin Roberts of Good Morning America
Winter sunshine
Fall picture transfered to muslin, lined with lace pieces and puff painted
Fall 2012
Fall leaves
Christmas valance from scrap fabrics
Found my dollar store elf sneaking wine again
Hollowed out fruit with allspice for natural holiday air freshener
Neighbor gave me the cutest miniature gingerbread house
Everyone has a cousin Eddie
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26 Sep 2012
by Po' Girl Shines
in Art, Clothing, DIY Projects, Home Decor, Jewelry & Crafts, Sewing
Tags: apron, art, clothing, crafts, diy, easy apron, Fall, home decorating, Instructables, jean pillow, Jean purse, pillow, purses, recycled jean pillow, sewing, throw pillow, upcycled jeans, wine theme
Decided to use the leftover top of my old jeans that were left over from my garden jean cap that I previously made and posted the instructions on the instructables.com web site.
I was able to make a purse and a pillow. I posted the instructions on how these were made on the Instructables web site if you wish further information on how to make these items. Please feel free to play with any of the ideas on this site and be as creative as you wish.
I am also posting the pictures of an apron that I enhanced with leftover fabric that was purchased and a craft store on clearance for $1.75. I was also able to make a matching wine sack and plan on using it for a gift after adding a bottle of wine from a local winery.
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20 Sep 2012
by Po' Girl Shines
in Art, Clothing, DIY Projects, Jewelry & Crafts
Tags: air-dry clay, clothing, crafts, diy, fabric jewelry, faux fur, handmade, homemade, homespun, jewelry, mixed-media, mixed-media jewelry, natural, nightgown, photo transfers, recycle, up-cycled fabric, up-cycled sweater, upcycle
Just wanted to post some of my recent projects. I hope to have an etsy shop very soon and have included various states of some of my projects.
The first one is a slide show of a pot holders sewing project that matches an apron previously made.
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The last coat of acrylic paint in a cream color has finally covered the cottage cheese label on this plastic container I plan to use as a hanging lamp. (more to come on that project on instructables.com.)
I used to only use transfer paper on my fabric, but this time just printed some of my photos on printer paper and adhered them to fabric and glass with acrylic matte medium so I can use them for natural jewelry pieces and embellishments using beads, eyelets, paint, threads, etc. I just like to play around and see where my imagination takes me sometimes.
I purchased some Crayola air dry clay in white to make odds & ends of pendents using molds and stamps to shape and alter for jewelry. I inserted wire to hang or attach. Update to come later after painting or decoupaging tissue to show how something so cheap and easy can look really good.
Just starting another instructable for a nightgown made from a Queen size bedsheet, flat. I tea stained the fabric first to give it a vintage look.
Decided to upcycle a thread-worn cream colored turtle neck sweater. Cut down the center to insert a zipper. I am in the process of sewing on strips of faux fur.
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