I am a very textural person! I love Jacquard and tapestries with deep textures. I study stone, brick, wood and metals when I’m out and about with my camera. Everything in our world, man made or natural has it’s own distinct textures to enjoy.
Weekly Photo Challenge: So Many Textures!
14 Aug 2017 Leave a comment
in Art, Nature, Photography, Sewing, Weekly Photo Challenge Tags: brick, fabric, food, jacquard, metal, paint, textures, weekly photo challenge, wood
Weekly Photo Challenge: Collage
12 Jul 2017 3 Comments
in Art, Computer graphics, Jewelry & Crafts, Photography, Sewing, Weekly Photo Challenge Tags: antique jewelry, collage, Fabric Collage, jewelry, Photo Collage, Quilting Art, weekly photo challenge
One of my favorite things in the whole world is collage! I love making them with canvas, papers, paints, stamps, ink, and whatever strikes my fancy. I also love creating various photo collages. It’s much less messy!
Collage started with various papers and photos.
Paint & Paper
Ghost in Garden
Fabric Collage
Fabric Collage 2
Created by layering individual flowers with various effects on the computer.
Creating a WordPress gallery collage with macro shots of old family jewelry.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflecting Pink
14 May 2017 3 Comments
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.
Daily Prompt: Stylish
21 Sep 2016 1 Comment
in Clothing, Weekly Photo Challenge Tags: clothing, Daily Prompt, fashion, hairstyles, happy, poor, Stylish, The Daily Post
Po’ but stylish!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Close Up
04 Aug 2015 5 Comments
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
Weekly Photo Challenge: Still Blurry
18 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
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.
Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures
28 Dec 2012 2 Comments
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
