Today is Wednesday, and that means we show our desk and what we have been doing in our creative life, along with all the others over on Julie's site here.
I use my own hand made greeting cards for our friends and family throughout the year; I suddenly realized that I was out of cards. I got out all my card making supplies and went to work.
There is a finished one there in the background. It is an acrylic background with white pen used to draw the flowers.
I love to go to Estate sales. In a way it is sad to see everything being sold off, especially when the old gentleman is sitting there on the sofa while you are going through his things. Estate sales usually have all those "junk drawer" items, which have usually been in hiding for many years, only to be gotten out to get rid of, as well as the antiques etc. We don't have room for any more furniture, but I picked up these pillow cases with beautiful lace edging, that you just don't see any more. I also found a tiny baby fork that matches my sterling pattern. There are no babies in the immediate future, so I might use it in my jewelry making....then again, maybe
not. At least that was my excuse to buy it. :>)
What's On Your Work desk Wednesday?
Hard to believe it is Wednesday so soon.
I have been very busy as you can see by the pictures.
As usual my interest have varied; from flasks to necklaces and back again.
These four flasks will go with me to The Co-op at Gallery Off The Square.
One of the necklaces still needs a little work.
Be sure to go over to Julie's and see what is new on the Stamping Grounds site.
My how time fly's when you are having fun ! My desk is fairly clean right now, but I must show you what I have been working on. These flask/belt buckles are so much fun to decorate. Can't wait to wear mine.
I had to experiment a bit to see what worked best in decorating them. Some embellishments are on the flask itself, and some are on the buckle/holder. Be sure to go over to Julia's blog and see what others are doing.
Wow! It is Wednesday afternoon and I'm just getting around to posting my desk.
As usual I have several things going on at once.
I start on one creation, and it makes me think of another, so I try to do them all
at once.
I am decorating some belt buckle flasks; looking for items to put on them made me think of a neat jewelry creation, so...here it is...
Be sure to check here and see what is being created on Julie's blog and around the world.
The flasks are here and there. I lay them in a little flat dish of rice to dry, so they will lay flat. The pendants near the back are ready to go to a co-op in town.
I finally bought some "Glove in a Bottle"; haven;t tried it yet. There are some completed earrings on the little tree near the back on the right. Chaos breeds creativity at my house.
This year all the garden centers were featuring "gazing balls" for the garden.
I decided it would be more fun to make one, than to buy one.
I used a globe from a ceiling light; sprayed it with acrylic inside, and then put glitter in it.
A clay pot treated the with the same glitter served as a support, to lift it off the ground.
This has held up all summer. Of course these could be made in any size; I used what I had.
Time on my hands to enjoy the beauty of the great Pacific Northwest!
So many beautiful flowers to paint! It might be hard to do them justice;
I'm sure I will have to try though. A wonderful adventure with family.
There is a finished one there in the background. It is an acrylic background with white pen used to draw the flowers.
