Sunday ... a day of rest ... oh?

I have been feeling badly lately that I haven't posted anything on this blog. I have been meaning to make things, do videos, try products, ... hmmm ... it doesn't seem to happen. So yesterday, after starting to beat myself up a bit about it , I took a good look at my day ...
Sunday
* woke up early & came to work to fill the pellet stove ( it's my sole source of heat these days)
* off to MacDonalds for a quick cup of oatmeal - going to need fuel !
* back to work ... organized my bills, caught up on email, worked on a supplies order, counted & bagged 300 bags of beads
* off to grocery shop
* home & made a late lunch
* unloaded dishwasher
* did more dishes
* cleaned out the fridge ... eww.
* cleaned up my studio
* did an inventory of bulk stamps for future kits
* inventoried supplies for upcoming kits & projects
* designed three cards for this week's card kit
* cut, scored, folded, almost all the materials for this week's kit
* made a roast pork dinner
* gathered laundry
* ate dinner at 8pm (finally)
* back to the store to refill the pellet stove & find some more supplies for the kits
* back home
* finished cutting all the supplies for the kits
* loaded the dishwasher and washed more dishes by hand
* cleaned up the kitchen and packed away the leftovers
* baked brownies
* read & watched a little tv ...off to bed at 1am
And I work the other six days of the week ... so that might explain it. ;)

My latest Obsession ...

Peat pots. Perfection really. Wonderful little inexpensive , rugged vessels. Just waiting for ... something ... anything .

 

Here's how to make them ... super simple !!

 * Apply paint to peat pots ... do it with happy abandon ... I listened to Serena Ryder & just slapped it on. Sometimes I painted the whole pot, sometimes I left the rim, and some were solid and some just a light brush-over coat.

* Gather free printable images & stamps. Print and stamp on tissue paper. Make sure you use a laser printer and an ink like Stazon.

* Tear the images out and apply with Mod Podge.

* Fill with lovely crinkly strands ... I saved mine from a Hickory Farm gift box (ha ! I knew I would use it someday ...) and then find some quail eggs ... lol ... or any tiny eggs real or chocolate !

A fast fun project !!



Inky Hands = A Great Day !!

I love a day when I end up with different coloured hands ! Inkiness = Happiness.
Today was Spray Day for leaves ... I have literally 1000s of these leaves .... I bought all the warehouse had left. They take ink so beautifully and work really well as embellishments on almost any kind of project. Today I rolled down my sleeves and started spraying !!



Beautiful over spray papers !!!
 

                                        

More colour play ...

I decided to make tags with single colours of the Dyelusions as reference ... oh I love these colours !!
A swipe of gesso through a stencil and then BRING ON THE COLOUR !!!!

and a little more playing around ...

Dream Board ... ready to go !!

Just finished making my bulletin board !
Now to pin all my "plans" on it & get rolling !! Woot Woot !!
 I propped it in the window for the picture and how love how the light makes it look all mystical ... maybe it really has magic powers !!!  ;)

Oh, I am ...

Just Playing Around ...

I was experimenting with Claudine Helmuth's technique of applying gesso through a stencil and then adding paint. I did the butterfly tag with her paint & liked the end result. Very soft.

Then I broke out the Dyelusions ... now that's colour !!! Wow !

Look at that yellow & orange !!! WOW !!

Some of the gesso was smooshed up when I took the stencil off ( it was 11:45pm and I may not have been at the top of my game but I just felt like I had to make something before going to bed !!) but I still used them to try the colours . Why not ?

Now I am wondering about black gesso ...