Studio Inspiration

Studio Inspiration
Originally uploaded by Art·Craft·Thrift

Cruising around flickr looking for some ideas while I organize things out in the party barn/craft studio.
Whoa ....some seriously overwhelming inspiration pics.
Yowza!
Bummed that I can't make the pictures larger.

Ta Da dooone

Yippieeee...that "Just Married" sign I was asked to make is finished! It was kinda fun and turned out better than I had hoped. I really wanted to find a stencil for the lillies but no such luck. I did find a line drawing of one so I just "placed and traced" my little heart out and filled in with acrylic paint....did some free-hand stems and leaves and wahooo...they really look like lillies!

I'm not an artist but I can trace to beat the band. I'd never worked with acrylic paints before..that was pretty easy. The bummer is that it's on posterboard...if it gets wet this thing is toast. We don't want to talk about how long this took me..I'm sloowwwww. Hey, it was a good activity for this blogger girl who has a really bad cold. Kept me out of trouble, that's for sure.A close-up of one of the flowers.

Ok...now I have to go find something to wear to the wedding.

Yuukkkk....I'm the worst clothes shopper in the world.

A Dear and a Deere

The Husband was a dear and helped me out in the garden. It was time to bring in the heavy equipment...I love it when that happens. He drove the tactor over to help me eliminate a shrub that was growing in the wrong place.

This buddleja is a volunteer, it's in a bad spot because it's too close to the walkway into the lawn. Some folks say that they should be eliminated completely and declared an invasive species around here, I'm still undecided. My brother-in-law wants one of these in his yard so we did it the easy way, wrapped a chain around the trunk....annndddd....

Ta Daaa....popped it right out of the ground with the bucket of the tractor. I love digging out shrubs this way, especially when I have a helper. Now I need to think of something to plant here that won't reach into the walkway. The brother-in-law is going to take this monster over to his place and pop it into his yard...recycling!

Now for some inspiration. I was in Seattle yesterday with mom and my sister. We picked up my niece after she got out of classes at the University and we all went out for moms birthday lunch...it was so much fun. After lunch we went to one of my favorite garden stores and ooohhh'd and aaahhhh'd over all of the pretty stuff. Boy do I ever have the itch to "make pretty".

We all went crazy over this recycled glass light fixture, price tag? brace yourself...$875.00!!!!!!

Is that a crack-up or what? I think it would be fun to have one of these in the party barn or hanging from a branch out in the garden. All I need is some wire and some broken glass....hmmm.