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Won’t you be my neighbor?

January 18, 2013

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This wood piece that I cut from the Noel/Love sign almost ended up in the trash. As I picked it up, I realized it looked a lot like a roof! I suddenly had an idea for a wood house starring this piece of almost trash.

I grabbed another piece of wood that was screaming to play the part of the house.

Odds and ends.

Small ruler for the chimney.

Old quilt scraps for the windows and the door.

A little black thread to outline the windows and the door.

I then broke out my stamp collection and a wood bird from Michael’s.

I Mod Podged stamps onto the bird until he was completely covered,

and let him dry for about an hour.

It only took me 45 minutes to find my exacto knife! Once I found it, I cut around the bird removing the stamps that were hanging over the wood bird.

Remember these flowers I found at Goodwill? I still had a few left over!

“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

24 Inches x 11 Inches $48.00

Happy Friday! Hope you and your loved ones have a wonderful weekend! xoxoxo Angela

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Noel…I mean love!

January 15, 2013

The Nester and I were driving home a few weeks ago and out of no where a sign for an estate sale appeared!!! Insert screeching breaks here. Wow we were so excited because it was Friday and it was an estate sale!!!! Turns out they didn’t have much but they did have some leftover Christmas decorations. I grabbed this Noel word for $1.00!

I keep thinking about what else I could do with the letters. All I could come up with was the word NO! I didn’t know what kind of piece of art I could make that would incorporate the word no, so I kept on thinking. Then I realized if I cut a portion of the N off, I could turn it upside down and have a V!! LOVE!!

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner this was perfect. I wanted to have some love stuff in my booth at Sanctuary so I was on a mission. A love mission that is.

Then last Thursday on the way home again with Nester (she must be my good luck charm), I saw this giant piece of wood lying on the side of the road. Only a good friend will stop the car and help you load a giant, dirty, heavy piece of trash into her car!

I cut off the bottom.

Bright beautiful blue paint. But of course.

I used some glaze and mixed it with brown paint to give the wood an aged look.

Can you see the difference? Instead of the bright blue, it dulls the paint and gives it some dimension.

I think this sign would be great in a corner of a playroom or in a kitchen or on a back porch. It would be a good reminder that all we need is a little love!! I also like how it is pointing up, kinda like pointing to God for love! Do you need a giant love sign!? It can be yours for $68.00! Sorry no shipping on this bad boy!

And the winner of the Button Bird clutch and owl is………Jamie Pelaez!!! Congratulations Jamie!

Love giveaways!?!? Stay tuned, I am sewing like a mad woman and have lots of sweet spring bags in the making. Lots of fun giveaways coming up!

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Backgammon Art

January 8, 2013

I found this box at Habitat Restore for $4.00. I have no idea what made me open it up to see what was inside. I’ve never played Backgammon before but for some reason my curiosity got the best of me.

When I opened it, I could not believe all those beautiful little pieces of wood!!!! (and bugs)!

Remember these!!?!? Four of these cowboy pictures hung in my son’s room before he discovered football and Xbox.

Nester I feel your pain. The photo of her dog here cracked me up and made me laugh out loud. Then the next day I had some of my own dog photo bombing going on (as Ellen calls it).

Dixie May was actually with me when I bought the Backgammon game. Yes I bought the game some time ago and yes I got in trouble for taking her into Habitat, but not as much trouble as when I took her into the grocery store. Apparently that is a big no no.

Paint and some little wood pieces from the game.

I was totally in a girly mood……

but also had to go with my favorites!

I cut a few pieces of the wood so it would fit in the freshly painted cowboy frames, then I hot glued all the pieces down.

I found these at Habitat as well! Three sets of letter stencils for 50 cents!

Luckily my friend and boss lady over at Sanctuary of Davidson, Krissy just showed me how to use these stencils and make the letters look pretty. When you use these stencils the letters have gaps in them. See that O up there?!?!? All you have to do is just fill that in with paint!!! Duhhhhhhh how did I not know that!?!?

The left over scrapes from the wood pieces I cut became a separate project. Maybe a little problem with throwing anything away?!?!! You think?

Love.

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! If you need some Love Art I might just know where you can find some!!!! Please visit my Etsy shop or my little room at Sanctuary of Davidson to get some love! Yes shameful plug.

Happy Tuesday!!! What are you going to do today to make it awesome!?!? I’m getting my haircut! Yeehaw!

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