Silent Auction Items

I have been visiting a church in our area and last Sunday I noticed they were asking for Silent Auction items for their Trivia Nite on 14 Feb.  OH YES ... the lightbulb went off! 

I already had the mirror pretty much finished, and the house canvas only needed a little touch up:

I love them both so much!  I finished them up yesterday, bubble wrapped them and will take them to this church on Sunday.  I HOPE to drop them off somewhere w/o anyone seeing me.  Since I'm just visiting and not a member, I didn't want to leave my name and confuse them!  LOL

More Art Abandonment

Gelli Prints on deli paper cut into squares.   I think I abandoned the candle holder at the Fox Theatre, and the box at the dr. office waiting room.  I have dropped several things that I haven't pictured -- just finished altering some notebooks.  I think one of my BEST drops was at Hobby Lobby -- you KNOW those people will love art!!!  I left it in my shopping cart in the stamp section.

Gelli Prints Into Wall Art

These are pics of b-day gifts for my stepdaughter, and her oldest daughter.  Both were made using gelli prints I had cut up into squares.  I was able to actually do the script by hand ... which was thrilling!   Also did a bit of stamping in black for one and white for the other.   I was able to capture the exact colors my stepdaughter decorates with ... and well you can see how funky fun the colors are for our granddaughter's mirror (which is from Ikea!!)

Birthday Celebrations are at the end of the month -- cannot wait to give them!!!

 

Budding Artists

So these are the youngest of the 7 grandkids we have (so far!).  They are 2 1/2 and 3 years old ... partners in crime.  Last weekend we watched 4 of the 7 grands and this pic is of those two in their paint shirts (Grandpa's old workout shirts) getting ready to party in my studio.

I was not able to hold their attention for very long when we sat down w/ paint and brushes, but they are enthusiastic about their art .... until they see the shiny object on my workbench and then it's off to the races!  ALL our grandkids love the magic of my studio, all the paints, stencils, crayons .... The minute they hit the front door they are asking "Do you have a craft for us to do?  Can we go downstairs?   I want to paint!!!"

I'm ready for them to be OLDER so they can actually work down there for longer periods of time without opening every drawer and exclaiming WHAT'S THIS!?!?!  (however that means I too will be older) <sigh> 

Altered Notebook for Grandaughter

My darling little Ellie -- at the tender age of 6 -- is a crafter.  For Christmas she got a BOX of crafting supplies from Grandma and Grandpa.  I had a BLAST shopping for her!!  She was beyond thrilled and promptly went to the kitchen table and started working! (yeah no pics ... I suck)

So she turned 6 right after Christmas.   For her b-day she got a miniature tea set that belonged to her dad's mom (she passed 10 years ago) and I also decided to make a couple of small journal books for her.  She uses this size for "writing her stories" (gawd she's cute!)

I had a blast making them for her, and she was so impressed.  "you MADE these Grandma?"

<sigh>  out of the mouths of babes.