Shell Angel Ornaments

I've finished the angel ornaments that I'd

been working on. 

My angels are in the choir, so

I gave them all hymn books. 

I first glued on smaller shells

to represent arms in long flowing gowns. 

My husband walked into the room

as I was glueing on the last couple of arms

and asked, "Why are you giving them boobs?"

I said, "They're not boobs! They're arms."

I hope by sharing this exchange I didn't

plant a seed in the minds of readers 

to start seeing boobs on my angels!

Baby Jesus Ornaments

The following are some other Christmas 

ornaments I've been working on. 

One of my neighbors has a bottle tree

that drops a lot of pods this time of year. 

Instead of stepping over them on my

way to the mailbox, I decided to

pick up a few and use

them for a project.

I made several "Baby Jesus"

ornaments out of them. 

I took a wooden bead and hand screwed

in an eye screw to give me a little bit

of a body so I'd have something to wrap.

I then wrapped the eye hook with a small

amount of batting and muslin and tucked

the little baby inside the pod. 

The face was added and some ribbon

to hang and the ornament was finished.

I'd recommend paint instead

of a sharpie. As you can

see the sharpie eyes bled a little. 

Isn't he cute?

The following picture will show

you how I packaged the ornaments

for gift giving.

It makes a very inexpensive, yet I think

thoughtful gift. 

Angel Ornaments

Tonight I'm painting some clothespin "angels"

for some Christmas ornaments I'm making. 

I have a bunch of large scallop shells that I

want to use as part of the ornament. 

I'm just not sure how I'm going to attach

these little ladies to the shells, or

attach some sort of hanger. 

More later when I figure things out. 

Painting River Rocks

I have some doors in my house 

that don't like staying open.

They sit half way between open and closed. 

I'm sure there's a way of fixing them mechanically 

with a tool of some kind,

but that's not a very creative solution.

I'd much rather fix the problem with an 

art project if I can. 

I think I'm going to include a

quote or a verse on the back with

my signature. Then a quick protective clear coat

and it'll be ready to keep my door open. 

Now if only there was a way

to creatively fix my car engine knock. 

hmmmmm. . . . .

Say It Isn't So!

I came across this book as I was scanning the stacks at my local library.

 

At first I thought it had to be a joke.

 

 I picked it up and noticed a disclaimer within the first few pages

 stating something like, "No cats were harmed in the making of this book!"

 

It was sort of like a "deer in the headlights" experience.

 

It wasn't a joke.

 

Does someone really do this?

 

Apparently so. .  . I find out as I turn the pages.

 

Some of the crafts were actually cute,

but it was hard to get passed the gag reflex that kept creeping up every time

 I thought of the fact that they're all made with CAT HAIR!!

 

Pitt Pens on Bristol

Someone will see this and

know I didn't get much

housework done today. 

No surprise, the housework

is still waiting for me. 

Time to get started on that.

Hope your day is blessed!

Glamour Gal Art Piece

We've been working so much the

past several months, there hasn't been

much time for artwork. 

I've really been missing my

artsy "therapy". 

Enough was enough. 

I had to do something creative!

This piece was inspired by the

thought of creating a 1920's glamour girl

and putting my own spin on her. 

I love drawing female faces

(in case you haven't noticed).

I'm at the point where I have

to spend some time looking at

her to know if I'm going to

be tweaking her or not.

Hope your day is blessed!

My Artsy Bathroom Tour

 I picked up one of these letters from Hobby Lobby.
 I think I paid a dollar for it.
The surface is a collage is compiled from some old
art magazines. There's a simple folk art
design on the sides. It's sealed with a couple coats
of polyurethane. ~Cute and colorful!
The "P" is for Petersen (in case you were wondering). 

My husband and I can be a wee bit

germaphobic. I guess that comes from 

being in food service for so many years.

Fastidious sanitation habits are second nature. 

This is a commercial paper towel holder that 

I doodle designed and had him hang in 

our guest bathroom. I found the quote

years ago in an old Victoria magazine and saved it, knowing

at some point I'd find a use for it. 

This is the last piece I'll show you today.

It's a little mixed media creation made from a scrap

of wood I had laying around. I've always

loved this Irish blessing and had to have it

hanging in the house somewhere. 

Blessings~

Sugar Skull from Sissy

I received a message from my brother

 politely asking me to make him a sugar skull. 

He knows I have an affection

 for Mexican EVERYTHING

(people, art, food, decor. . . ).

I have an appreciation for cultural traditions

 and history even if I don't share in,

 or adhere to the beliefs behind them. 

For this piece, I found a basic skull outline

 online and took it from there. 

Using assorted pens, pencils and markers, it

took me a few days to

finish this piece. 

This was the first of two skulls drawn for him. 

The second one was my favorite, 

but I forgot to get a picture 

before I sent it out.

~So not like me! 

Maybe he'll be so kind as to send me a picture

of the other one and I'll post that as well. 

He was very happy when he got them,

 which makes me very happy.