I have a couple of projects that are mostly completed, but every time I turn on my camera, it moans and groans at me and then shuts off.
In the mean time, I love this idea.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Somewhere between progress and poor planning...
...is where this project currently lies.
Lesson #1: Make sure you have enough Quik Grip BEFORE you start the project. That way you don't need to throw off your groove with a trip to Wal-Mart, midday. Everything is drying now, and we'll see how we did tomorrow (didn't make that 2nd trip to Wal-Mart, so we'll see if everything stays together).
Lesson#2: When picking out canvases that you'll be gluing to larger canvases, check the edges and corners to make sure they are wrapped similarly around their frames. I think I may have to screw one of the 8" x 8"s to the larger canvas because, with the way the corners are wrapped, I can't get all four of them to be flush with the back canvas.
In the meantime, with a few things I picked up at the dollar store, I'm hoping to recreate something I saw in a Pottery Barn magazine. So tune in for "Fall Harvest Candle Holders" or whatever I decide to name it by the time I'm done.
Lesson #1: Make sure you have enough Quik Grip BEFORE you start the project. That way you don't need to throw off your groove with a trip to Wal-Mart, midday. Everything is drying now, and we'll see how we did tomorrow (didn't make that 2nd trip to Wal-Mart, so we'll see if everything stays together).
Lesson#2: When picking out canvases that you'll be gluing to larger canvases, check the edges and corners to make sure they are wrapped similarly around their frames. I think I may have to screw one of the 8" x 8"s to the larger canvas because, with the way the corners are wrapped, I can't get all four of them to be flush with the back canvas.
In the meantime, with a few things I picked up at the dollar store, I'm hoping to recreate something I saw in a Pottery Barn magazine. So tune in for "Fall Harvest Candle Holders" or whatever I decide to name it by the time I'm done.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Rock and Roll
So here it is, the first project. My worldwide web smashing of a champagne bottle on the hull of my new blog.
This is the beginning of some wall decor. Tonight I'm painting the two 8" x 24" canvases, and will tackle the three, 8" x 8" canvases tomorrow. I printed six, 8" x 8" pictures from our wedding to eventually mount on these canvases and they came out great (thanks Bay Photo!). I'm going with a bamboo color for the canvases. Only the sides should be visible, but since the color scheme in our family room is going to be red, orange, yellow, and brown, I wanted a little more neutral of a color to tone down the brightness of the panels.
The two long canvases will go between these panels I threw together with some killer garage sale fabric and two sets of 12" x 12" frames nailed together (just cut from a single piece of cedar from the fencing section at Lowe's).
So here you go, the "before" picture.
This is the beginning of some wall decor. Tonight I'm painting the two 8" x 24" canvases, and will tackle the three, 8" x 8" canvases tomorrow. I printed six, 8" x 8" pictures from our wedding to eventually mount on these canvases and they came out great (thanks Bay Photo!). I'm going with a bamboo color for the canvases. Only the sides should be visible, but since the color scheme in our family room is going to be red, orange, yellow, and brown, I wanted a little more neutral of a color to tone down the brightness of the panels.
The two long canvases will go between these panels I threw together with some killer garage sale fabric and two sets of 12" x 12" frames nailed together (just cut from a single piece of cedar from the fencing section at Lowe's).
So here you go, the "before" picture.
Home Opener
Due to popular demand of two people (well, one really, but another one on behalf of that one), this blog has been created for my creative explosions (or implosions), for posterity, encouragement and sanity.
This is just the journey of a housewife, a new home, and a lot of free time and bare walls to cover.
And....GO!
This is just the journey of a housewife, a new home, and a lot of free time and bare walls to cover.
And....GO!
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