Southern Magnolia

Back at the Bottle and Brush. This was harder than I thought. Just because of the limited color and shading. We only had white, brown, gold, rust and blue-green.

The background...


Rough in the petals...


and the leaves...


Got so involved that I forgot the camera.

Good Grief

9:30a Let me preface by saying I have only been up an hour or so. Watched a little bit of A&E...with a "Horders" commercial. So inspired, I hopped up and decided to clean out a kitchen cupboard. First, a bit of caffeine. We only had regular coke (left over from the visit this week). So I poured some and it fizzed. I lightly capped to bottle and waited for my cup to defizz. In the meantime, I started pulling stuff out of the overhead cabinet. And yes, knocked the 2 liter of Coke onto the floor. There the top popped off and it thoroughly exploded and fizzed everywhere! Good grief. I mopped three times...and I think it is still a little sticky. Or maybe it is my feet that are sticky now. And everytime I walk into the kitchen, I see where more Coke it stuck to a cabinet or wall. I think I will take a shower and go back to bed. Maybe tomorrow will be better...

My New Love

Thanks to Sharika, I have a new love: Pinterest. I have attempted several of the projects...with varying success. I took some pictures that I shot in the Denver area and printed them on regular paper. Then modgepodged them onto a canvas. Finished with ribbon trim. When grouped together, I think they will look really good.

Craft - 1

Thanks to J who made me go to craft night at Willowbrook. I seriously needed the distraction, after the rotten day I had.

It was really easy. Paint the $1 Michaels frame. Modgepodge and cover with scrapbooking paper. She burnished the edges with a drimmel. Paint embellishments. Hot glue it all together.