I’ve been insanely busy lately, but I took some time I didn’t have to make this piece. The minute I saw it, I desperately needed to use the end of a receipt spool as a stamp. It looked like a flower center, so I doodled on some flowers, added a vintage button to one of them and made my little bird. The background and the bird use an assortment of acrylic and watercolor paints and the flowers are colored in with crayons and gel pens.
This Styrofoam block printing tutorial by Lisa Vollrath is so cool. I don’t have Styrofoam plates because they’re bad for the environment, but I’m going to see if anyone else in the family has a few I can have. Such a neat way to create faux lino prints!
I can’t wait until I get this last big writing job done. This week, I wrap it up and work six days for people vacationing at the library. Next week, I am back to my normal schedule and can finish up some swaps. Hooray!
So, I’m thinking that the basic page was pretty blah. I may do this, instead. You get to see two versions of the technique and I get to make the pages pretty. Think I’m going to be sorry by page one hundred??
Corduroy Paint Technique
Basically, you paint on a color, let it dry, paint on a second color (or textured paint in the same color) and comb through it to form the stripes.
Can you believe I found this precious children’s FireKing mug for 50 cents? I absolutely adore the sweet little prayer and the charming illustration. Who wouldn’t want to drink a nice glass of milk when they could be using this mug? I found a few other things, too. The bowl from a washbasin set that matches my kitchen stuff nicely, a few very vintage tins and a nice little corner shelf.
You wouldn’t believe the stuff at the thrift store today! My mom was with me, so I convinced her to pay for the stuff I got so we could qualify for what we like to call the “Wisdom Discount” instead of the senior citizen discount. I got all of this neat Fire King and Pyrex stuff for the kitchen.
I’ve added some more vintage images to the blog. I can’t believe how bad they smell in person. I practically went through an entire box of tissues with all the sneezing and sniffing from the mildew. I’ll keep scanning over the next few weeks, so be sure to check back if you love these old cabinet card photos.
I made this Easter pillow from a felted wool blanket and barely had it stitched before someone made off with it. You can see his little hand hovering in the photo, ready to scoop it up as soon as I press the button on my camera. There goes my resolution to be all ready for Easter early! If I get some more done and can hide them fast enough, I will put them in my Etsy shop.
So, here are the adorable cards I promised to show you. There were about 50 more, but these are my favorite and I didn’t think you’d want to wade through all 50 some, even if they are the sweetest things you ever saw.
Oh, and before I forget again - I’ve had some teacup ideas, but they only involve the handles. I’m using one on an altered book cover as a way to open it - I’ll get the picture up sometime. Then I started thinking how neat they’d be as handles on a kitchen cupboard. I have a vintage cupboard I want to use them on, but it is in someone’s basement and I’ve got to wait a few days to get it!
I just looked at the last post I made and I’m hanging my head in shame. How could it be that long since I’ve updated my personal blog? I think it is because I’ve been throwing stuff up on Stamping Mad that should have been here, like the adorable magnetic board I just finished. I’ll try to do better.
I just bought the loveliest little 1940’s scrapbook because I adore the cover (Scotties are my thing, since I have my sweet Sophie) and opened it up. Oh my, aren’t the cards fantastic! I’ll scan some and show them to you soon. I thought I’d get them done today, but there is so much to do for back to school. Maybe tonight.
