Sheet Music Daffodils - WOYWW 205

I will apologize in advance for not having a finished product to show you!  But I will share with you my new project which is creating gift bags using a purchased bag from the dollar store (Dollar Tree here in the States) and using one of my handpainted pieces of sheet music as the embellishment!  Of course,,,I love to go through my junk jewelry stash and will probably add a piece of bling or two as well.

(I can see I need to fiddle with my camera and take better photos in the future, so sorry). 
Also on my work desk is a little mermaid I painted ! She will go on a Happy Birthday sign for my little great-niece to hang at her Mermaid Party on Saturday!

While on the patio this morning doing my photographing, I decided to take a few extra photos to share with you.  Things blooming at my house!  The yellow blossoms are on an Esperanza bush planted in a pot. For those of you who don't know Spanish,,this means "Hope"!  Also blooming is a fabulous Amaryllis.  They usually bloom in pots inside the house around the Christmas holidays! But here in Texas they might bloom twice in one year!  Yea!

So, Happy Wednesday to you all and please feel free to hop over to Julia's and see what others around the world have on their work desks!  Just click HERE!

More Warrenton,Texas - Happy Blue Monday

Happy Blue Monday to y'all!  So much fun was had at  Warrenton, Texas the last part of March I just had to share a few more pics with all of you.

 Here is yours truly posing beside this vintage Chevy pick up truck.  Two guys were trucking around Warrenton and Round Top on that particular day.  They stopped to get gas and I jumped in front of the camera!

This polite "heirloom" of a  gentleman was all too happy to pose for the camera with his blue watering can!

To see other blogs featuring blue on this Blue Monday just stop over at Smiling Sally's and click HERE!  Have a great week !

Keepsake Box for the Bride - WOYWW 204

A keepsake box for the bride is on my work desk today.  It must be finished by tomorrow so I can present it to the bride or at least take it to her mother's house!  The wedding is Saturday! 

I started with a purchased box and painted the sides with acrylic paint and covered the lid with burlap. A friend gave me these fabulous spools of lace and I chose the darker one as a background for the lid.

Then I made several roses from various textures including burlap, wired paper ribbon, gauze, and silk sari ribbon.

Then I began gluing the bits and pieces of lace, vintage doilies, and vintage lilies of the valley around on the lid.

Finished!  To see what others are doing around the globe and to see what might be on their work desks just click HERE!

Texas Coast-Life is Good - Blue Monday

The sun is trying to peek through the clouds this morning here in Central Texas!  I'm having my eyes dialated and examined today so I hope it doesn't shine too brightly! Ouch!

Another photo of a collaborative effort by the Beach Artists on our recent retreat to the Texas Coast.  The name of the beach house where we stayed was "Life is Good"! So, we created a collage to leave there for others to enjoy when they stay at the house!

Hope you all have a fabulous Blue Monday! To see what others are doing hop on over to Sally's blog HERE!

Texas Coast Art Retreat - WOYWW 203

Good morning ALL! It's a chilly spring day in Central Texas with the wind blowing from the north! Yesterday we had sunny skies and 80 degrees!  Gotta love me some Texas!
Here's what's on my work desk today!
 Last week I returned from a fabulous art retreat with friends.  We traveled to the Texas Coast where we also had some blustery winds but nice sunshine.  Below you will see a few fun pics of our adventures. We created art journals, beach bracelets, combed the beach and ate some delicious food!  Oh my goodness,,,these gals are so much fun to hang around with!  You can call us, Sister Pat, Sassy, Queen Mary, Princess Ann, Spring Chick and Fern!

And the wind blew and blew! Sassy taught us some creative art journaling techniques!

A page from my journal! 

 Sister Pat taught us how to make beach bracelets from beverage koozies cut in rings.To see more of these fab bracelets go to Sister Pat's blog http://www.patlangley.blogspot.com/2013/04/making-beach-bracelet.html

Artists hard at work at the kitchen work table. (You will see the koozies already cut up into rings for bracelets.)

More pages from my unfinished journal!  The shell and bucket images came from a beautiful napkin.The "fencing" is a piece of burlap! My plan is to add some photos later.

Abandoned beach house (not where we stayed, thank goodness) claimed by the sea!  Pretty creepy.  See the scarf flying from the railing?  Damsel in distress?

Queen Mary shared yoga knowledge, Princess Ann shared her birding and travel adventures, and Spring Chick shared her photography/camera tips!  And Fern, aka yours truly,,,,well,, Fern made a failed attempt to show the group how to make a beaded wrap beach bracelet. More on that later!

And a great time was had by all!

To see more of what others are doing around the globe, check out Julia's blog HERE!

In the meantime, have a wonderful week and keep creating! Yeah!

Paint Over - WOYWW 201

Happy Wednesday y'all! This is what's going on this cloudy, cool (come on rain) day in Central Texas. You might remember a couple of weeks ago I shared the beginning of a paint over project. Today I added a few touches and will show you the work in progress. As you can see....not much progress has been made on this creation. I have had some fabulous distractions though!

I'm thinking the scrubbed area of red on her head should develop into some type of turban or bird or flowers! What do you think?
Meanwhile back at the ranch...Fritz and Frieda have been having a grand old time riding around in the pasture looking at the wildlife, watching hawks and Mexican buzzards/eagles, and enjoying spring time in Texas. Everything is turning GREEN! YES!

Thank you for visiting my blog and while you are here, please feel free to view some of my previous posts.

Also, please take time to visit HERE and see what others are doing around the globe!
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Junkin' in Texas - WOYWW - Wednesday 200

Nothin' better than junkin' in Texas on a sunny spring day and finding lots of junky beads and broken jewelry to recycle or upcycle! Now that's what I call livin'!  Got to travel with some of my fellow junkers last Friday to Warrenton, Tx!  Our first stop was at County Line corner where our friend, Farita, always has trays of broken and junk jewelry for us to paw through.  We can fill a zip lock bag for $5!  And we did just that!  WOW!

So, my friends, that is what is on my work desk this murky, dreary, rainy Wednesday in Central Texas! (Although we certainly welcome the much needed rain, since the drought is about to kill us down here!)

O.K....so here is a peek at a portion of my work desk (April Fools...it's my computer desk...I'm still not brave enough to show you my REAL work desk.)

 Lucious junk beads and broken jewelry!  YES!

 My colorful stash of silk sari remnants to use  with my new junk beads in making my wrap bracelets! Can't wait to get started!

More cool stuff at Warrenton!

This booth in Warrenton called "Stash"  was so darling and decorated so uniquely.  The young couple was from Cleveland, Ohio!

To see what other people are creating around the globe just click HERE!  In the meantime, have a fabulous week.

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