For the home

How to Make a Mural

| For the home, Tutorial

Welcome to Far, Far Away Week! – a week devoted to projects inspired by Heather Ross‘ beautiful Far, Far Away fabrics.  Here’s the first project – a mural for your wall!  I chose to paint the owl and the pussycat in their cute little row boat under the moon.  The original fabric looks like this, […] Read more…

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A New Toy (for Me)!

| Apparel, For the home, Uncategorized

I recently got a serger.  (Yay!)  A Brother 1034D to be exact. I’ve never had a serger and never before used one.  Needless to say, I was a little nervous (but obviously, very excited) to use one.  It sat in the box for about a week while I read the manual over and over again.  […] Read more…

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For my husband

| For the home, Life, Photography, Techniques

I loved this picture when I first saw it.  It’s of my husband, his brothers and their father when he was younger.  I wanted to do something special with it.  I used gel medium and affixed the image to it (see how to do it here).  After removing the paper, I sanded it to age […] Read more…

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New Old Art

| For the home, Photography, Techniques

So here’s a little something I’ve been working on for quite a while.  I had this beautiful photo of my kids at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts sitting on a bench admiring some paintings. I took the photo and transferred the image to a canvas using gel medium (see this great tutorial, for instructions on […] Read more…

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