Archive for Artsy
Neat Thrift Store Find
Check out this James Dean picture that Jules and I found at a local thrift store (St. Vincent De Paul in Westboro- if you’re in Ottawa, check it out!)
It’s actually pretty big, about 16×20 and wood mounted. And it was only $2.00!!
We were really excited because it fits right in with our Marilyn Monroe wood mounted pictures
Bucket Skirt and Matching Collar for Gracie
Here is a fun little project I did a few months ago.
I took a reversable bucket hat (that I had in my closet for many years!) and made it into a skirt for Gracie!
I separated the two sides and made them into the floral layer and solid pink layer shown. I frayed the edges on the solid pink layer and added a cute polka dot band around the waist (made from a super cute shoelace!) It’s fastened with Velcro
I also used a shoelace from the same package to cover one of her old collars to match with the skirt!
The skirt is slipping down a little in this picture, I altered it a bit afterwards so that it was a little tighter for her
Fun with salt dough!
I was looking for something to do and stumbled on this salt dough recipe on craftbits.com. Soooo simple! And the creative possibilities are endless! I made some basic shapes, picked up some unfinished wood shadow boxes from the dollar store and then pained everything with with acrylic paint. Annndddd Voila!!
The salt dough shapes after coming out of the oven:
Unpainted shadow box from the Dollarama! ONE DOLLA ONLY! lol!
In the middle of the painting process:
Finished Products:
Gordon
Gracie
Gordon and Gracie with the sweetest Boston poem I found on the Woof board!
Gracie and Gordon again
The finished products on the wall in our hallway!
(The water pictures will be replaced as they don’t really match lol!!)















