Helping

I sometimes wonder if there is such a thing as kismet or is it just co-incidence? Are there 2 people in the world thinking,doing or saying the same thing at the exact same time? We'll today I realized that it is absolutely possible for 2 people to be thinking the same thing at the same moment....

The scenario starts like this... My kids & I are walking into mcDonalds tonight & we see a young man sitting by the front door counting his money - he didn't ask for anything but you could tell he was counting his change for something to eat.

As I waited to pay for my food - the lady before me grabbed a cup & walked it to the guy outside....as she came back in I asked her if she bought him a meal? And she said yes...great see there both of us were on the same page - feeling for the guy & making sure he would eat! Not knowing each other but both of us being aware & wanting to be kind to someone less fortunate! Co-incidence????

Being totally truthful - I sure hope there were others thinking the same thing & ready to act on those thoughts! I hope!

Here's wishing more people are acting on their kindness...& helping!

xo
Tina

Painting 101

I am not a paid artist in the sense that I get paid for giving lessons however, I do paint & create often and I DO sell my stuff and do make money on it. With that said I wanted to share my way of painting - I start alot of my collages this way and just went on this amazing binge---on INSPIRATIONAL paintings... so here is where you start:

grab some large canvases then grab your paint colors - choose and stick with what you like, I love robins egg blue  so I painted on some turquoise blue then added some white in the center...sort of dry brushed it which means a paintbrush with very little paint on it...get it dry brushing

 

Here is another beginning shot of adding paint to the canvas.

Here I just sort of squirted the paint onto the canvas no real pattern.

 

 

 
 

This piece here I added several paint colors in like a pattern --then I used my paintbrush and painted in a diagonal direction to blend the colors - together.

On this piece I added some bits of paper with some Modge Podge. Then added some paint in different areas of the canvas.



 

On this piece below I added yellow paint then dry brushed some white paint across the whole piece to mute the yellow a bit and I got some bubble wrap and added paint to one part (in a comntrasting color) then layed the bubbles over a corner of the dried paint then pressed and quick and easy texture was added...

 

 

I added some fun pinks and red paints and added some letter stickers to the center of the canvas then painted around them then I removed the letters and a quick and easy canvas for my mantel.

 

Here is a smaller canvas I made with the same methods as above...those circles you see there I just used the paint caps - dabbed some paint in white to the edge of the caps then pressed them onto the canvas

 

This canvas below was the red, white & pink canvas from above... I added some white scallops at the top then used a black graphite pencil to add depth to the sides and to the scallops.

 

 On the canvas below you will see the end result which started off with the large robins egg blue background canvas from up top



 

A bit of advice if you are planning on adding a saying then paint 1 solid color first on the whole canvas then wait for it to dry then add your stickers over it then paint over it till your hearts content.  Once done or at least to a stopping point  peel off the stickers. Then add your white accents and go over it all with black charcoal pencil and SMUDGE!

 

See what fun painting is and there are NO rules - you just add paint and scrape some off then add more and some paper - use stuff around the house to add texture to the canvas.

 

Have fun with it!!!

 

I am linking this up to the following parties:

 

sumos sweet stuff

craft-o-maniac

handmade Tuesdays

one project at a time

too cute Tuesday

show me what you got

the creative spark

wicked good Wednesday

whatever goes Wednesday

a creative princess

 

 

 

 

 

 

Playing with TAPE

Boy this is a slow start to the new year and my plan for blogging more...but I just don't feel it - I guess to be totally honest --- I have decided to blog when I have something to share - to share things I think others could do and benefit from. I don't want to feel obligated or pressured. It's part of my New Years "GOALS" to LIVE for now - to NOT stress about the little stuff. To do what I like to do and share it when I do. Easy Breezy

ok back to crafting:

So I have 2 girls and they love to wear their hair in all different ways - sometimes up - sometimes down, sometimes braids sometimes pig tails...if you have girls you feel my pain :)

I recently found some cute hair bows at a craft show and decided to try them myself...so I went out and bought some fun DUCT TAPE...did you know that it comes in a TON of amazing colors and patterns??? Who knew....so I went a little crazy and got about 6 rolls

 

I mixed up the different tapes and created a bunch of matching but NOT bows...that my girls can wear together or wear them separately.

 

So here is the HOW---

tear or cut off about 6 inches of tape - then fold it in half so you'll end up with a 3 inch bow - cut it larger of you want a bigger bow. then cut a small piece of tape just the width of the ribbon and about 1/2 inch that'll be your wrapped center and where the bobby pin will push through and attach to the hair.

 

I usually scrunch the bow in my fingers to get the look of the bow I want then wrap the middle with the cut piece of tape (in a different pattern)

 

Not a hard thing to do and imagine the variations

Your girls will be the coolest and hippest little chicks out there. At least I think mine are.

 

hey and if you use a 40% coupon then you can get a roll of tape for about 3.00 not bad...eh!

 

I will be linking this up to the following parties:

 

make it pretty Monday

market yourself Monday

masterpiece Monday

made by you Monday

one project at a time

too cute Tuesday

from dream to reality

 

have a great week

 

tina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let's Scrap

One of my goals this year is to scrapbook more - and more meaningful layouts - not playing catch-up on years past but on the NOW...after all everyone should be living in the NOW.



 

Here is my first scrapbook layout for 2013

 

 

I used 12 x 12 sheet of paper - by Sassafrass Lass

made my own embellishments

 

Here is a total shot of my layout.

 

I used some plain card stock and added my title and then my journaling along with some star stamped images and some of my homemade punched embellishments.

 

Here is another view of the whole page.

 

I used some fun banner stickers to add a small detail in the top corner. My journaling is about us visiting the BEACH the day after Thanksgiving and while the sun felt hot the weather was breezy and the water was cold and my three kids played in the water for a few hours without complaining.

 

I swear that after buying those boogie boards in October and going to the beach a few times since then - they will NOT get out of the water - all they NEEDED was those dang boogie boards...note to self the more play toys they have the MORE they play - duh,...

 

Here's wishing you are getting a good start on your New Years GOALS

 

xo

tina

 

 

 

Happy New Year -the WORD

Well, here it is a Brand Spankin' New Year - time for fresh starts and new GOALS to make and new Adventures to have...I feel good about this YEAR - 2013....I am excited. I have some plans and some new Ventures to jump into. Can't wait.

First order of business --- my WORD for the year

 I decided to go with the word MORE ----

love MORE, play MORE, give MORE, do MORE,

be MORE, try MORE,

do you see how great the WORD could be? Excited -- really - this is going to be a good year.

 

Can you feel it?

 

 

Here's wishing you the very best for the New Year and a year filled with true happiness.

 

xo

tina