Project decorate

First, I must tell you, I have debated in my head a couple times as to whether I post this on this blog or on my other one. I decided to put it here because it is stuff that I am doing. The other one is reminders for me of crafts that I like and would hope to try out. There, I said it. :-)

I got this mirror from my mom. It was from the back of an old powder table/desk/I don't even know. This sucker is HEAVY! Well, I decided to take it apart and scrap old paint off the mirror and really give it a good cleaning. I sanded the frame (which to my surprise is plastic, not the wood that I was thinking it would be) and repainted it black. I even did the insides so that you could only see black from the inside reflection of the frame.
Here it is in it's BEFORE state. Nothing special, just a plain 'ole white mirror.

Here is the mirror right after I took it all apart. And there is Mason staring up at me!

I went into a decorating frenzy yesterday. I decided to go to Walmart and get some pics to put up on the wall and find, well, whatever I found. So that is a work in progress, along with this mirror. I wanted to wait to post everything when it's all done. So you'll have to stay tuned for the outcome of the mirror! Sorry...I know you will all be waiting in anticipation for that post to come... ha! :-)

Art project!

On a whim, I went to Michaels the other day to find some wedding stuff. While I did find a whole lot of wedding stuff (and believe me, a WHOLE LOT...we're going back there to stock up on some essentials needed for the wedding) I also found some other things that interested me. Actually, if I was allowed, I could spend plenty of money in that store, but that's not the point here.



I (actually we...meaning R and I) have always wanted to get some canvases and just paint the day away. In our 'dream' we would have had wonderful pictures to paint and they would be SO good that we could hang them up in our apartment as nice decor.



Well when it came down to it, we had no idea what to draw. Not to mention, I bought water colors instead of oil paint (to go along with the canvases that I got). So we had some good 'ole fashion painting fun! With drawing paper and water colors.



And I still decided to hang a few up...for now at least.

Pop some popcorn and relax. There are quite a few pics!

Our array of brushes.

My Mister is such a sweetheart, he always goes along with my blog pictures. Blessed heart :-)

I know, they are great aren't they?! They should totally be in some art gallery somewhere, right?!

This is my polka dot collection. Some day we'll be rich and famous from this collection, making millions on my polka dot paintings.

I really can draw and paint most of the time. I just need direction in doing so. I need someone to tell me what to draw and, if I can toot my own horn, I can do it pretty well. Hope you enjoyed!