Well, the panting didn't become a bag or pillow.

 I ended up cutting out the woman and adhered her to foam, then glued her to the background. 

I used the frame that the canvas was wrapped around and attached yard sticks cut to fit and made a bench from them as well.

I gave her jewelry and some bird friends, oh and a crown of roses.

I made the flaming heat out of a sheet of Shrinky Dink. I cut it out, painted it and shrunk it, placing it on a fork before it cooled off to shape it. The fork was then twisted and shaped for the flames and placed onto a piece of foam painted gold. I wrapped some wire and a key around it just for fun.

Guess what? 

I won the Judges First Place Award AND some one bought her.

I named her Rita.

Now on to the next art project...small art for the OSLP program fundraiser. 

Also a Gypsy picture swap with some friends.

I love to make stuff

Hi! I am back again.

I have joined into an art challenge here that is kind of fun and crazy for me.

I have to take a painting done by someone else and make updated art with it.

from the website:

St. Vincent de Paul, in collaboration with MECCA, offers a unique opportunity to look at salvaged materials in a new way and raise awareness of creative re-use. We’re looking for professional and amateur artists, reuse crafters and youth artists to create art, starting with an existing piece from St. Vincent de Paul’s discard collection.

She's 30"x 18". She will either become a pillow, a shopping bag or a box. 

I've added a necklace and earrings. I might add flowers to her hair.

Anyway, when I finish, I will post more!

Eat!

Opal didn't like leftovers.

When I was young, she would tell us kids to eat all our food or there would be rain the next day and we couldn't go out to play. That reasoning kind of didn't work when in 70's California we were having a drought,

so it changed to

The Chinese believe that leftovers are warmed over death.

Strangely, that one worked...especially when she ordered Chinese food from Ernie's Kitchen.

On a side note, the delivery guy drove a Volkswagon bug when he delivered. I have always loved bugs...maybe that's why.

Happy Valentines Day

Red Tomato

Some tomato art for your crafting from Graphics Fairy  Tomato

Tomatoes, on the farm we had many tomato meals. One of my favorites was a fresh tomato sandwich, straight out of the garden.

Mom would peel the tomato first and if it didn't peel easily, she would drop it in some warm water for a few minutes then peel it.

A slab of tomato and some mayonnaise on a slice of bread with the occasional slice of red onion was delicious.

As an adult I am terribly allergic to tomatoes. I guess I ate too many!

Red

Mom loved red...everything red... 

 Red clothes

 Red roses

Red fruit, tomatoes, you name it, if it were red she liked it.

She believed that if one had an issue such as a blood disorder, they should eat red foods and put red all over the house so it could help build red in your body. She decorated with reds all over her humble abode.

My mom Opal was a talker and she always had words of wisdom. She passed on in 2009 and this blog is my way of remembering what my mom said. 

I can remember her telling me to be me, not who others wanted me to be.

As you can see from the photo above, she never let anyone tell her what to do and she was bright and full of life. Me? I was a tomboy who didn't want to stand out.

Some of what she told me was silly, some crazy and of course there were serious talks. 
I think this will be fun.

Toodles.