I did get to walk to a garage sale around the corner from our house, and I met a nice old man who goes to the Nazarene church by us. I was wearing a PLNU t-shirt, which sparked our conversation (He asked if I went to "The Naz," which people call MVNU around here; that still sounds so funny to me). Anyhow, I bought from him a milk glass bowl and a pair of brass candlesticks. Also, my birthday present (to myself) came in the mail!
My attempt at a chiaroscuro still life :) |
For my morning project I decided that instead of working on a bench, I would finally re-do the lamp shades in our living room, which I have been thinking are a little too formal.
My plan was to re-cover them with some fabric, and I decided it would be fun to try to print my own, and this is where I went totally wrong. I couldn't decide on a pattern, and once I did, I realized it would take me way too long to paint it by hand. So I settled on a simpler pattern and tried a little make-shift stencil printing with some contact paper I had. The result was so depressing to me that I had to throw it away. Here's a picture I took mid-print:
So I cleaned up and set to work on my thesis, which I really should have been doing in the first place. Oh well.
To restore some inspiration, I decided to cut some sweet peas for my desk.
Sunflowers in our neighbor's yard |
The leaves on this bush are ready for fall! |
I'm pretty sure these last three are weeds, but I still like them. :)
And I also saw this little guy was crawling up our window:
I found the 'craft fail' blog one day and I was cracking up -- I highly recommend it as it made me feel much better about some of my own recent 'craft-tastrophes'. :)
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Thanks, Erin! That was hilarious - I was laughing out loud at the cookie monster cupcake fail.
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