the one filled with shameless giveaway plugs... and another wax collage...

It being White Wednesday and all I thought I'd show one last wax collage. This one is titled Dear
Iva. I imagined that during this company picnic two women bonded and shared stories of love and life. The postcard at the bottom is one I found and instead of using the front of the card I loved the letter on the back and wanted it to show. The clock shows that their friendship stood the test of time. If you look closely at this photo you can see that when you use wax to collage it makes the paper somewhat transparent. If you don't want this to happen simply photocopy the paper you want to use or try putting a piece of plain white paper behind it.

See you can still see the music paper behind the photo. Just look at this little girl with her dog. Oh my gosh she is so cute! I wrapped the outside edge of the canvas in the backside of a vintage tape measure. ( the same one included in my giveaway... shameless plug!!!) I like the texture that the grosgrain ribbon and vintage white buttons adds to the piece, all added with wax.

Here is another example of what blogging and etsy have added to my life... fancy packaging! I know for me when I have received a package that is thoughtfully wrapped, even if I purchased it myself, it feels like a special gift. This is one of my recent sales all ready to be boxed and shipped to its new owner. I love adding a special little touch to my sales. Ofcourse if you win my giveaway I will be Prettying all of the goodies up just for you!! (yup another shameless plug!!) I know, I am truely pathetic!

So after my bird pillow, I tried Jeanines trick of running the fabric through the printer and I gotta say I LOVE IT! The results are close to screenprinting and so the kids and I were playing around with it this weekend. John and Cam were looking up bands they like and making patches of their logos and Danielle made an image to add to a journal she is making.

I love when they get as excited about a new art form as I do! These are two that I copied off so that I could turn them into pillows but alas my sewing machine died this weekend and when I took it to the quilt shop in town to have it fixed our local fix-it man informed me that it would cost as much to fix as to buy a new one. I have no idea what I did to it but now I'm on the lookout for a replacement. I need a machine, I feel like every new idea and all of the home decor stuff I want to do needs to be sewn. ofcourse. :(

So as not to end on a sour note... Look at these amazing sheep from Graphics Fairy! They need to be a pillow!

I'm linking this up to http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/ and to The Boardwalk Bragfest thank you girls for the fun parties!

If you haven't entered my giveaway yet come on over and see what your missing! (3 plugs in one post, can you believe it?)

Thanks for stopping by, Theresa xoxo