Hello everyone......
Just wanted to let you know that we are really hoping we will be able to get more pledges for our Kickstarter project!! There are only 10 days left and we've only had 7 people support our wonderful art project on Kickstarter! In case you haven't heard of Kickstarter, it is the largest funding platform for artists on the internet. Artists (of any kind) think of a creative project, offer rewards or gifts and people pledge to the project and receive the gifts the artist is offering. It's a great idea because everyone receives something. We are offering lots of our wonderful art in our project, so hope you will all visit. Here is the link:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/natureartists/artist-couple-create-amazing-house-from-nature
Our project will be over December 13th, so it would be wonderful to have more backers to our project before our deadline is over. We are offering our movie "The Enchanted Treehouse", prints of our artwork, cards, a CD slide show of our art, actual art.....fairy houses and furniture, paintings, sculptures, etc. Many incredible, unique works of art are available!!
See the video clip in the following post which tells more about our project (it's a cute video, too). Would love to hear from you with your comments about our project......
Debbie and Mike
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Friday, December 2, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
EXCITING NEWS!! Our beautiful art is on Kickstarter!
My husband and I are so excited!! We have a "Kickstarter" project going on right now! (Until December 13th). Kickstarter is the largest online fundraising site for artists and it's amazing how many great projects there are on it. Our project is about our art and we are offering so many wonderful "rewards" for people. I hope you'll visit our project and help support our art. We really would love to have more people see our beautiful creations! Here is the link to our Kickstarter project:
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Grey Willow + Giveaway!
I want to thank everyone for your kind comments on my stool and mirror makeover. You are the best!
If you haven't entered the giveaway you can enter here for a $80.00 CSN gift certificate. Entries are accepted until 8/24/10.
I previously posted about turning my plain brown and white painted willow pieces into the new modern grey willow. If you missed the post about my Tuscan breakfast and willow transformation you can see it here .
This is a really easy and quick process and the results are fabulous. I have found that it does work better on willow than rattan or wicker, though I have been happy with all the results.
For this project you need light grey craft paint and a brown glaze . I use Ralph Lauren Smoke glaze for everything and love it. First, dry brush the grey paint randomly over the piece. You do not want to entirely cover the willow or it will look like you just painted it. While the paint is still wet apply the glaze randomly. Do not wipe glaze off unless you feel you have applied too much. Once the paint dried I took sandpaper and lightly sanded haphazardly to expose some of the natural color. Below are before and after pictures of candle holders.
I used the same process on the food cover and tray. These pieces were lightly spray painted white when I purchased them. If you like the lighter grey look you could spray paint your piece white before adding the grey paint and glaze.
I have transformed a number of pieces which I will show you when I post pictures of the party I am hosting in a couple of days. Thank you so much for visiting!
I am joining the parties at:
My Romantic Home
Shoe String Decorating
Dipity Road
Between Naps On The Porch
Silly Little Sparrow
The Brambleberry Cottage
Life As Lori
Somewhat Simple
If you haven't entered the giveaway you can enter here for a $80.00 CSN gift certificate. Entries are accepted until 8/24/10.
I previously posted about turning my plain brown and white painted willow pieces into the new modern grey willow. If you missed the post about my Tuscan breakfast and willow transformation you can see it here .
This is a really easy and quick process and the results are fabulous. I have found that it does work better on willow than rattan or wicker, though I have been happy with all the results.
For this project you need light grey craft paint and a brown glaze . I use Ralph Lauren Smoke glaze for everything and love it. First, dry brush the grey paint randomly over the piece. You do not want to entirely cover the willow or it will look like you just painted it. While the paint is still wet apply the glaze randomly. Do not wipe glaze off unless you feel you have applied too much. Once the paint dried I took sandpaper and lightly sanded haphazardly to expose some of the natural color. Below are before and after pictures of candle holders.
I have transformed a number of pieces which I will show you when I post pictures of the party I am hosting in a couple of days. Thank you so much for visiting!
I am joining the parties at:
My Romantic Home
Shoe String Decorating
Dipity Road
Between Naps On The Porch
Silly Little Sparrow
The Brambleberry Cottage
Life As Lori
Somewhat Simple
Monday, March 8, 2010
Transforming a silver meat dome
First I must make a disclaimer that this is not a thrifty project. Sorry about that gals but I love this so much I still had to include it. If you are handy and have the right tools this project could be done without breaking the bank.
We have all seen these vintage silver meat domes and if you are like me I really, really wanted one. They can be pretty expensive, a lot more than I normally spend on accessories. In good condition the silver plated domes can cost up to $300 or more. I found a cheaper option.
The key here is finding a dome with some damage to one side. You can occasionally find these on ebay or in antique shops. I have seen large damaged domes for as cheap as $50.00. Take the dome to a metal shop, or if you have the right equipment you can do it yourself, and have the dome cut in half. Leave the handle attached on the undamaged side of the dome. The metal shop can spot weld a piece of metal to the back and drill holes for hanging. This makes a vase out of the dome. You can also have them add a metal piece to the top for a shelf. To save money you could also leave the dome backless and spot weld hangers to the top.
I left my dome as a vase so it could be more versatile. I just added the transferware platter above using a plate hanger. You can sell the damaged part of the dome for the silver content as scrap to recoup some of the cost. I hope this inspires you to look at damaged objects differently and know that they can be turned into something beautiful.
A very special thank you goes out to Regan at A Day In The Life... for her generous giveaway. I was the lucky winner of these wonderful candlesticks. If you haven't visited A Day In The Life please drop by this wonderful blog and tell Regan I sent you.
We have all seen these vintage silver meat domes and if you are like me I really, really wanted one. They can be pretty expensive, a lot more than I normally spend on accessories. In good condition the silver plated domes can cost up to $300 or more. I found a cheaper option.
Finished project
Any metal will work to create the back.
Inside of dome.
The key here is finding a dome with some damage to one side. You can occasionally find these on ebay or in antique shops. I have seen large damaged domes for as cheap as $50.00. Take the dome to a metal shop, or if you have the right equipment you can do it yourself, and have the dome cut in half. Leave the handle attached on the undamaged side of the dome. The metal shop can spot weld a piece of metal to the back and drill holes for hanging. This makes a vase out of the dome. You can also have them add a metal piece to the top for a shelf. To save money you could also leave the dome backless and spot weld hangers to the top.
I left my dome as a vase so it could be more versatile. I just added the transferware platter above using a plate hanger. You can sell the damaged part of the dome for the silver content as scrap to recoup some of the cost. I hope this inspires you to look at damaged objects differently and know that they can be turned into something beautiful.
A very special thank you goes out to Regan at A Day In The Life... for her generous giveaway. I was the lucky winner of these wonderful candlesticks. If you haven't visited A Day In The Life please drop by this wonderful blog and tell Regan I sent you.
Thanks again Reagan!
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