Today the Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show is ANYTHING GOES!!!! WOW... and I just finished my special little house... I have been working on this little house for a long time... adding little things that I wanted to put into this project... Collecting things over the years and also adding some things from present time... they are all special to me... and this way I can view this house and bring those memories to my mind NOW... I love this house... right down to my favorite number 6...
It all started when I was a little girl and saw a knick knack shelf at one of my parents friends houses... I loved all the little special things that were on the shelves... so I started to collect little tiny things from places that we visited and started to put them all onto a small shelf... The little blue dog was given to me by the lady whose shelves I started this collection from... she gave that little dog to me a long time ago... she just recently passed away at the age of 96... she was a very special person...
And over the years I have collected quite a few things... some of course would not fit into the tiny little boxes of this configuration box by Tim Holtz which I love to make and enjoy them all over my house... so much fun...
I have also added some things that I wanted to put into this collection.. such as a few more snails that I have collected over the years... and also was given by friends... a wish bone from one of our chickens... but this is to represent all the wish bones that my brother and I use to play with to see whose wish would come true... LOL... do you remember all those funny things you did as a child...????
These little birds I bought up in Cape Cod one summer ... and was going to put them onto a pocket book... but never got around to it.. I was about 10 when I bought them... My crafting ideas started a LONG time ago in my life... As you can see I have added some things like paper flowers that I made using a TH template... and also leaves from Pretties by Bonnie
The little blue heart I painted years ago when I had gotten into painting on wood... and I had saved a few tiny pieces as memories... this is one of them.. .I painted anything that was wooden... I would spend hours making one little tiny painting... as this one... adding little strokes to a wing etc..
Always a special treat to eyes... I gave most items away over the years ... and when we moved I gave all the large away... so I only have a few memories of them..... but I would not be able to move in my house if I didn't share with others... LOL... Know that most of us are like that too...
I wanted to make a little closet in the house... as every house has a closet.. I wanted to put the memory of collecting bugs and putting them into jars to study them... I use to love to collect lightening bugs and put them into my room as a 'night light' during a hot summers night... only to find out that they were all dead in the morning... so I stopped doing that.. as I didnt' want to hurt little ones...
So this is a memory and also a tribute to all the little ones that took away from their natural habitat...
I had fun making this section of the house too...
I had bought some little tiny buttons about 5 years ago... and finally found a good home for them.. they actually fit into one of these little bottles!!!! I won the little spools from a challenge on Simon Says Stamp and Show... as the store there is WONDERFUL to shop in... so many things that you don't see anywhere else!!! Take a look and see all the great findings in this store!!! This little cubby is to represent the hours I spent trying to sew as a child... of course now I love to sew and wish I had more time in my schedule to sew... I should just take the time and do it...
The drawers of course are little boxes turned side ways... and little TH knobs put onto them... I love it... as I have some special things in them... one drawer has birthday candles from our daughters birthday... and some sheeps wool from a recent trip to a sheep farm... and also some lace from an old dress... Everything in this has a memory to it...
If you have not made one of this configuration boxes you should think about making one... they are fun, a challenge in themselves and also make wonderful gifts...
Well we are FINALLY getting a little light rain... I hope we get a heavy rain too... keeping our fingers crossed... our soil is so very dry... this rain we have gotten over night has not even made a dent in the rain needed... please think rain for us...
Have a wonderful day and enjoy creating something special... I am going to be painting on quilt squares all day long... I will share some with you soon...
Thanks for stopping by for a visit... and for all the wonderful comments and messages you send to me... Enjoy your day...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
Happy Monday.... hope that your week-end was a pleasant one... and that you are ready for a fun filled week ahead... no matter what it is ... a FUN filled week is in order... To start the week off... I always do a CHALLENGE that I love... The Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge...
You should check out all the GREAT work there this week... it is all very unique and so very different... each member of the DT has done an outstanding creation... love them all... So I had to do something from my heart like so many of them did...
I spent a lot of my summers at the beach... Since we lived in NJ as I was growing up... we went to the Jersey shore... also to Cape Cod and my mothers maternal family in Maine... so I saw many different types of beaches and the different water fronts created by the ocean... so great... In cape cod you so often saw the beach grasses blowing in the air... and so I wanted to create that feeling... and so the background that I started off with was to give that wispy breeze across your face in the summer as you are standing on the beach... LOVE IT... don't you???
Walking on the beach collecting shells, seeing a sunset as you collect them... or maybe even an early morning stroll on the beach you would see pinks in the skies...
And again I wanted to show that too... Some of these things have gotten lost on the page as it progressed... but they are there in spirit and also under things... LOL...
The name of this page in my Journal is Embrace the Moment and FLY.... as we so often forget to do that when we are enjoying ourselves... reflecting back in time I did forget that at the moment... but certainly have the memories to do so now...
I have the shells that I have collected from all over the eastern sea coast in jars on my hearth. .... year round.... to remind me of the connection to the ocean.. I don't go to the oceans anymore... but can remember the times when we did...
The air was clean, the waters were clean and sands were hot on the feet as you walked in the sand to get to the waters edge... so very GREAT on a summers day.
The sand Pipers on the shore line, trying to get a meal from the little critters digging deeper and deeper to get away from the sand pipers bill and tummy....
I can remember collecting sand dollars in Maine on Bailey's Island... as My great Grandparents house and family lands were all on Orr's Island... if you have ever been there... you have seen my families old general store... the Prince family ran it for years ... and now one of my great uncles daughters has a chowder business in the old store...
I had to get the effect of clouds... as they are so pretty when they are floating over the ocean... the waves hitting the sand and tickling your toes as you reach the water.... Summer Time...
I hope that you feel at this point like we have enjoyed a day at the beach... on our Summer Holiday... which is the theme for this challenge... I have enjoyed it ... that is for sure...
Collect some shells, display them proudly in a special place and remember the Holiday at the Beach forever...
Everytime you feel the breeze in your hair it will bring back that memory to you... so FLY in your everyday world to EMBRACE the Moment...
Have a great day and week... and enjoy it all...
Thanks for stopping here on your daily visits... and see you soon... Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
What a fun thing to create for a book cover!!! I wanted to do a few more of these little plastic tiles for a book cover... this book is only 4X5 and so perfect for what I am doing with it... It is the first little book of my grandsons birth.. I didn't like the first one I did... so I am really redoing it... LOL... not that I dont' have more and other things to do... just wanted to re-do this one...
The cover of the book was purple... which I loved.. but I used Twinkling H20's and covered the purple... then I added alittle strip of My Minds eye paper... adn then a Martha Stewart border ... now that is where I added the GOLD for this project... As on Sunday Stamper we are to add GOLD.... it is there... hope you can see it...
Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week is to create anything other than a card... so this is not a card... that is for sure... and this is perfect for the cover of this sweet little book...
The Tiles are for Grungy Monday... Linda loves doing Tim's Techniques (as do I) and this is a great one. When I first did it, I thought it wouldn't work... but it certainly did... love it... Try this technique... you will love it... a little alcohol ink... a little plastic, and you will have fun... I am going to try this with a sheet of packaging today... I have not done anything really large and want to try it... These pieces were made with three colors of blue and a little green... so it is was a multi colored thing... love blending the inks too... what don't I like??? CLEANING.... LOL... actually I really do like it... but prefer my studio... dont' you???
I used Tapestry stamps as I wanted to create a small design for this small book... and I do love the feeling of it... sort of a small batik design.... Anyway... that is project for today...
Some gals have written asking if I have started my quilting... which I have not at all started... a few set backs... our kids were here for a week... and our son and his family are leaving I think today... so we are just finishing up with our Christmas time together... it has been fun and we all loved all the gifts that we had all made and bought from all over the world... I will share a few later on this week... have to get my life re-situated again... LOL I do know that you all understand that... that is an understatement...
My quilt is waiting for the fabric to arrive... and then it was canceled ... so I am having to find the muslin I want to use again... so am waiting on finding that... it will be a long project for this winter and most likely a years time... you will see the panels on my blog... don't worry about that ... I will share.
Hope that you have a wonderful day... stay safe and happy and remember to enjoy life...
Love, Light and Peace..Bonnie
I just can't seem to wrap my mind around the fact that tonight is New Years Eve... WOW....
Happy New Year
I have had a really wonderful year... and so many happy memories... I have met so many more wonderful friends on line... lost a few too... hope all is okay with them... Sometimes time catches up with us and we have to change our ways... so hopefully they will come back once and a while for a visit...
Our Farm has grown and prospered this year... and things are going smoothly ... love the idea of this way of life. So very grounding... no pun intended... Some of my New Years feelings are that I need to spend more time creating, having friends over, and planting more plants around the farm... around the house and playing in the soil... hopefully I will be able to get these things done this year.
I also have had a wonderful year, winning challenges, and enjoying sharing with all... that is such a wonderful feeling when I get a comment or an e-mail letter from someone that has been inspired to create from something that I have shared... so GREAT... a magical feeling to say the least... I personally love to create and hope that everyone can feel that love when they do too...
Okay... so on with todays blog... I wanted to end the year with some fun type of project... so I made these hat boxes for a guest room in our home... I just love them... I also wanted to enter one more time on Grungy Monday...The challenge this week was to use tissue paper or tape .... soooooo.... as I loved Linda's flowers and had to make some tissue paper flowers from Tim's Musical paper... I created these for my boxes... love that stuff... if you dont' have any yet... make sure you put that on the top of your list for the first of the year... a must have product... great for so many uses...
I used My Minds Eye to cover some the places on the boxes... and then used tissue tape to add some embellishment to the lids... On the top lid, I went a little further, as I covered the entire lid... so I edged the lid with tissue tape...
Making the flowers... oh I think it is my favorite thing to do .... I have bins of flowers in the studio... all ready for a perfect project... but these I had to make especially for this project... as I did use the tissue paper... musical!!! Love it... I made the leaves from some scrap My Minds Eye paper and then used weather wood Distress stain on them to give them a little more color... I wanted to keep the colors very light and demure on these boxes... the room that they will be going in is a light peach and turquoise... so I wanted the 'blue' light... so as not to clash with the turquoises in the room...
Another view of the top... I added some small blossoms made from the tissue also... I used the smallest flower on the Tattered Floral Die ... and just made about 30 little blossoms... each one is 3-4 flowers.. and I used a thin dowel... and a little glue and these little ones were a snap... love the look I got with them... they are so precious... A few pearls and it adds to the shabby chic look.
Of course I had to add a few bows too... so using my seam binding tape, and a little Weathered wood reinker... I had pretty ribbon to play with... made a dozen little bows and started to glue them on...
Oh I forgot to mention the 'vines' I used a spellbinder die for them... but the paper I used started out as always as white card stock... and I 'inked' it... then added some perfect pearl mists... and then a little of this and that... love the delicate look that they give the boxes... of course each 'vine' is a little different color as I did each strip of paper a little bit different... but used the same colors... well sort of , kind of...
As you can see this one is a little darker... but generally all the same tones...
The papers add to the look I wanted for these boxes... a little bird and bird cage here and there... flowers, pearls, bows and leaves... wow... I can hardly wait to put this into the back bedroom...
Love it...
Hope you create things for your home... it adds just a nice touch to everything...
Have the best of years coming up... and thanks again for all the wonderful comments and love that you leave behind when you go blog hopping... My neighbor just told me some really great news yesterday... and that is that we might have available to us real soon a satellite that will give us HIGH SPEED!!! Keeping fingers crossed... wow... what a new year present that would be... love it...
Have a Happy New Year... may it be healthy and happy in all ways...
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie
