Hi …. Today being Saturday might not be the
best day to be on line… but I have some time this morning… and am taking full
advantage of it… YEAH… It is a clear… hot and HUMID day here in the
southwestern part of North Carolina… but it is still summer here… it doesn’t
know that we are suppose to cool down now that it is September… LOL.. it is
starting to get warmer and warmer… not a
thing that I like… but hey… I do enjoy
my mountains…
So today I am sharing with you something that I
have been waiting to make for a few years now… not kidding… at times I am just
not motivated to create certain things… and when that happens, it doesn’t get
made… about three maybe four years ago, my neighbor and I were down HITTING
Hobby Lobby and I bought 3 clock movements…
I was going to make clocks for the bedrooms… right… I still have them… and other than
value, they had a little dust on them too…
but that is okay… they were still in the original containers… LOL… but out of the bag… and into a drawer, where
I couldn’t see them staring at me…
Anyway… this challenge on A VINTAGE JOURNEY sort of got things going… the challenge is to use a FLOURISH…. Now what
am I going to use a flourish on… think …..think….. think…. OH maybe those
clocks… oh wow… and a piece of paper that I had made using Astrid’s method of
using textured paste and stencils… I think you will be able to see that in the
background… I am sorry to say that I didn’t take any pictures as I was making
this one… but you will see more than enough…
So with out more ADO… here are the pictures I
have taken of my CLOCK…
Starting at the top left and working clock wise around the clock... what better way...
I have used Coffee Filters for the flowers… two
different styles of flowers… so the
color is very soft and natural. I love
using these coffee filters for all kinds of things, but for flowers they are so
pretty… sometimes they are darker, only
because of the fact that the coffee has stained the filters…
These little dark brown stamps, are vintage
watch throb pieces from way back… I just
love them… and found them also in a stamp drawer… wow.. .I have to tell you
that I joined the challenge called Craft Hoarders Anonymous… and I am so very
glad I did… they have gotten me to move on cleaning out the entire studio… it
it pounds lighter… and far more organized than it ever was… (I am obsessed in
some ways… it has to be put away… but in other ways… it doesn’t have to be
organized as long as it is in the right place… getting it done deeper feels
better… and I am finding so many GREAT things… that I had forgotten… yikes… I
think that was a confession… oh
well.. truth doesn’t hurt.. it just
helps you GROW…
This is a small piece of tatting that my great
Aunt created… I come from a long line of women and men that used their hands to
create with on a daily basis… this great AUNT use to live in Brooklyn, New York…
back in the day … and would travel into Manhattan each day on the subway… and
she would crochet or tat something all the time… it was a long comute for her…
and she didn’t like to waste time… she made many wonderful pieces of crocheted
ART. All with very, very thin threads
and fiber. So Thank You Aunt Bessie… I love you, and miss
you.
I love to make these little 'pockets' of goodness
at different places on my projects...
this one has a tiny little flower,
some stamen,
and some gauze... love it..
This picture shows you the glory of the textured paste that is all over the clock..
As you can see there are lots of flourishes all over the clock face... turning corners, sides etc... love the way you can DRAPE them where ever they want to be...
Layers of Spellbinders create a face for the clock movement... of course with some darkening to them...
This printed paper, is by Authentic and I only bought one piece... (not in the correct brain at that time?) and so I had to use it very carefully for this project... I love it... and I actually had some left over for a few accents on other things...
Also I used some gesso on the feet, and then used Archival inks in Potting soil and one or two of the blues??? can't remember how many I used.. I have them ALL... nothing obsessive about me...
Again the finished clock...
Which will be in our bedroom... and I love it.. to say the least... one down... and two more to go...
So I am looking for another challenge that will suit making the one for the quest room and also our den...
Thanks so very much for stopping by today for a visit... I really enjoy all the lovely comments too... thanks so very for leaving one... or two or three...
I cherish each and every one...
Have a WONDERFUL week-end... and enjoy each second of it... and create wildly... and with much LOVE... it shows when you do... hope you know that...
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie
