A Gift and Gift Tag

I created another painting/drawing/collage for a friend of mine who recently had a baby. I also used a little quilling and collage on the gift tag that I made to go with it.

Summer Project Continued

I decorated this wooden bin for an auction to support a local children's museum. I first primed and painted the box. I used a combination of a couple of different blue paints with some green and white. I then added some designs with yellow and pink. On top of the paint, I cut out and glued on seaweed and clouds using decorative paper. I drew fish and bubbles on drawing paper with colored pencil, and then cut those out and glued them on. I created a quilled paper design on one bubble on each side of the bin. I added a clear coat over everything. The finishing touch was to glue clear acrylic coasters over the quilling to project the designs.

Summer Project

I was asked to decorate a storage bin for the local children's museum (The Maine Discovery Museum in Bangor). They asked a variety of local artists to turn the wooden bins into works of art which they will auction off in November to raise money for the museum. I had my little baby boy on July 20th, so this is the only project I have completed this summer!

Nursery

We are expecting our baby boy in less than a month! Here is a look at the nursery, although it is still a work in progress. I put a couple of quilled pictures on the dresser, but they will probably end up being hung on the wall.

Another Simple Card

Here is another card I made using collaged scrapbook paper and a simple quilled butterfly.

Simple Card

Here is a simple card that I made to brighten someone's day. I had some cute patterned scrapbook paper, so I did a little collage. Then I added a simple quilled bird that I had made the other day.

Slow and Steady

I have mostly been working on some greeting cards, but I have found a little time to continue with my trees. It is going to take A LOT of leaves to finish this the way I want it, so I think I will just work along at a slow and steady pace and not worry about when it gets finished. I decided to focus in on just one tree for now, so that I could see the progress a little easier. I like that I have been able to build up two layers of leaves for added dimension.

Autumn Trees - continued but not finished!

I made quilled tear drop shapes for the leaves. Some are made with one color and others using two. There are a variety of different shades of green, brown, red, yellow and orange. More leaves to come!

Autumn Trees - Work in Progress

It was too nice of a day to stay inside, so I took my drawing materials and a tray table outside! I started with simple and unsophisticated drawing materials: blank index cards and ball point pens.



I created three different trees and then combined the drawings into one.

Wreath Card

This card was made for a special family member. I started with a little bit of collage before adding quilled shapes for dimension.

Flower card

I made this card for a special friend. I really enjoyed working a little larger and building up the layers in the flower. I also did some experimenting with the leaves.

Baby Girl Art

This project was made as a thank you gift for a friend for her little girl's bedroom. I really had a lot of fun making this! I am very happy with how it came out. Hopefully her baby girl will enjoy it!

I would like to make more of these personalized projects and have added a listing to my Etsy store.

For Our Baby Boy

This was the first project that I made for our baby boy's nursery. He isn't expected to arrive until July, so I have a feeling that I will be making other projects for his room before then! I had a lot of fun creating the animals, even though they didn't not always come out the way that I wanted on the first try.

Hopefully Luke will like it!

New Pendant

THIS ITEM IS CURRENTLY FOR SALE ON ETSY! I created a new pendant that I plan to make into a necklace. This design reminds me of peacock feathers.