Friday, May 15, 2020

How Could You Not?

We were going through and cleaning out my father in laws attic, and we found the mother load of costume jewelry! It all belonged to my husbands granny. Boy did she have tons of brooches and clip on earrings! 

Granny was born in 1926 and passed away in 2012. As soon as I saw the stash I knew something special needed to be done with it! So I purchased 7x7 shadow boxes and with the help of my 5 year old assistant, spread all the jewelry out and matched up all the earrings. 

We looked at all the beautiful colors and beads and pointed out our favorites. 

I began placing the jewelry on the black background of the shadow box. Once I was happy with the composition,  I went back with the glue gun and secured everything. 

I am absolutely in LOVE with the shadow boxes we put together. We put together three in all, one for each of Granny’s great granddaughters. 






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Xo- Megan



Sunday, May 10, 2020

Time Traveling Mixed Media

Hello! I haven't been making as much as I'd like to right now... but I'm sure I'm  not the only one.

I started thinking about what to gift to my mother on Mother Day and since most everywhere is closed, I decided to make a little mixed media piece for her. Here's what I came up with:


I started with a canvas panel, I used a piece of patterned paper for the back ground. I secured the paper onto the tile using tear tape. Then I used a stencil and opaque texture paste to add a layer. Once the paste dried I added a little bit of color using watercolors in different greens and browns. I cut out a doily and glued it in place with collage medium. I added a few pieces of paper tape to help draw your eye into the main focal point. I used the handwriting stamp the Tim Holtz Reflections stamp set and randomly stamped on the background to break up the watercolor a bit.

I added some string and topped it with prima marketing melange pebbles



I took my old photo and layered it onto a few different pieces of ephemera. I clipped them all together using a small clip. The "thinking of earlier days" clippings quote fit this piece perfectly.


Using some double sided sticky foam I popped the main focal point up to add some dimension. Using the collage medium I added a some mica flakes around a few of the corners to add a little texture change.



This piece was made for my mom for Mothers Day, it was fun to make and even more fun to gift! Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

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