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A winged steam chest to hold your heart's desire 20 Jan 2013 | 01:05 pm
This mini wood chest was first colored with black distress stain that was dry to the touch before bright red acrylic paint was applied. However the red paint rewetted the black distress stain, mixed a...
A pretty little Français chest 19 Jan 2013 | 02:07 am
Ouu! Do you like my vintage French inspired chest? Me too! Especially the extra neat pink pom pom embellishment on the lid! You can find this wonderful pom pom fringe at Alpha Stamps. This chest is ...
A cabinet of favorites ready for the caravan 17 Jan 2013 | 01:13 am
Throughout my life I've loved in nearly equal measure the toys of creativity, crayons, construction paper, paint and scissors, and the things that house them, crates, bins, boxes, chests and cabinets....
A steamy little ATC 13 Jan 2013 | 08:26 am
Only as I'm writing this does it cross my mind that I could have used paper or cardboard just as effectively for today's project, but it seems I can't stop using my wood ATCs! Anyway this looks cool ...
Paper mache boxes and handmade earrings 12 Jan 2013 | 03:01 am
Last year I made four sets of simple, beaded earrings for my amazing and fun coworkers. Rather than wrapping each set or hunting for teeny, tiny gift bags I opted for four paper mache boxes. Each of...
My muse is on fire! 10 Jan 2013 | 06:43 am
Today I had three brilliant ideas! THREE! Here they are ... You get it? Three bright ideas? Three bulbs? Have I mentioned that after examining how often I've bellied up to the bar lately ... decide...
Final round of wood ATCs 8 Jan 2013 | 07:19 am
If you're already fed up with what seems to be an endless string of wood ATCs from me ... welcome to a post with a couple more! The first piece features a main element that is a domed 'jar' with a vi...
CC2C Final challenge: Your favorite for Tim's birthday 6 Jan 2013 | 11:57 pm
In this, Linda's final Compendium of Curiosities volume II Challenge, we've been asked to use our favorite technique from either of Tim's compendiums to create a card for The Master whose birthday is ...
Another collection of wood ATCs 6 Jan 2013 | 06:35 am
We've got three more of the wood ATCs to show today, two for tomorrow and because it's me ... we miss checking out about a half dozen that were shipped before photographing. Oops. On to the art and ...
Vacation projects and my latest obsession 5 Jan 2013 | 04:55 am
Lately I can't seem to stop thinking about my wooden artist trading cards. Painted, stained, decoupaged ... adding nails, drilling anchor holes, adhering frilly stuff ... there's no end to the fun I c...
