I wanted to make Jack a desk that was just the right height so that he would have his feet on the floor for good handwriting. Somehow I came up with this idea. 4 crates, one piece of plywood and some chalkboard cloth and we have the perfect solution for desk and storage.
I have a filing cabinet and plastic drawer unit in our bedroom. They aren't pretty, so I decided to make covers to make them more girly. The flap on the front lifts up so that I still have easy access to the drawers.
My newest obsession is acrylic painting. I took two classes at the Painting with a Twist. If you have never heard of them, they are a place where you bring your own alcohol and paint under the instruction of an artist. This was my second painting, a cherry tree in the moonlight. My first painting was one of those wacky New Orleans shotgun houses. I quickly learned why the paintings don't have straight lines, because it is difficult to paint straight when you are tipsy :o)
This one I did at home. I think I need to make the little jazz man's jacket a little bigger/more rounded in the back.
This one I also did at home. It is the Philly skyline painted like a sunset and the Benjamin Franklin bridge. I need to paint the sky but am scared to screw up what I have done so far. I am going to go with a sunset look, with pink in the low horizon, fading to blues and grey in the higher part of the sky.
I made a new wreath for my front door. When you live in the south, you don't get any fall color, so you have to manufacture it. I also put fake fall leaves in my bushes that flank my front door. It's kind of a hilarious ghetto fabulous look, and it cracks me up.
And last but not least, I painted this on Saturday. We held a painting fundraiser in our community, and this is what we painted.
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