Sunday, March 30, 2008

Well Travelled Birdie



It's spring break and I'm packing the ol' mini van to head out on a road trip. Must have been the inspiration for this little birdie. Well Travelled Birdie is composed of a map, of course. Simple and sweet. How all travel should be. He is part of a group of pieces that I just finished. Figured I had better wrap these up before I headed out! Check out National Park Birdie, Blue Bird on Orange and Cheery Flowers. National Park Birdie(which is only available on glitterandgrunge.com this month) has elements of nature in it- real leaf skeleton for a wing and natural papyrus for it's branch. The leaves of it's tree are made of maps and hint to his location-national parks, rivers and lakes! Blue Bird on Orange has the greatest combination of colors-turquoises, spring greens and orange. If you are working on a spring remodelling project, this could be the piece for you. And, finally, Cheery Flowers is a much smaller version of the pieces I just made for my own spring remodelling project. I loved them so much in my own living room, that I had to make a little version to share! Enjoy the spring!

Friday, March 21, 2008

My new, lively living room!



Well, I just recently finished a major renovation at home. A new kitchen and a new configuration created a "great room" kind of feel in the house. My main goal was to make everything as light, bright and cheerful as I could. Mission accomplished. Lots of light and bright accents make me smile when I am sitting in my living room now. Of course, my new look needed some new art so I created two new pieces to go right over the couch. Major focal point with fun colors and big, big flowers!