BEHIND..YES!!! Are you????

Well it has been awhile since I have posted…for that I do feel bad for not keeping my readers up to date… BUT I have been taking a little time to decide what and where I want to go with the direction of where I am right now in my life. Looking for a new beginning!

Not completely sure which direction I am going as yet but I do know that I am going to take the time in each day to see things I haven’t payed much attention to the last couple of years, like sunrises, butterflies and my camera. Not to mention just making time for hubby and me.

First, I would like to introduce you to the new addition to our family..Harley.

Harley

 

Stayed tuned for a rekindled love for my Nikon!!!!!

art from duct tape????

Art done from duct tape or electrical tape? I thought you have got to be kidding.  I emailed Pam right away and asked her if she would  mind if I wrote about her art. Click on link below to see her latest work..totally awesome.

http://pamgabriel.deviantart.com/?offset=10#comments

After conversing with Pam I learned that she actually started using the duct tape out of the blue…maybe boredom. She had only used coal and pastels as mediums and one night had a brainstorm of doing a picture using electrical tape. I do believe this is thinking outside of the realm of things. She put it into perspective as looking for a strange and outrageous medium no one had used before or at least that she knew of. Funny thing is, once she started the project it actually was a long and tedious project and vowed to never use tape as a medium again.

I do believe that we should never say never though…ask me how I know.

Due to a stressful time in her life Pam remembered how relaxed and focused she was during that time. She realized then this was something that was to be apart of her art and upon completing another one she felt more relaxed and focused than ever before.

Once others began to see Pam’s art they told her she needed to add color, so she ventured out to find some colored duct tape and did her Sea Serpent.

From this, her brain went wild with ideas and her art progressed from the wall to purses to flowers. Pam said she loves using tape because it is a fun challenge to take something people associate with fixing things in the basement, and making it an elegant piece of art. It takes concentration and creativity to take only 20 colors of tape that is such a stiff medium, and make something from it that is unique, durable and elegant.

• Current Residence: Waukesha, WI
• Interests: Tape, Dragons, Tarot Cards, The Ocean, Martial Arts and Orange sherbert
• Personal Quote: “In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.” – R.W. Em
• Tools of the Trade: A box full of duct tape and a razor blade

Lurking by ~PamGabriel on deviantART.

Go Now, And Live by ~PamGabriel on deviantART.

could you do this with cardboard?????

To me this is an artist and someone that can definitely think outside the box….the cardboard box that is.

Just came across while searching for something else and thought I would just share and hopefully someone else will discover something new today.

Jonnycardboard : Sculptures.

Not all artist use paint and brush…that is what is so

AMAZING!!!!!

removable art, you gotta look!!!

I was looking for stickers to use on the back of my sample boards the other day and came across these interesting art decals.

Be sure to look at their gallery and the guest artist series (which are limited editions) and the different categories. I can’t really say which ones are my fav’s…but I would love to have one from each.

Oh yea if  click on the individual decal it will show you what it looks like in their assortment of colors.

stickers by dVider – removable wall decals

what are you thankful for?

With the economic times, changes in our daily lives, loved ones who become sick without notice, life’s ups and downs and just dealing with the rush of  life, this is something I have begun to ask myself more with each passing day.

Sometimes we  tend to think about the bad and the ugly instead of thinking about the good times, funny stories and the  priceless moments of life gone by.

I have been obsessed with taking pictures, for as long as I can remember, to capture every moment in time that I can. This is why I love,  scrapbooking and journaling because with every photo, no matter if it is perfect or not, there is a memorable story.

Share what you are thankful for!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am thankful for:

Knowing that I have the freedom to pray to the Lord.

For my family.

For the blessings of each and everyday.

Boy did they like this for dinner…wasn’t nothing left.

I am thankful for who I am and who my parents were.

The beginning!!

My parents the day they got married…

I am thankful for learning that less is more!

For the freedom that we enjoy each and everyday.

I have begun taking photos of flags flying where ever I go because they give me such a since of peace knowing what they stand for.

and for friends..I wish that I could include every one of my dear friends but there isn’t enough room………they know who they are and I love each and everyone of them!!!!!!!!!!!

Love stopping by COLOURlovers

Stopped by COLORlovers the other day and came across these beautiful orange pieces. Used in the right way what a dramatic impact they could have in a room.

SOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I thought I would check out some other orange influences I could find..

Hard not to notice the blue wall that is thrown in, but couldn’t separate it..so maybe that could be on another post..or maybe not…

This really isn’t orange, more yellow, but I liked it so I wanted to throw it in any way…

I love the color of these tiles…makes you think that on a hot summer day that if you put feet on the floor it would cool you from tip to toe…

I think I will stop on this one…oh my…chuckle chuckle…

a different concept of art

While searching for silhouette patterns and some leads from another artists, Regina Garay, I came across this site http://silhouettemasterpiecethearthre.com/. I found it so interesting in the concept of how the silhouettes were used that I wanted to share. I do hope that  you will click on the link and take a look at all of Wilhelm Staehle’s work.

Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre.

who do you think should have won?

Bedroom winner,

Interior Designer:Vincent Sagart, Sagart Studio Inc.

But I love this one designed by

Chic & Unique Interiors

the color the design, I love everything about it. BUT wouldn’t it have been awesome to have applied

a lime plaster on the walls in that color. WOW!!! I didn’t have a sample of the exact color but, I think  the one above would work, don’t you?

Living Room design winner: Interior Designer:Miriam Dillon and Rebecca Foley, Custom Design Concepts Architecture + Interiors

This is very calming, inviting and homey,

BUT I really like the one below due to the different  layout and the bright colors.

Entrant Name: Barbara Hawthorn Interiors

As for the Dinning Room, my vote is still out on this one…..I  love the massive frame work around the dinning room entrance because it is like a huge picture frame.

Entrant: Barbara Hawthorn Interiors

The kimono on the wall gives an interest point . The kimono reminds me of Melanie Royals designs,

which I think would have looked awesome on an accent wall or even on the ceiling!!!

adding something small can make a big difference

People are beginning to realize that the ceiling is your fifth wall and that it doesn’t have to be white.  Another thing that I love is that when adding an element of design to any room it doesn’t always have to be something large.

Marti of Fauxscapes in Baton Rouge Louisiana, whom I have worked very closely with over the last year, was going to be doing  a modello for one of  her previous clients.

The cabinets in the living room  that surrounded the fireplace,

before

After

the front entrance ceiling,

the powder room, which the client wanted a definite statement made, had been done previously.

I’ve got to tell you, this was the hardest room and finish to photograph. Just doesn’t do it justice but that is the case most of the time.

Marti had already completed the walls

(which was American Clay, sealed and then a glaze applied)

and the ceiling finish

(which was a metallic finish with an oil glaze)

in the main part of the room next to the powder room before the modello was to be applied.

This was just the right application of  a modello, from Melanie Royals, to bring all three rooms together.

do you know what a silhouette artist is?

After returning from Pensacola yesterday, I was unable to take the online class with Mary as scheduled for Fridays.  It is so hot outside that I thought why not get caught up this morning and maybe I can find time to play later this afternoon. As usual, I got distracted while searching for some silhouette papers and I came across something I had never seen before so just had to stop and share her great talent.

Silhouette Artist

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I also found some great silhouette papers and they are on my wish list of what I want to order next!!!!!!!!!!!

I just love finding new goodies to play with and to share with you!!!

Silhouette Papers

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http://www.fauxology.com/

What a perfect silhouette!!! Thank you Regina for sharing this with me and the cybper world.  I love the eyelashes, this is priceless, as I am sure it is with your mom.