Remember yesterday when I said this beading thing could be addictive? Well, here is another beaded project. Originally the flower was supposed to be pink but the yellow seemed to work better. For now it is attached to a headband but that may change to a brooch. While I was photographing the subject of this post, it reminded me of a cruise that we went on. The ship was the Carnival Conquest and until we got aboard the ship, I was unaware that the decor was all impressionist artist influenced. Just wandering around and looking at the decor was like being in a floating gallery. Why this post reminds me of the cruise, the gigantic sunflower in this atrium! Here is a picture of it. Yes, another item influenced by Van Gogh, go figure.
The project for today came from a few places. In my youth, I remember going to a friend's house and her Grandmother showed me a Christmas decoration that she had made, it was in a small frame. It was red velvet fabric and old jewelry and was in the shape of a Christmas tree. Then, a month or so ago I was watching the Nate Berkus Show. He has great ideas and is from Minnesota like me! He was showing what to do with things that you think are trash or not useful. Kind of like the things I do in my blog. So anyways, he had old jewelry and frames. Here is where the light bulb went off in my head. I had purchased a painted canvas at the Goodwill for a few dollars and was going to paint on it, but the canvas was torn. I ended up removing the canvas and using the frame. I stapled on some muslin and topped it off with an old shear embroidered curtain. Then dug through all of my jewelry and buttons and started to decorate it. I consider it a work in progress because new things can be added. I always have old jewelry because I don't want to throw it away or one earring was lost and it was a cool pair so why toss the other one. See a past post for necklace ideas out of old earrings and other stuff. Here is my new creation and I can't wait to see how it progresses. A really ornate frame might be the perfect item to finish it in the future.
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