This is the second time that I have found a pig cutting board to use as a canvas for my painting. This one is slightly larger than the previous one and also has a cute curly tail. It cost 1.49 at the Goodwill, one of their weekly specials. Every Tuesday they feature a different color of tag and anything with that color is 1.49. I love Tuesdays! Instead of another block design, I decided to paint pansies only in colors that they don't naturally grow. I have mentioned my preference for things in black and white, but, red is a color that is next on my list of favorites. The flowers really jump out at you in this project. My next step is where to put her. Ah, decisions. Happy Creating!
With every decade there are trends in decorating. In the nineties there was southwestern, cows, pigs, apples and my mom's favorite white geese. She had just about everything you could imagine with a geese theme and the color that was associated with them was a cornflower blue. Seriously it looked like the theme exploded in her house. She even had sheets and a bedspread with the goose motif. This was is a mail holder that I got from her, it was in the basement collecting dust and I decided to do my magic on it and update it. This is once again a project that I painted in a different color before settling on the brown. I love accenting brown with light blue because it looks great together. I am not sure if the original purpose of this piece still works. With the color scheme it would look nice in my small bathroom and maybe useful for something other than mail. We will see what becomes of it, but it really looks more modern without the geese.
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