This new tool in beta from PayPal is quite the cool thing. Just to play around, I placed a storefront at the bottom of the blog. I wanted to put it at the side, but it is too wide and spills over top of the blog entries. It also does a weird thing with the photos where even if I put them the size it says it wants, it only shows the top half. So I added a direct link below the storefront so someone could look at photos directly. The storefront technology is pretty well done overall and has neat features.
Never mind that I believe I have a total of three readers of this blog or that L&L does not put its best foot forward through photos! It's kind of fun, though. I checked into Etsy, and I determined that for such small items, there was no way I was going to pay a fee just to list them.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Framed Lace Motif Pieces
I have been working on obtaining frames for some pieces. Since funds are tight, I tried to do this while spending as little money as possible. I think I did pretty well.
These two pieces are in 5x7 frames that I already had. They were sitting in a closet with items I didn't want on the walls in this particular house, so I scavenged and repainted them:
The next three pieces are in 8x10 frames I obtained from a thrift store for $1 apiece. I repainted them. The first frame makes the boldest statement:
The next one I like to think of as a colorful spring meadow framed in a brilliant blue sky:
Sanding and painting the frames took some patience. There are quite a few nooks and crannies. Because the Lumiere paints can be sort of see-through, I painted the frames first with regular dark blue and dark purple, and then I put the Lumiere paints on top as a second coat.
This last frame is very interesting to me. This frame was pink-stained wood already, and it was almost a match. I just sanded it lightly and applied two think coats of pearly white paint. I think it fits the motifs fairly well. I like its simplicity for this piece:
I also have made progress on the lace piece in my previous post, and I'll try to post about it soon. Right now I would like to finish the little storefront that I was working on a few days ago and got stalled on.
These two pieces are in 5x7 frames that I already had. They were sitting in a closet with items I didn't want on the walls in this particular house, so I scavenged and repainted them:
The next three pieces are in 8x10 frames I obtained from a thrift store for $1 apiece. I repainted them. The first frame makes the boldest statement:
The next one I like to think of as a colorful spring meadow framed in a brilliant blue sky:
Sanding and painting the frames took some patience. There are quite a few nooks and crannies. Because the Lumiere paints can be sort of see-through, I painted the frames first with regular dark blue and dark purple, and then I put the Lumiere paints on top as a second coat.This last frame is very interesting to me. This frame was pink-stained wood already, and it was almost a match. I just sanded it lightly and applied two think coats of pearly white paint. I think it fits the motifs fairly well. I like its simplicity for this piece:
I also have made progress on the lace piece in my previous post, and I'll try to post about it soon. Right now I would like to finish the little storefront that I was working on a few days ago and got stalled on.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
MistyFuse: Success!
Thank you to the person who suggested in a comment that I iron the MistyFuse on to the lace before I cut it up. This worked like a charm! I am very happy about this.
Here's a photo of the lace layout:
Now here's a photo after an initial layer of paint over the lace:
I was a little worried that the MistyFuse would show through the holes in the lace, but it worked just fine. And there's no trouble this time with the paint appearing "flat" instead of shiny. So I think I'm finally good to go on this kind of project! Took me a while . . . oh well. I am looking forward to working on a few more pieces like this, and then I want to do a few more bookmarks.
Here's a photo of the lace layout:
Now here's a photo after an initial layer of paint over the lace:
I was a little worried that the MistyFuse would show through the holes in the lace, but it worked just fine. And there's no trouble this time with the paint appearing "flat" instead of shiny. So I think I'm finally good to go on this kind of project! Took me a while . . . oh well. I am looking forward to working on a few more pieces like this, and then I want to do a few more bookmarks.
Sold: One bookmark
Well, I only sold one, but that's OK. It was, after all, a used curriculum sale, so people were not expecting to buy art.
What I actually found more encouraging is that quite a few people looked through them with active interest, and a few people asked how they were made. The only bummer is that the one that sold was the same one I was considering keeping for myself! Oh well--that will motivate me to start some more bookmarks.
BTW, we sold a fair amount of curriculum, so it was good all around.
What I actually found more encouraging is that quite a few people looked through them with active interest, and a few people asked how they were made. The only bummer is that the one that sold was the same one I was considering keeping for myself! Oh well--that will motivate me to start some more bookmarks.
BTW, we sold a fair amount of curriculum, so it was good all around.
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