Collaged Boxes

When I become addicted to something, I really become addicted to it.......that is until the next shiny object grabs my attention.  For the past few weeks, it's been collaged boxes.  Cute little boxes that I cover with my hand-painted papers.

I have tons of hand-painted papers and gelli prints (another "addiction" phase).  I love to slap paint on a piece of paper, add stencils, stamps, little drawings with paint pens, etc.  These can really pile up!

I was waiting for a friend at a doctors appointment, looking at Pinterest on my phone, and came across a pix of beautiful boxes, picture frames, and other artwork that had been collaged with painted papers.  The artist's name is Diane Salter.  Her things were beautiful, so I had one of those "I can do that" moments.  Her's are much more intricate than mine, but she inspired me to try.  Thank you Diane Salter!

I already had several small wooden boxes in my huge stash of "stuff that I'm going to do something with" closet.  (this reminds of the saying "The woman who dies with the most art supplies WINS").

Here's my first box.

Then, I had to start adding little feet to them.

You might notice on this box that there are little, irregularly shaped, silver pieces on it.  There is, actually a funny story behind this.  I went to lunch with my friend.  As I was heading out the door to lunch, the strap on my purse broke.  I grabbed an old purse from my box of purses, only to realize on the way to the restaurant, that the faux leather was starting to peel in a little section.  During our lunch, my purse was actually disentegrating.  Everywhere I went, I was leaving a little trail of silver, faux leather, purse dandruff in my wake.  On the drive home I looked at my peeling purse and thought "that purse dandruff would be great collage material".....and it was!  So, the lesson here is - keep all of your crappy purses until they fall apart, or, maybe it's just that you never know what can be upcycled.

Then I had to Zentangle one.

My most recent box.  (I'm moving up into multiple compartments now)

This one is listed on ETSY.

Peace!

Cyndi

Greeting Cards!

Here are a few cards that I've made.

I would like to make a series of cards and try to sell them on Etsy.com.  We'll see.

Some Really Good Things on Etsy!

'holiday blues' by recreated1

Retro Wood Wall Art 8x12&quo... DejaVuPrintSto... $21.90	Botanical leather bracelet m... agatechristina $15.00	Wooden Key Box, Key Holder,... MyHouseOfDream... $36.00
Dark Teal Earrings, Teal Blu... GlassRiverJewe... $37.00	Hand Painted Long Silk Chiff... MKrisArt $68.00	Wonderful Vintage JUG Crock ... 1rustyrabbit $28.00
Turquoise necklace: blue nec... NatureLook $24.00	Sterling Silver Turquoise ri... MeshuMaSH $110.00	Earrings "Mermaid's... myParadeShop $25.00
Mid Century Jewelry Pin Earr... Discriminating... $62.00	Glass Charm Leaves. Handmade... NadinArtGlass $15.00	Blue Floral Shawl with Fring... ForYouDesign $55.00
Blue Mid Century Pillar Salt... Nachokitty $25.00	Decorative Vintage Hanging W... NataliaDecor $45.00	Magic Yeast Wood Advertising... marybethhale $22.00
Aqua Blue Turquoise Book Col... VintageScholar $20.00

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The Beginning..........

I do realize that my blog is not really visually appealing.  I promise that I am a little more creative than this, however, I just can't get the hang of this Blogspot (Blogger).  I've used Wordpress in the past and I thought this would be easier.  So, be a little patient (or don't) while I'm figuring it out.

Then again, I AM A PROCRASTINATOR, so it could take me quite a while to get this thing looking decent.  But, things are going to change, right?

Cyndi's most common sayings -

• I love that - I'm going to make it!
• Look at how much that costs - I could make that!
• I just need a couple things from Michaels, Joanne's, etc.
• I've started collecting......................
• I'm going to start sending out only hand-made cards.
• I'm going to make all of my Christmas gifts this year.
• So and so is having a baby.  I'm going to crochet a lovely blanket for her (then she ends up getting a tiny crocheted hat along with a purchased gift).
• I'm getting bored with this, I'll just work on that for a while and come back to this.

I know myself so well, yet I really believe that every single time is going to be the time that I change.  C'mon Cyndi.

I'll bet that every one of you out there sits down at a nice clean work space with all of your supplies neatly placed in the order that they will be needed.  Then you begin carefully cutting, gluing, stamping, painting, glittering, knitting, crocheting, embroidering, dying, felting, embossing, sewing, and whatever else is involved, until your project is finished.  Then you probably take a picture of it immediately, make careful notes of the different results that were achieved with different dyes, pack away all of your scraps, labeling them for future works of art, then lovingly wrap the gift in homemade paper and ribbon, attach your stamped and embossed tag, then immediately run out to the post office to get it in the mail.

Why oh why can't that be me?????  Someday????