~Done Decorating~

Now that the painting of the Patio is all done...
Let the Decorating begin !!

:actually it's all done... this past weekend:

 Love my old cauldron...
The ceramic pumpkins were a B-day gift from my sister-in-law Judy...
My hanging Wreath is made of Spring flowers with a Heavy coat of Black spray paint...

Yep- those are bricks under the pumpkins- holds down the cloth nicely !! 
And the Crow is a creation involving my printer, an Old Sawn Cedar Shingle annnnnnd- Mod Podge !!
Slap on a pouffy ribbon and its Done !!

Coming up onto the patio... Can you tell by all the leaves that are Fallen it is Fallen ?

My Big ol' Rocker I found used a month or so ago...
May I say 'Score !!' ?
(Ignore the white Bucket please)

Another Mod Podge Creation- use any Wooden Board you can get Your hands on
 -I am not too Proud to Beg so at the Lumber counter-...
This Sweet gal-Sascha- at Lowes cut my 1" x 10" x 8' board into Pieces for Me !?!
Print out your saying.
Spray paint your board a Nice Pea Greenish colour. Let dry.
Apply Mod Podge and Print. Let dry.
More Mod Podge of course...
Use liquid shoe polish to 'Age' the sign.
 Use spotty Ribbon for a Hanger.
And if you could see Closer...
Use 8mm Bone Carved Skull Beads along the top-
All you have to do is Drive Nails down thru the bead hole in the Skulls !!!
:Insert a Crazed Maniacs Evil Chortle here:

On the Railing... a little Three legged iron Cauldron...

Fake Acorns held down with a Slab of Rock-

Corn-King with His Kittheh on the railing.

Painted this 'Sascha-cut-Board' Black after drilling & gluing in Knobs.
Mod Podge Saying that I printed out.
Attach Beaded Dangley Spider from a slice of Twisted Wire...

Isn't  She a Pretty Spider ?

Wrapped Shirleys Rocker in some Yardage...

Can we all See that I Like Bright ??

Arrangement by the Patio Door... Shelf with Drawer was a Uckky Powder Blue.
Spray painted Ivory.
Then Worked over with Black Creme Shoe polish and a bit of the Brown Liquid Shoe Polish....
I was Going for that 'Chalk pain-Waxed' looking style.

Again... Made the Sign-
Painted the Birdhouse-
Made the Baby Besom...

A Bit Closer-

All you need to construct the Baby Besom is a length of Dowel, a nice Patch of Dry Grasses, a twist of Wire to attach the grass to your 'Broom handle', a bit of a Trim to the Grass ...
And a good Smearing of Black Creme Shoe-polish  on the Dowel !!!

Then I Wrapped a bit of Satin Ribbon arund to give it a Boost...
Easy Peasy !!

My Crow... I Love Him (or Her? ) !!

Now as you are Leaving the Porch...
Here is your Packed Full of Texture and Colour view of Fall  at My House !!

(Think I used Enough Silk Flowers ?)
;-}

xoxo

Filching & Spray Painting...

You know that unquenchable urge you have when something catches your Greedy Beady Eye ?
And You wantitSoBAD ?

Well, when I spied a sweet little creation on Note Songs ... That the Lovely Sheila made...

My brain began to twirl and into my grey matter popped a "I can do That" idea !! Putting my plan of 'Filching' (such a nicer word that stealing or swiping or uhmmm...) her idea, I sallied forth !!

So, rootling around in my- ahem- collection of S.P.T. (simply priceless treasures), I found this little item found at G-W eons ago...

YellOwww I Know !!

Now at one point I found it charming and chippy and kept my craft brushes in it. But now it was forlorn and just peeling in its pathetic-ness (a new word !!).

So, as Sheila relates- I grabbed my can of Almondy/Cream coloured spray paint and Shaaa-Boom !!

Now to let it dry and move forward with a gleaming eye and my trusty Bottle of:


Years I tell You... Years, since I have used Mod-Podge. But of that back-to-school-gluey smell, well my nostrils had a field day of inhalation !!

Then delving into the mass of "One Day I Am Going To Make Something With This" folder of lone pages of Fairy-tales, Sweet illustrations of Cottages, and the odd and ends of ephemera that seem to find its way into my life.
Clipping n trimming...Then once satisfied, on to the brush work !

After a couple of hours of extreme gluey sticking-it-to-myself instead of where it is Actually Supposed to Be... My end result:

Thumbelina asleep with a Rose Petal Blanket.

Little Brown Birdys Tweeting & a' Talking.

And here are my colouring pencils in it right now. But they are too Bright and Sharp for such a Guileless Dainty Carryall.


Soon, I am sure, I will find other treasures that are in Need of a bit of Delicate Conveyance !!

Thank You Shelia for the Inspiration !!


And Last, for a True Vision of Kittheh Precisiousness---

Babylon !!

xoxo