My Girl Bath...At Last

My towel rack with Paulette Adams handmade ceramic cup, old Ralph Lauren crystal perfume bottles, a darling canning jar candle from The Vintage Market Place and yes Little Bo Peep and her lost little sheep. She's old but fit right in with the colors. I made this mirror about 10 yrs ago and still love it.

Time to paint the 80's oak cabinet! The rose stencil is from Creative Imaginations. I still need to put the glass knobs on.

2 mirrors are better than one, especially if it's a track house mirror! The one on the left has some old talc shakers from the 70's. Do you remember Tigress? A reproduction vintage ruler looked good here. The mirror on the right has toiletries from the Hotel Santa Maria Novella in Florence, A little reminder of our 25th anniversary trip.

The perfect bouquet, I rescued from the trash! An old display prop from my retail days.

Every bathroom needs a harajuku girl, don't you think? Especially if she's dressed in pink!

At last...my girlie bath. My son moved out last summer and I've been wanting to turn his small bathroom into my little girlie bath where I could just soak in all that girlie goodness. Now, I've never considered myself a pink person, but pink just seemed to take on a life of its own as I started adding things to it. I started with painting the walls a deep caramel. At that point I had no idea what my accent color would be. Besides the mirrors and faucet, I didn't buy anything new for this redo. I simply shopped from the rest of the house. Pink kept creeping its way in so I gave in and bought pink towels and rug. Why fight a good thing?

Stencil Crazy!

I am loving stencils lately. A while back I saw on Jenny Doh's blog that she was using doilies and bakers twine together. This caused me to grab some doilies and start using them in my collaged backgrounds. I either spritzed or painted through the doilies, using them as a stencil and fell in love with the look. They are so dainty and add such an old-fashioned look to my art. I then saw a video with Mara Johnson, where she was using stencils on an old file cabinet and it looked like a lot of fun to try. I ordered the 12x12 stencils from Creative Imaginations, thinking I'd like to do a piece of furniture. I actually have started that and will post pictures when I am done.

 I was up in the Sacramento area teaching back in May, when I discovered some 6x6 stencils by Crafter's Workshop at The Stamp Art Shoppe and started using them extensively in my backgrounds. I have yet to find them in a local store so I was elated when I found them in San Jose at A Work of Heart, while teaching there. Of course I bought more because we were using them in the project. I received a huge order this week and am furiously creating more with them. I am officially addicted to stencils. I can't seem to get enough of them! Will post pictures of my stencil crazy creations in a couple of days.

Ta Da!

Remember the little girl that loves pink, ponies and princesses? The princess is done and has arrived safely in Cincinnati. I actually made 2. The first sat for awhile and everytime I looked at it something just seemed off. The girl seemed too big for the frame, so I decided to do another and choose between the 2 of them. The first picture is the second one that I did. She is wearing a pink rhinstone crown that I found in the clearance bin. I liked it better and  framed it in the shadowbox. The first one has a tiny glass vial from a perfume sample that I filled with some vintage flowers. I loved that detail! Now what to do with the first one? Well, I ended up sending that one unframed as a bonus and she can decide. Or frame them both and have a set. My bonus? Very happy client with 2 pieces she is taking this to a trend meeting for the company that she works for....North Light Books!

Inspired!

Yee Haa!

So last week I should have been getting ready for a show that I was doing in Redlands for the weekend. But instead I was super excited about doing a little girl project. When I received the email asking me if I would do a piece for a 3 year old girl that loves horses, dancing, and has a room that's bubblegum pink, lime green and turquoise, I have to admit I was less than excited. It was the horse thing. I just didn't know how I was going to get a horse incorporated into a piece of my girly art. I told her I needed a couple of days to think about it. So I thought about it and just wasn't feeling it. Then I went to the store. THE scrapbook store. The store that is so crowded with aisles of paper that sometimes I knock things off the racks just turning around. And there it was, in the very back, a stand with cowgirl and cowboy stuff. So cute! Colors perfect! So I grabbed a couple of sheets for inspiration then pulled the solid colors mentioned above. I knew I had enough printed papers in those colors but I couldn't resist the pink paper with xoxo's in lime and turquoise. And of course how could I not buy some sort of princess paper, right?

Upon arriving home, I cut out some of the horses and started arranging paper to see exactly which ones I would use. I spent about 2 hours before I decided. It was so much fun, trying to get in that little 3 year olds head! So I continued to play, using crepe paper ruffles, buttons, rhinestones, ribbons and bows, and all kinds of girly embellishments for this little cowgirl until I felt satisfied. I think what made it so much fun was that I felt like that little girl playing paperdolls once again. Too fun!

When I finished playing, I promptly went to the computer and sent out the email that yes, I could fit it into my schedule this month!