Patina Moon

The flowering plum tree in my garden. Enjoying a quiet, restful Sunday. :-) Have a beautiful week.  Becca 

Happy Friday everyone!   I'm so glad you've dropped by for a visit! I'd like to show you my new "garden friends."  Aren't they cute?  They were given to me by my dear friend, Colene from work.  She knows how much I like to spend time in my courtyard when the weather is nice.  So today, with warm temperatures reaching almost 70 degrees, we headed outside for a photo shoot.   Hum, I think she's done this before, she seems to have a bit of attitude don't you think?  So, now as you can see,  the sun is starting to set, and it's getting a little chilly. After all, it's not spring yet, but only a few more days my friends!  In the meantime, enjoy the anticipation of springtime!  Becca 

Cream & white lacy,  fabric remnants... ...not something I can easily pass up. I found these remnants at thrift stores, or at the fabric store for 50% off.  I collect them to use in art projects.  One of the things I'm drawn to is using the lacy fabrics with muslin, canvas, or burlap.  You might remember the wire baskets I photographed in another post.  I purchased these baskets for a song, and they were yellow!  I distressed them to look like vintage locker baskets.   I got the idea from my friend Lisa at  www.lisaferncreek.blogspot.com She has the best ideas & tutorials for creating "the look" without spending a fortune. Thank you Lisa, I'm so happy with how my baskets turned out!  I love the look of all my creamy whites & burlap stored in these baskets.  Burlap coffee sacks well, that's just a whole other story...don't get me started...it's an addiction!  Now I'm feeling inspired to create something w...

Happy weekend everyone!  Time to de-stress. Oh, how I love hydrangeas!  Sadly, this flower does not grow in my garden where I live. It's too hot and too dry. :-( Therefore, a lovely and unexpected surprise from my sweet husband today!  Wishing you a stress free weekend.  Becca 

Hi everyone!  Here are the little birds I mentioned in my last post. They are so easy and fun to make.  The best part was using supplies and scraps I already had.  I haven't decided what to do with these little birdies yet, I just enjoyed making them.  I will probably just let them hang out in my craft room for future inspiration, or give them away or use them to embellish a gift. I just love birds don't you?   Just think of the possibilities!  You can use any color or embellishment to give your little bird his or her own personality.  Yesterday, I noticed this Raven sitting on the house behind our home.   I grabbed my zoom lens and shot this picture from our bedroom window.  Hopefully the neighbors in that house didn't look out and see me with my camera pointed directly at their house.  LOL!  I see these Ravens every once in a while, and love to hear their "caw" sound.  I found this interesting link if you are int...

Wow, I feel like I've been away forever, but I guess work just gets in the way of the "fun" part of my life sometimes.   I'm linking up this week to Ashley Sisk's Photo Scavenger Hunt. The items this week are Chocolate, Numbers, Canned Food, Music, and Stack. I have a lot of "music" stuff around the house since I play the piano, so I didn't want to miss out on this photo opportunity!   Here are my interpretations for the five.  Chocolate You may have already seen this photo, so I just added a texture to change it up a bit.  Numbers Old printers type numbers, just one of my many vintage treasures.  Canned Food I keep this old soup can on top of our refrigerator, we throw our bottle caps in there.  Music My piano Music A very well loved Chopin music book. Stacked Metal baskets I just purchased and distressed to look like old locker baskets. (most of the textures I used for today's post are by Kim Klassen) Thanks for dropping by. You can see...

Hi everyone!  I hope you are spending this Valentine's Day weekend with those you love.  I had a romantic dinner with my "sweetheart" last night. We wanted to celebrate on Saturday since we had the time off from work and could enjoy it more.  This weekend has been lovely outdoors, so it's been fun trying to divide my time in the sunshine, and also wanting to be creative.  If you're like me, I'm sure you have a lot of fabric and paper scraps stashed around that you wonder what you're going to use them for, well I finally decided to try and make some fabric beads. I don't have them all embellished yet, but the way the sun was shining through my window so beautifully this afternoon, I didn't want to wait to show you what I've done so far.  It's so easy!  You just use some watered down glue and wrap your fabric around a bamboo skewer that you've wrapped in plastic wrap so the glued fabric won't stick.  Let dry overnight and your ...