finishing touches on an older project

this is a french memo board that i made from a big old picture frame and canvas that my grandmother used to hang jewelry on.  i sprayed the frame (purple, of course), and covered the canvas with some cotton batting and pretty fabric.  then i stapled them to the back, and added the criss cross ribbons.  that is how the project sat for a while, and it was nice.  however, the pictures kept sliding down because the ribbon wasn't taut enough.  so i got some little square brads and this nifty little brad tool to punch through the layers with.  now it looks great and holds the pictures in place.  

before

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after

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after

it was hard not to get a glare on the pics....

forgive me blog viewers....

i have not blogged in a bit, but that is not to say that i have not been hard at work.....  it is just that most of it is going into a "mothers day extravaganza box", and since she looks at my little bloggie, i can't post them yet.  after she receives them, i will get them up.  

for now, a little easter art.  these little tiny chocolate bunnies came 42 to a bag, and the bag was about half the size of a m&m bag.  they were cute and delicious.  

the idea board

this dry erase board hangs on the wall right next to my couch, so that i can jot down ideas at any time.  and also so that i can stare at them while i formulate my plans and trips to the craft store.  it needed a little decoration, and well, i think we all know that i love bunnies.  

they don't have names right now, but one day they might....

note the amazing shade of purple that is my room....oohhh, ahhhh.....yeah, i know.  

and we're back

the camera came, and it is even more beautiful than the snippet i posted the other day.  it is so purple, i am loving it!!  so, back to the crafting....  this is a little pink kitty that i made, i know that it is really simple, but i love it.  and it is the first time that i had sewn a flat bottom onto something, it wasn't as hard as i thought it would be.  there is no scale for her size, but she is about 3 inches tall.  

her name is yuki (pronounced yooki)

fear not!!

so i have not been blogging the past few days because i have no camera, i had been borrowing cameras up until now.  take a look at the pretty camera i ordered today so i can continue to blog!!

see you in a few days!!