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Posted on August 19, 2017August 19, 2017 by Christina — Leave a comment

Jewelry Photo Shoot

I have been doing jewelry photo shoots. Lots of new jewelry coming, stay tuned for more info on my upcoming release. Sign up on my email list for early bird shopping and special offers.

Hand made lampwork beaded jewelry, fused glass jewelry, bracelets, and rings.

Coral, turquoise, bone, coins, Swarovski crystals, wire wrapped stones and sterling silver.

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Posted on August 13, 2017 by Christina — Leave a comment

Flower Crowns

Here are three Flower Crowns for I made a few weeks ago for our Church Youth Camp. Volunteers put 300 together for camp.

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Posted on July 18, 2017 by Christina — 2 Comments

New Art Studio Curtains

This was a very fun project. I hand-painted new curtains for my New Art Studio. I wanted something fun and artsy for the Art Studio, so I created them.

I started with some white sheeting fabric.

Then I dug out some textile paint I had from previous projects, and brushed on some hot pink.

I went to a smaller sized paint brush and brushed on some violet, used brush strokes and some spatters, and I am liking it so far.

Next I applied teal, and then threw on a splattering of gold.

Curtain #1 of 4 drying.

I repeated the process for curtain #2, sewed the rod pockets, the hems and mounted the curtain rod on the wall and tada!!! One set of curtains done!!

Here is a close up of the painting.

I started curtain #3 for Window #2 and ran shy of paint. After several days of looking and several trips to local art supply stores, I found more paint in Sarasota. Yay!!!

Here are the completed set of curtains for Window #2, painted, rod pockets and hems sewn; and curtain rod mounted.

I am loving my new artsy curtains for my New Art Studio. I did not like being out back after dark with no curtains. It is also going to help keep it a little cooler in there for the summer too.

Loving my new studio, and loving my new artsy, hand-painted curtains. Having fun being creative.

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Posted on July 18, 2017 by Christina — Leave a comment

New Art Studio Deck

Here is the new my deck we built out back in front of my New Art Studio. It has sure been nice having the new deck and the new stepping stone walkway.

With all the torrential rains and thunderstorms we have been having for weeks. I am so loving not having to walk through puddles and wet grass to get to my New Art Studio!!!

Posted on July 8, 2017July 10, 2017 by Christina — 2 Comments

Living Room Drapes

I thought I would show everyone my Drapes I just finished sewing for my remodeled Living Room. I had fun making them. I set up my sewing machine, cutting board and ironing board out in the New Art Studio, as I don’t have the old art studio remodeled into my fiber arts room yet. (That is another ongoing project).

Here is the fabric being cut into drapery panels.

Here is the old girl, she has been with me since 1978, my old faithful La Belle sewing machine.

Starting to sew the headers in place.

The rod pocket header tape being pined on for sewing.

Here is what the rod pocket tape looks like, just in case you have never see it before, it has little pockets for the curtain rod to pass through already made onto the tape. Speeds up the process of making drapes nicely!

Here are the first three sets of drapes hung over the windows behind the couch in the bay on the east side of the living room finished and hanging. Many thanks to my Hubby, Rick, for hanging the rods for me.

Here is what the finished headers of the drapes look like hung up on the rod.

Here is the drapes finished and hung on the window on the north side of the living room. (sorry about the light glare on the right side of the pic from the door window.)

I had some left over fabric so decided to recover the old couch pillows I had kept from off of our old couch. Rick was a bit skeptical, he wanted me to buy new pillows and just toss these, he could not envision them having new life and being upcycled. I think mostly because he hated the old couch. Lol.

Tada!!! Upcycled couch pillows recovered to match drapes! Needless to say, Hubby was very pleased with the finished pillows and the drapes.A fun project indeed. I had just enough left over fabric for the three pillows. Very pleased with my spruced up living room now, and Hubby is definitely a happy camper.

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Posted on June 7, 2017June 15, 2017 by Christina — Leave a comment

Fused Glass Kitchen Cabinet Door and Drawer Pulls

Finally finished all my Fused Glass kitchen cabinet Door and Drawer Pulls.

I started by out laying out and cutting my glass in 1 and 1/2 inch squares. I actually started these quite some time back in the old art studio upstairs, and finished them in the new art studio.

I ground the edges so they were not sharp on my glass grinder.

Here is a group all cut and ready to start placing the diachroic pieces on top.

Then I started laying out the little dichroic pieces of glass and the stringers on top of the blue glass and securing them with a drop of clear craft glue, so they don’t move in the kiln as the glass begins to work when firing.

In the top section of the pic above you can see 6 already fused drawer and door pulls.

I fired a total of 47 door and draw pulls. I needed 45 for my kitchen. I wanted a couple of extras, just in case one breaks in the future. Below, another group cleaned, laid out, glued and ready to fire in the kiln.

Below: In the kiln ready to fire.

The two pics below show some of the finished, fired pulls after they came out of the kiln.

Each draw and door pull is a one-of-a-kind original piece of art.

Below is a pic of the backing pieces I purchased especially for mounting on fused glass door and drawer pulls.

Backs epoxied on and ready to mount on the cabinets.

Mounting them on the kitchen cabinets

Here we have some of the hand built Hickory cabinets, built especially for my kitchen by a wonderful friend!! I had to do his beautiful cabinets justice and make special door and drawer pulls for them.

Below: Close up of a couple of the upper cabinets with pulls mounted.

Below: Close up of under Island cabinets with pulls mounted.

I even added a pull to my microwave door.

Thanks for checking out my blog post.

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Posted on March 21, 2017March 21, 2017 by Christina — Leave a comment

House Painting

This post is a deviation from my regular posts, it has a little to do with the new art studio. I thought I would show you our fresh paint on our house, after we stuccoed it.
Here is a shot of the stucco going on, which gives you a before image. It is an old house which was built in 1925, which has been the never-ending remodeling project for years now. We painted it white with the teal trim 20 years ago. It definitely needed a face lift. My Hubby says we are going to restore it to the spender it never had. LOL

Here is the front of the house now. This is the north and west sides. (Obviously we have some construction debris to clean up, but I just had to share pics.)

A bit closer pic of the front. They still have some soffit work to finish up.

Close up of the west side.

Another view of the west side from the back yard. This is the kitchen/dinning room side and our bedroom above it.

The back of the house, south side.

This it the living room door facing the north, with the river view.

The main door facing the north, which enters into the dining room/kitchen area. Both doors enter from the front patio.

This is the east side, the living room, and above it on the north-east corner (the right side) is my old art studio which will be the new fiber art studio (sewing, yarn, spinning, all things fiber related) and on the upper south-east corner (the left side) is my office. Here is a before pic of the stucco going on. We also replaced 5 windows on the second story a few years ago as you can see.

And here is the east side now.

Another view of the east side, living room, fiber art studio and office.

We also had the painters paint the patio wall. This is the view of the river from our living room and front patio. You can also see our deck in the right hand side of the pic among my hubby’s potted plants (Pineapples and hot peppers).

Out in the back yard on the south side of the house we have my new art studio, and…

Rick’s wood shop.

My, how some stucco and a fresh coat of paint can change a place! Still a lot of construction clean up to do, but we are getting there!! I love it.

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I have been doing jewelry photo shoots. Lots of new jewelry coming, stay tuned for more info on my upcoming release. Sign up on my email list for early bird shopping and special offers.

Hand made lampwork beaded jewelry, fused glass jewelry, bracelets, and rings.

Coral, turquoise, bone, coins, Swarovski crystals, wire wrapped stones and sterling silver.

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Here are three Flower Crowns for I made a few weeks ago for our Church Youth Camp. Volunteers put 300 together for camp.

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This was a very fun project. I hand-painted new curtains for my New Art Studio. I wanted something fun and artsy for the Art Studio, so I created them.

I started with some white sheeting fabric.

Then I dug out some textile paint I had from previous projects, and brushed on some hot pink.

I went to a smaller sized paint brush and brushed on some violet, used brush strokes and some spatters, and I am liking it so far.

Next I applied teal, and then threw on a splattering of gold.

Curtain #1 of 4 drying.

I repeated the process for curtain #2, sewed the rod pockets, the hems and mounted the curtain rod on the wall and tada!!! One set of curtains done!!

Here is a close up of the painting.

I started curtain #3 for Window #2 and ran shy of paint. After several days of looking and several trips to local art supply stores, I found more paint in Sarasota. Yay!!!

Here are the completed set of curtains for Window #2, painted, rod pockets and hems sewn; and curtain rod mounted.

I am loving my new artsy curtains for my New Art Studio. I did not like being out back after dark with no curtains. It is also going to help keep it a little cooler in there for the summer too.

Loving my new studio, and loving my new artsy, hand-painted curtains. Having fun being creative.

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Here is the new my deck we built out back in front of my New Art Studio. It has sure been nice having the new deck and the new stepping stone walkway.

With all the torrential rains and thunderstorms we have been having for weeks. I am so loving not having to walk through puddles and wet grass to get to my New Art Studio!!!

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Here is the fabric being cut into drapery panels.

Here is the old girl, she has been with me since 1978, my old faithful La Belle sewing machine.

Starting to sew the headers in place.

The rod pocket header tape being pined on for sewing.

Here is what the rod pocket tape looks like, just in case you have never see it before, it has little pockets for the curtain rod to pass through already made onto the tape. Speeds up the process of making drapes nicely!

Here are the first three sets of drapes hung over the windows behind the couch in the bay on the east side of the living room finished and hanging. Many thanks to my Hubby, Rick, for hanging the rods for me.

Here is what the finished headers of the drapes look like hung up on the rod.

Here is the drapes finished and hung on the window on the north side of the living room. (sorry about the light glare on the right side of the pic from the door window.)

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Finally finished all my Fused Glass kitchen cabinet Door and Drawer Pulls.

I started by out laying out and cutting my glass in 1 and 1/2 inch squares. I actually started these quite some time back in the old art studio upstairs, and finished them in the new art studio.

I ground the edges so they were not sharp on my glass grinder.

Here is a group all cut and ready to start placing the diachroic pieces on top.

Then I started laying out the little dichroic pieces of glass and the stringers on top of the blue glass and securing them with a drop of clear craft glue, so they don’t move in the kiln as the glass begins to work when firing.

In the top section of the pic above you can see 6 already fused drawer and door pulls.

I fired a total of 47 door and draw pulls. I needed 45 for my kitchen. I wanted a couple of extras, just in case one breaks in the future. Below, another group cleaned, laid out, glued and ready to fire in the kiln.

Below: In the kiln ready to fire.

The two pics below show some of the finished, fired pulls after they came out of the kiln.

Each draw and door pull is a one-of-a-kind original piece of art.

Below is a pic of the backing pieces I purchased especially for mounting on fused glass door and drawer pulls.

Backs epoxied on and ready to mount on the cabinets.

Mounting them on the kitchen cabinets

Here we have some of the hand built Hickory cabinets, built especially for my kitchen by a wonderful friend!! I had to do his beautiful cabinets justice and make special door and drawer pulls for them.

Below: Close up of a couple of the upper cabinets with pulls mounted.

Below: Close up of under Island cabinets with pulls mounted.

I even added a pull to my microwave door.

Thanks for checking out my blog post.

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Here is the front of the house now. This is the north and west sides. (Obviously we have some construction debris to clean up, but I just had to share pics.)

A bit closer pic of the front. They still have some soffit work to finish up.

Close up of the west side.

Another view of the west side from the back yard. This is the kitchen/dinning room side and our bedroom above it.

The back of the house, south side.

This it the living room door facing the north, with the river view.

The main door facing the north, which enters into the dining room/kitchen area. Both doors enter from the front patio.

And here is the east side now.

Another view of the east side, living room, fiber art studio and office.

We also had the painters paint the patio wall. This is the view of the river from our living room and front patio. You can also see our deck in the right hand side of the pic among my hubby’s potted plants (Pineapples and hot peppers).

Out in the back yard on the south side of the house we have my new art studio, and…

Rick’s wood shop.

My, how some stucco and a fresh coat of paint can change a place! Still a lot of construction clean up to do, but we are getting there!! I love it.

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