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Yesterday I had 2 sister-in-laws over to make these photos/paintings. This was the one I made. It was fun to hang out and make these. I can't wait to get furniture so I can find a place for this on our wall. In the mean time, it will end up in our storage room with all the rest of our things...
I made this one for my sister-in-law Krystal last week. She was sealed this past weekend to her husband and two babies. I wanted to give her something to remember the day. I am so happy for their family!
A few tips for anyone who ever plans to do something like this:
•The paint looks more natural if you paint over the modge-podge, not under it. When I
went back and made touch-ups after I finished, I realized that.
•It's easier to glue the picture if you cut it smaller than your canvas.
•For a more "antiqued" look, paint a splotchy black pattern coming off of the canvas and
onto the picture. (My sister-in-law Roxy did that and it looked AMAZING!)
•Use the darker paint around the edges and gradually get lighter the closer you get to
the temple.
When I was in England I bought these post card canvases at the Tate museum. Rarely used them, and sadly never took a picture of any of the paintings I made on them, except for this one. My sister Linnea has this one in her kitchen which I painted 2-3 years ago. Not original, but who wants to spend money on a print of a painting?
Clark hates celebrating his birthday, so it's always low-key, but I figured everyone deserves to be embarrassed with a song and some candles. So I surprised him a week early at a family dinner.
My mom is the best at taking birthday pictures, and he knows it, so he refuses to let his cheeks puff out. Nothing better than a shot of blowing out candles, but oh well. One of these years he'll forget to keep a straight face :)
He blew out all 30 candles and then 1 re-lit itself.
Here's the second cake without candles! It was soooo lemony and delicious! Thanks for helping me make 2 cakes from scratch mom!! And of course thanks to Kristen for giving us all the fresh lemons used in this cake! It's a Martha Stewart recipe, but instead of 2 TBS of lemon juice I used 15 TBS because that's the way I roll. And what's the point in a lemon cake if there is no lemon filling? So we made a lemon custard for the filling. It was tart and sour and divine.
He
couldn't stay too mad at me since there were lots of leftovers (a whole cake). Happy Birthday you old fart!
For my mom's birthday I painted a picture of her mom. This is a picture her dad carried in his wallet. I can easily see why! She's gorgeous!
I'm so glad I have an amazing mom! Besides being just as pretty as her mom was, she's strong, consistent, and funny. Three of the most important qualities to have. I am forever grateful for the example she's set for me on how to live the gospel.
I don't know much about my grandma since she died when I was 4 yrs. old, but I know she must have been amazing because my mom is amazing. My limited and favorite memories of my grandma are her tuna fish sandwiches, her homemade popsicles, the way she's break graham crackers length-wise, how she'd turn her hand into a brontosaurus, and her countless ways of keeping us entertained every time we went to her house.
My nephew turned 1 yr. old last week and had a Dr. Seuss themed birthday party. I painted him a picture of the Cat in the Hat with a quote about books, because my sister-in-law is a big-time reader. I had fun doing it! I just wish I had a better picture of it. The first picture shows the actual colors and the second picture, obviously, is easier to read. Someday I'll get a camera, but my cell phone is too convenient. I'll buy a camera when they quit making the nice ones so huge and bulky.
