Back in the mid 1960's, my parents took me to the Miracle Strip Amusement Park in Panama City Beach, Florida where they had an artist create a pencil sketch of me. You know, those people you sit down for and 10 minutes later you walk away with a portrait? Well, that sketch hung in my mother's dining room until she passed away and then it came to live with me. The thing I have always loved about the picture is the frame! It's gorgeous! I have the picture sitting on top of a cabinet in my bathroom...
Recently I was in an antique store and saw the same frame and I had to have it! There was no picture in it, but hand written on the back was a person's name and the date...1961 (the year I was born).
I decided it would be the perfect frame for a Christmas picture I wanted to create.
I printed out an image of deer that I got from the Graphics Fairy website. I printed the image on printer fabric.
I cut burlap to fit inside the frame and attached the printer fabric with the deer image to the burlap using no sew glue. Then I glued ric rac around the edges of the printer fabric and put it in my beautiful frame.
Voila! Easy Art!!!
aw how nice to have a sketch of yourself as a little girl ! and you have done a great job on the deer photo...lovely ...Gail x
ReplyDeleteVery cool! I love the sketch of you and the picture you put together!
ReplyDeleteVery nice job. The sketch of you as a little girl is darling. The new deer photo is great too. Thanks for the inspiration. I'm your newest follower and I hope you can pop over to Cottage and Creek and follow back. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
ReplyDeleteLynn
thats so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a printer and new how to use it.
What you made is far prettier art than I ever see in stores..
Very nice new art you made in those frames and nice story about your original portrait on the boardwalk. :D
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Smiles, Suzanne at WhyCuzICan