My brothers mantle is now mine!!!

 

This is a double mantle that my talented,wonderful and loving brother Kirk made!!!

 I looooooooove it💖💖💖💕💕💕💕💖💖💖

I have been wanting one for a long time

and everytime I go to his house I tell him....I want it....and 

so they decided to do over their living room 

and this piece was "up in the air" 

whether it should go or stay......

well you know what side I was on!!!😄😄😄 

And it was decided that it would go to 

his lovely wonderful fantastic sister!!! Lol

Can you say pleased and tickled pink!!??? 

I put it up,as is,temporarily, until I can figure out 

What to do with it.

Now it is stained and varnished but there are scratches on it.

I know, I know, some of you would say leave it as is,as my brother would too (he thinks everything should be stained wood🙄) but his sister is different.

Not that I have anything against wood but it just would not match my decor!😳

It has to be painted! Yes painted! I'm thinking white paint. Fresh clean white paint. 

 

The great thing about the way he made it is the top comes off!!!

I get 2 mantles for the price of one! Oh yeah, I didn't pay for it. 😜 

The top one is going in another room. 

The bottom one, I plan on making a box under it to lift it up and probably have a few drawers too. The inside needs a back of some kind, possibly a shelf too. 

Anyway hoping to get this project done before summer is over. Will post picture when I get it done. 

Ttyl 😄❤️😄

PS. For those of you who don't know this is a painting I did a few weeks ago

But this is not the painting that will go there as it is too small once I

Take out the top mantle. I will have to make another large painting or 

something for that spot. 

 

Never liked the wall colour.....it was supposed to be silver grey but it looks too lilac! Changing the colour to a warmer grey, like the floor.

Finished Piece by piece

 

This is the first "word" painting I think I've made. I like the way it turned out. 

This song "Piece by Piece" by Kelly Clarkson had been stuck in my head and so I had to get it down on canvas. 

Painted in Acrylics. 

Hope you like it! 😊💜😊

For more information on why I did this painting read this post

https://leeanneonlife.blogspot.ca/2016/06/stats-piece-by-piece.

handmade roses

Hello guys, I hope you had a great Christmas, mine was quiet without my children home but wasn`t too bad. Had great breakfast to my cousins house and then we went to pick up my brother to have a turkey supper at my house. We visited all the family to wish them merry Christmas.

I have been making flowers here and there....I have had a really sore arm for almost three months now, can`t sleep, can`t get dressed or undressed, can`t lift my arm more than about 8 inches, can`t close car doors, can`t put my seat belt on, can`t walk too much or use my arm too much or I get wicked pain in my shoulder, elbow and wrist....I believe that it is a combination of tendinitis and Fibromyalgia and so does the doctor. I`ve been on anti-inflammatory drugs for a week now...I think I might see a slight improvement...I`M HOPING because I am really tired of this!!! Anyhows, my daughter Cara is anxiously waiting to get married someday and she is dreaming of her wedding and what she would want. What colors she would like and so on. She wants her mamma to make all her flowers by hand. So mamma thought she`d start early so she can have an abundance made by the time a wedding roles around! lol
I can make many different color schemes and then she can choose whatever color she likes the best.
 So coming back to my extremely sore arm and lack of sleep for 3 months, I haven`t been able to do much so it leaves me with plenty of time to make the flowers as they are not too hard to make with only an arm and a half. hehehe Thank God it is not my right arm!!! I`d be going totally crazy by now....

Here they are, I am very pleased at how they turned out!! I think mizz Cara beeb will love them!! (Beeb is babe in french for those who don`t know)

Oops I forgot to pick up the one who flew away!

makes a great decoration

I am also making fabric flowers and yarn flowers for my hats like the blue one in the middle

These flowers have many uses... you can use them to decorate your Christmas tree...put them in pretty bowls.... glue them on head bands, use them for background photography, decorate you reception area, flower bouquets etc. etc.

Let me know if you would like to see a different color and I will make some up for you!!

Have a great flower day everyone!!!