Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Rock-A-Bye Babies

It seems like just yesterday I was singing lullabies to my babies.
It's hard to imagine that they are turning 31 and 28 in a week.


Time does fly...
My babies have grown into wonderful young men
that I could not be more proud of. But, I do have to admit
that I'm feeling a little sentimental this week thinking about
when they were...well...still babies.
So I thought this would be the perfect time to share this project that I made while I was on the ICE Resin Creative Team last year.

 

Mixed media assemblage is not something I do often and is a little out of my comfort zone but when I found a rusty old trowel that was partially covered in plaster at the thrift store,
I couldn't resist the urge to alter it!

I covered the trowel with sheet music. By using resin as the glue, it caused the paper to become somewhat transparent allowing the yummy rust and plaster to show through.

 

I then added loosely bundled twigs to represent branches high up in a tree, a moss nest, and resin coated paper birds and eggs that I found at The Graphics Fairy. I finished it off with a sweet little poem sandwiched between a piece of birch bark and a sheet of mica.


You can find a complete list of supplies
and a tutorial on how I made it here.

This project was featured at
Knick of Time's Tuesday Link Party! :)


Happy Birthday to my wonderful sons!


  
Sharing with: I Gotta Create!: Wildly Original Link Party, French Country Cottage: Feathered Nest Friday, Funky Junk Interiors: Party Junk, The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday Party, Knick of Time: Knick of Time Tuesday

11 comments:

  1. Gorgeous piece, love the poem! Happy birthday to your boys, time really does fly. My youngest is 6 months old, so I am trying to soak up every second of his babyhood :)

    Hugs, Estelle xx

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  2. This is very beautiful. I am bookmarking it so I can attempt something so lovely when I can carve out a bit of time. I am usually not good at creating wearable art but you have inspired me to try.

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  3. Oh, you must think I'm crazy. I didn't mean that this is wearable art. I love the idea of the trowel. I do love mixed media as a jewelry technique too. I think a mini version of this would make an awesome pin :) Anyway, love your blog.

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  4. A trowel made a great base for this piece - love all the textures and the the message.

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  5. What a lovely idea! Such a pretty project and sentimental too -- the best kind of art! Love the way you put this together. The transparent parts of the music sheets are fantastic! Love the way that looks. Cheers! Catherine (new follower)

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  6. Happy birthday to your sons! This is such a lovely piece...the trowel makes a wonderful base to alter!

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  7. So creative! I'm featuring you this week at Knick of Time Tuesday - thanks for sharing such a special piece!

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  8. Came over from Knick of Time and am now following you. Love this piece. Blessings

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  9. You need to step out of your comfort zone more often - it is wonderful!

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  10. A beautiful work :) Maybe someday I decide to do something similar - for the time being I admire your work :)

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  11. love it! You should do them more often. =)

    blessings
    barb
    PS just doing some catching up around blogland. not much time any more.

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Kathy