Paris!

December 29th, 2006

I sent my friend Maria a box of Paris-themed gifts to celebrate her birthday. Happy Birthday, Maria!

Here is the sign to go with the collection:

Decoupaged wooden sign that says PARIS

This was one of those projects where, halfway through, it seemed to go to hell. I was dry brushing ivory paint over the paper I had decoupaged and I thought it looked all wrong. The ivory crackle paint over the metallic copper seemed off. I questioned whether I should glaze it with burnt umber. It wasn't what I imagined and I had no idea what to do.

Kathy, however, liked it and said I should sand it a little harder and then sleep on it. Well, not sleep on the sign because, you know, that would be lumpy.

In the morning, when I didn't have my original vision blaring as loudly in my head, I decided I did like it after all. I think I'll make one for us, too, only with a different word. Maybe ELEGANCE or STYLE. Or...PIRATE!

Here's the card I made to go with Maria's gifts:

Paris birthday card with Eiffel Tower and Showgirl

Pop-up Effel Tower from paper

The pop-up Eiffel Tower is made using a stamp set from S.A.R. (Some Assembly Required). It's a very fiddly project and I think it will be a long time before I assemble one of them again, but I do like the effect. I put one of these in my Women in Love art book. (Which reminds me, I need to get back to that project sometime soon.)

Viva la France!

Similar yarns

Technorati Tags:

Post new comment

If you are not logged in, your name will default to Rogue Pirate. You can replace that with another name. If you enter a homepage, your name will link to that website. Be sure to start your website URL with http://

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.