Saturday, May 10, 2008

Celebrations

Happy Mother's Day!

To all you mom's out there, the unsung heros! If you have a mom in your life celebrate her and enjoy the time you have and give her a big hug! I miss being able to hug my mom.

flowers My son and hubby gifted me with a beautiful bouquet of flowers they picked while out on a bike ride today. I thought my son did a great job arranging them in the vase.

Celebrate Friends...

friendsshrine2

is the theme of this wooden shadow box shrine I created. I first painted it with acrylic paints and then added paper in the backs of the cubbies.

I've been wanting to play with the wooden shadow boxes I sell on OTM and friendsshrine1finally gave myself permission to play....do you ever do this to yourself? I'm forever telling myself that I have to do such and such first before I can play....I suppose if I didn't do this I would just play all the time and never get anything else accomplished.

friendsshrine3I knew I wanted to use the color combination that I did, I just wasn't sure what I was going to put into the cubbies, but it eventually came together as I used up things I've had.

*You should be able to click on all the pictures and enlarge them for better viewing.

9 comments:

  1. I love it! Wonderful colors :)

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  2. lovely bouquet and incredibly cool cubby house. You should give yourself permission more often!

    Joanne

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  3. Thanks for the software recommendation. I will give it a try. Happy Mother's day to you too.
    Love all of your work

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  4. What a fun piece! It looks so happy and reflects the artist. I think I need one of the wooden cubbies myself! Pretty flowers too!

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  5. The shadow box is spectacular!! What a great gift idea. Thanks for the inspiration.
    chrissy bornfleth

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  6. Aileen - this is wonderful! Your work is always spectacular! Happy Mother's Day! Marva

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  7. What a beautiful, color box. I hope you plan on keeping it for yourself.

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  8. What a beautiful bouquet! Your shadowbox is delightful. I love all the patterns and colors.

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  9. It's such a lovely creation and a nice way to honor friendship!

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