Quilt Collector

Awhile back, my kind friend Faye 

gave me this cool sign photo. 

Thank you Faye.

I love it!

Since then, it's been on a shelf 

next to my sewing machine.

Recently, however,

I got a hankerin' to frame it.

So what do you do when 

you get a frame hankerin'?

Go for it!

I have a closet full of frames so I 

dug into it and came out with this one.

Did you notice how I gussied

up the frame pic above with the
shadow of me taking the pic?

Yeah, I planned that!

(wink-wink)

The frame needed some extra gussying up 

so I applied a coat of black acrylic paint.

BUT,

OH NO, 

it definitely needed more!

You'll have to trust me on that because I

forgot to take a photo of it in all it's dullness.
So dull!
So boring!

It made me yawn.

Repeatedly.

I was happy to quickly settle on 

painting stitches around the frame's edges

 to mimic the stitches in the text!

YAY!

The painted stitches look like hand 

stitching which brings a smile to my face.
It makes me so happy that 

I would have a gigantic skip in my
step if I was standing up right now.

I decided to hang it above the 

peg board in my sewing studio

where I will admire it forevermore.

That is, unless we move, 

then I'll admire it somewhere else.

I apologize for the poor pic above.

Perhaps I was skipping when I took it.

Okay, I think I'll skip off now.

For real.

See ya soon.

Warm Blessings & Big Hugs,

D~~~~

Teresa Cash & Me

My blogland friend, Artist, Teresa Cash, was in need of smile photos for a project she was working on, aptly named The Smile Project. 

The project is about honoring the value and importance of a smile. Of course, since my other blog is titled "Smiles For Many Miles," you might know that Teresa and I are on the same page--smiles have value and are quite important!

I contributed this pic.

This is the drawing she created from it! 

I think she did a fabulous job, don't you? 

Thank you Teresa!

Her blog states that she's still looking to draw more smiles so if you'd like to send her a pic here's the link: 

http://teresacashart.com/portfolio/smiles.html

Teresa also paints some really cool stuff so there's a good chance you might find some fun eye candy while you're there. I love her work!

I'm painting some odds and ends 

stuff so see ya soon.

Warm Blessings & Big Hugs,

D~~~~