car-creates

Just seeing what creations I can come up with

  • my sewing fail of a Minnie Mouse skirt

    oh what a fail – I have to admit I was excited about doing this – creating a Minnie Mouse skirt for my daughter & I thought about it (how to put it all together) for a couple of days & now that’s it’s over – I feel like a loser … BIG L on my forehead!! Read more

  • Creating Tumbled Glass

    So I got a vibrating tumbler to create tumbled glass from my honey – & I figured I am trying to create a sea glass effect – so I could use sand & salt – so picked up some sand & pool salt & tried a couple of batches that way – I forgot however – Read more

  • Creating tumbled glass – like sea glass

    So for Christmas I received a Thumblers Vibrating Tumbler  I started with broken pieces of glass (from wine bottles, vinegar bottles, any kind of glass bottles) added them into the barrel – then added sand & rock salt & water – & let it roll for a very long time – over 2 weeks – Read more

  • My Bottle

    new bottle – well new to me… Oh – hey … did I ever tell you about how I found my bottle for my linseed oil/turpentine mix? Well of course you might think ‘well, deeerrrr, you drank a bottle of Crown Royale!!‘ – well no I didn’t! So after I learned about the 400 wet Read more

  • Fixing sashes & Mirror frame

    well heeeyyyy!!! So the window frame has a couple of windows I want to replace – & they were originally inset using wooden sashes (at least that’s what I think it’s called – instead of glazing material (that is like a putty)) they used small pieces of wood nailed into the frame. So I am Read more

  • FINALLY!! fixed my blog!!

    silly me!!! I did something to screw up my blog – too big pictures too much space –  whatever!!! – well – I finally had time to check out my posts – fixed a couple of them – & FINALLY it looks correct! grr! I was frustrated & didn’t have the time to think & work it Read more

  • hearts all around

    Can you feel it?? love all over?? can you see it?? you can find it in the most unusual places!!! While walking the other day around my neighborhood I found this:   love is where you find it Pretty cool – keep your eyes & ears open – you never know where you’ll find it!!   Read more

  • Adding a Shadow with Burnt Umber

    Man this keeps getting more beautiful with every devlopment!! Got another teaching on adding depth to the window frame by adding a shadow affect with Burnt Umber … check it out!! A closer look:                                 I worked these at the Read more

  • Staining the window frame

    Hey! so I went back to the Driscolls to learn now how to stain & preserve the wood – Ralph showed me how to apply Mohawk Finishers Glaze – Burnt Sienna  (gorgeous color) & then told me to let that sit overnight, then apply a coat to the second side, let that sit overnight again Read more

  • Continuation of Dish Towel Aprons …

    So you’ll remember from this post: Dish Towel Aprons that I am creating a couple of different aprons – with different towels & frabrics – so as I create more (I expect 3 different types) I’ll post the additional pictures in here: So with this one as you can see I used batik fabric – polka Read more