Jake and I really wanted a cool picture to hang on our boring white wall, but the awesome ones we found online were too expensive. I had a lot of old magazines lying around and making pictures out of clippings has been a fun hobby of mine SO..... I made a wall picture myself. It's kind of hard to see in the pictures because of the flash, but it works. I liked the idea of someone traveling somewhere and chose the ocean scene because of all the colors I could use. Here are some close-ups:
The boat is made entirely of chopped up violins. :)
I liked the idea of a treasure chest spilling things out. My favorite thing is the golden high heel. and last are some really vain mermaids...(I could NOT figure out how to turn it right-side-up! sorry!)
I call this the "Queen of the Sea"...
A really flamboyant octopus.
Here are some magazine clipping pictures that I made before:
I wanted a new awesome bed-spread, but of course couldn't afford one SO.... I grabbed a white comforter I had in storage and made a quilt thing to go at the foot of the bed. I'm really obsessed with owls and black and white lately and I'm not sure why, so I made (what else) a black and white owl quilt!
Sideways again! Dang!
A few weeks ago when I was doing Thoroughly Modern Millie, I had to make my own costumes. Sewing things for yourself gets frustrating because it's hard to pin, etc so I wanted to buy a dressform (mannequin things that you use for sewing). The cheapest ones I could find were like $100 SO.... I made my own out of nylon fabric and cotton stuffing! I took my measurements, cut out the fabric, sewed it, and stuffed it to be my exact size. Then Jake helped me hook two wooden dowels together with a metal thing and I shoved it up the center. It acutally works perfectly well and it only cost me $15!
I've always wanted bright blue shoes for some reason and I got some hand-me down heels a few months ago that were in really good shape, but a neutral color. I found out that you can order shoe dye online SO... I dyed the shoes blue and added a feather thing. Maybe they look a little crazy, but I really like them.
6 comments:
love the shoes. and I think your collage art is really cool. you have a talent for that artsy stuff.
Wow Karlee. I love all your stuff. I can't comprehend how you just whip things up. You could sell your art work, and everything else. You talented little devil.
Well thanks guys. I'm excited to see you both soon!
Wow crafty lady! Those pictures are incredible that's really fantastic! Let's be friends and keep in touch :)
Karlie you are SO creative. It's great to see that you are both doing well.
I love your mosaic works of art! They really are beautiful. --Joni
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