Funtastic Friday 212

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With love and gratitude,

Michele

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Wooden Pepsi Box Display

I'm a fan of wooden boxes, especially vintage wooden boxes. I had picked this one up at a garage sale for $20 a few years back. 

I thought it would make a cute specimen display in the spare room. 

It holds mini things and beach finds. I just got done doing a detailed washing and dusting of the piece and as I was placing it back together I thought I'd tell you about it and show you a few pics.

 Here's what I've included.

 A vintage donkey tooth pick holder . 

 A clam someone painted for me. It's so silly it makes me smile. A vintage stamp holder and a book mark.

Some funky beach glass.

 A cool piece of driftwood. It's actually like petrified wood. It's hard like a rock.

 And seashells and corals.

 I keep it on the bedside table. 

Thanks for indulging this vintage heart and letting me go on about my little bits and my specimen display. Maybe you'll be inspired to create a bitty specimen display too.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

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Love Grows Here

I love Valentine's Day. It's my favorite time of the year. I love the reds and the hearts and the L O V E and the decor. Every year I try to make something fun to add to my collection of goodies .

This year I had no idea what I was going to make and as you can see we have this piece above. Truth be told I thought I was going to make a seashell heart using oysters shells and using very little color.

Here's what actually happened.

I started out with two heavy pieces of cardboard, traced a heart and cut. 

 I glued the two hearts together with several bamboo skews inside thinking that somehow this heart was going to be standing up tall and proud. 

I started to lay out shells onto the cardboard and could see immediately that the shells would be too heavy for this particular heart. Oh well. Tuck that idea away for a bit.

First, I applied sheets of vintage sheet music for a background. 
Sorry folks my pics are somewhere but not in my files.
You get it the idea.

 Next, I decoupaged these beautiful paper napkins I had found at #TuesdayMorning. I loved the color and print and I assumed that the roses and the aqua would pair nicely with seashells. I mean you know how I roll. #CoastalBohemian

You need the one layer of napkin that has the print. This means you'll be removing one or two other layers or ply.

My friend Pam taught me a trick the other day. Take a piece of tape and attach it to the edge of the napkin. This makes it easier to pull the layers of paper napkin apart. Trust me, I have fidgeted with pulling these layers apart over the years. Just grab the tape.

 Using some water and a paint brush , I outline the sections of napkin you I want to use and it easily pulls apart. 

 Using Mod Podge, I apply the sections in a design  I like.

 I use some burgundy wine acrylic paint to add a bit of dimension and get the mixed media flare going.

Of course, I needed some black to set things off.

At this point I am full on in ART FLOW. 

Dry brush some gold.

Highlight with black.

Added a little feathery trim(more like hairy trim).

And in the end, a little bling to brighten up the piece.

A bit of foam in a pot and I had a finished piece. 

I hope the reds and the heart  give you a bit of cheer. I know it makes me wildly happy. 
Happy Valentine's Day.


With love and gratitude,

Michele

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Wee Wonderland Walking Path #Myrtle Beach

Once upon a sunny day, my good friend Kathy made an unexpected stop at this remote path that meanders through a little wooded section on the edge of an industrial area and bordered by a development on the other end.

 It was a bright sunny day (Ok these pictures are not from that perfectly sunny day, it was later I decided to write a blog post about Wee Wonderland)and people were entering and exiting the pathway on foot and riding bicycles and it really felt safe so I agreed to go for a walk . She promised me a surprise and she said "You are really going to like this place."

As we started down the path we noticed some faux flowers and some outdoor mini ornaments and I immediately thought it was a memorial to someone who had been killed there and was wondering what the heck is she bringing us here for but, my friend always reads my mind and she said, "It looks like a memorial but it's not ." We were standing under a streetlight and she pointed that out to keep me understanding that we were really in a pretty safe zone. 

As we continued our walk, we came upon a string of flowers under a tree and underneath that a fairy home with lots of little people.
As I started to understand I looked around at the other trees and it was the same.
The people had claimed this path as their own and it was a safe place for fairies and gnomes. All of the trees with all of their cut outs and openings had been adorned with fences and stairs, doors and swings and chairs and even pools, all the things a little nymph could use in the forest, and it was all put there by the big people.
It was 100% "Organically Grown."

There were signs about declaring this the Wee Wonderland .

As we walked along, we met a pair of sisters that were visiting their tree and adding some goodies for the little people. They told us this was  "Two Sisters Tree".

It's not an amusement park, a water park or an arcade. There is nothing interactive  to keep you and your children occupied all day and into the nights. However, there is magic and wonder here, knowing that this secret forest manifested from it's own grass roots beginning and that fairies and gnomes flitter about here.

Think of the creativity and planning that went into some of these displays.

 Look at the windows and stairs on this display. 

So now I feel the need to contribute something to the hidden fairy garden. I mean little people need some beach decor too, right? I have a few perfect pieces to bring back to share with the little folk.

Directions to Wee Wonderland- In Myrtle Beach off of 17 Bypass, take Farrow Parkway to Airpark Drive. The walkway is to the right just as you enter the road. You'll need to find a spot to park along the industrial road and walk back to the walking path. 

Maybe you'll create a spark of fun in a nearby park or along a walking path. I hope it sparks some magic in you.
With love and gratitude,

Michele

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