200: holidays

Phew!  Nice little "blog breather" there.  Wish I had something more monumental to share on this, my 200th post, but alas, just a bit of catch-up.

In my usual delayed fashion I haven't really talked about the holidays.  Of course they were busy, busy, busy over here.  I made a bunch of gifts, but I'll have to share most of them at a later date.

But to start with, this is an awesome project I did for my sister.  She just moved into her very very own city apartment and of course I had to help with the decor.

This is a large canvas that I painted and then mod podged on some fabric.  The inspiration is actually from a bedding set, but it was totally different colors, in a different scale, and had no print fabric.  So it's not a copy at all.

But I did make it to coordinate with this bedding set I got her.  I'm not going to put a link because I'm sure by the time anyone cares, it will be long gone, but it was from Macy's.  

It was fun to do.  I normally sew stuff so painting was a departure.  Actually if I could have found a background fabric that coordinated well, I probably would have sew this too, and then stretched it on canvas, but time was limited.  Painting is always a bit more difficult than I think it will be, but I'm quite pleased with how it came out.

Our holidays were mostly spent at home.  I enjoyed my newly converted wood burning fireplace and spent lots of time just hanging out with the kids.  I've even completed an entire quilt since the new year! (More on that later).

Here are a few of the basic holiday holiday portraits.  Aurora chose her own dress this year which she was just dying for, so I went with it.

Hope you had great holidays and that your new year is shaping up to be a good one.

JT

Comments

[Tamie]

Love the canvas. What a sweet sister you are.

[Kukki]

Will we ever get to see your kids' birthday parties? That's the main reason why I follow this blog...

[Andrew J]

That "painting" is amazing! It would make a fabulous quilt ...

[Tina in Boston]

The canvas is so pretty! Your kids are adorable!

[plumbing]

The paintings is awesome. You have a perfect family picture. I hope I can have like that.

[wall foam insulation]

The pictures is amazing. You have the best household image. I wish I can have like that.

[Rachael]

I've been working on a "mixed media" canvas FOREVER.

Ok...not working on it. Looking at it in my closet every time I go in to get supplies to make something else.

I'm in a rut.

I think Aurora did a fabulous job picking out her dress! I always buy Christmas dresses (ok, so I've only had to buy three, but still) and I'm trying to "save" the sewing for an Easter dress. I made one last year that was so easy, I'm scared to try again this year. lol

I've got to catch up on all my present posts, too...I'm just so behind on everything.

At least I'm in good company :-)

[Valerie]

Amazing artwork for your sister!

[wonderingsoul]

Wow! You are so talented!!! I wish you were my sister!