Ambootique

First off let me start by saying the following... Oh bloggy, how I have missed you! Ok, I'm done. Back to my crafts. Every time I complete something, I take a picture of it and post it for all my internet-lovies to marvel at on FB and Twitter . And then, something occurred to me, I haven't posted much about my painted works on here. I'm not talking canvas paintings so much as I am wooden letters and porcelain projects that you buy from the store. I haven't braved putting a brush near canvas yet, though I would love to, I am just not secure enough in it at the moment. Don't get me wrong, I think (my opinion) that I am decent enough at it. I just haven't found my... artistic side abilities as of yet. So anyway, here are just some of the things I have painted. What do you think? My Princess loves Hello Kitty. Looking at a bunch of pics of the Hello Kitty Characters, I drew these characters out by hand and then painted them with acrylic paints. ...

Here is the completed "For Love", Embroidery Project#4, piece. I used "Quick Cuts" 18 in. x 21 in Material and cut a 6 1/2 in. x 6 in. square. Embroidering with contrasting threads (Orange, Light Blue, Red, Light Pink, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Blue, Light Green, Green). I used the Back Stitch on all words except for "Patient", I used the Split Stitch there. Back Stitch was also used for the Stick People.  "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." Taken from 1 Corinthians 13:4 I used three strands for all the words and the out-line of the Stick People and Heart. Two strands were used in the strike-through in "envy", as well as for the eyes and mouths.   I took my time with this one because it is the first time I have embroidered with words. I wasn't really sure how it was going to look once it was completed. I had originally decided to embroider the words only. At t...