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WOYWW #148 | What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! Along with Julia over at Stamping Ground and a bunch of other artistic and crafty folks, I'm showing the current state of my work table this morning. 

By the window I've got a layout I finished yesterday.

And front and center is a project I started last night for my Mom's birthday. This is a family saying -- simple, yet profound, you know? I'm trying to decide whether I want to use the music paper clouds and/or the Prima flowers. I got the flowers as a freebie in my last box from Two Peas. What do you all think? Clouds? Flowers? 

Thanks for visiting!

~ Laura

A non-edible Easter Egg

This took longer than you might expect, but I'm glad I made it. :-) The frame was originally black and I've learned a valuable lesson: either buy an unpainted frame or make sure you buy one that doesn't have a smooth surface! Between trying to cover a darker color with lighter colors (originally tried white) and the fact that the paint didn't want to stick to the slick surface, the paint job is not what I envisioned. But I decided rather than sand it down, prime it, and repaint it, it was good enough as it was! And I decided I'm also okay with the fact that the "egg" isn't perfectly centered, either vertically or horizontally. It's pretty and it's festive. :)

~ Laura

Flower Heart canvas

I had fun making this! I painted a 12 x 12 canvas with Martha Stewart craft paint, let it dry, then glued on Prima flowers using Glossy Accents as the adhesive. It's now hanging in my den. So satisfying to make something pretty, start-to-finish, in a couple of days and hang it up. 

Happy Halloween frame

I painted an inexpensive frame from Michael's with Martha Stewart High Gloss Beetle Black acrylic paint.  I stamped and white-embossed Tim Holtz stamps on black cardstock.  Then I added the ribbon and Recollections stickers, both of which I've had kicking around for two years or so.  I like it and it's nice to use up things, too. ;-)

~ Laura