Nov 6
No matter how hard we try, Mother Nature still beats us at creating the most lovely pieces. Jan is one of those people who realized it and works with it. This time: a fantastic cottage feature made of driftwood – as decorative as it is functional. Thanks for sharing again Jan, we love your work.
By: Jan Ferguson Read more
I recently painted our master bedroom a new colour (from blue to dark grey) and was in need of something fresh for the wall. With a limited (okay, non-existent) budget for artwork, I had to get creative and come up with something using what I already had on hand.
And so, I give you my hand-painted pineapple art.
By: Kimberly Read more
I was so tired of this winter and even more tired of my unfinished living room. We’ve been in our house 3 years now and our living room is the first thing you see when you enter. It just needed a little push to bring it from boring to I’m-not-embarrassed-to-open-my-front-door-anymore! I started with pillows for the couch. I thought I would share in this post a few of the sewing tips I have learned over the years.
By: Janet Read more
Not sure about the rest of you, but art always seems to be last on our list of things we “need” to buy. My husband (also a graphic designer) and I are always admiring pieces of artwork but still consider it an impractical use of our money when we have “real” needs like new windows and doors or a new furnace etc.. Finally, we decided to take things into our own hands. We said, “We’re creative folk, why can’t we do something for ourselves?” And thus started a few months of mulling exactly what to do. Some of the pieces we had been admiring of late were partly because of the style of finishing they had. I did some research and found it was called “Epoxy Resin Coating.” After some further research and quotes we settled on a place called Lumigloss. They were very friendly, knew their stuff and delivered a great product.
Epoxy Resin is a hand-poured clear mixture that is poured right over your artwork. It dries to a hard, glossy finish. You can have the edges of your artwork scraped clean or have the resin drip over the edges. The size and thickness of frame is up to you. The colour on the side of the frame can either be natural, white or black. We chose to give Lumigloss a tin of white stain and use that instead. Read more
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