My Heart Sings with Gratitude

Art Journaling about those I am grateful for… and what they make me feel.
Enjoy!

ATC Cards…Once Upon A Time

I joined an ATC swap and the theme was "fantasy"… here are my creations.

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Ruby's Shabby Chic - My Wedding Doll (New tradition we created)

You are probably wondering why I have been posting more crafts and less art journaling.  The reason is that I am photography some of the many crafts I have created thru the years and posting them on the "National Craft Month" Board on Pinterest from Stampinton & Company.
This doll is approximately 40 years old.  It was my doll when I was a little girl.
This is what we did with this doll:

1. My mother and I sew a wedding dress on the doll.  All the appliqués and pearls were hand sewn one by one.  We also made the fan flower arrangement and the veil.
2. My mother on the day of the wedding carried the doll to the limousine car that was going to transport me to the church.
3. The doll and I went to the church.  (I held her and many wonderful thoughts cross my mind to personal to write her!)
4. When my dad helped me out of the limousine car the doll stayed in the limousine car.
5. We had the ceremony and when all was done and we returned to the limousine car and the doll was already removed (my mom took it) which to her represented that I was now a married girl and my attention is to my husband and the family that would come and not the fantasy of playing with dolls.  (Sssshhhh… I still love to buy and play with dolls. This is a new tradition that I plan to do with my daughters or future daughter in law).

I hope that you have enjoyed the pictures and the reason for this doll looking this way! Comments or questions are welcomed.

Front View

Back View

Side View

Close-up of appliqué 

Front of dress

Sleeve and Waist details

Veil Flowers and Pearls

Fan Flower Bouquet

Back view of the Fan Flower Bouquet

Veil Over Head Face

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Colorful Handmade Ruby's Crayons Creation # 2

For this project…

1.  I took the crayons' wrapper paper off then carefully cut them into different sizes when arranging them into different letters.
2. The background is white foam board.  
3. The wood used for the border was purchased at Lowes and it is nothing more than "wood trim".  
4. The wood border were spray painted in turquoise and cut to size (very easy to cut with a small hand saw).  
5. Finally I hot glued everything and wrote words that spoke to me at the moment.

This cute display is in my office.  Enjoy!

This post is for the "Stampinton Craft Month" Pinterest Board.

My Book of Days (BOD) 2015 FEBRUARY Creations

For MY FEBRUARY, 2015s Book of Days (BOD) projects I CREATED the following.

Ruby's Creations: DNA Earrings

Do you know what DNA stands for?

I made these earrings many years ago when I taught Anatomy-n-Physiology and Biology (she's a nerd?)
Every time the lesson had something to do with DNA I wore the earrings. Fun, fun, fun.

This post is for the "Stampinton Craft Month" Pinterest Board.


Answer:
Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid

D R E A M wooden block and curtains - Ruby's Shabby Chic Creation

Here is a double take on my creation…
I went to a workshop and made the "T E X A S" blocks but of course this shabby chic girl wanted to create my version with lace and ribbons so…
I turned the wooden blocks around and created "D R E AM".
This is what I used (see pictures for a closeup of the details) and checkout the "curtains" I made.
BLOCKS
Wood blocks
Modge Podge
Old Book
Ink Pad = Distress Vintage Photo Color
D R E A M letters
Tacky Glue, Lace, Ribbon, Flowers, Button, Rubber stamp, Stazon, Yarn and more.
CURTAINS
Made some curtains (fabric from Hancock Fabric Store) and burlap (roll from Wal-Mart)
This post is for the "Stampinton Craft Month" Pinterest Board.

Front View - On the mantle

Back View - On the mantle

On the windowsill 

Drew the letters

Cut out the letters

Gathered all the materials

Opened View Curtain 1

Closed View Curtain 2

What was beautiful today?

I love to draw and paint.  For this picture I took watercolor paper and drew and watercolored the butterfly (which is now her hat) and on a separate sheet of Strathmore watercolor paper I drew her, covered her carefully and then sprayed the background with dylusion spray and used Stazon and stamped some words.  Then I played with the butterfly and find just the right place to put it on her hand and my husband (thanks Gary) gave me the idea for this final look. Fun, fun, fun!

Colorful Handmade Ruby's Crayons Creation # 1

You take a large canvas, crayons, blue tape, black fabric paint and a heat gun-put it all together and …

Ruby's shabby chic - Holds Make Up, Brushes, and more (Mason Jars)

Who doesn't have mason jars and a glue gun!
This is what I created to hold my makeup brushes and makeup.
Fits nicely on my bathroom counter and keeps me organized.

Here are a few more pictures when I was creating them.

The possibilities are endless….