Sierra's Frame

This one is for Sierra (though, I keep forgetting to give it to her!). So far the colors on this one are my favorite. The frame is a brighter purple than it looks in the picture here. Miss Sierra has a purple bathroom off her orange and yellow room; a painting with flowers similar to the little do-dads on this frame was the inspiration for the theme in her room, so I wanted to work that in. I am irked everytime I see "play" but that's just cause I wanted it to say "bloom" instead. Everyone else seems to think "play" is AOK.

Beachy

I made this one for a friend who loves the beach, but once I saw her kid's room, it didn't quite go. I eventually donated it for my mom's "Homewreckers" (i.e. Homemakers Society) holiday raffle. It brought top dollar ($6, I think woohoo!) though, admittedly, the competition was limited to things such as a re-gifted crystal dolphin pen holder. I do get a warm fuzzy knowing that somewhere there's a homewrecker eating a cheap appetizer on me.

Hunter's frame

I wish I had a better picture of this one. I made this frame as a 1st birthday present for my friend Amby's son Hunter. The metal accents are scrapbooking do-dads I affixed with recycled upholstery tacks. I really like the mixed textures of the metals. Makes me think about trying to use some real "found objects" in the future.

Amazing Grace

This was my 1st attempt at crafting a frame. It was meant as a gift for my friend Joy whose baby girl Grace was born in 2005. The colors were chosen to match their old-time Pooh wall border that had a sage green color. I've never been too good with letters, so I'm not thrilled with how the lettering came out, but I wanted to attempt free-handing it instead of using a template.

Crafty Bastard

Last weekend Jess suggested again that I try and sell my crafts on the side. I've always thought about it but since Liz went out on her own with a party-planning gig (Cookies to Cocktails) I've been inspired to actually get off my duff and see what I can do. That, and it would be nice to have some cash on the side. Seems the first thing I need would be some sort of portfolio so I'm going to try and upload some recent examples of my work here on my barely used blog. It'll be a smattering of different things; hopefully some of it will be marketable =)

Crafts

A few months ago I started creating picture frames as presents for friends and family. The efforts were partly out of neccessity in the midst of our saving-for-house scrimping, but also, I was just annoyed at the Babies R Us price-tag for a spray painted piece of balsawood: $25! So far all my efforts have been for babies and kids, but I just got a bunch of frames on sale and I've run out of people having kids to give them to. I've thought about trying to sell them online, but I've only gotten as far as checking some books out of the library. We'll see. In the meantime though, I'm really enjoying getting into crafting again. It was a part of me that I'd really forgotten about.