Antioch's Silent Auction April 2023

 

Our CWF group at Antioch held our 2nd Silent Auction this month for a fundraiser.  Some of us decided to try our hand at crafting some things to sell. I had so much fun! I got started as I was recovering from my knee replacement in December, then continued on in those yucky weather months.  I had so much fun learning some new techniques and stepping out of my comfort zone a little! I hope we will do this again. 

Some things sold, some things didn't.  But it was a good cause and a labor of love.  Most of what didn't sell, ended up being gifted. Below are some things I made.

Wooden Shingles

 

Lisa and I went to our friend Christy's mom's estate sale.  I'm always on the lookout for a little slab of wood or 2 that I can craft with.  Well.......they had these 2 boxes of cedar shingles for $10.  For all. I cannot wait to get started! I'll start with some Christmas crafts: snowmen, Christmas trees, winter scenes with churches.  I have a million thoughts.

I know I won't be able to use them all because some are too thin and cracking. But with some gentle washing and gentle sanding to get rid of splinters, I should be able to paint on most of them. 

Hopefully, something will end up fun enough to share with Christy as a momento.

Art Lesson: Red Maple Leaf

So, I took my first art lesson with teacher, Debbie James.  I only did 3 lessons because I know it's my thing.  But I did learn some cool things like mixing colors, etc.

She asked us to choose a simple pic to try to paint.  I chose this Red Maple leaf from my photos. I'd taken this a couple of autumns ago while on a walk in WA State. The first photo shows it on Henry's back.

I thought that was pretty simple.  But she assured me I wasn't ready for all that shading of colors. She sees things I don't see. LOL.

This one is from the same walk, but it has asphalt as the background and she thought that was more do-able. 

 Instead of making a copy of my photo and using tracing paper to draw it, I freehanded it.  Mainly because I'm not patient enough to trace. I think it looks pretty kindergartenish. Debbie suggested I put more time into finishing up the asphalt.  But Laura Lee's sweet self wants me to send it to her just like it is. I bought a thrift store frame, and did the chippy paint technique on it. David put a hanger on the back and off it goes to WI.

Who knows, maybe I'll try lessons again someday.

A Checkerboard Christmas

I couldn't pass us this $1 checkerboard frame at Salvation Army.  It was speaking to me.  My mind immediately went to Christmas.

 I inserted the front of a Christmas card we rec'd last year from cousins Ron and Peggy.  I added a messy bow and Bob's your uncle. I've put it in our silent auction to be held next week on Palm Sunday at church.  But I won't be sad if there are no takers. (Sold)

Bunny Bum Door Hangers

One of the booths at Treasure Trove had these doorhanger cutouts for a few cents each.  I bought all they had which was 6 or 7. 

I painted and sealed them, added a bunny bum and a messy bow. 

 I think they'll be a fun little Easter treat for our homebound ladies.

Chippy Church

So I found a weird little board at Goodwill for $1.  It looked like half a cutting board, maybe. I tried the "chippy paint" technique and it worked better on this than on anything I've tried it on.  I painted it with black acrylic, and roughly swiped Elmer's glue on the dried paint.  I let it sit an hour or so while I worked on something else. Then when the glue was mostly dry, but still a little sticky, I painted Vintage White acrylic.  I left it overnight and this was the result.  I love it.

I thought a rustic little church painted on it would be fun. The above is my inspiration.

 And here is the almost final result. Couldn't decide whether to add a messy bow or twine or leave it as it.

I opted for some skinny jute I had on hand.  This one will be a leaner. (Sold)

Flower Caddy

 

I did some painting and napkin decoupaging to a galvanized caddy found at Haven Homes.

After adding some Dollar Tree flowers, I think it's pretty cute!