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.