Using Silhouettes.

Many moons ago,

when I was a teenager and money was well nigh near non-existant,

I came upon these books at a store.

They were half off,

but they were still a great sacrifice for me to make.

But, let me tell you,

I am glad I did.

 There were 4 of this type

and I have used and reused them for ideas

a ridiculous amount of times.

Does this look familiar?

This was the inspiration for the rock that I painted

that is in the header to my blog.

The ideas in these books never grow old to me:

There are children clips,

 

funny clips,

 

Western clips,

 sentimental clips,

unique Christmas clips,

 and plenty of animal clips;...

 and that's just touching the surface.

I have a bunch of cupboard doors that my aunt gave me.

 Using chalk paint has motivated me to paint them:

no more sanding!

 I decided to use the green one with a sihouette clip art that I found

of some cows.

 I added some landscape ideas I found in a few other books,

and this verse I found.

I'd never noticed this verse before,

and thought it was perfect for this scene:

I have to admit that I painted this particular board

and priced it rather high

so that if it doesn't sell at the craft sale...

there is a perfect spot for it in my living room.

The only problem is,

usually when I paint things for myself,

they seem to sell.

I wonder if that's what is meant by putting one's soul into artwork?

Oh, dear.

Did I just admit there is cow-love deep in my soul?

I better end this discussion and get back to the paint brush.

I got a nice truckload in to the first craft sale

and hope to post pictures of it this weekend

(I even got a little bit of video).

Now I need to finish up my pieces for my friend's sale.

Happy weekend to you,

friends!!!

Linking up to:

Funky Junk Interiors
Between Naps on the Porch
A Bowl Full of Lemons
Above Rubies