Inspiration Monday

I love the art deco-ness of this sign!

I remember when I lived in Florida my grandmother used to take us shopping in downtown Miami, and all the buildings and signs had that art deco feeling!

I couldn't believe it when I saw this sign, (and the parking gargage as a whole)

this last week when I was downtown for jury duty! 

What does something nostalgic like this make you remember?

How can you use that in your crafting?  Enjoy your Monday!  

Smash* Challenge #1

This weekend I am participating in the Three 24 hour smash* aholics challenge.  It's 3 challenges for 

each of the three days of the weekend.

The first challenge was to make a page about someone or something special..

So I flipped thru my pictures and this one stood out t me...

It's of my parents from their last visit.  And in honor of my mom finally starting to follow this blog I thought 

I'd include her!!

Some close ups of the details... The pretty butterfly with Ranger acrylic paints, and home made 

glitter spray (I used an old container of eyeshadow)

The little glassine envelope was left over from my wedding, and I added a little bit of twine

At the top of the pic is the xoxo glittery ribbon, some coups I got at a raffle a while back..

The king and queen are from the cover of a book of stamps, and I made the mom and 

dad sign from scratch...

It's a cute little page, and much more smash* like than I usually do!  I hope you enjoy!

Inspiration Monday

I hope to bring you some inspiration for your art...

Hope to make this a weekly blog post

Today is simple

A Fire Hydrant outside my local Joann's 

Inspiration can come from the color, or the landscape, or even the bolts...

Draw, paint, journal or smash* something

Just create