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I started this one a couple of weeks ago and then got side-tracked…that does seem to happen a lot don’t you think? I seriously wonder if I have ADHD. And what’s up with the take out theme? I don’t know. I just love take out, especially anything Asian. I even keep the boxes the food comes in, because I just never know when or how I might need to use these. Speaking of which, I used a take out box as my template for this. Pulled it apart and cut my fabric to size.
I knew I wanted to embellish it but was stuck, until the idea of adding an applique of a skull and crossbones came into my head. Who knows how this happens anyway. Connections are made, ideas stored, and presto it seems right. I had started to use embroidery floss to accent the skull and crossbones. But at the rate I was going , I knew it would be a long time before I finished this one. Remember, I have a tendency to have many interests at the same time.
So, after completing my Mona Lisa fabric postcard, and mastering my sewing machine a little more, I decided to machine stitch the rest of the take out box. I did finish this piece with some buttons and French knots in order to close the box. This is currently available for sale on Etsy, unless of course, I change my mind and keep it myself!
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My daughter had received a post card of Leonardo DaVinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa this past summer, and being the thrifty person that I am saved it for future use. I pulled it out today and decided postcard size was just right! I used my sewing machine to add all the details after I fused the applique onto the base fabric. Of course, I couldn’t copy the painting exactly, and used some liberties with colors based on the fabric that I have on hand.
I wouldn’t mind making some other postcards of other famous paintings/artist either.
This is 3.75″ x 6″ and is ready to be mailed. I currently have this for sale in my Etsy shop.
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In addition to the wonderful people I have met through blogging, I have discovered yet another benefit to this activity! If you read yesterday’s post, you’ll remember that I lost all of my documents, photographs and other files that I have accumulated over the past year and a half when my computer crashed on Saturday and I had to reinstall my operating system. I am happy to say that since Saturday, I have managed to restore my computer to a workable state that suits my needs just fine…Yay! But what of my lost photographs? My portfolio?
Guess what? It’s all archived on my blog and Flickr! So, yesterday, I began going through my website, blog and Flickr account and saving photos back onto my hard drive. Not to worry, I am going to back this up after I’m done! I’ve been pretty good about posting regularly and uploading my photographs to either my blog or Flickr or both. Good for me that I’ve left a trail in cyberspace.
It’s a little tedious, but I’m happy that not all is lost. The added benefit is that now I am organizing my photographs more efficiently as well. There are some photographs that are gone forever, but that’s okay, just having some of them back is a relief. The downside to all my computer activity the past few days is that I haven’t done anything creative. I hope to get back to making art work today!
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I’m so sad…my computer crashed this weekend and I lost everything I had stored on it! We have an external hard drive, and yet I was so lax and didn’t back up my documents and pictures. This ought to teach me a valuble lesson. Don’t do what I did, make sure you’ve backed everything up!
I also made a mistake. I reinstalled Windows XP, instead of doing a recovery and now my computer is all caddywampus. I am afraid I’m going to have to bring it to a professional to get back everything I’ve lost. My computer is only 1 1/2 yrs. old, otherwise I would replace it. I managed to hook it up to the internet and reinstalled all my old programs, but it isn’t wireless anymore, and I no longer have a sound card and am getting error messages all over the place.
What did I do? I allowed my daughter to install a game on my computer and it didn’t quite install completely. I then found out that she didn’t shut the computer down correctly. When I turned it on, it was prompting me to turn it on in safe mode, yet it wouldn’t boot up, it kept looping.
I still have 2 older computers to work on, but it’s not the same.
UPDATE: I managed to reinstall most of the drivers now and I am wireless once again, have sound, resolution is normal and more. Whew, what a relief! I’m still missing all my documents and picture files, and maybe someday when I’m feeling flush, I’ll pay a pro do a retrieval. It’s amazing how much I rely on my computer day to day. What did I do before I was wired?
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I deviated a little bit when I made this mini quilted ACEO today. Actually, I had already cut and fused the appliques on last week, but just got around to machine stitching this one. I used some left over scraps from some fabric that I had stamped and painted last week and went from there. I was thinking of all the tic-tac-toe games that I play with my daughter, whenever we have time to kill, when I made this.
Whenever we play I think, Tic-Tac-Toe is really a great metaphor for life. I know, that may sound a little out there…and maybe the tryptophan circulating in my body from all the turkey I ate yesterday, today and tomorrow is making me uber mellow. But, in Tic-Tac-Toe, as in life, a player wins sometimes, loses sometimes or more often than not ends up in a draw…or maintains status-quo.
My daughter is sitting beside me right now and she just remarked when she saw this that, “Hey, somebody should have won!”
Anyway, I deviated in that I machine stitched the whole thing, edges and all. This is currently available for sale in my Etsy Shop.
