Collages

OK - finished!!  It seems it pays to get up at 4:30 a.m...........I got a LOT done this morning before 9 LOL!  Here are the promised two canvases for the Brown Bathroom.  I love that I got to use two of my grandmother's buttons and OLD, old album paper from about 1932.  If  it's old, chances are I'm gonna love it.

Early Bird

Well, I managed to wake up again at 4 a.m.......not that I WANT to, mind you.  It's just how my internal clock seems to be set these days.  So, after thinking about getting up for half an hour I finally did and am now at my craft table at 4:58 a.m., fresh juice, a pile of supplies and my camera.  I am ready to start the artwork for the Brown Bathroom.  First, though, I should share some before and after pics of that little room. 

Before, drab cement gray color with white trim & brown tiles.  (Yes I know it all looks a bit on the yellow side......I can't get the color right with the flash and can't get the picture at all without the flash.  Perhaps a better camera is in my future.....)

                              The shower/tub/toilet end of the room.

                         The end of the bathroom opposite the shower

                 The end of the counter area abutting the shower area wall.

After, a rich, deep brown with turquoise, deep red and brown accents, a bright new Ikea shower curtain and some new wall art from Hobby Lobby.

As you can see, I have some bare wall to add something to, which is why I hit The Simple Blue Room early today.  I am starting on my collages!!  Woo Hoo!!  Can't wait.  Stop back at the end of the day to see how much I managed to get accomplished.........

Oh well....

The best of intentions I had, yes..............however I cannot get my camera to "associate" with my computer here at work, so I'm not gonna have pictures up until this evening.  I will post pictures of the brown bathroom (yes, brown) and the artwork I am working on to go on those brown (yes, brown) walls.  Hope you'll stop back by....

Transforming. Emerging. Soaring.: Out Loud

Transforming. Emerging. Soaring.: Out Loud

Wow....long time, no blog!

Yup, I'm a Bad Blogger.  I work at a job outside my home and sometimes I let that be an excuse for not doing anything else.  But, I am looking to spend more time at home and thus I will be in The Simple Blue Room more often, I hope.


This room is well loved and well lived in!  I still haven't hung the curtains because it will involve moving the HEAVY L-shaped desk so the ladder can get up next to the window.  Another excuse to procrastinate....However, I have my daughter willing to make a lovely valance for me to top off the curtains-which-aren't-hung yet, so I'd better get to measuring & hanging.  


I really like this room.  A lot.  Most of my free time is spent in here.  DH has his man-cave (and his game of Civilization) so we both get all the "me time" we could want.  My room makes me smile and feel energized.  Much of what I use to craft with is out in the open where I can see it.  If I put it all neatly behind closed doors/in boxes, bins or cans I would never know what I have.  As it is, I sometimes open up a container and think "Oh wow!  I didn't know I had THAT!"  and I'm off on a new project.  And currently I have TOO many of those LOL!!  So, while I don't get as much time in this room as I'd like, I do love being in there.  I will get a couple of pictures posted tomorrow of the newest projects from The Room: collaged canvases for my newly painted bathroom, a denim picnic blanket I need to (finally) finish and one of my grandmother's crazy quilts ready to be backed and finished.  See?  I told you I have too many projects.


Thanks for stopping by.  Don't give up on me.  I'll be back tomorrow with pictures!