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Hi guys. Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. Did any of you discover anything new during the world wide covid quarantine? We definitely now use some new terms like "Before Covid," Covid belly, Covid hair and such. Well, we discovered Covid cutlery. Well more like this, I was shopping online at Amazon, (imagine how much money thy made during our time indoors), and discovered very affordable fun colouful cutlery. I thought hey, why not make eating more creative by using rainbow utensils in cool shapes and colours? Must admit, got a bit addicted and my husband thankfully held back some of his favourite silver tone cutlery or I would have gave it all away. These are lots of fun to eat with but you do get what you pay for. Which means I discovered the tines of the forks are not as long as good cutlery, making spaghetti twirling a tad frustrating.
So If You Are Interested in checking out affordable coloured cutlery, watch the new short video I just posted featuring ours. The Amazon links to the specific places we bought our's from will be listed below.
Been really enjoying those paint pens. I just received a clear silicone cell phone case for three dollars Canadian and decided it too needed to be beautified. So I got out my assorted brands of Acrylic paint pens, Toole-Art, Ohuhu, Artistro, and Aroic. So not only do you see how these pens work on yet another surface, you can see how easy it is to create a one of a kind cell phone case. It has an original work of art on it. You could decorate it however you want to. It would make a great gift. You can draw words or a name, whatever you desire.
If you are seeking free shipping inexpensive cell cases, just do a search on Ebay - I select Free Shipping and the Buy Now tabs.
Happy Tuesday fellow artists. Here is the Grand Finale of my new DIY welcome sign, all screwed into our outside wall. IIt was a fun project. Watch and see Below
Alright, here is the second part of my three part video series on brightening up your neighbourhood with fun images on outdoor signs and or other decorative elements or....just
wait and see what I decorated recently -hint, it is big and plastic. Stay tuned to find out. To see part one click here.
This is just one project that I will be sharing with you, I have already posted the projects on Instagram @a_bergie_creation and at my Heartfully Creating group page if you want a sneak peek. Below is part one of my video about the project....
Watch Part Two Right Down Below
Materials required: A pencil Paint Pens (I used Aroic, Toole-Art, Artistro and Ohuhu pens -mostly .07mm and a few 3mm) Gesso or white paint or acrylic paint pens Polyurethane or some such finish to protect from outdoor elements
Hope you enjoy the second part, I will be editing part three very soon!
Has the whole world wide, life altering pandemic have you locked down or at least feeling down? It is hard to believe that an unseen virus can control so much. Awesome thing is, in spite of what we have all been experiencing, Corona is not in control, God is! And that means we can choose to give in to the temptation to let it all weigh down our hearts (I get tempted to do that) or we can embrace what we have, wherever we ave it. What's that old saying. "Bloom where you're planted."
After seeing so much disrepair, unkempt lawns and weedy gardens (not just ours), it seemed like a fun idea to start brightening things up around our home's exterior. This is just one project that I will be sharing with you, I have already posted the projects on Instagram @a_bergie_creation and at my Heartfully Creating group page if you want a sneak peek. Below is part one of my video about the project.... Watch Part One Right Down Below
Think about how much colour and happy characters or images can make you smile. In fact after all of these projects I want to make something else cheery to hang where I can see it through our window during the bleak winter days that we tend to have. (sorry, I know white is pretty but not fun for me to wander out in.)
As you will see I have been enjoying colourful acrylic paint pens (sorry, still not done all the paint pen reviews). And after my husband Craig sanded up some pieces of old wood, originally to be used in my paint pen reviews, I spontaneously started a Welcome sign for the front of our home. So, here is part one of the process creating this very fun and colourful sign, My hope is to not only show you how well affordable (Not
Posca) paint pens work on wood surfaces.
Watch Part One Right Down Below
Materials required:
A pencil
Paint Pens (I used Aroic, Toole-Art, Artistro and Ohuhu pens -mostly .07mm and a few 3mm)
Gesso or white paint or acrylic paint pens
Polyurethane or some such finish to protect from outdoor elements
I did coat the slightly sanded reclaimed wood with white acrylic paint or gesso. And then lightly penciled in some letters that I turned into characters. But I did not pre-plan it all. This took a long time because I really enjoyed tweaking the characters and layering and changing colours.
If it is going outside, apparently oil paint pens are more durable but, I didn't have any until today so I coated the surface with Polycrylic -polyurethane.
Hope you enjoy the first part, I will be editing part two very soon! Connect More
