Sand and sea

 Hallo,
  Well it has been a long time since I posted so here's a quick update.....29 march I had knee replacement surgery on my right knee and am doing well, will be going back to work in 2 weeks, have been doing my exercises twice a day and also back to walking. My pups are disappointed that I don't take them with me just yet, need to get a bit more oomph into the legs before I take those 2 rowdies with me :)
  I hadn't been in the studio much until the last week and this one is one I just finished. Encaustic and oil stick, it is 12 by 12 inches and 1 inch thick and will be going to a friend of mine.
  Not a whole lot else going on - trying to get all my old photo albums transferred to digital and still working on wedding projects.
  The weather has been so nice and cool, been loving it - except the pool isn't warm enough to get into yet. I am looking forward to doing my pool exercises and working on getting dtronger and maybe loosing some weight.
    All for today - Take Care
        Tera

Wedding bouquets

 Hallo,
    Stopping by for a quick post today - wonderfully sunny and cool out today - sat out on the deck in the back yard to soak up some sun - contented sigh......
    Finishing off the Bride and Bridesmaids bouquets this week. The first 2 pictures are the brides bouquet and the third picture is the one for the bridesmaids for my DD's wedding in July.
   My first time making wedding bouquets, so it was a learning process and such fun.  My DD's colors are teal/turquoise and copper. But for her bouquet she wanted mostly the ivory colored flowers and just a bit of color, and the bridesmaids to be mostly the turquoise and copper flowers.
   Believe it or not the copper flowers were done using white roses and copper spray paint. They take the spray paint very well if 1- you use the better quality silks and 2 - light applications, drying between each layer until you have the color you want.
   I wired the stems together and then covered them with burlap and then wrapped them in lace to make them easy to carry.
   All for today - Take Care
           Tera

Silver emergent

 Hallo,
   Yup I've been busy - making wedding invitations, table decorations, bouquets....
   Latest painting finished off last weekend in the studio. It is called 'Silver emergent' as it has some silver leaf embedded into it . Done with encaustic wax, oil stick, silver leaf and shellac.....
   The red on the left side is darker and more maroon and lighter more cherry red on the right side.
   All for today - Take Care
      Tera

Small sea life

Hallo,
  The start of another Monday....I never used to think about Monday as the beginning of a long work week, most of my Nursing Career I have worked 12 hr shifts and every other weekend, and either 3 shifts a week or 3 one week and 4 the next so I was often off on Mondays. The last 2 years
    or so I have work 8 hr shifts weekdays and every weekend off, which is nice but lately I am
     beginning to not like Mondays very much :)
          I have another pair of small pieces for you today, and again a bit cluttered but going to leave it
     alone. I may end up framing these in so I may add that pic in later....
         Well I guess its time to get off to work...
        Have a great week!!!
                Tera

Small ocean

Hallo,
   I have a couple small encaustic wax pieces for you today - 8 by 8 inches. I did them using the same style as the bigger one that I posted last.
   Working small is just as hard sometimes as working BIG...I think these 2 are just a bit cluttered but it would be hard to cut something out at this point without just starting over, so I am going to leave it be.
   There is a small themed show coming up at Artel in Pensacola and these might be the ones I enter....will have to see if I can get anything else done before then.
   All for this rainy morning - time to putter in the craft room a bit and then decide whether to keep puttering or go to the studio and play with wax.
   Take Care
      Tera

Wedding samples - third set...

Hallo,
  Well here is the last batch of samples I made for my daughter to chose from for her wedding invitations - this is the style she ended up choosing but I wont show you hers until the invitations have been sent.
   Her colors are teal and copper and I used  some yummy papers from Paper Temptress.
   The light teal (lagoon), copper and the white (pearl?or crystal) are all from PT Mica mettalics line and are beautifully sparkly/shimmery. The darker teal is from the basics line.
  I used 2 Spellbinders dies and embossing powder in copper and 2 shades of teal.
  All for this morning - I have 2 pups to brush, a house to clean, bottles to spray paint and wedding invitations to make.....
   Take Care
      Tera

Set 2 - wedding Invitation samples

Hallo
  Just a quick post this evening with another batch of wedding card samples. I cant remember who made the stamp but I have used it a lot over the years.
   I used some really wonderful papers from Paper Temptress. The copper, pearl and lagoon(light teal) are from the 'mica mettalics' line and are a nice heavy base cardstock with a wonderful sparkle to them - BONUS this line is even on sale right now, so if you NEED some I have a link to Paper Temptress is my sidebar. I also used a darker teal from the basics line which is a really rich teal - love it.
  I used a Spellbinders die and embossing powders in copper and 2 shades of teal (the darker teal embossing powder just by luck perfectly matches the teal paper!!! - ah the simple joys in life :)
   All for now - need to get some dinner on the stove I guess.
    Take Care
       Tera