displaying my digiart

I’d been wondering how to display my digiart pieces with the Dr Seuss quotes.  Then I received an e-mail alert of a 48 hour special on printed mugs from the online photo printer that I use (Photoshop) and I had an accidental smashing time with some of my mugs.

So I ordered 5 mugs using the images in the colours that match my decor.  The picture space is narrower than the pieces so I had to crop.  With the brown one I divided the quote across two mugs.

I’m really pleased with the mugs.  The colour and print quality is good and it is such a fun way to have my digiart displayed and used.

I will definitely be using my own art the next time I need to buy some mugs. 

Have use had any photos or art printed onto mugs?

copper tape

I love copper – I used copper pipe in my kitchen and I have edged the shelves in this cupboard / dresser with copper tape.  .

The cupboard is in a corner of the living room so I removed the door, widened the shelves and have placed the table in front of it and will use it as a dresser.

The tape is actual copper with a sticky back.  It is actually sold for gardeners to use in keeping slugs away from plants.  Seemingly slugs will not walk over copper because the chemicals they extrude react with copper to give a slight electric shock, enough to keep the slugs at bay.  It comes in a roll like any other tape.

 

 

 

 

 

And the fruit bowl that is prominent on the shelves – it belonged to my Grandmother.  My Dad says that he and his siblings gave it to their Mum on her birthday when objects made from clear plastic where first available and fashionable. Which makes it older than I am by at least 10 years.  It sat on my Grandmother’s sideboard, full of fruit, all the time I was growing up.  It was an obvious item for me to ask for when my grandparents house was being distributed.

decorations from the garden

Doesn’t this make your fingers twitch to get in there and make things?  On Sunday I joined in at a Christmas decorations from the garden workshop run by my parents’ organic gardeners group.  People brought along ribbon, candles and other craft things and masses of greenery from their gardens.

Then we all just played with what was there and made a variety of decorations.  Wreaths were popular.  We added colour using giftwrap ribbon, wool and candles.  It was a lot of fun and everyone went home with at least one creation to festoon their walls and tables.
We have always used greenery from the garden as the  basis for decorating the house at Christmas.  What do you use from the garden?

Lovely start to a rainy Monday

 

Deb at purple turtle had a giveaway last week of her fabulous chalkboards and I won !!!!!  I loved these blocks when Deb first blogged a picture of them.  Of all the giveaways that I have entered recently this was the one that I most wanted to win.

I will be buying a house soon and had decided to include word art in the decor but had thought of too many words that I might use and now I can use them all.  I believe Deb will be selling these chalkboards – I’ll keep you posted.