Jam-filled!! :)

These don't need words, except that these are filled with blackcurrant jam - confiture de cassis - made with love, in Lyon, France, by my friend Pierre :)

If you want to see them empty, go here :)

Roses on a wood tile

I have a few laminated-wood-tile samplers, and here's what I painted on one of them.

This last one is me playing around with Picasa, and wondering what this would look like, tone-on-tone, which is my favourite colour scheme :)

Update: I gave this piece to my dear friend, Lita. And she tells me it's made it's way to her Singapore home. Nice. I'm going places, eh?!

Sunflowers

I've wanted to try my hand at sunflowers for the longest time, and this afternoon, I finally did.

I painted on a scrap piece of styrofoam (also known as polystyrene) that came with something we bought.

It's hard to paint on, but I didn't know that, did I?! Hahahah!!!

Anyways, this is the result.

The styrofoam makes this look antique-ish, which isn't altogether a bad thing, I think. I did the edges in the deep-brown of the sunflower-centres to add to the old-feel of the piece, and also to lend more depth to the flowers.

Two jam bottles

Yes, I do have a way with titles, don't I? NOT! Hahahaah!!!

But here's what I did yesterday: painted the four faces of two little bottles, that I plan to fill with homemade jam. Not in my home, but in Pierre's - my daughter's father-in-law, and a dear friend. Another person who's near and dear, whom I haven't yet met :)

Every year, we get lots of lovely jam from him, all made in France! Chuan and I can't finish it all, and so we share. This year, Nicole, Larnee's MIL also sent us delicious three citron marmalade. Two bottles were too much, so one is with my sister, Sandy.

And these bottles will be filled, and will go to two friends I'm meeting next week :)

I've yet to set the paint in the oven. I thought I'd wait till the end of the week, when I might have something else to add.

When I've filled them with the blueberry jam - which is blue-and-black and beautiful, I'll take more pix, and put them up :)

Emily's gifts :)

For the little purple round I did for her, Emily sent me so many gifts!

The first, is this black-and-white doily that graces my little table, where I read. A close-up of my reading nook is below it. If you look closely, you'll see Jolie's pillow, by the door, so she can keep guard; and a peep of Toffee's blue-pillow-in-a-basket. My dachshunds must always be right there with their mama :)

And the little dachshund on the left, with the stolen (I'm sure!) sausages, is from Emily as well. The other was something I just had to have when I saw it in Calgary!

Thank you for these, Em, and for Larnee's scarf, the bento boxes, the book-binder, and The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency. I'm think of a Christmas present for you now, of course!!!