Well this week has been quite a busy one with school holidays and a husband with the worst case of the man flu, you can imagine that I have had my hands full!
Finally my canvas tote bags arrived that I ordered a while back and have been able to paint one of them already. I wanted to paint a design that looked like you were carrying a painting around with you and so decided to recreate my 'Garden Angel' design.
First up I sketched the design on with fabric pen.
The next step is to heat seal it. I will be working on more of these this week and adding to my shop :0)
The other thing that's been keeping me busy this week has been a school holiday project with my boys. We decided to make an animated movie so have spent days drawing and making characters then building a movie set. We took loads of photos the other day and I now need to put them into the computer with this software that I have which will put it all together. I think after a long time of taking pics we have about 3 seconds of film heheheh but the boys are loving it.
We had a lot of fun!
How fun! The tote looks great, but the knights, castle, etc? Awesome.
ReplyDeleteHi Nicola. You've always got fun things going on. Love your tote bag and your other artistic works are just wonderful. Love it! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove the bag and what a great project with your boys! Missed you!
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xo
I'm going to be having fun with a school project this weekend too. We are going to be dressing up as Romans then I thought I might use photoshop to put our pictures into ancient Rome!
ReplyDeleteYour bag is stunning by the way - so much nicer than a carrier bag for sure!!
Love the bag! And the animated movie is adorable and a lot of work! Take Care ;o)
ReplyDeleteNicola! Your bag is fabulous! What an awesome idea - now I want to try it ... and I LOVE your movie idea too, what wonderful memories you are making. have a great weekend, xo
ReplyDeletelove the bag, that looks like fun, but so does the animated movie, How great is that to work on together!
ReplyDeleteyes, love the bag! Wonderful and the animated movie is great also ~ Lucky kids to have an artist for a Mom thanks, namaste, Carol (Share the Creative Journey) Happy PPF
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome project for your kids! When school was out and I had a deadline, I used to turn my son lose with a digital camera and he'd set up epic action figure battles and take dozens of pictures. Kept him occupied for hours.
ReplyDeleteThe tote bag looks terrific too!
Too fun...love the art painted on the bag! POP ART MINIS
ReplyDeleteGreat fun! When my boys where very young, I always used to have them join in the art projects I did, or beading, or baking. They used to love it - I don't think they remember the details now they are older, but I think the seeds are still there.
ReplyDeletelove the bag...and how cool is that play set up...love the little characters...xxx
ReplyDeleteFun post and love the tote. I will be glad when ours does away with plastic bags. I"ve been using fabric bags for a long time now and need to make a few new ones. Thought of using crayola on the fabric this time.
ReplyDeleteThat is a fun project! I hope you get to show us the film when it's finished. :) Great bag, too!
ReplyDeleteYour canvas bag came out beautifully- I LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteAnd what FUN you must have had with your boys!
Happy PPF (a day late ;))
Stephanie
What great projects! What do you use to paint your totes? I've used acrylics and they work. I think making a movie with your kids is awesome! They will have fond memories of that creative journey! And the set looks wonderfully fun! Patsy from
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I love your garden angel - great bag! and making a movie too - excellent fun.
ReplyDeleteHi! tried answering from your comment in my blog.
ReplyDeleteI've used acrylic on t shirts and it didn't wash off. I didn't use thick paint, more like washes.
My designs were usually flowers and leaves.
Nice to meet you!
:^) patsy
How wonderful to carry a piece of art wherever you go!
ReplyDeleteYour animated movie sounds like a fun family project (I hope you share it with us when you're finished)!
xo
Kristin
p.s. I am loving your mini canvases - the fangs on last weeks beauty are great :)
The bag is wonderful, what a great idea!And the project with your boys looks sooooooo fun! I love it!I'm still into dragons and castles and knights, I don't want to ever grow up. Bought a cool toy dragon at Micheals yesterday,lol!
ReplyDeleteWow...gorgeous..I love your tote creation...beautiful art as always..symbolc and spiritual..love it! and fantastic creations with the kiddies..spectacular!
ReplyDeleteVictoria
oh my goodness, I must get one of these bags!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous bag! And what great characters and such fun to be had making up stories involving them. Hope everyone is better and no one else catches the flu bug.
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