The last few days I have stepped away from painting, I hadn’t felt on top form, but still wanted to do something creative. I started creating another butterfly box, similar to the one I created for my brother last year. This one is much smaller, you would think this would be easier, but how wrong, it was fiddly placing easy butterfly, but I did it, hopefully all stay put in place? I popped in a gold one as a bit of interest, and called it ‘ odd one out’.
‘Odd one out’ butterfly box 25x25cm ( it was hard to take a straight photo, while avoiding flare on the glass)
This got me thinking, there are so many of these butterfly boxes on the market, what else could I do? I had the gold leaf out on my desk, which made me think of items related to gold…..HONEY, liquid gold! I love bees, the perfect alternative to the butterfly box. To work I went, busy, busy, many bees are needed to make honey. I also added a gold bee, and called this one ‘ making gold’ .
‘Making gold’ bee box 25cmx25cm
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I was wondering where you were. I understand the need to step away, oh boy, don’t I! These boxes are very interesting and I can see how they can be almost meditative making them. Where on earth did you get the idea? I can you coming up with all kinds of ideas from making these and going on to other motifs.
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Thank you Margaret, my mind is always on a buzz, I have a pad of paper by my bed to jot ideas down, I guess the idea for this, well the inspiration is not singularly mine, they are all over the shops, it started with heart box frames many years ago, but anything can be done, I have created, horse ones, dog ones, hare ones, and little houses in one, they do look great on a wall, simple to make really. I guess I am always thinking of things that patients in the hospice may like to make, pottery is hugely popular, but you never know what things people would like to make as gifts 😀
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You are incredibly creative!
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Thank you, I believe we all are, some people just need to find their area, cooking, baking, sewing, carving, drawing, knitting, painting, etc, etc 😀
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Yay for bees, how we love them! What a fascinating little hive you have there – likewise the butterflies, appearing simple but so engaging. Great stuff – hope you’re feeling back on form now after these!
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Thank you Jacob, I thought the bees were a little different, 😀
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I love this!! What a fun piece. And the bees are such a clever twist. Much more unique that way! Fabulous! 😍
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Thank you Charlie, having a quiet time at the moment, I am painting, daily, just not going on WP so much at the moment, plus my paintings are all individually painted Christmas cards, in a few designs, kind of time consuming and repetitive 😀
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Super creative and wonderful innovation with the bee box. I’d love to see more! Maybe dragonflies too? 🙂
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Thank you Cynthia, I don’t know how I missed your comment, a dragonfly box is a great idea, in fact it was a choice between bee or dragonfly 😀, I need to purchase another box frame to do the dragonflies, but it is on my list.
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Odd One Out, love the simplicity of this one. I mean, I KNOW a lot of work went into MAKING this, but the design is so minimalistic. This isn’t sounding right, let’s just say, WOW, you know what I mean? Wow ❤
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Thank you Deb, I do know what you mean, I wanted a simple look so went for all white, apart from a little bling of gold 😀, takes ages getting them so inline, the camera is not great at showing how straight they really are. They are off to a Christmas pop up shop today with some mini paintings I have been working on.
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Fantastic! I hope you do great at the show!!
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Thank you, all dropped off at the shop, I think they will have a great selection from many talented art and crafters….I will visit the shop on Saturday to see if I can buy my Christmas shopping 😀
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Love it, support local artists AND give great gifts! It’s a win-win!!!
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Oh yes 😀
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