creative thoughts

i created this “family box” to represent my family.   the picture in the back is of my parents and the ten babies…  well, there are TEN kids in our family.   my dad was an electrician — so i attached the babies with colored wire.    i have since added a page from an old health book along the edges.    i found the “mom and dad” at an antique store in marshalltown and have been WAITING to be inspired how to use them.    i thought this “family box” turned out silly… and fun….  but, what do you expect with TEN kids?  

the babies were new and shiny — so i “roughed them up” with sandpaper and painted six of them pink and four of them blue… then i sanded them again and added some stain so they would match the “old feel” of the photograph and the “mom and dad” figures.

i made  ”the ladies - revealed” for my husband for his birthday.   it is titled:  DARK CHOCOLATE – (of course)

and i made him a “family box” – the picture on the back is of his parents and the little plastic “babies” represent the 3 brothers  — i found the little army men and marbles at the antique stores in uptown marion.    i love shopping uptown marion for treasures that i use later in my “creations”.

paper mache with cuttings / textured / painted / stained — “the ladies – revealed”       #16  “balance is necessary”  #17 “factor for attracting” and #18 “you may start to wonder”.   FOR SALE   $40 each    (i like how delicate these “heart” ladies are)