It's spring! Are you tired of hearing me say that? I'm not, so get ready to hear it for the next two months as I relish this season. It was a particularly long cold winter and I'm so glad that it's over. Regardless though, I think it's worth a little time and effort to properly celebrate spring. So, I've put together a little tea party today.
As much as I'd like to pretend this was all effortless, I actually put a lot of work into this backdrop--although the cake was accidental. By the way, "Accidental Cake" will be the title of chapter four of my autobiography. I don't mind saying that this cake is Uh-May-Zing. I don't like cake and rarely eat it, but this cake was just too pretty to pass up, and unlike most cakes, it tastes as good or better than it looks....I've already ordered another because this one did not last long enough.
I don't know why I make more work for myself other than I see something or have an idea and I just have to find out if I can make it. Then it's weeks or months of effort and expense but I have learned the importance of taking the time to sit back and appreciate the results before I move on.
This book wall represents 1/2 of a project I began in winter and then ran out of steam. I have now finished the whole thing, but it was a little difficult to drag both pieces outside. I did eventually get them both out here, but it took some help. The entire process took me about 5 days.
For this project, I used two 6'x4' (182cm x 121cm) wood panels. These are the panels used in homes to look like real wood, but....you know, they don't. So, I flipped them to the smooth side and then began gluing pages from the same book in neat tidy rows. I used a mixture of 1 part water to 2 parts craft glue and applied it with a sponge brush, smoothing the air bubbles out with a metal putty knife.
I put down this basic first layer as a background so that I wouldn't have to worry about the wood showing through and also as a guide to help me keep everything fairly straight. After this layer dried I began using my pretty papers. It took some elbow grease, but I am really pleased with the end product. I'll mainly use it as an accent piece and for photo props. Or, maybe I'll just set it up for nice Sunday lunches with the family. Who knows.
Beautiful dress on you! I was wondering if you don't mind, what size did you get?
ReplyDeleteIt was probably a 6UK. That's what I usually wear from Collectif. :D
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