Vase

Have you ever found yourself in possesion of a boring nightstand, three dusty dried roses, an idea and no vase?

As I had no vase, I decided to use (of all things) a beer bottle. I made sure it didn't have any writing up on the neck. I measured a peice of pretty scrapbook paper and glued on the lacy edges of read paper. I then used Mod Podge to glue the paper onto the glass. (I can't tell you how much I love mod podge-- I've used it a gazzillion times since we got it). Then I tied some ribbons on.

To dry the roses, I simply took a live rose, tied a string to the end, and taped the string to my closet wall (so the rose hung upside down).

If you use flowers that aren't already mostly dead, they turn out much prettier than the ones pictured here. Also, if you are not having to show the house, you can tape the flowers so that they hang from your ceiling-- I think thats pretty. :) Oh, be sure to open up the middle petals, so that you don't wind up with mold in the flower. And don't set them behind your shelf absentmindedly. You forget about them and they get dusty.

I made this quite awhile ago, and it was so nice to have flowers inside during the winter. And nice to have flowers inside that aren't weeds. We are in a sad way as far as nice, pickable flowers go. :)

Computers!!!!

Me no like computers. :P

First the scanner wasn't scanning very well. Then I thought I'd simply take pictures of my Lucy and Hermione drawings. I downloaded them, realized the WB setting had been incorrect, and decided to fix that via Paint Shop. Which promptly locked up. Then I had another page to scan in. Our scanner saves images as a TIF. Blogger does not accept TIF. And guess what is the only program we have that changes TIF to JPEG? That's right. THe locked up Paint SHop.

*deep breath*

Okay, I'm good. Just do it another day.

Colored Pencil Portrait

Well, there are many things I like and dislike about this drawing. Considering the fact that it is my first full colored pencil face, and I did it off of a small photograph while sitting on the couch at Grandma's (with cousins watching my every pencil movement), I think I did okay.

Anyway, it is a drawing of my little brother! And the squiggles on the one side is supposed to be his teddy bear. Excuse me, my sister's teddy bear, which he stole. The photograph is really cute, I snapped it while he was being protective of Mr. Fuzz-Fur.

Lucy Pevensie

I drew Lucy Pevensie the next day! This is my typical colored pencil/pen style. Again, I want to pummel the scanner to death. This scan lost all skin color! And the rich reds!

 Here's a picture of the drawing from my camera. Bit of a weird angle. :P

Here is the photograph I based it off of: (you can tell I tottally messed up the face, particularly the nose, and the hands)

 

Hermione Granger's REAL Yule Ball dress

I am quite upset at our scanner; even with the help of Paint Shop, the picture doesn't have the depth of color that my actual drawing has. And the colors that it highlighted are the wrong ones-- it makes the drawing look funny.

I have decided to get back to honing my colored pencil skills! Believe it or not, this is my first colored pencil drawing that does not have any pen lines-- since third grade. Yes, it is true.

I based this drawing off of a photograph from Goblet of Fire. In the movies, Hermione wore a beautiful pink gown to the Yule Ball. In the books, however, the dress was periwinkle blue. :) So, for the fun of it, I drew the picture and transformed the dress blue. And more modest. :P

Edit: I took a picture with my camera-- it has really different lighting! :P