Showing posts with label father's day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label father's day. Show all posts

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Vintage Image: Ships in a Stormy Sea


The end of July through August, I have three nephews with birthdays.

As I rummaged through my cards looking for boy cards,
I found that I have a sad selection.

So this week, for my vintage image, I am posting something that can be used for the boys and men in our lives.



I found this great illustration in an old book from the late 1800's.

Here is a cleaned up black and white version.

 and here is an antiqued version.


 I also colored in one of the antiqued versions with my Copic markers.



and one final image I cleaned up and intensified on the computer.

After I spray painted an old pail I found at a yard sale, I used the colored version to add to it
to make a trash pail for my son's room.




 It sits beside the piece of furniture that I painted a little while back.
My husband ripped off the ugly laminate top of the base
and replaced it with old wood he found in the barn.
I also made new knobs for it from clay.




 I used Modge Podge to apply the printed image of the ships
and then on top of it.
(I have found if you apply Modge Podge in just a few strokes,
you can use it on printed paper without it running).


I love old images and the fun variety they can add to simple things.

Feel free to use this seascape for your own projects as it's age makes it
not under copyright.


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Friday, June 14, 2013

Father's Day Vintage Images



Hello, again.

Today's vintage image is a father and children,
seeing that father's day is this coming Sunday.


He looks as if he is being a very attentive father.

Here he is in black and white;



and here is an antiqued version.



I thought I would include this desk scene as well.



Here it is in antique,
 and here is black and white.

Feel free to use these images from the late 1800's.


Have a great weekend!



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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Father's Day Gift Idea.



Father's Day is coming up next weekend,
so I thought I would post an easy and fun craft/gift idea.

I find that men can be difficult to find gifts for,
but most men have that undeniable love of food,
and giving some special snack foods always seems to be a good choice.

I have a habit of collecting jars that I think are an unusual shape.
I also have plenty of canning jars around, so I came up with some fun labels
and purchased special foods my husband likes and doesn't always get.













My husband always finds a way to add humor to the cards he gets for me at holidays,
I try to reciprocate, although I think he has me bested most of the time.










 I still have a few more things to finish up before next Sunday.




I created these tags on Microsoft Word and then colored some of them with my Copic markers.
If you would like to use some of them or print some up for your children to use,
just click on the image, right click on it and click "View Image."
You should then be able to print that up and it should print in the correct size.


After I printed and colored the labels, I picked out some scrapbooking paper in colors I liked and cut them slightly larger.  I covered the jar with these first and used double sided tape to hold them on.
I then affixed the colored label in the same way.







 I posted a few of them in color here and left the rest in black and white,
for those who want to use their own colors and wording.
Stickers in the center would work well, too,
especially for toddlers who are not quite efficient in their vocabulary yet
but would like to give Dad their own "craft".







Sorry this was a little late getting posted.
My computer wanted to run slowly today.

Let me know if you have any problems.
Thanks for stopping by!



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