While We're Waiting for more 'Spreading the Love'

Figured while I was at it, posting all this

months 'Spreading the Love'

Shout Outs:)

I'd go through some of my past projects

to post a few 'oldies but goodies'.

Above is a picture of an encaustic acrylic

canvas, collaged, inked, and hand coloured

with chalks. 

The child in the Vintage Photograph that

I used in this painting, (canvas was a 8 x 8 inch),

is my mother at age 3 in 1930.

(She was a 'cheeky' kid, and would be

so mad at me for putting this out globally,

but I love this picture of her:)

After looking at this awhile, I decided to

play with it a bit further.

I took a photograph of the finished painting,

then printed it on card stock instead of

photo paper. Then went through the process

of re-colouring it all with chalks, and inks,

and even added some glitter in this copy.

I put it in a 2 x 2 inch glass frame, then

added some charms that seemed 

appropriate. In my mum's case, she

was English born, and always wanted a 

cup of tea. So the teapot charm, and the

great 'tea pebble' 

(a gift from Kristin Hubick of

Retro Cafe Art!)

Seemed just right on the chain with mum's little

portrait.

I wear this quite often to think of my mum,

Renay, who passed away 3 years ago.

Since then, I've done other 'Altered Portraits'

This one is of my Father-In- Law, Stan

and made this for one of my husband's

sisters for a keepsake for her.

I used the same background paper for

both the frame and the 'dog tag', and

I used the same picture of 'Dixie' the

pet frog of mine you've seen in some

of my other projects, to make the point

of being a 'real boy':)

Since these were made, I've now started a 

whole collection of these necklaces

and it all started with a canvas

I did of my mum:)

Funny how you can get ideas from all

sorts of inspiring places:)

Enjoy!