[jrebel7]

I think when I resized the photo, it messed up the clarity. I will resize and post again later to make it more clear. It looks bad here. I apologize but hoping still, more of you will post art pieces.

[startover22]

Beautiful Rebby, you did a fantastic job! I like the distressed look as well. I love your creative juices! Thanks for sharing!

[bushg]

Jrebel, it is so lovely and kind of reminds me of a Starry Night at the top and at the bottom... the artist that painted his wife's flower gardens. ( sorry I can't think of his name ) Monet.

In my area people mostly save the windows with the 12 smaller panes... I have seen them in flower shops, used as picture frames, with vines hanging around them or as room dividers.
That is one of the things I have always wanted... now you have renewed my determination to get one.

They are always set out in the garbage around here for the taking... I live in a community where the homes were built from the 1800's to the 1960's.

I would like to see one where lacy curtains were painted on the window and a cats lying stretched out on the windowsill or sitting up right waiting for someone to come home.

I have a photo that I took similar to that but it was my dog, lying on the back of the couch wistfully looking out the window...

Please post more when time permits, You know I get so excited over some things I tend to ramble...

[bushg]

It amazes me when people do this and with old doors also.
We even have a resue center and you can go there and get just about anything old your heart desires at a low price.
I see entire houses of windows thrown out I am talking 13 or more... It hurts me to see them going in the landfill. Some are even the old wavy glass. I have a few wavy ones on my second floor.

[jrebel7]

Starty and Bushg, thank you so much for your kind words. Sounds like maybe the two of you may have been sparked a little toward doing more art work. Please do post if you do. I love the idea of the lace curtains and kitten.

I am going to be trying reverse painting which is a bit difficult for me as I have done it on plates I have painted but not window panes. Should be a challenge!

Thanks again and good to see you on here!

[jrebel7]

It amazes me when people do this and with old door also.
We even have a resue center and you can go there and get just about anything old your heart desires at a low price.
I see entire houses of windows thrown out I am talking 13 or more...It hurts me to see them going in the landfill. Some are even the old wavy glass. I have a few wavy ones on my second floor.

Maybe you and Starty should do a little networking and both can have ample windows and paint some terrific pieces!!

[bushg]

I'm going out this evening in the neighbor and see if anyone in the neighborhood has new windows.. :) Meaning I will be garbage picking.

What type of paint should I use... warning I may have to trace, stencil or paint a vine and some leaves... it will have to be simple. Lol my talent is limited.

[jrebel7]

I'm going out this evening in the neighbor and see if anyone in the neighborhood has new windows..:) Meaning I will be garbage picking.

What type of paint should I use...warning I may have to trace, stencil or paint a vine and some leaves...it will have to be simple. lol my talent is limited.

Sounds like a plan!! A fun plan at that!! :p

There is an acrylic type paint in small bottles called "Glossies" that are specifically for glass but I have used plain craft acrylics on plates and glasses and had good results. I process them in the oven but of course, couldn't do a window. LOL I seal it with Polycrylic, two coats. They have it at Wal-mart. I like high gloss but they have it in satin and flat I think also. Can't remember for sure. I am sure oils would give a really nice finish but I don't work with oils anymore because of allergies. I also like the drying time on acrylics and I work fast so blending is not a problem with acrylics.

The main thing is, have a blast!!! ;) If you are painting on the front side, find a picture you love and tape it to the back of the glass. Perfect pattern to use!! :p Keep us posted and post image of your work. Hopefully before too long, I will lhave more. Mother is still in Nursing Home and they think she had a light stroke so CAT Scan on Friday. We are there to help her with meals daily so art work has sort of been put on back burner. But gladly so. :)

[jrebel7]

Bushg, glad you liked the idea of putting the pattern behind so you could see it. Keep me posted on your progress.

Thank you for your sweet well wishes for my mother. You are a special friend! :)

[startover22]

I have an old window that I just took a hundred year old quilt that was falling apart and I staple gunned each "good" square in each pane, It is my fave... I love it! Not much work but a beautiful outcome, I will post a pic of it... or email someone who can;)
Bushg is a good friend, and Jrebel, so are you. I will also keep your mother and you family in my thoughts and heart. You are a good daughter:):):)

[jrebel7]

I have an old window that I just took a hundred year old quilt that was falling apart and I staple gunned each "good" square in each pane, It is my fave....I love it! Not much work but a beautiful outcome, I will post a pic of it...or email someone who can;)
Bushg is a good friend, and Jrebel, so are you. I will also keep your mother and you family in my thoughts and heart. You are a good daughter:):):)

Hey Starty! The window sounds beautiful. If you can't get it posted, e-mail it to me and I will be happy to post it for you. I will just be anxious to see it.

Thank you for your good thoughts for my mother! I really appreciate it. This has been one of the most difficult times in my life, you notice I say one, you know what was the most difficult I am sure.

Don't forget to post or send to me, I am so anxious to view it. :p

[bushg]

Start what a good idea... a way to save two old pieces.
I have a very old home interior picture that looks like a window and it has different scenes in it, country ones. If I can find one on eBay I will post it. I want to hang it in my kitchen to look at while I have breakfeast... because I do not have a good view of the outside... if my carpetner husband ever gets the kitchen completed.
When he sells this last house that he is working on... I may celebrate and get a digital camera... so I can post.

I would love to go to an old part of down town and take some pictures of somw walls under a train trestle where some artist went and did a mural of different types of ocean creatures with glass beads and brokens glass and grouted them... Whats that called... oh yeah mosaic. Very beautiful... these are free standing walls not sure what they were intended for but it is close to the industrial part that has turned into swanky office spaces.
I found a picture of one of the murals... but not the fish, this doesn't give justice, to the beauty of it.Art motivates teens


Also check out some of our flying pigs there are about 3 pages of them about 1/2 way down the page starts the flying ones and it goes on for about 3 pages... Our Favorite Links and/or the place to report Flying Pig Sightings! and CNN.com - arts & style- Pigs hog limelight as Cincinnati street art - May 10, 2000

[jrebel7]

start what a good idea...a way to save two old pieces.
I have a very old home interior picture that looks like a window and it has different scenes in it, country ones. If I can find one on ebay I will post it. I want to hang it in my kitchen to look at while I have breakfeast...because I do not have a good view of the outside...if my carpetner husband ever gets the kitchen completed.
When he sells this last house that he is working on...I may celebrate and get a digital camera...so I can post.

I would love to go to an old part of down town and take some pictures of somw walls under a train trestle where some artist went and did a mural of different types of ocean creatures with glass beads and brokens glass and grouted them...Whats that called...oh yeah mosaic. Very beautiful...these are free standing walls not sure what they were intended for but it is close to the industrial part that has turned into swanky office spaces.
I found a picture of one of the murals...but not the fish, this doesn't give justice, to the beauty of it.Art motivates teens


also check out some of our flying pigs there are about 3 pages of them about 1/2 way down the page starts the flying ones and it goes on for about 3 pages...Our Favorite Links and/or the place to report Flying Pig Sightings! and CNN.com - arts & style- Pigs hog limelight as Cincinnati street art - May 10, 2000

I loved the links! They were great. I found it interesting because in our town, they have huge guitars where individual artists have painted them and they are on street corners, parks, etc. In the town where my daughter lives, they have painted huge Penquins. So it was really fun seeing the pigs. Thanks for posting that. I loved it.

Our local library, once a year has an auction of wooden chairs that have been painted by local artists. I always think I am going to do that then I get side-tracked. They are beautiful. Some so fanciful, some tell stories, some look like Alice in Wonderland characters, some just wild and whimsically designed. Just gorgeous.

[bushg]

My daughter would love the penguins. I would like to see them all. The guitars remind me of how country folk paint scenes on old saws, blades and shovels. Maybe you can do one of those chairs just for yourself and post it on here... are they children's chairs or regular table chairs?

Glad you liked the pigs, in a burb of cincy they have huge painted vases with flowers planted in them... very swanky town... with a square and shops everywhere, very nice place to visit.
Another village has painted squirrels with different park scenes, I found those when I was looking for the pigs... so I will be going to look at those. Also ky is not too far and they have painted horses... I believe life size.


We have a really bad side of town kind of run down and a group of artist have taken over an abandoned police sub station and turned it into a artist café... The Speckeled Bird Café... My daughter and I plan on having lunch there this summer... how cute, can't wait.

They have also taken part of a huge and very old Catholic church and turned it into an art gallery... I can't wait to visit it. Benches in the court yard and flowers, children running and playing the neighborhood is going up. It is so amazing that there is a lot of druggies and fighting and such but they never bother that place... I think maybe they see it as a sign of hope and inspiration.

I think art and gardening is so important for a community and sadly those are the first things to go in a crunch. Plus the art will someday be used to tell the history of the neighborhood. I ramble so I will shut up... :D

[jrebel7]

Bg, the chairs are regular size wooden chairs, all shapes, styles, etc. but older styles mostly. You can get them at stores around as new chairs but the ones I would be interested in are the old ones but then if they were that old, I would want to just refinish them and not paint them.. Go figure! LOL

I would love to have an art area in our town. We have an Artist Guild but it is kind of "old school". I am not much of a joiner but would love to organize a café, of course, we would have to call Starty in on it for the baking!! LOL I am not a kitchen person at all. Ride my cycle, do my art, play with grandbabies and the kitchen is there when I have to use it but I adore people who love to cook or bake or sew. You have heard my saying by now I am sure, "If you can glue it, I can do it!" but if it is thread, forget it! I enjoy decorating cakes for special occasions however or making candy or cookies. Have you seen the little hamburger looking cookies made from vanilla wafers?? If not and I can find a photo, I will post here. I use a mint for the meat, coconut colored green for the lettuce, etc. Fun.

The 'Speckled Bird Cafe' sounds like a neat place to go. Maybe I can someday! Hope so.
Bed is calling me. It is 1:33 a.m. and I am usually up later than this but am tired tonight so goodnight to all!! "SWEET DREAMS"!

[bushg]

Have you seen the little hamburger looking cookies made from vanilla wafers?? If not and I can find a photo, I will post here. I use a mint for the meat, coconut colored green for the lettuce, etc. Fun.


No but I want to see them and eat them.:p

My daughter and I was making cup cakes late one night for her softball bake sale... We only had white icing and no food coloring... so I came up with an idea to use a little orange, green, and red Kool Aid for the icing that we were using to make flowers, leaves, basket weave etc... She is in high school and the kids loved it, requested more for the next day... they were sweet and sour cupcakes... But I'm not the greastes baker... I never seem to have all the ingredients on hand.
Yet I can sew a little I made all of my curtains, pillows and bench seat covers as well as the coverings for my out door furniture. Sewing a straight line is not to hard.

[startover22]

You guys are chatty!
I loved the flying pigs too. And theteen art, WOW!
Penguins Jrebel? Cool, we had Ducks painted all sorts of ways because we are home of the Ducks! That is our mascot for the college here! Ohh your little chats give out so much great info and creativity! I just love it all!

[firmbeliever]

Nice work Jan.. beautiful!
I wish I had a window to do some painting too:).

G,
This one is for you.
No Bake Deluxe Hamburger Cookies - Allrecipes

[startover22]

Ohhhh, is that what she was talking about?
I just know the kids would love those! (me to:))

[bushg]

Thanks firm... I will see if my daughter will make me some... she and her grandmother get together and bake all of the time. Their quite artsy in that department.
When we work together we butt heads... can't have 2 bosses in one kitchen... She made me let her be in charge of her bake sale cookies and it broke my heart... she would only let me decorate a few because she said I wuold labor to long and we would still be there come morning. Oh, another good memory..