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A French-Inspired Garden and Home by Judith Stringham
Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label projects. Show all posts

NEST Garden Signs

Thursday, August 14, 2014

and making two garden signs using reclaimed wood, 


it seemed only natural to make 
NEST garden signs. 



Following the same basic steps used in 
these new small signs include a graphic. 


The Graphics Fairy
Thank you, Karen at The Graphics Fairy. 

The Graphics Fairy has thousands of FREE images 
which makes it hard to choose what to use in a project, 
but, oh, what fun looking. 
Go to the site to download images in order to get the crispest image.  
The black and white graphics can be colored using photo software. 
I used the built-in Preview program that comes with Mac computers. 



My little garden of garden signs is growing. 

I have already created other canvases with different phrases 
that are ready to be attached to old wood and stakes, 
but it is going to be a few days before I finish them. 
While hammering in the last nail on the green nest sign,
I hammered my left index finger, 
smashing it so badly the fingernail was torn and 
a small cut runs from front to back of the finger. 
 Oh, the woes of a DIY blogger. 



There in the background... 
Do you see it? ... 
The first tiny, blurry glimpses of the big project 
going on at Botanic Bleu...  
Fortunately, a contractor who knows his way 
around tools is doing that project. 
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White Austin Stone

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Is it Christmas? 
Something I have been wanting for years 
is about to happen. 



Summer 2014 
has turned into the year of projects, 
BIG projects that have been a long time coming. 

Maintenance, refresh, update projects 
required to qualify for house insurance renewal... 
No, the house has not gotten that run down, 
but maintenance does have to be done or eventually, 
a house will not qualify for insurance. 

Most of the Summer 2014 projects fall into the 
maintenance category, but one project falls into the 
a-dream-come-true project. 

One of those projects that fosters afternoons whiled away 
with wistful dreams of beautiful spaces in wooded surroundings. 
Of a place that could be a photograph in Victoria magazine 
or could be an artist's retreat in France.  
A place made from old-world materials with substance  
and quality to last a lifetime, no, to last several lifetimes.  
While this project may never be in Victoria, and it 
is in Texas, not France, it is the fulfillment of 
years of daydreams inspired by those lovely places.
Another fulfillment of my dream house. 

Here are just a couple of peeks at what is coming. 


White Austin Stone is in the yard. 




When the project is finished, super glossy 8x10s 
will show up here. 
You can count on it. 
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