Thursday, April 04, 2013

Little Me Layout

Sometimes projects come together in a very strange way. My friend Charlene scored some beautiful lace and was willing to share. I wanted to create a layout that would do the lace justice. I know that is kind of the opposite of how we normally do things.  Funnier still is that the last thing I looked for was the picture!

I can thank my brother for digging this one out. I'm especially grateful to him because due to fires and floods (that is a whole other story) I didn't have any pictures of myself that young and only a couple of myself before the age of 30. Strange that in this one picture  I'm wearing an outfit that matched the look and feel and the color of the lace! I did not change the color of the outfit in any way.

This is a very lacy, layered look. All but the lace under the actual flower is Vintage lace. The peachy coral is the lace I received from Charlene. The buttons are from Websters Pages and I hoarded them for a very long time!


Here is a closer look at the lace and flower.





As for the photo corners, they are from Michael's and were originally silver. One I dried them with my heat gun, I put a coat of gesso on them  and dried them with the heat gun. Once dry I sprayed them several times with my Lindy's Stamp Gang Cocklebells Coral  drying them with the heat gun between coats. Finally I touched the corners very lightly with the daubber head of my Picket Fence Distress paint to ensure the raised portions and the edges stood out more.

I really do have fun doing this! Thanks for stoping by and have a super day!

M-C







3 comments:

Sandie said...

You certainly done the lace justice....so beautiful. The flower is exquisite. Enjoy your weekend...

Unknown said...

Thanks Sandie! How are things downunder?

Christine said...

This is gorgeous! Even more precious because its a rare and cherished photo. I too had the same my mom and grandma had fires thus not many baby pcs of me. I got one from my Godmother a few years ago and the movers lost a few of my boxes....that picture in frame lost. ;(.

So happy your brother fished it out it is simply gorgeous. Tfs!

((Hugs))

-Christine

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