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Tuesday 23 February 2010

50 Golden Years......


These were the words that a dear dear friend recently wrote on a forum thread that I posted on Valentines day saying that we should always tell people we love that we love them. Lovely words from a lovely lady, and very opportune because just a few days later Ejay (Joyce) and Eddie celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, so I used her wise words on a canvas I made them to mark the grand occasion.

It started off rather blue, but then when i found the picture I wanted to use I changed the colour to match the colours they were wearing..it does look rather luscious in real life. The words and photo were printed onto muslin, which I had ironed onto Freezer paper, which then allows you to put it through a printer. The paper then just peels off and I layered it onto gold organza and burgundy felt which were singed around the edges.
Chipboard letters ( it was then I realised why she uses Ejay as a forum name... E & J... I know I am a bit slow...!!) and a metal heart which started off quite a bit larger and was bit by bit cut down. The photo has been padded out a bit to add a bit of extra dimension.
I then hit a bit of a 'wall' and didn't know what to do next, fortunately another friend (yep I have another one) came to stay at the weekend and we faffed about with it a bit and Debs came up with the idea of adding some beads, so whilst I sewed a few around the picture, Debs painstakingly threaded a load of beads onto some gold thread..... we then realised that gravity would play a rather major in attaching the beads.. so Debs then painstakingly threaded them onto wire....


Happy Anniversary to .....

9 comments:

  1. Julia Dunnit23 February 2010 at 14:12

    Lovely lovely lovely; and we could all do with a Debs!!

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  2. Anonymous23 February 2010 at 16:38

    That is so fabby - but- it is usually someone else in Edies place LOL

    Sparkles

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  3. Anonymous23 February 2010 at 17:18

    A beautiful piece of artwork to treasure.
    Pam x

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  4. Fuchsia23 February 2010 at 17:24

    Fab work well done you and Debs !!!

    And I do love you x

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  5. Annie23 February 2010 at 18:36

    It's lush!!!!

    And I love you toooooooooo xxx

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  6. Anonymous23 February 2010 at 19:50

    Awwww c'mon Nicks did all the work and I just faffed a bit with a few beads, it was my pleasure to and best of all I got to see the finished article which is totally scrumptious.
    Debs xxxx

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  7. Anonymous23 February 2010 at 20:33

    Thanks Nicks, I am chuffed to bits that this lovely piece of your artwork was done for us. Thanks also to Debs for doing a great job with the bead work. Love to you both. Ejay xxxx

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  8. Elaine Y24 February 2010 at 10:23

    What a beautiful keepsake, love it!

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  9. Unknown24 February 2010 at 18:19

    what a lovely gift and project.

    Paula x x x

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