SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Dec 5, 2011 23:04:56 GMT -5
Another Christmas Gift. I love FREE gifts and Gifts from the Heart! I am also putting together little collage type thingies...and giving these to my closest siblings as well as my parents. My sisters wouldn't much appreciate these as much as my brothers. Pictures of my various hikes, a butterfly, a relic or two with some rocks. This is the first one...turned out better than i thought. Might glue some dried flowers in the bare spots....i just don't want to over-do it. What do you think???  Thanks for looking. Steve |
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Post by Toad on Dec 5, 2011 23:23:13 GMT -5
Very nice idea - though I would have thought tyhe girls would like it better than the boys. Shows what I know.
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Dec 5, 2011 23:29:51 GMT -5
Maybe I should give them to my sisters too than. My brothers wives will enjoy them though. My sisters are particular with interior decorating and stuff. If they recieve dthem they'd go into a box in storage after Christmas.
steve
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Post by Jack ( Yorkshire) on Dec 6, 2011 3:24:41 GMT -5
Hi Steve
That looks very nice
weather I would put the end green pic on ? Hmmm
The driftwood setting is great with Rock and Butterfly
Just my thoughts Steve
jack
Yorkshire uk
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Dec 6, 2011 5:41:04 GMT -5
Very nice gift. I like to see one of your butterflies again.
Is there a rusted washer glued on the limb?? Maybe from those old mines in the mountains?
Adrian
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SteveHolmes
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Post by SteveHolmes on Dec 6, 2011 8:54:07 GMT -5
Jack...I think your right. Everything else is rustic than the bright green photo. Its easy to change them out since they are just plastic frames. Might try a different picture. Thanks for your feedback.
Adrian...good eye. It is a rusted washer. I have several relics, cans, utensils, spikes and nails. Each one will be unique.
Thanks for the comments.
Steve
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Post by NatureNut on Dec 6, 2011 9:11:22 GMT -5
Steve, anybody can drive to a store and pick up a frame for a few bucks to give as a gift, but what you have created here is PRICELESS! Jo
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peachfront
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Post by peachfront on Dec 6, 2011 9:39:58 GMT -5
I like collage, but I had not thought about doing a 3-D collage. Will have to experiment sometime. I always like a collage to have a color theme. So, as others say, since the green is out of the color theme for this piece, I would replace it with a different photo. You could do a different collage that was all green-themed...for the green-themed collage, I would not use a relic. Save those for the western/Earthtone themes.
I think your first instinct was probably right about who would like the gift. If your brothers have a more creative/free-form decorating style, with eclectic and western items, they would like the piece. If your sisters have a more "clean" spare officey-y looking decorating style with everything in its place, then they might just pack the piece away, not knowing where to put it. One of my female relatives got into this very "clean" modern decorating style and almost all of her decorative items have vanished, except for a few costly Art Nouveau (Deco?) items. My humble creations wouldn't fit in there and would be swept into the attic...easier to give these folk art/hand-created gifts to folks who like to have a colorful and crowded museum of fascinating items.
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Dec 6, 2011 13:26:32 GMT -5
I like it, its cool looking and rustic  my type of decor! |
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chassroc
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Post by chassroc on Dec 7, 2011 9:52:17 GMT -5
AA..Hemmm! I would not call that a "little" collage type thingy.
I love it and the idea
Charlie
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catskillrocks
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Post by catskillrocks on Dec 8, 2011 21:44:48 GMT -5
Another unique gift idea, Steve. Homemade and all . . .
Don
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my type of decor!
