Art - Salvation

SALVATION

 

 

I created this piece to symbolize the great sacrifice made for our salvation. Form being honored with palm leaves when He entered the city to the wearing of a thorny crown at the Crucifixion with the Holy Spirit always present as Jesus went though all this for us. Leaving the spikes that nailed him to the cross behind & ascending into Heaven like a dove to prepare our place.

What a privilege to be called a child of God. 

 

I used old, rusted & salvaged pieces, as our broken lives being transformed into something acceptable in His eyes.
 

 

The frame was form Goodwill, wire salvaged, the Cross was from a pallet. I painted on burlap for the background & my husband sharpened the spikes to nail into the frame.

 

Buck & Doe Cornhole Boards

Buck & Doe Cornhole Boards

 

Custom Cornhole for entertaining the wedding guests. My husband built the boards and I painted the designs. I made the bags and the whole family pitched in with sanding the boards and dividing the corn and filling the bags.

 

 

One sheet of plywood, cut to size for 2 boards. We loved the knots in the wood because we wanted the old country look.

 



 

2 x 4's Were used for the frame, the sheets were screwed & glued into place

 

 

The legs were screwed into the back side and made to fold in for transport & easy storage.
 



 

The family helped to separate the corn & sunflower seeds we had a bag of mix feed (the groom bought for his critters)

 

The wooden surface was sanded & then I stenciled the buck & doe love design in green & purple. I made a stencil with hard plastic I got from an old folder. I painted the holes & created a frame in the same colors.

 

After the painting was done we sealed the design & wood with polyurethane, about 3-4 coat with light sanding between coats.

 



 

The cornhole game was a big hit at the wedding and the custom design complemented the whole country theme.

 



 

 I made the cornhole bags out of strong cotton in the same colors as the designs. They are all double stitched for extra durability.

 

 

Cornhole bags in olive green & eggplant purple.

 

The bags are available on Etsy (SOLD 9/22/14) but send me a message if you want custom colors

 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/UPCYCLEDPEACOCK?ref=no-search-results

 

 

 

SEE-SAW

We always get the stumps and branches form cut-down trees from our neighbors because we are known for our fires, there is usually a bit of smoke coming from the backyard. We created our own bit of "country" in the city.

 

That being said my husband came home a few weekends ago with a load of wood. The stumps were there for a few days and I knew my husband was up to something when he told me he had a plan. I envisioned a totempole, but he saw a "teeter-totter".

This is what followed:


6ft stump planted about 3ft deep

Top edges worked off to allow up-and-down movement

10" deep hole drilled for 15x3/4" lag bolt.



Seats were cut from a piece od 10"x2"x8'

having fun in the backyard

The handle was made from our outside broomstick.

The Bat House

Bat House

 

 

During summer time in the Carolina's we are invaded by mosquitos. To cut back on that we decided to make a bat house and put it up near the area where we spend most of our time outdoors.

 

We read somewhere online that bats eat mosquitos. Something about the blood. I'm not sure.

Anyway, my daughter had a sand box shaped like a boat that was falling apart. We made the bat house out of those materials.

 

Looks like a mess but we basically cut away all the bad/unnecessary wood.

Made a couple measurements and cuts.

We covered the plywood with mesh so that the bats have something to hold on to.

We figured we'd make a house for a couple hundred bats.



Finished project. Welcome to the Bat Cave.

 

We have yet to confirm that bats actually live in our "Bat Cave" but we have seen some low fliers.