Mt. Rainier and Lenticular Clouds - Dec. 2008 copyright: JMM

December 14, 2014

Nor'Easter Day....and the Day After

We had a pretty big wind and rain storm...a Nor'easter....a few days ago.  As long as the power stays on, I'm a happy camper, and it did.  I was up super early and was on the fence about doing my errands or sitting home.  At 7:30 I decided to just rip the band aid off and get my groceries and fuel up the car.  It was so stormy that no one was out so I was home by 8:30.  

The whole day was stretched before me and it was just howling out.  I drifted into the craft room and worked on this 3D papercut tree project.  I forgot I bought it last year.  The kit is on white paper so I photocopied it onto green cardstock and went to work.  It was a fairly quick workup.



That's what it looks like from above.

Then I moved onto my next 'gotta do this someday' project, which was a small altered box, using a pretty lighthouse card with beach glass, tiny bottle brush tree and silver pipe cleaner trim.

This is a small 3" x 3" tray from a beaded box I bought years and years ago.  It's been floating around in my craft supplies since at least 2000.  Never knew what to do with it, but I knew I didn't want to throw it out either.  This just totally came together in minutes!

 Then I made another one of these 3D paper snowflakes.

Since I had the step ladder out, I took my life in my hands and managed to get the ball chandelier hung.  I can only hope that the hook....and the knot....stay put or else the carnage is going to be pretty bad.


It's so pretty I'd like to leave it up year round.


By that point I was exhausted and called it quits for the night, after making myself some delish dijon chicken for diner!

The next day, I got back to work.  This is the frame that my friend Robin painted and sold at her craft fair in November.  I knew I was going to make a scene in it but originally I thought I was going to do something beach related.  Then I had the brainstorm to put a white bottle brush tree in it, embellished with silver & light blue pearl beads. 


And another tiny, velvet box I couldn't bear to throw away.  No idea where I got it, but it's so cute.  Added some silver stars to the outside.

And a little scene inside.  I kinda wish that I'd painted under the lid dark blue but I was afraid I would totally ruin it so I left it white.  

While the glue was drying, I also whipped up a half batch of soft glazed pumpkin cookies which are quite yummy. 

The other day I mentioned that I was going to be stepping way out of my artistic comfort zone.  Well, that night I met up with my friend Mary for a painting class.  The latest rage here are one-night painting classes held at bars, wine bars and pubs.  Some of my friends have done them and I am always astonished at how well everyone's paintings come out.  When my mom took us to lunch at Bobby Byrne's in Sandwich, there was an ad for a class being held on December 10th.  Close to my house and on a night when I was alone! Perfect!  I couldn't stop thinking about the picture they were going to teach people to paint.  A snowy night scene with the Northern Lights.  So I signed up and got Mary to sign up too.  We met up at 7:00 and the place was sold out.  The instruction was great and after a little over two hours, we were done with our paintings.  I'm not crazy about my hills but the rest of it came out pretty good!


I'm definitely going to do this again!!!

12 comments:

  1. Nearly lost Matt in a Nor'easter some years ago. He was on the beach and a rogue wave came in and tried to carry him away. Luckily he was near the steps and managed to grab the rail.

    You certainly achieved a lot over those few days.

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    1. Oh it's very scary to be near the water. Some people were posting pics of the beaches on some of the Facebook Cape Cod pages. It was crazy.

      Yes, I did get a lot done....every Christmas I say the same thing, 'I really have to make that altered art project' and every year I don't do it. I'm still working on one or two things even as we speak.

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  2. This is all beautiful, and I adore the tiny deer scene. No, I think you made the right choice to keep the background white. It looks like a pristine snow-filled scene.

    Be well, JoJo. Stay warm and safe over there too. We had some stormy weather in CA, but nothing unbearable.

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    1. Merry Christmas Robyn! And thanks!!! I heard about the storms on the west coast. SF and also parts of Western WA got nailed. I don't miss those wind storms at all.

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  3. So many CUTE goodies here. I especially love the velvet box with its secret inside.

    I wish you, your husband and your furry sweethearts a Merry Christmas!

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    1. Merry Christmas to you as well Teresa! And thanks! Not sure what to do with all these crafts....it's not like i have the room to store them. :D

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  4. Those are beyond my limited artistic skills.

    Regarding your comment at Ben's Victoria blog, there's something going on with blogger the last few days about captchas on blogs that never had captchas. Fortunately there are two solutions: embedded comments removes them, or you can simply ignore them and click publish. It goes right through.

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    1. Thank you William, both for your kind words on my crafts and the info on the Captchas. I know Ben turns his on every now and then because of spam, but I noticed an uptick in blogs having it turned on. Is there a Captcha on mine? Cause I checked and I have it turned off.

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  5. It always amazes me how many different kinds of crafts you attempt. Cool!

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    1. I get bored doing the same thing. lol Thanks! When I was little I used to get lots of different kinds of craft kits for my bday, Christmas and in the summer. I had no siblings or neighbourhood friends so my parents had to find something to keep me busy and constantly engaged.

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  6. Astonishing! What amazing crafts and the photos are stunning. I just showed these to daughter to try!

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words! If your daughter does them, you must post pics!!!

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