Friday, January 20, 2012

LESSology Challenge #9

Finally an altered project challenge!. I saw this cool altered project challenge blog called LESSology on Nida's blog (thanks Nida!). Their latest challenge (LESSology Challenge #9), is to create an inspiration board using at least one upcycled item. I love giving an old, unwanted item a new life ... so I decided to give it a try.

I found an old wooden sign, 'My Room' in the storage. Gave it a few coats of white paint and doodled on it. And I also used three pieces of IKEA's wooden picture frames and some wires to hold them together.



With a little paint job, 
just two coats of lovely acrylic colors,
... Baby, this is us NOW. Yay!



These three BIG words had always been my favorite creating mantras. To see them hang on the wall while working at my desk, I am reminded and ever so inspired to make something beautiful (or useful).

I used running stitches to make the words because I almost ran out of chipboard alphas! LOL. And I just learnt how to crochet the flowers a couple days ago.
Here are some close ups of the needlework...



Okay, I had fun today making these. It's been a long day and nite nite to all.

21 comments:

  1. Oh my! How amazing is this! I love how you painted and assembled your inspiration board! That stitching is amazing! Love your mantra! And I love that you have something beautiful to inspire you everyday! :)

    Thank you so much for joining us at LESSology! :)

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  2. Hi Yvonne, nice meeting you. I had fun playing along with LESSology. It's unique, a challenge blog only for altered project!. Thank you.

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  3. So beautiful, thanks for sharing this lovely altered project with us at LESSology!

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  4. Hi Kristy, thanks for coming. I love making things, and LESSology is like a dream come true for me. Thank you.

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  5. Your project is amazing. Thanks for joining us at LESSology! :)

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  6. thank you Angi and Naddy. Your challenge blog really does inspire us all. Can't wait for the next creative ideas since I've got lots of junk. LOL.

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  7. I love your project...excellent job! Thanks for joining us at LESSology!

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  8. Thank you Amy. I love all the projects at LESSology and everyone there is so very talented!

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  9. Um, this is AMAZING!!! LOVE your stitch work--this is fabulous! :)

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    1. Hi Mynnette. It looks like I just can't get enough of stitching on my layouts, now I stitch on everything. LOL. Thank you for visiting.

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  10. This is wonderful. I love it. It really inspires me that is for sure. Thanks for joining us at LESSology this week with your wonderful creations.

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    1. Hello Linda. I've been wanting to create inspiring notes for myself and LESSology just made that happened. Thank you.

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  11. You did an amazing job on this one, thanks for playing!

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    1. Hi Dora, thank you for coming to visit. It's good fun playing along.

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  12. Wow! SO awesome! Love, love, love your take on our LESSology challenge. Thanks so much for playing along. :)

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    1. Hello Audrey. I love turning something old into something nice and useful. LESSology inspires me to create more now. Thank you for visiting.

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  13. I love this so much, the colours, the stitching : )
    Thanks for playing with us at LESSology xx

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  14. Hi Lisa, thank you so much for visiting.

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  15. Congrats at Lessology! Ur the winner for inspiration board! Great work!

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    1. Who would have thought? But..most of all, I love altered challenge so much. I'm a scrap yard junkie, I think you know that by now..hehe. Thank you!

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