Off the beaten path

Yesterday was a day for just playing around.  I'd seen 2 ideas on the Internet and wanted to recreate them.  So I did. 

Up first is a wood project.  Fortunately a neighbor is building a new house so I was able to scrounge around and get my lumber free.  Hey, it's only scraps but I still want to save money and be green.

Here's a link to the original idea; the one I saw done by an on-line friend was similar but I didn't care for the real clean and bright look of either of them.  So I dirtied mine up with a watered down brown acrylic paint wash.  I did learn a construction lesson when screwing the pieces to my base (I didn't pre-glue)-start with the shortest piece first so you can get the blocks to sit tight on the base.

Idea #2 was a bit crazy but with a dr, nurse, med student and public health student in the family, I know this will be a big hit to their funny bones.

Created my own label (Ranger Crimson archival ink) using a computer-generated label.  We have plenty of medicine bottles on hand so that wasn't an issue.  I created the stool from a wood disk and a dowel that I cut to length.  Glued the legs on (Ranger's Matte Multi-Medium) and painted the stool brown.  I also glued the stool to the bottom of the bottle (RMMM).

Hope you have fun making some crazy art this weekend!