Friday, September 28, 2012

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!

10 comments:

  1. LOL! These are hysterical! Great job on recreating the original, looks fantastic!

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  2. curious as to what you plan to do with the stool sample! what a giggle!

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  3. I love your 2x4 monsters, and your stool sample cracks me up!

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  4. Bahahaha!!! Crazy fun...they will love it! The ghouls are fantastic as well...you painted them perfectly! How fun, and what great decor!

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  5. Bawaahhaahaa! Love the stool sample! That is just too darn clever---didn't know you were such a carpenter to make your own "stool" Like the wood ghouls too!

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  6. As you can only imagine...I love the stool sample! Nursing humor at it's finest...

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  7. So this is the stool sample you were telling me about yesterday, LOL, you are too funny!!! :) Love the little monsters too, perfect with Halloween right around the corner.

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  8. so funny susan k awesome spooky monsters ..
    susan s.

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  9. LOL I think all of us in the medical field can appreciate your humor!

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  10. LOL I think all of us in the medical field can appreciate your humor!

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