birds, plaster and pink

WELL. BEEN TINKERING WITH LOTS OF STUFF..PLASTER, JOINT COMPOUND AND A BIRD!  THIS BIRD HAS BEEN FLOATING AROUND THIS HOUSE FOR A MONTH OR TWO..NO IDEA WHERE I PICKED IT UP..BUT IT WAS SILVER..SO I STARTED TO DRESS HER UP...THESE ARE JUST 2 OF THE ' GETTING STARTED' STAGE...WILL SEND ANOTHER FINISH NEXT WEEK...WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE HER HAT!!! HA.

OH YEAH AND I DECIDED SHE NEEDED A PERCH.  SO FOUND A CUTE BOX AND PUT HER ON TOP OF IT......YOU WILL SEE...

 THEN I PURCHASED STEPHANIE LEE'S PLASTER STUDIO BOOK AND REALLY GOT  MY HANDS MESSY.  THIS IS JUST IN THE BEGINNING USING JUST JOINT COMPOUND..I PUT THIS ON A THIN HARD SURFACE AND NOW I WISH I HAD PUT IT ON A BOARD...IT CAME OUT REALLY NICE...BUT NOW..IT NEEDS A BASE

THIS WAS THE SECOND TECHNIQUE IN THE BOOK.  COTTON MATERIAL...THEN JOINT COMPOUND..THEN PLASTER OF PARIS...THESE ARE GLASS FLOWERS I BOUGHT AT Z GALLERY UMTEEN YEARS AGO...ITS CALLED ' DONT' FENCE ME IN".  NO IDEA WHY...WHY DOES AN ARTIST NAME ANYTHING..............I THINK I ENJOYED MIXING THE COLORS BY HAND MORE THEN ANYTHING ELSE.

 AND WHILE I WAS DOING ALL THIS MOM WAS SITTING PRETTY IN HER PINK DRESS.
SHE LOOKS SAD, BUT SHE WASN'T. INFACT SHE FELT NICE AND PRETTY AFTER A BATH AND A PINK DRESS.  SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE AND MESS UP HER PRETTY DRESS.

SO THE WEEK HAS BEEN BUSY...AND ..I HAVE GOTTEN LOTS OF EXERCISE SINCE SANDY AND I ..WENT TO THE ART WALK IN SCOTTSDALE AND DECIDED TO START OUR OWN WALK...ALL THE WAY TO JUST ABOUT THOMAS..AND BACK TO 5TH AVENUE.  WE WERE TRYING TO WEAR OFF THE GELATO...I THINK.  ACTUALLY I HAVE NO IDEA...MY HUSBAND SAYS WE WERE JUST TALKING AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION..COULD BE.  WE WILL NEVER TELL.