This is the tea set that started it all. One of my bestest friends Margo S. was moving and she gave me this tea set that was given to her. It is from Italy and has the colors of my livingroom dining room not to mention the tropical feeling about it. I found this tea pot at a garage sale for $3.00 and had to have it. A few days later I made this tea box. Now notice the colors in it are the same as in the tea set and the tea pot. Jamaica is my favorite place in the world...so far!
A great friend Bonnie G found this frame and thought I could do something with it...as she said "it is so beautiful, it would be ashame for it to be thrown away". I agreed and made the glass tray with the reverse painting on it. You can see how together it looks so beautiful and I love it for so many reasons....including my sons first two words together were "HOT TEA" which is Painted on the inside of the tea box! By repurposing, reusing, and being creative I have a tea set to treasure!
We all have a window that looks at nothing, a wall, or in my case the garage wall. So what to do to make it a little more interesting and warm??? Why just wish for that magnificant view? I created the view of my dreams! I took an old window I found and painted a tropical sceen on it. Before painting I cleaned the window with rubbing alcohol and took care not to touch the glass with my skin. As I painted I was careful to not overlap the colors. When it was dry I put it in the window and proped it up higher with a 2x4 so that the center peices in the windows matched up. you can make this what ever you want...you could even have the kids do it and change it out as often as you like. At night the people outside get to enjoy the veiw!