Second beach It’s been years since my last travel. I was happy that my family could take a vacation trip to Seattle, Washington on July 4th weekend. During this visit, we took a day off the city and drove all the way to coast of Pacific ocean. We saw the snow mountains in Olympic NationalContinueContinue reading “Drift wood sticks from Second beach, Washington”
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Etched and painted wood stick
OK, I have to admit that I am really having fun with these wood sticks. 😀 I have no plan for this stick. I just play with it. After etching some tribe style patterns I apply a little wood stain. But I am not satisfied with the monochrome color. So I draw on it withContinueContinue reading “Etched and painted wood stick”
Experimental project with wood, macramé, mosaic and painting
The goal of this experimental project is straightforward. I want to try to combine several elements into one project, including oil painting, wood burning, mosaic and macramé. Mosaic is kind of new to me but I think the idea is similar to cross stitch. Materials 1. Wood tray 2. Cradled gesso board 5″×7″ 3. TinyContinueContinue reading “Experimental project with wood, macramé, mosaic and painting”
Wood sticks with macramé
Continue with last post, I made more wood stick crafts with macramé. I believe the interest of macramé comes from my childhood. Back then every girl in school liked to make own bracelet and personal backpack decoration with colorful cord. In college one of my classmate could make really complicated traditional Chinese macramé. I learnedContinueContinue reading “Wood sticks with macramé”
Wood stick crafts from our backyard maple tree
In April my husband decided to chop down one of our backyard trees in order to give our boy more soccer practice space. It was a small maple tree. By small I mean we can handle it ourselves. Therefore, we got a lot of branches. I get a little excited about all those wood sticks.ContinueContinue reading “Wood stick crafts from our backyard maple tree”