Beach Boys

These little dudes are the original "Beach Boys"! How about these little guys, aren't they cute? I just love their expressions. Kind of makes you wonder what they were thinking.....where were they going......who bought those little sailor outfits for them? Maybe a favorite rich aunt bought them the outfits! The collage was created on heavy duty cardstock with layers of decorative papers. I painted on the white bubbles with Lumiere paint. The fish were cut out with the small Sissix fish die.

The frame started out as just a regular dollar store frame, based with blue acrylic paint and then distressed with sandpaper. I took little flat backed clear marbles, stamped the letters on decorative paper, cut them out and then glued them to the backs of the marbles to create the word "beach". Shells were then glued on tiny clear glass beads were glued on close to them.

Thinking of Summer.......living in Spring or Winter?

Remember how good warm sand feels between your toes? Well the calendar says "Spring" and Easter is tomorrow........but we have 2 inches of snow here in PA and it's 26 degrees! Even though the weather is not optimal for an egg hunt, I'm still thinking positive that the weather can only get warmer....right? Actually my mind is on summer with less than 2 months of school to go, it will be here before you know it. I love the water and will be spending a lot of time out on my pontoon boat this summer. Whew-whooooo! Here are some "beachy - water" inspired collages. I'm thinkng about either framing them or sandwiching them between two pieces of glass and soldering around the edges like I did with the "Beach Girls" collage.
This collage was inspired by a new friend that I met only a meer 8 months ago but feel that I've known for a long time....we are "like minded" people!
Don't you just love the look on his face? He's the little Captain!
The Beach Girls loved the water and loved getting together to drink wine and be silly! Isn't that what friends are for?