A little art for Post #300

Today is my 300th post! Amazing that I've kept at a journaling sort of thing for so long. I'm not much for writing and I have a short attention span. But I guess a blog is a little different as you sort of join others in the experience and it's not as private as a journal normally is.

I finished up a little collage that was half done for a few months. Ali Edwards posted a simple collage on her blog this weekend and it was just the right thing for me to see to finish this up. The shadow box is made from bass wood. The dowel and base I got at Michael's. The square papers on the inside are 7 gypsies. The accent around the frame is from Heidi Swapp. The background is wrapping paper I kept from a gift. And the paper lining on the inside of the frame is from the phone book. The second square from the left in the top row and the second square from the right in the bottom row have glassy accent stuff on them to highlight what they say. The first one says "love one small life" and the bottom one says "life glitters".

The base has the same map wrapping paper on it and then crackle glaze around the edge.

I really felt like this little box needed a gnome but I never found one so it turned into something else. I love a finished project.