fresh Mag Time Frames by Sandra Mickanen #magtimeframes.com #houseplants #campbell #vellumdays
i still see so much with a trained mag time frame eye...
the different objects, that with just a touch of a glue gun, can be transformed into magnets;
so many beautiful papers that can serve as a background;
the different ways they can display, and be displayed -from hanging with ribbon to sitting in easels to leaning, to...
the different ways they can be used, from pictures, to messages, to quotes;
how versatile.. how quick n easy to change it up..
in this instance, what lit the mag time frame fire inside me..
a bowl of darling shoe charms that sat next to the register in a plant retail store in downtown campbell..
momstera i'll take 4 of those... and i shared what they would become... and provided magtimeframes.com on a piece of paper for them -archives, i'm no longer in business, its just still fun.
-also purchased a small little plant specifically, with low light tolerance
-i have a category i refer to as 'small thing, giant impact'
this plant, i placed inside one of the pots inside our fireplace fits that category.
love it! will be adding a select number of house plants here and there throughout our home in the coming months.
also,
had fun researching all about national beer day...
we initially went to downtown campbell to dine at la pizzeria, one of our favorites, but it was closed.
we dined instead at blue line pizza -great service, wonderful pizza, tasty cold beers
and enjoyed, spontaneously, the good company of -becky,
sitting nearby, and engaged with us in conversation.. she had the sweetest, young, black lab with here.. morgan, -named after a former police chief (?) in campbell, if i'm remembering correctly
a therapy dog for children
becky's career was in law enforcement, in turned out.. and she shared the good news, that, in the city of campbell; the residents support their law enforcement officers
they welcome and appreciate them. -that's always good news, because, in so many areas, cities, counties within California and elsewhere, they have been demonized and exist in very hostile environments..
we continue to hope to see that change.
-which is why "Chad Bianco for Governor of California..."
anyway,
sure falls into our category of vellum days.. just a beautiful sun shiny day, sitting outdoors, enjoying a great pizza, beer, little stroll on the sidewalks of downtown campbell.. great conversation with becky..
popped in the plant store, -inspired a mag time frame.. elevated our fireplace decor with a plant.
popped in the ice cream store, write next store.. did the rest of our stroll, while enjoying a delicious! -marianne's ice cream -tin roof sundae in a cone..
hand in hand with the man i love...
all "thank you!" prayers, community tithing...
hallelujah & amen.
BINGE & TONIC TROPHY -fresh mixed media art by (me!) sandra mickanen * inspired by deidre gourlay
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i had the absolute most creative fun -pure fun and all joy! creating this mixed media trophy
some background:
my daughter had the great pleasure of meeting, in person, some of her favorite youtube stars
-from josh & momma southern cooking show
how cool is that?!
-that, of course, got me to thinkin'... which youtube star would i love to meet in person...
and there are many, but at the top of that long and growing list:
deidre gourlay! of 'our upcycled life' on YOUTUBE
- i mean, -endless inspiration.. great ideas, hacks, recycle, upcycle, dyi
and, as i've only recently been introduced, via.. algorithms, apparently..
i have the benefit of getting to watch, like 5 years worth of her videos..
and realized.. well, i made a few interior design changes based on her influence and love the results.. raised a plant here, added one over there.. more attention to charm factor of home decor staples, like, tissue boxes, planters, lights..
and! -having just recently cleaned out some drawers, cupboards, i came across a beautiful, rather, singular, vase.. i set it out, all by its lonely self, on a wooden lazy susan i use as a coffee table centerpiece..
i did know..
perhaps directly under the influence of deidre's plethora of videos
probably not going to use it as a vase... -how boring that would be...
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evening ponderings included realizing they [they, as in YouTube] must already have the equivalent of award shows, oscars, -something celebrating the best & brightest, the most fun, entertaining, creative, etc.
and then..
i wonder what their trophies would look like?
and..
that's what i'll do with that beautiful vase!! -i'll make a trophy, as if, as if i am the one responsible for creating a trophy for our upcycled life!
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that next morning, despite a list of 5 or 7 other *projects in waiting..
skipping a shower, skipping breakfast, in my pajamas i skipped over to my studio 213..
vase as the base.. i mean, obviously! the trophy itself needs to be 'upcycled'
remember i told you, mixed media artist have the most fun out of all artists..
it's because, the more materials and tools you get to use, the more fun it is! the more imaginative..
the more fun!
and for the mixed media artist.. there is no write or wrong.. only, like or don't like;
love or kinda like; keep or toss or adjust and tweak
i did operate with this one self-imposed rule: only use what i already have; no purchasing anything new to use. *details as footnote
so, i had the beautiful vase. -it needed a platform, a foundation..
i already had a wood shape (6 sides... called... ) hexagon from the dollar store; perfect size, width, depth, length to house the vase. it did already cover it with a sticker, but.. too..
too...
so, i also, already had some more interesting paper, with beautiful earthy colors, and share here: i think, the paper i used.. sold as paper for train model landscapes; i think it was left-over from when my son had a school project in middle school, and he like, graduated from college several years ago..
anyway.. covered the sticker, with the earthy paper; love.
from the beginning, there was only one way the vase was going to be used at that was... upside down.
love.
i glanced over, and had a -i mean, the perfect! flat, circular, silver candle holder with blingy, scalloped, decorated -tiara-like edging -and guess what..
PERFECT FIT on top of the.. bottom, now top, of the vase base of my trophy. and, already had the perfect size circular botanical sticker to place inside for nice touch..
voila!
already had an empty small orange juice container to recycle.. upcycle..
sparing stories here about removing the labels & worse.. the stubborn sticky adhesive that remains after labels are removed from the plastic.. all hacks employed; none seem to work.. last resort: *blow dryer
hey.. i can sculpt this into a whole new shape!!
anyway..
i already had some artificial tulips, some artificial flowers leftover from previous projects..
placed.. and then, stuffed and manuevered the tulips inside the orange juice container, turned it upside down also..
voila!
she needs a crown.. of course! i mean, it's a mixed media trophy, for the queen of upcycling herself!
k,
here, again.. no write or wrong, only.. love or kinda like..
i kinda liked using the
-gold paper cupcake baking cups i already had.. gold seemed crown-ish, and it had scallops..
and i already had some cute tiny gems to glue on.. so i did that... experimented with that, but..
seemed, little too.. too predictable and ordinary..
glanced over, and saw, i had a couple vellum shapes left on a piece of sticker paper, that i had not used..
so very glad i did not toss that! i grabbed a new gold cupcake baking cup, and placed the fancier stickers on it..
way better! than the tiny gem stones..
and! glanced over, and saw.. like, a straight pin with a pearl end on it. -on the floor, as a matter of fact, behind my potters bench.. had to drop something, look for it.. and..
Christians believe these things are not 'accidents' -more, like, when i went to grab the thing that fell, and saw the straight pin with the pearl..
struck with creative lightning.. and a thank you prayer to unknown source of help and guidance..
because, i took the straight pen, poked it through the gold cupcake crown with vellum shapes stickered on.. and
voila! again.. -then, searched and found about 6 or 7 more straight pins i had with different colors balls on the top..
in my creative estimation.. the crown with tiny sparkly gems glued on.. vs., the 2nd choice, crown with vellum shapes and straight pens..
difference between, paint-by-number vs. original abstract
looked and felt so superior, i completely abandon my original concept and idea..
same with, i had experimented with dripping heart garland from the sides.. vetoed that idea along the way too..
the pink ribbon.. i opted for instead; already had that, in a drawer.. just waiting. love how it looks hanging off the side, little touch of vintage charm
the little bamboo hearts, already had; left over from last year's mother's day picnics i designed; they were bamboo skewers..
already had the flowers, the little sparkly gems to hot glue on..
-now! i'll tell you the hardest part for me.. i mean HARD.. the temptation was GREAT! because, i placed some little white rocks i already had.. set them on top of the silver candle holder, around the base of the bottom of the orange juice container, to fill in the space with something interesting..
and the reason it was soooo hard, is because, i had just recently watched deidre on one of her videos create beautiful upcycles using.. PINK HIMALAYAN SALT chunks/rocks..
and, my goodness.. if this trophy is for her... "i have to use pink himalayan salt rocks..!! it's only write and proper.. it would be perfect!"
but.. i did not -already have- pink himalayan salt chunks... the internal battle began..
i went to amazon.. if i decided so, it would have arrived on my front patio that afternoon even!!
but,
spent an embarrasing amount of time, looking, thinking, imagining..
had zero to do with cost.. had zero to do with accessibility, availability, or zero to do with what anyone else would ever know or think..
but, -i had self-imposed that little, stupid rule: only what i already have..
i have a lot. i have so many little this's and that's.. so many
i should be embarrassed to need or shop or purchase.. my God..
so,
i successfully resisted, and used the cute white rocks i already had.
i embellished here and there, with sparkly gems..
and,
finishing touch.. in addition to my self-imposed rule of only using what i already have;
i have made a prayerful -what to call it? promise?
another one of the ways i can say "Thank You Jesus!" for taking from the pit to the palace..
from bondage to freedom, from torment to peace.. on and on, long list..
is to share my appreciation for the fruits of the spirit, so, -here on out, and a little before now even,
i include,
in some way, form or fashion, -as the saying goes..
the fruits of the spirit on my mixed media art. -i already had a sheet of sticker paper with the fruits of the spirit on it.. designed it some time ago to wrap around my wine bottle art.. so,
it already fit perfect around the front of the hexagon base of my mixed media 'binge & tonic' trophy inspired by and created with deidre gourlay in mind, so,
"Thank You!" love to binge on your 'our upcycled life' youtube channel; it is my creative tonic.
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hallelujah & amen!
-really cool if i could get a nonagon shape base for future mixed media trophies. i had so, so, much fun creating this, -hope to make some more; no two ever alike.
DNA in the courtroom, brought 'truth' What does AI bring to the courtroom? -ASKS, Sandra Mickanen
havent read it, don't currently have any michael connelly in my home library, but saw him interviewed..
and write away started wondering.. like, yes..
i do remember when DNA became 'a thing' so to speak, in the courtroom. and everyone, for the most part, regarded DNA as a tool for truth
being used to PROVE someone did or did not commit a given crime. -concrete, scientific, evidence; nearly undisputable.
What does AI bring? to a courtroom...
currently i can speak on behalf of myself and many others... the word 'truth' certainly doesn't come to mind
i know it can be used to speedily execute tedious processes -and there are a lot of tedious processes behind the scenes for lawyers, judges, expert witnesses.. etc. tons of paper and digital paper work.
organizing, charts, graphs... writing/composing opening/closing statements.... editing..
guiding jurors, influencing jurors this way or that, based on feedback from AI generated arguments..
but employed equally by both sides..
remains a chess game of sorts..
what tools can we bring to a courtroom which actually, exclusively bring us closest to the truth; and true justice..
those two things, truth & justice.. seem to keep getting lost in the win-at-any-cost, scientific, political and technological shuffle.
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ever curious, selah! & amen
DJI Mini 3 Nail Sticker Accessories -by (necessity and for), sandra mickanen #vellumdays
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i've been typing for hundreds of years, so i can do that blindfolded. but my experience holding, using, navigating a 'controller' -zero. my kids, and grandkids, any 'gamers' -the controller is as comfortable and familiar in their hands as a typing keyboard is in mine. second nature. for me, it will take a bit to acclimate. and there are the two main navigation gimbals, where the thumb nail stickers genuinely help! because there are also, additional buttons, on either side for photo; for video; additional turn knobs, one for zoom, one for moving the camera lens around, and toggle switches underneath, one for camera lens, and the other for... -something..
love getting to know my dj; which i affectionately refer to as my baby. and re-watching the youtube tutorials...
our family is our pot of gold!
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upcoming, will need to learn about -space. converting meters.. play with the settings for limits on how high, how far..
the best analogies for me would be [variable] # of buildings high... approx 15 story building high..
or maybe if someone pointed to the tallest tree... that is # meters
and for distance, -city blocks long, or miles.. or football fields..
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trouble shooting: my baby, doesnt seem to offer up, the automatic 'home' button; just a land circle
with text reading will land where it currently is.. or something to that effect
and i am currently manually bringing it back to the initial landing pad [my 16x22" cutting board]
anyway, grandma's like a kid with a new toy..
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all "Thank You" prayers.. amen & amen.
# saint patricks day
#dji pix
#vellumdays
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