Believe in What Your Heart is Saying.....

It seemed like forever for December to get here. I've been saving this post idea in my head for weeks now!! LOL A few posts back, I had an entry on Ruby Tuesday [red saw] that Bud had cut out the word "Believe" with his jigsaw from a piece of scrap lumber. At the time it was still all white. When he finished trimming and carving it out, he filed the letter openings on the "E's" and smoothed the others, adding a groove on the "fur" tassel of Santa's hat. When the filing work was done, he then sanded all the white paint from the old piece of shelving he used, off on both sides; front and back. It was from that point; when he finished, that it was now MY project to paint.The first step was to paint the entire word in red. I chose the color "apple red" with a flat finish. I allowed it to dry overnight so I could then add the white paint. The shade of white was "blanca". A pure, snowy white. Doing only a couple letters at a time, while the white paint was still wet, I sprinkled clear glitter on the wet, white, paint. Allowing it to dry and then moving on to a couple more letters until all done. I then did a pencil sketch of Santa's face on the letter "L" ---beard, eyes, nose, mouth, and furring trim on the lower brim of his hat. Painted the cheeks pink that I just mixed some of the white/red I had opened [from the two paint bottles above]....waited for the pink to dry and added two black eyes a nose and a little mouth. I took the black I had opened and painted a belt. Using plastic model paint, gold, for his buckle. With a small piece of wooden dowel, I stuck and glued a red jingle bell on the top side and drilled a small hole in the letter "i" for the dot! Using 'watered down' flat black paint I then used a thin brush to accent each 'crevice' to make the shadowing of each letter. Done!!!



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...and now, I placed it on the living room's fireplace mantle with a bit of greenery and mini-santas and brass candle holders with the red and gold ornaments....










[the link shows Bud cutting the word out of wood & opens in a new window]


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POSTED: Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
12:01 A.M.