Tuesday Travels: The World of Imagination

Like lots of kids, my nephew loves to play dress up. Last year for his birthday, I took an old suitcase and filled it with accessories he could piece together to create different disguises.

(Doesn't he make a cute little pilot?)

The party was held at the aviation museum so the suitcase and custom luggage tag fit the airplane theme quite well.  

It included a curly wig (the best one I could find in my price range), but it was the comb kind which doesn't quite stay in with a buzz cut. I thought ahead this year and went shopping right as the Halloween costumes were put out. I found all sorts of fun ones. So he received 3 new wigs for his birthday this year, and I just couldn't resist playing dress up with him.

Masquerading Muscle Man





Mr. Man



NYC Punk Rockin' Artist

Super Heroine








Mr Man looks quite adorable and convincing as a Little Miss. And I was happy the wigs fit him so nicely.





The little blonde girl my sister always wanted!!

Finish Painting!

Yay, it's done!
One full day of painting ended up being 3 full days instead. Isn't that just how it is.

It started out as a 24 x24 piece of plywood... then was decoupaged (very ...hmmm, should I say "roughly") with aged pages from a 1979 (the year I was born) Readers Digest. The articles and ads are related to the subject matter of the painting... a couple months then passed... this week I painted the background clouds and hills (my favorite part! too bad I forgot to take a picture of just that) allowing some of the key words and some images to show through...drew, cut out and painted the remaining key images...added the words...and then decoupaged the images on and gave it a top coat. Still need to figure out how to hang it because it's only a 1/4" thick. Then it will be off to its new owner.

Here's the finished painting



and a couple detailed shots.






Just painting and not worrying about anything else was pretty nice while it lasted, but back to reality for now. Just got to remember, we can always visit these fun memories when ever we need to.