This is hanging in our family room.
Several years ago, I use to stencil ‘Welcome’ signs on slates for a local businesswoman. I think I did at least 300 of them using store bought stencils of her choosing. Linda would let us buy a few from her for our own stenciling. This lily one was made over 12 years ago. It’s a layered stencil, meaning the leaves are a stencil that are put down first and other layers are added. I should say, all the slates got a coat of the ecru acrylic paint first. We were told to follow the natural edges of the slate, which I did here. This is an okay design for someone who never made a stencil before, let alone a layered one. My inspiration was an old botany book (gee, wonder where that is?) I only made a few more as gifts and then turned my attention to cross stitch. I won’t tell you how the lady closed down her business-well I should-so you never do it-hold a meeting to insult people’s stenciling and then close down! She did it to mine-I had added a spray of foam to waves in the ocean and made seashells a bit pinker. That’s me and they looked fine. Plus I had done 100s of them already! She made another stencil lady cry (the poor thing couldn’t even copy or blend well, but she really tried). One stencil lady, who followed the stencils to a ‘t’ got kudos. She also spent way too much time on them for what she got paid-IMHO.Let’s say she was a good copier.
It’s really not too hard to do and if you ever try it, make the design your own with your own special touches! : )
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If anyone would like to read ‘The Secret Lives of Bees’, which is coming out in movie form soon, I have a copy I just finished. Let me know.
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That’s really beautiful!
Hello! Thank you for sharing! I hope to take up painting soon…….
Here’s my show & tell……..
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Very nice!
Kathy
That’s really gorgeous, Dianne!
That’s amazing!!!!
My show n tell is Halloween, solar lights since most all my visitors have been asking for some of my halloween decorations I’ve been setting up…and a set of kitchen linens that match my blog’s header that I found! Come on by if you can find time…Happy Friday!
How wonderful, it held up very well.
That’s really lovely and a unique idea to use a piece of slate.
Thanks for sharing you talent – the decorated slate is beautiful.
That’s a pretty piece of artwork. Take care.
I love painted slate! This lily is wonderful!
Your lily artwork is gorgeous! I read The Secret Life of Bees a long time ago and enjoyed it. I’m looking forward to the movie.
~Kelli
You are so talented…the lily artwork is beautiful!
~Tammy @ Lattes and Lollipops
That’s just beautiful! The lady you worked for doesn’t sound all that nice!
Manuela
Hi Dianne, Your work on this piece is awesome..I love it..
Your wall hanging is lovely. Making things like this is so much fun. Don’t you just love being creative?
Very pretty, Dianne. I thought you had painted it freehand.