Re: Larisa!/OT: some pictures of the new house

When I was in HS our Sr. Class party theme was a beach party. It was
in February 1961. We took all of the cardboard tubes that the various
local carpet stores would give us. They were about 3 to 4 inches in
diameter and 8 ft. long. We wrapped brown crepe paper streamer
material around them for bark texture (it was stretched/ruffled on one
side) . The palm fronds (sp) were made from wire coal hangers (formed
into a leaf shape) covered with green crepe paper. We sat on blankets
on the floor of the gym, for some reason they wouldn't let us bring in
sand! ;~(

Bonnie, in Middletown, Va




On Sat, 08 Oct 2005 22:12:09 -0400, CNY/VAstitcher
<nystitcher1972@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Well, the flooring was already here when we moved in. The sky is
>something that I did in both childrens rooms in the last house...DS had
>a space themed room, so he had a dark sky with planets and such. DD had
>a fairy forest, so she had a light blue sky with puffy white clouds.
>
>The plan for the palm tree came from accessories that were part of a
>store at one of the malls when we lived in NY....the store closed, so I
>was able to peel a bit off their palm tree to get a better look. What
>they had was a cardboard tube with painted canvas over it. Canvas had
>been painted dark and medium brown to mimic the trunk, then they had
>fabric leaves hanging down. I scrounged in the dumpster behind the
>JoAnns before we left and managed to grab one of the tubes from Home
>Dec...Actually, I have 2 now because of the tube that my batting came
>on. Anyway, the plan is to cut the tube in half, hot glue it (or
>something) to the wall, most likely in one of the awkward corners behind
>one of the 2 doors (talk ab out lazy....you'll see when I get the
>upstairs pictures taken). I am planning on painting some palm fronds on
>the walls, but then having more made out of fabric coming out...will
>either make them or just buy some artificial palm fronds and attach
>them. Have to think about shells and starfish...was thinking about
>either painting or finding repositionable adhesive fish to stick on the
>walls as well....might have to hunt up some sailing magazines to get
>some decent boats...lol...I'm on a roll...lol
>
>
>Debra wrote:
>> I just saw something last night on Design Remix. They bought several
>> packages of dried starfish and hung them in a grid on a wall. It
>> looked so good that I plan to buy some and do the same thing in my
>> bathroom which is ocean themed. Wish I had thought about your beach
>> floor. Too late now because we have new tile that I love. I might
>> have to copy your sky on the ceiling though! How are you going to
>> make the tree?
>>
>> Have fun decorating!
>>
>> Debra in VA
>> See my quilts at
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

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