Tree slices turned art....

Hi Everyone!  I hope your week is off to a terrific start.  The weather the last couple of days has been great.  And I've been able to get a lot done, which is good since my first fall fair is in a month.  I still have a lot to do but I'm beginning to cross things off my list.  Do you remember the frames I showed you the other day....well here's what I did with the two matching frames.

I took a piece of scrap luan, cut them to size to fit the frames, painted one English Ivy Green and the other a navy color that I mixed myself using Cobalt Blue and Black.

I took some hickory branches and cut them into slices of varying sizes.

Then I randomly glued them to the luan. 

I painted the frames the same colors as the background since I want the tree branch slices to stand out more than the color.

I put a sealer over the tree branch slices before I framed them.

 A couple of unique art pieces that are more on the masculine side. 

I've decided to make a line of items for my shop that are for the guys.  I decided I needed to after a customer asked if I had anything for a gift for her son.  And of course I didn't, so I'm trying to add some items.  I have a few more things that I'm working on and hope to be able to share with you later in the week.

The weather is suppose to be great tomorrow.  I have some yard work to do and then it's shop time.  I have a bench to paint, a stand to build, custom ordered signs to make, and inventory build up to do.  Not to mention laundry, groceries and a trip to the lumber yard for some boards.  Now I need to get the base coats done for those custom order signs so I can work on the hand painting tomorrow.  Thanks for stopping by.

Linking to:
http://www.myrepurposedlife.net/2012/08/catch-as-catch-can-85.html 
http://oneartmama.blogspot.com/2012/08/shine-on-fridays-41-and-giveaway.html