If you ever go garage saling or estate saling with me, you may wonder why I buy some of the things I buy. When I get home and show John my "finds," he just scratches his head.

About six months ago, I picked up this interesting burlap peacock, (or is it a chicken? I'm not sure) at a sale for $2. I'm positve it was a beauty in it's day, but today...not so much. I actually bought it for the frame that it was stapled to, knowing that when the inspiration hit, I would buy some new burlap and paint a new design on it.  

The other day I was flipping through a Ballard Design magazine and saw the inspiration for my new art: a burlap bee on a tote.

Burlap pillows and decor are all the decorating rage right now, but you pay a small forture for rage.

 Unless you do it yourself!

If you enjoy the satisfaction of creating your own designs, burlap is $4 a yard.  So, I used the picture of my inspiration tote to draw a larger design on newspaper.

 After I cut it out, I outlined the design on burlap and painted it.  As you can see, my painting skills are limited to things that I can basically color in, but...

A few staples later, I have a new wall hanging!