Sabi Saturday : week 5

Sabi Saturday Linkup Week 5

So the Sabi Saturday blog hop is open for the whole week where we share. Add your link up at the bottom of the post.

• the vintage/antique items handed down or we “rescue” from garage sales and thrift stores so they don’t end up in a trash bin
• items we’ve upcycled instead of throwing them away
• items we’ve repaired in a transformative way to make them more beautiful or cooler than before
• process or tutorials on how we upcycled or repaired something to make something new, more beautiful, or cooler

Sabi Saturday Linkup Week 4 Roundup

First the roundup:

15 and Meowing featured a cute little ceramic bunny that she rescued when it’s owners no longer wanted it.

Crystal and Daisy Mae’s Photo-Blogging Site shared her old table, lamp and sofa — while she napped on her sofa with Daisy.

Cactus Catz shared her some DIY youtube tutorial videos on how to make paper out of dryer lint as well as old denims.

This week’s Sabi Saturday contribution

Ok, this is an offbeat one.  My mother had a gorgeous purple silk kimono that she had since her twenties.  She brought it over with her when she immigrated from Okinawa. It is amazing.  My sister asked her for it.  My mom checked with me since she wanted to give it to me but I said to go ahead and give it to my sister as she had children and I didn’t.  However, before my mom passed it on, I scanned every inch of the kimono.  It took a while since my scanner is only 8inx11in but I captured it.

My mother had a photo of herself in that kimono in b&w.  I scanned that too.  The photograph had a texture to it which came through in the scan.  I matched the kimono to the image and overlayed it in photoshop.  It was not as easy as I expected it to be because I scanned the kimono flat, of course, but in the photo, the kimono curves around my mom and has folds.  I muted the color of the kimono some so it would go with the vintage photograph feeling. Anyways, this is the result.

I did this while my mom was still alive.  She liked the photo I printed out and framed it. It still hangs on the wall.

Linking up

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