I can't stop myself!

I made another this afternoon. It features a working barometer that has a cute fairy that was created by Lisa's Altered Art perched on it. This one is going to my booth at Betty's tomorrow.

Assemblages are FUN!

This piece is similar to another that I had created a while back. I think this bird is an imposter. LOL. A friend of mine gave a piano to me that had already been taken apart. Lucky me! I used a couple of the hammers to make this little guy's wings.

It's fun to make assemblages. What is not fun is trying to get a good pic of them. There must be some trick to photographing glass, but I haven't figured it out yet.

I will be taking these to Southern Hearts a little later today.

Magpie bait

After thoroughly exhausting my PayPal account by buying all kinds of trinkets and supplies, I decided that I better get back to making jewelry. It seems like everything I saw HAD to go in my online shopping cart. Of course, now, everyday is like Christmas when I go to my mailbox *tee hee*.

I went out to the workshop this morning and built a jewelry display then proceeded to fill it up. This display went to Southern Hearts in Kingsville.

Next, I will make up some pieces to take to Renaissance Antiques later this week. I wonder what the mailman is going to bring me tomorrow . . .

All things Texan

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Curated By: cctexan2

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Vintage Fashion

One of the nice things about belonging to a guild is the shoutouts received from other members. Cctexan2 of Houston has featured my antique photo album in her Artfire Collection of items belonging to members of the Texas ArtFire guild. The guild is formed from current Texans and former Texans who are artists on ArtFire. Our membership has grown to over 100 members so far.

Be sure to stop by cctexan2's ArtFire shop. Her shop is chock-full of jewelry making supplies for jewelry artisans.

At home with a witch

KikiLaRu of Etsy featured my Witchy Cabinet Card in her treasury early, early this morning. Kiki makes original buntings for your special occasion cakes.

'at home with a witch' by KikiLaRu

Witchy Cabinet Card cedarjunction $3.95	Antique Apothecary ... polkadotHOME $48.00	1 Antique Porcelain... BigDaddyO $3.00
Vintage Leather Cas... ethanollie $21.00	Write more letters. MademoiselleCh... $19.00	Nice Vintage Countr... ThePlaidCurtai... $12.99
Dark chocolate sued... chebran $95.00	Skeleton dish trixiedeliciou... $30.00	Bubble and Boil Vin... MidnightAcresF... $32.90
Let Me Pick Your Br... VintageScraps $8.00	Giant IO Moth silk ... utilitarianfra... $35.00	Library - 4x4 fine ... elgarboart $5.00
vintage metal memo ... experimentalvi... $15.00	order of the easter... sadieolive $55.00	Little old blue tin Octavi $10.00

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Kiki makes original buntings for your special occasion cakes.




You can see more of her delightful creations by clicking here.

Let's Face It

Patty Ann of TheSunnySideBiz put this ArtFire collection together entitled, Lets Face It. She featured my face pendant in her list of the "faces of ArtFire". Be sure to stop by her shop. She is a seamstress and sews beautiful items. She has been sewing most, if not all, of her adult life and her fine craftsmanship is evident. :D

Mini makeover

I started playing on Photoshop today and decided to make a new header for my blog. The other one just wasn't working for me any more. The little girl is my Mom when she was a little girl and I have absolutely no idea who it is in the picture by the typewriter. He is a photo that I purchased a couple of years ago.

I am a lot faster working with Photoshop, but it still takes me a great deal of time. I guess the fact that I can do anything at all in it is an absolute miracle. LOL

With this ring . . .

One of the wonderful things about Etsy, is that you can contact the vendors through a "convo" to get items made that you just can't locate in stores. Tara was in the process of gathering items for her upcoming wedding. She wanted a little bird's nest to serve as the ring-bearer pillow. She found a nest in my shop and contacted me so that I could make a custom bird nest for her.

After she received the nest, she tied the wedding rings to it . . .

. . . and had the most-adorable little boy carry it down the aisle.

Best wishes, Bryan and Tara :D

Sweet Easter fairy

 

Spring is in the air. The birds are singing and the sun is shining brightly. While I sat under the oak tree soaking it all up, I spotted this adorable fairy with her Easter basket. I caught her and put her in this jar. She was not one bit happy with me about that so I have her a sucker.

Anna Belle is in a quart-sized Kerr jar with air holes drilled in the top of the lid. She is in a bed of Easter grass to keep her comfortable.

3-story birdhouse

I finished my birdhouse - finally. This one seemed to take longer to design and build than others that I have made. It stands 32 1/2 inches tall. It's not intended to go outside so unless you have birds flying around your home, it will most likely remain vacant. LOL.

Emily

This morning, when I went out to get the newspaper, I found this adorable little fairy.

Her name is Emily and she loves coconut macaroons and tea with lots of sugar. I think that is why she is so sweet!

I placed her in a quart-sized mason jar with air holes drilled in the top of the lid to keep her safe.

Bottled up

Today when I returned from having lunch with the girls and running my various errands, I read an email from Maggie Glynn where she told me that she had featured my Poe dirt bottle in her treasury. I love all of the other bottles in this list and am honored to be included.

Be sure to check out Maggie's Etsy shop. Her items are GORGEOUS!

A rose by any other name

. . . would be MiaRosina!

It was such a pleasant surprise to see that Rosina had included one of my Edgar Allen Poe cemetery dirt bottles (Poe dirt) in her latest Treasury List. One of her lists has even made the front page of Etsy. How cool is that? You can read about the inspiration for her Treasury List here on her blog.
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Rosina makes beautiful handsculted rose rings that she features in her Etsy shop. Be sure to check them out.

Thanks, Rosina!!