More Road Trip.......Vienna

I was lucky enough to catch Debra's shop open---she was busy working on her wonderful creations for the Scott's show this weekend! I loved seeing all her great art, and finding some treasures as well.

More Road Trip.......Vienna

It was really fun to meet Cynthia ("the cotton lady") Blalock in Vienna, and be invited to dig through her warehouse in the little south Georgia town. She is the clever lady who sells the Chinese Tallow, which I use in my booth. Cynthia is a longtime dealer from the old Lakewood, and has done the new Lakewood show a few times....I hope she comes back to set up soon!

More Road Trip.......more architecture

I can't resist taking photos of the interesting old houses you find in the small towns around Georgia!

Encouragement Boxes.........

These wall boxes hold 5 bottle vases with dried chinese tallow branches and have wire hangers......the two quotes are among my very favorites!

Little mirrors....back by request.....

These little mirrors were sold out immediately at the last show, and I had so many inquiries about them! I'm glad I managed to get some more made for the show this weekend.....



(mirrors are really difficult to photograph!)

Gingerbread clock shrine boxes.......

I put this one on a vintage birdcage stand...



I left this one natural....



These are so much fun to experiment with and put all kinds of different things in and on--I generally like them for family photos on the mantle....with keepsakes tucked in here and there.

Backroads wandering....... Atlanta to the ocean

Can't go very long between beach fixes!........it's so fun to wander the back roads through Georgia and the Carolina's heading toward the ocean (stopping for treasures along the way, of course). This sunrise view is from Ocean Isle Beach in North Carolina, south of Wilmington.

If you could look really far, straight out from this point, you would see Morocco in N. Africa.



The rivers were high along the backroads---I love the cypress knee swamps and spanish moss in the low country.


This old house in historic Newberry SC (south of Greenville) had some really unusual porch posts----directly across the street is the Red Door Antiques shop where I found some good stuff, and really enjoyed meeting owner Norm Helms and his mother Lily.


Love the metal storage tank painted like a strawberry!

Snow in Georgia

Big, fat, fluffy snowflakes started drifting down this afternoon, and it has turned out to be a beautiful white winter scene that we only get every so many years here. (I hope tomorrow is a school snow day because I am spending more time outside photographing the garden, than studying!)

Little mirrors project

These small vintage compact and train case mirrors can be wired to stand up or hang.

Just add little glass flowers in the corners, and displayed in a silver pitcher, they look like a bouquet.

Photo prism project

These are a few of the finished prisms on a darker background that allows them to show up a little better..........(I added this photo later so it posted first--too lazy to do it all over, and haven't yet figured out how to edit existing posted photos--don't think you can on Blogspot, can you?)

I found these large glass prisms at an antique show last weekend--they are about 6" x 31/2" in size.

Used vintage architectural photos for the theme. Just cut out copies of your favorite photos, and decoupage them on the back, then add the wire and embellishments---I can't decide whether to add more hanging tiny stuff to them. (That is the fun part of blogging, you can see how it looks published, and make changes later if needed)

I can see a tiny old photo tucked into the wire on the front, or maybe some little dried flowers---By show time at Lakewood, I should have them adorned with all kinds of little treasures. (These were a little hard to photograph--don't forget you can click on the picture to enlarge)

Happy Birthday Mom!

You are an inspiration--still working and as always much smarter than I could ever hope to be.

Vintage clock casing shadowbox....before

after.....

Family photo charms

These soldered charms have photos of my family on both the front and back. I used to do custom orders about 8 years ago, before the days when anyone could show you how, so it was really trial and error in the beginning!

Road Trip

Everyone had the idea to go to Florida at the same time it seems----I-75 was a parking lot!

Thank heaven for back roads......

You get to see these cool old houses, instead of brake lights!

And stopping to shop for cowboy boots in Ocala horse country is a must!

Finally got to Sarasota.......this sculpture (of the famous WWII photo) is huge, and stands on the road by the marina going out to the beach. Hope to visit lots of shops and find some good stuff for the next show on the way back!!! Happy New Year!!

Digging through old photos!

Mom and Dad

My boys

My babies grew up and became the two most awesome guys in the world! I'm so proud of them!

Pampered pet beds

I build the frames out of wood and wire, then I line the top, and trim out, add satin lined- curtains, bed skirt, mattress, etc.

Hall Stands

These are some of my funky hall stands