Goodies in the Mail!!!

Look at this sunrise that greeted me today! It was awesome..Dark red was the sun, it was just a huge orb as it was coming up..too bad I'm not a good enough photographer to have captured it....

I had to be up and at'em early this morn..got a paint job ..so when I came home, Merl the mail man had been by and boy, was the Big Black Mail box full up...other than bills and magazines it was full of goodies!! Yea for me ;)



This one was first to be opened when I saw it:

Marsha from Tumble Fish Studio and I are in a swap..she's made this wonderful collage.

Then made these smaller ones, that I am going to turn into pendant!! Fun or what??

These little lovelies were from an Etsy shop:

Wait till you see what's in my head for these..charms and then some!!!

My wonderfully talented friend Andreea made me a gift box!!

She filled it with lovelies and look at the crocheted wrap:

Tiny little nests! Some are empty..some are full..isn't she the most wonderful friend???

Bobbin' Heads riding in the back dash of cars....Remember these?? Well I had to find one for Son's 55 Chevy..well, I won enough in one auction..for Hub's 55 Chevy, my car and even my Daughter's car..lol..
They may all go in the jalopy...just for fun~




I won this wonderful print from:

Stephanie Rubiano's Blog!! She another Texas gal I like to check in on and see what's up..She's been in Somerset more times than you can count with her wonderful perching pixies and at Art and Soul and other retreat..maybe we need to see if she'll pop in at Paper Cowgirl???..Now to find the perfect frame for it...

Ya'll have a great day, I hope your mail box is full of goodies too today!

hugs,t

Make your own tool..

Michelle Ward is great inspiration. If you have not looked at her blog, you need too..she may not be your style but she is full of wonderful ideas and things to use in your own works..she has a whole line of cool rubber stamps too..

Awhile back on one of her "challenges", she wanted you to make a tool you needed in your art work..whether it be a stamp, stencil, resist or block..I did that one..and had great fun making rubber stamps with my hand drawn images..so today that came back to me..


I have an idea for a new line of charms..and I wanted a name to set them apart from anything I do or anyone else..But I knew I didn't have the computer skills or program to make that something up that I had in my mind..But! I can draw it out...I can Carve! it away..I did have some lino left and time to make that idea in my head...

So after a few tries and some tweaking here and there..Some carving, and cleaning, and inking..I came up with what was inside my head:

I'm quite happy with the results!

I think it will all jell and come together in the next couple of weeks and I'll show you the whole she-bang~But for now..that's all you get..hope you are inspired to do something like this..to make your tool, to find an alternative.

Have a great Thursday!

tee

Ready to share..

Awhile back I gave you a sneak peek at a new Class idea..

WELLL, now I'm ready to share with you.. I've sent in the displays to the Craft Scrapper and we've set up class times..








So...ta.da:

This oval one is my fave..not to tall..but big enough for a statement..

But this one...haaa..I love the old paper and the random style words..and of course~ doodles.. Hope you join me for classes! We are making 3 rings, 3 sizes and 3 styles!

I'm also going to list some similar on my Etsy..

Thanks for the comments on the Butterfly pendant!! Feedback is always welcome!!

Spreading my wings

Remember last year, when I told you about the Monarch butterflies passing through?

How I found some of the poor things, dead or dying in my yard?? I kept them..in a drawer, in my hubby's desk..I didn't know what else to do with them so they would not be squashed~ he was not to happy...but he didn't squash them..

The other day, I took one of them out and used her for this piece..

Did you know it's difficult to photograph yourself, wearing said necklace???? But I needed to show you how long it hangs from it's leather cord..So, this is the result:

I'm very pleased with it, what do you think?? I'd love to hear from you. i will be adding it to Etsy in the next few days..

I have to share this with you!!!!

Marsha at "Tumblefish Studio" and I are in a swap! She's making her famous art work and I'm going to encase it in glass for her to have some pendants! Look here at what I'm going to receive !! I have admired her style for a long time and we've been chatting back and forth for a bit now..this is just the gravy on my biscuts!! I'm going to have a piece of her work!! Thanks sooo much Marsha for swapping out with me!! Girl! you ROCK!

Hope your Week goes well!! Happy Monday!

tee

Back in the Saddle again!!!

yeeehaaaw!!

Boy, it stinks not having your 'puter~ I had to just get on and get off of hub's laptop..so no photos, no Etsy listings and such other non sense~

I think I posted this awhile back:

This little shrine is a good size..And I Loved that do-dad I soldered to the top of the box..but then it gave me fits..it was top heavy..had a tendency to lean forward..

But now that is solved and I'm really happy with it. I'm going to put it on Etsy, unless your interested, drop me a note if you are..

These are some new charms that are going on Etsy:

I just keep using this image..I love it...

This one is an old piece of wall paper gifted to me from a Paper Cowgirl friend:

It's one of those thick glass tiles. Love the weight of it, I'll be adding a "S" hook to it, so it can be attached to your favorite chunky necklace..

Did I show you these????

These glass hearts are going to be used in my upcoming class at the Crafty Scrapper!!! Stay tuned for that :)

Happy Tuesday!!!

t

Etsy adds

I finally set down and added some stuff to my poor neglected Etsy shop..Ever since Vacation, I've not added anything new..

Love this sassy one:

Isn't that a good one?? Thanks to Becky for handing that saying off to me~

Then these fellows have been in the Etsy Suitcase long enough and they are going as a lot of 3:
I've added more..but you'll have to go see for yourself...

Thanks to all for the recent purchases!

Thanks to the ladies on Tuesday at the Crafty Scrapper. We had a 101 class, and a Chubby Charms class..but I forgot my camera~ so no photos..bad me~ sorry.. But those ladies rocked on their soldering, they are going to put us out of the jewelry biz!..AND it was PAPER COWGIRL day!!! I had 2 in the 101 class that visited us in June and 3 in the CC class!! Yea!!

Go sign up for our October One day mini retreat~ We are taking only 20, so hurry over and get yourself a seat!!

Have a great weekend!!

tee

Where did the week go?

Here's my end of the Charm Swap ready to mail out..just a trip to the Postie~


Even have a Buckaroo charm in there too for a FB friend..It's on the way too~~


This is what was finished up on the work table:

These and several more..the "family" and "Chums" images were from Lisa's Altered Art on Etsy, she has some great images...check her out if you are in the market for some cute ones~These are inchie sized and made perfect little tiny charms..or you could put them on a scrabble tile if you didn't want to do glass and solder..**idea**

Thursday's are just Friday Eve..remember that today~

later,

teedubya

Wild Weekend!!!

While still on my Paper Cowgirl high, I attended a Tim Holtz class! It was held at Ten Seconds Studios in Hurst on Sunday. We piled up a Tahoe full of ladies from the Crafty Scrapper and headed over. I'm glad I went...

This is a poor photo of the original that was on display for the class. They split up the class. You took the inside portion from Tim, then you altered the outside of your frame with Cheryl of TSS.
Since I was with the CSS group, I got to be one of the "lucky" ones in the "A" group. So we went to Tim's Class first.

Here is a bit of mine, while working on it. I was very impressed in they way he managed the group. He had a power point going on too as he explained what to do. He kept people rolling..all the while, telling us : Don't think about it, Just do it..and that is what so many people don't do..they over think things..so, that slows down your whole process. I'm guilty of it too some days. I heard some people say it was fast paced, I thought it was just fine. I like to work fast.

I was also impressed with how he didn't make you feel rushed when talking to him or having a photo made. They had to set up for the next class so I know time was limited with this end of it..but he didn't make you feel like you were in the way.


Cheryl's end of it was good too. She gave a demo on how to line up your frame on the metal, how to emboss or deboss it and then let us go at it. Then another demo how to add the metal to your frames..we had a good time, I have a awesome piece. I expect to see some influence of this in some future works.


Paper Cowgirl has come and gone, but, we are still posting flickr group photos and blogging about it over at the PC blog, so check us out and see what you missed~


I'm still unpacking and decompressing from it all. Ideas running amuck in my head too.
Vendor night was very good for me and I have alot of pieces gone and now to redo my Etsy shop. It needs a face lift, in August it will be re worked with some new items listed.

Thanks again to all the gals who attended. Cindy and I are happy with what we are building right here in our own backyard, and want to see it grow, we can't make it work without you~


Happy Tuesday ;)
tee

My Swap is finished!!

Well, last night we picked up my Art Buddie aka: Grand#1. She's staying with us for about 3 weeks..she was bouncing off the walls to say the least...she wanted to do everything last night when she arrived here at the Shop Shack.

So, today we made art in the Studio, and she helped me price and pack things for Paper Cowgirl.
PC is less then 2 weeks away!!!! yay!!! Did I show you this:


It's a little shrine necklace for all my rocker Cowgirls.. I'll have it on vendor night in my booth...



Today, I finished up the presentation on my Western themed Domino for the swap I'm hosting at PC.

This was the only swap I participated in. I wanted to do the others, but didn't think I had the time, we had a cool crown swap going on and some others that I would have loved to been a part of...We had some late gals, so I started this swap for them to join in on...

Next WEek is crUnch TimE for Cee and I..getting the final details wrapped up and ready for our SECOND altered ArT retreat!! We are excited!! Hope you are too..

Have a great weekend!!

tina

So Sorry...

My life has been busy lately..the great onion harvest is still going on..I have smelled of onions all day..

I've been working on stock for Vendor night..got a few things ready to solder up:

Backsides...Do you see the ships in the background one the first one?? the front of the charm is from the same photo..I love how this looks..

Hub found this little fella the other day..we were excited to have him at our place..you don't see

horned toads too often anymore..We always called them Horny Toads..and would capture them at the playground at school and put them to sleep by rubbing their tummy..We both have fond memories of these creatures..We hope he grows up and has a family here on our little place..I will be on the look out for him when I mow..

My blogging is going to be sparse the next few weeks, soo sorry..Paper Cowgirl and Classes at the Crafty Scrapper, and other things are going to be on top of the list..just to let you know, I'll be hit or miss for awhile..I've tried to be a good blogger and do it daily..but alas~ I can't..

I finally listed this Shrine necklace on Etsy:

Have a great weekend!!

t

Hang on, it's getting Bummpy..

This week, I found out a class I had signed up for, at the local art center was canceled..bummer..
It was a decorative soldering class..I was all ready too, learn how to make dots and leaves and such...but Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, there wasn't enough interest..ie:only ME,MySELF and I had signed up..

This is the THIRD time I have signed up for a class there and had it canceled out on me..I'm really discouraged about it..doubt I'll sign up for any others there...

So, I went an played around with the solder myself...

Made a few..made a few boo-boo's, but I think I can do the dot thing on my own..seems that is the way for me most of the time, learn it on my own..

I found this cool old ruler at an Antique shop in Burk. a few miles down the road..it was already broke, so perfect price and didn't feel bad about cutting it up for charms..Those dominoes were there too..look how fat that baby is..I loved them, had to get them..a good price too for them because a couple were missing..

I bet a few of these end up in my suitcase at Paper Cowgirl vendor night for sale.. Less than a month away!! I'm getting all excited....plenty to do too..

Have a great weekend, I probably won't be around tomorrow for a post..

See ya~

t

Listings and then some

I listed several round soldered charms last night on Etsy, but then worked on some other stuff too..

What do you think about this?

I think it needs a super cool chain or necklace for it..I have a pink one on the way too....

Last night I listed these:

I love this photo..so sassy..and on a bike too boot~

This one I patina'd the solder on it to age it..Remember this angel??

It got listed last night too...

Now, this one is going to someone....maybe she'll see her work and leave me a comment...

if not, she won't get it until June...

Have a great Wednesday~

t

Wednesday! Already??!!

Not much going on here..Riding the tractor mowing and painting cabinets doesn't seem blog worthy news..but last night while hub mowed, I snuck into the studio and started up these little goodies:

I love this image..it came from an Etsy vendor called : Lisa's Altered Art..

Again Channelling Sally Jean, I painted, smudged and doodled my way into cute..

I've also been working on the stuff for Paper Cowgirl..getting my ducks all in a row and such..it's just around the corner!!

Have a great Hump Day... teedubya