A delivery was made

By the Get Well Fairy! And be danged if I didn't get her picture...

She brought laughs, and goodies and cookies....AND she brought This:

This beautiful out pouring of hopes, prayers, and love from my blog friends and new blog friends. This wonderful window of tags, there are over 50 tags on this. Jan fixed up the window frame to hold them all and it covers it completely!

Thank you all who sent in, Thank you Jan for making this and doing all this for me! Thank You! The blog and altered art community is a wonderful place full of big hearts and outreaching hands! I'm glad to be a part of it!

Been feeling ok, proud to say, I didn't have a 'crash' day after the latest treatment, so maybe the eating better has helped. Feeling half normal does have it's up sides..lol..

Have a great Wednesday!

tina

Another Wonderful book in the mail

Our 'other child' sent me this Wonderful book in the mail.

Tina and Scott lived across the street from us when in College Station. They became like our 'other' kids..in and out at all hours, borrowing something, eating with us, hanging out, motorcycle riding...We all had great fun. Tina made me this great little tag book with photos from things we had done at their and our house! She such a sweetie! Thank you!

This week I have another treatment. They are starting me on another med. so we'll see how that treats me come Thursday. My BFF Cee is coming to sit with me on Wed. as I take the treatment...Hope we can discuss some of our Paper Cowgirl ideas and get the June retreat going.

Looking forward to a Halloween Party at Ann-Denise's' house on Sat. We are just playing it by ear to see how I feel that day..

Hope God's blessed your day the way he's Blessed me today!

Hugs, t

Just amazing...

Amazing : http://www.flickr.com/groups/1218993@N24/ is all I can say...

Amazing Friends and family, Amazing Artists and Amazing things have been in the mail to me since all this crazy cancer stuff started!

All I can say is a Humble THaNk YoU.

You know who you are~


This week is a good week, no chemo at all~ no treatments, no pills to take~ yea for me..I'm happy~ Next treatment on the 28th.
Thanks for the prayers!!!!
hugs,t

Message from a friend..

Dear Friends,

We are hosting a benefit dinner and silent auction for Tina Wright on October 29th near College Station. Proceeds of the benefit will go towards Tina's brave fight against cancer.

We need your help and support to make this event a great success. Please let your creative juices flow and send us items we can use for the silent auction by October 28th. My address is: 3206 Von Trapp Lane, College Station, TX 77845.


If would like to attend the event or need more information, please email carolyn.mccully@wwrd.com or call 979-575-6458.

Lovingly,
Carolyn McCully
Brazos de Dios, Harley Owners Group


Carolyn and our other friends in College Station are hosting this. They don't blog, so you may think it's tacky I put it on here, but I am humbled by their generosity and out pouring of love.... Also, they would like my 'art' friends to participate. So, if you are interested please contact her. Thanks friends!!
Have a great Monday!
t

Up Comming classes

Update on Solder Classes....

Sweet or Sinister Necklace at the Crafty Scrapper.. or Call: 972-923-3151.....Coming up soon, like in less than 2 weeks!!! Friday, Sept. 18th..Also on Saturday the 19th we have a 101 class scheduled at 5pm and a Bracelet Class at 11 am...

I've had alot of requests for a Saturday beginners class..so here is your chance~

3 rings class will be held on Sept. 26th:

And! I have a class at Smitten in Mc Kinney.... Scheduled for Thursday, Sept 17th.

A beginners solder class:

Hope to see you there!!!

Have a great "Short week"!

later,t

Random Tuesday

Just a few random things that have been going on here lately...
The son got a 'new' old car...so, he and the hub have been 'piddling' with it..replacing parts and being motor heads...my part in it all was fetching glasses of tea and looking at the progress..


I finished up this canvas:

It has been just the background colors for at least a month..Then found this quote and decided that would fit perfectly..I love using up the alphabet collection I have..Do they have a word for that kind of 'sickness'??? I Love to find and buy up letters..old, new, metal, chipboard, stickers..I don't care..just give me alphabets..And I had to use one of my favorite cowgirl images..I am very pleased with this piece. The other one I posted a couple of weeks ago and this one will be up on Etsy as soon as I can take decent photos of them.

This is my new class at the Crafty Scrapper:

Beveled glass Christmas ornaments..we'll make a total of 4. Two of the 1x3s and Two of the 3x2s with the crystals and the crystal chain...Glass glitter is inside to glam up the vintage images and a bit of German scrap which will all be in the class kits!! We'll also bend the wire for the hangers..We are looking at an October date for this class..

Happy Birthday to my fren Jan T at the Polka Dot Barn blog..pop over and tell her happy Bday ;) she's just 24 ya know~

Have a great Tuesday ya'll!!

big ol' hugs,tee

Sweet Surprise!

My sweet Mama gave me this the other day:

She picked it up in Colorado last month while she was up there...

As soon as I saw it, I knew it was a KC Willis piece..she seemed surprised I knew who made it..I was surprised she even bought it..She not too much 'into' my altered art side..she's more my 'fine art' fan..so when she said she had an early B-day for me, I was quite shocked..She mainly got it for the cowgirl theme, for she knows I'm into anything cowgirl, altered, vintage or otherwise~

She loves blue too..so I'm sure that's the whole reason behind the color chosen..but I didn't object, I love blues too..and now it's proudly hanging in my Studio!! Thanks MOM ;)

Feel like your part of a circus act sometimes?? I know I do~

Have a fab-U-lous Tuesday :)

t

The dreaded Rejection Letter...

Have you ever received one???
You know, you turn your art work in, hoping it will be published..but instead of the "YOUR IN" letter you get the "Thank you, but..." letter??

Yep, that's what happened to me..The Sister's call for art..My magnet and ATC didn't make the cut..

Oh well, these pieces mean nothing to no one but ME..and that's all that matters.. There will be more art and more calls for art..just seems lately I don't have the 'look' they are after..not my turn..it will be one day again~

But you know what?? You can't get the rejection letter if you don't put your work out there for people to see~ So, what is your work doing sitting around? What would it hurt to put it out there??? This paper can go in the trash..who said it has to sit and look at me and remind me I didn't make their cut?? Who??? The rejection police?? not here...So.Onward and Upward~ That's all one can do..I hope you do believe that too..

Peace out~

tee

Excuse my Muse

Please excuse my Muse as she butts in...

I was soldering away the other day..and who came in..Muse..she looked at a canvas that had been sitting on the floor staring at me for over a month..It only had the background colors and the girl/horse on it..I knew it needed more..just not what "more" it needed..But little did I know that Muse would strike~ So, I do believe it's almost finished, thanks to Her...

Have a great Wednesday :)
Waving to Andreea!! I miss you!!
tee

Mail Gifties

One of my bestest art buddies/ex-neighbor, YT sent me this!!!

She's been making dominoes like crazy lately and picking my brain via e-mails on what and why to do's... I think she's doing quite nicely don't you??

Then My SLACKERs in my Soldered House Swap FINALLY got their act together:

After, I soldered ALL their houses..for various reasons they couldn't bring

themselves to finish~

These Slackers, whom I love, shall remain nameless..but if you were in the swap~ you know who they are...btw, the mail out for that was MARCH 31st...

Now my Soldered House banner is complete...I'm in search of a place to photograph it..so hang tight, it will appear one day here for you to see the finished project~

Have a great weekend!!!

Lator Gator~

tee

New Classes at the Crafty Scrapper

...remember these little fairies?? They were in Somerset Gallery Summer of 08 and in Altered Arts mag. of Jan 08??? Well, I'm teaching a class on the 27th of August at the Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie. We'll do abit of cutting, pasting, glittering ,wing picking, and soldering..and when it's said and done you will have your very own captured fairy to display in your home or studio!

Hope you all had a good 4th weekend. It was fun here at the Shop Shack..Fireworks going off all around man made and Nature..a storm blew in right at dark..made some interesting sites..

Have a good week!!!
t

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

If the Shoe fits....

Take your pick:

My Muse was after me again yesterday to make more stix..I had told her I was DONE making things for PC vendor night...buuuutttt, nooooooooooooo...she wanted more stix..

They are approx 1/2 inch wide by 2 inches long... It's NEXT FRIDAY..oh wow..that we'll have Vendor night..

Here's my studio helper and her masterpiece she finished up yesterday:

She loved painting on a real canvas..Good thing Big Lots has them super cheap...lol..

Have a great day!!

t

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

Monday pictures

This weekend, I got some things done on the work table...mostly soldered up some Charms.

I had this gal all taped up, but she needed some solder, I tweeted about her last week..if you tweet, my id is CollageMojo..




These little bubbles are going to be on Etsy sometime this week. The Angel, is one of my Muse art works I showed you a few months ago..

Then, this one is the result of the Sally Jean channelling I was doing last week..I hope I didn't take away any of her Soldering Super Powers doing that...

It's not even cleaned up and there is still goop on the glass..but I had to show you...The glass grinder made this shape possible..I'm glad I finally got one..it wasn't has hard to use as I thought it would be...like using a wood sander in a way..This is going to be in my suitcase at Paper Cowgirl Vendor night!!! with some more embellishments..

Remember, Paper Cowgirl sign ups close today! 5 pm..I'm taking the buttons off the blog..so you can not purchase any more classes or register.

Happy Monday!!

t

My personal Challenge

I think last week, I told ya'll how I was enamoured with Michelle Caplan's work in the latest Somerset Studio...

Well...here's my version:

I gave it to hub for his birthday last Sunday~ It's 5x7..I really made like 4 versions of it, before I got one I liked..he was impressed...but, then said the red lettering made me look like I had 'kool-aid lips'...oh, well..I tried..

No, I'm really happy with it and want to do more..right now, I'm channelling Sally Jean. I purchased a glass grinder and have been using it on various shapes of glass, the latest being a Gothic arch!! Stay tuned for that one..

Hope you have a great weekend!
Be safe!
t

Huge Frozen Charlotte Shrine Necklace

Don't you love these Frozen Charlottes?? I found these on Etsy awhile back..

This gal has been on the work table for well over a month now..Tweaking this and adding that, not to mention the layers and layers of solder that had to go on to cover all that area...

What do you think???


It's almost 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide..then found this awesome chain at a local bead store, I knew this would be perfect for it...

This glitter tube is how it is attached to the necklace..it swings from the glitter tube..whimsy?? or what??

Today I started this one..same thing..add some here add some there and let it all dry out good before it gets encased in glass...it's bigger 3x2 and I'm going to make a shrine of it..no necklace..I'm now on the hunt for the perfect feet to solder to it...and something swanky for the top..

Stay tuned..lol..

Have a great Wednesday :)

tina