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

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

Cloth Paper Scissors Charm Swap

Remember when I posted about joining the Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine Charm swap?? I think it was in March or so..I used the above photo for my soldered charms??? Remember?? I made hang tags and added info with them, and I'm glad I did!

Well, on Friday, I got the nicest email from one of the recipients of my charm, then today another one zapped in..


I've been waiting for my package to arrive and today it did!!
Here is what was inside:

The first one, "hope" was made by Deb Taylor, the Second one with the "Birdy" was made byDeborah Bairunas, The "beaded" one was by Sharon Taggart, and the "Face" on a puzzle piece was from Elaine Taylor, the "knife bell" was from Jill Dortch.



They were all so nice! I've emailed the artists who's emails were enclosed with their charm. One bounced back and one had no email included..


Thanks so much for my charms ladies, hope you see yours on here. I'd love to hear from you if you do happen to stumble into my little world~ I don't know yet, if I am going to make a bracelet or what from my 5. But I'm sure I will do something fun with them..

Hope your Monday is good ;)
tina

Swapping Good time!

Soldered goodness

This one is not for the swap, but something I made for me....


The image is of my mom. She was about 3 or 4...but I'm thinkin' I might use this in my swap houses..whatcha' think??


Then this is what came out of the: GLASS GONE BAD post that was last week..


Andreea should be getting them in the mail anyday now...The piece on the left is from that badly broken glass I posted..then the piece on the right, is a piece of glass I found on the dirt road the other day. I believe it's a vintage bottle of somekind. There is writing on it,but I'm unable to decipher the words..it's thick and chunky and small, just like Andreea likes her jewlery~ enjoy my friend!

later,t

Mail Goodies!!

The big black mail box was full!!! and with NOt BILLS! Don'tcha love it when that happens?!!

This little goodie is from my fren Robby, across the pond..in Scotland, she's a displaced Aussie, we met on a forum and she's blessed me with some of her work! Thanks Robby!! I love IT, you did a great job at soldering! I shall wear it proudly!

Then a box from Washington State:

This was a flickr swap...Carol used a vintage garland she got at a garage sale, how cool is that??, added the Santas she made and pinecones she gussied up for this cool garland/banner/swag..and sent me a bag full of small goodies too boot! Carol! you spoiled me, and I feel like I cheated you!!

I purchased this banner from my fren Cindy at her Etsy shop:

It fits right in with my decor here in the shop shack and it's sooo vintage-y...I couldn't stand it and had to have it!!! Thanks Cindy for leading me to it, cauz, you knew I'd buy it, what are friends for???

These are an Ebay purchase...

Yes, Skeery doll heads...but I wanted the little ones, and had to get the whole lot.
But, this whole lot was WAY cheaper than some of the auctions for just one of these tiny frozen Charlotte head alone have been going for..so I'll just wrap the skeery ones back up,they maybe a gift to a friend who has jars of skeery doll heads sitting around her house.


These little ones are too dang cute, I think they will end up on the top of a little shine, like I've been seeing on some of the blogs and in a Somerset mag, this summer..but right now they are too cute in a spot on some shelves in the studio!

Hope your Holidays are going well!

Merry Christmas!

t

Beautiful things...

Were found in my mail box:


From my friend Sharon @ all Norah's art...I cried when I saw that this. I had admired this wonderful piece on her blog the other day never knowing..she said she left a 'hint'...Sharon!!!! it's beautiful and seems the postal service must have loved it too for not a scuff or mark other than on the stamps were to be found :)


Inside were promised goodies! At Paper Cowgirl, Sharon had told me about the 'super duper' huge Watch/clock crystals she had and promised to share with me...so those were in there and a couple of her prints were in there too! Thank you soo much Sharon! Such a sweetie!

The setting sun was beautiful on this side of the shop shack this evening...

But then, the Moon was beautiful on that side of the Shop Shack.

I found a happy medium on the South end of the building and snapped away at both..

I almost burned the cornbread that was in the oven for supper:

It was good and crunchy..yummy with some butter on it while it was piping hot..Went with the stew that had been simmering the crock pot all day...



Here is the Door to the "man can"..hub's bathroom in the shop..

I'm making it look like the Texas flag..Tomorrow I'll add the star and the white section tomorrow after it all dries good tonight..





Here is one more of my Sally Jean versions of Home Sweet Home:

One more....hang on...

This is the table Hub is making..he's just finishing up the grinding and such so I can prime it tomorrow too..we are then painting it satin black..a red cedar plank top is going on next..

The huge canvas now has a bit of color on it..I glazed it with a bit of raw umber too today..

Mail Goodies!!

Went out to the big black mailbox and look what was inside!!! Well, it was all boxed up...and some bills were in there too, and my tax id numberthingy...but this is the fun stuff:

My fren Cindy sent me a B-day prezzie box all loaded up with: an Altered journal, yummy Candle, sassy magnet, note pads all in a very Fallish burlap bag..and a wonderful hand made card too boot!
Thanks so much C for all the goodies!! big hugs~



Then, my other fren..Jan sent this:

She altered an 8x10 Vintage Harley photo..it's a hoot! now I have to find a funky frame for it and it will hang proudly in the shop shack! In case you didn't know, we ride Harleys..he has his and I have my own..Thanks so much JAN!! hugs from your little fren....



Spent alot of time in the studio working on some little shrines getting ready to solder..and added several things to ETSY..so please go check it out!!




Hope your Tuesday is terrific~
t

Look what came in the mail!

The stamps I won from Roxi's blog came in the mail!! These are good quality rubber! I can wait to get them apart and inked up..Thanks again Roxi!! I'm going to give them a good home and use them often!



And she popped in these goodies from her site, Rock Candy Studios

Woohoo..it's fun to find goodies in the Big Black mail box on 77 ranch Road~

Hope your day is great and you have all kinds of creative ideas oozing out ..

later,

t

Monday aftermath..

Ok, as promised to celebrate my Birthday (today) and my Blogaversiry (Saturday 27th) I'm giving away these wonderful prizes~

Blogaversiry prizes:

This is a few goodies left over from vendor night, a small collage, a bag of dominoes, matchboxes,number tiles,threads and a small altered Cabinet Card...

Birthday Give-away:

This one of a kind piece. It's 12x8 and on MFD board, mixed media piece called : Home

To enter in this multi prize giveawy, leave me a comment until Friday at 6 pm. I will assign each comment a number and use one of those random thingys to pick the number, first one picked gets the Blog set, second one picked gets the Bday prize..this is were being #2 is just as good at #1...it's my blog and I can do what I want...right??? So until Friday leave me comments..good luck~

Cindy and I received prezzies for being the hostesses with the mostesses...

Wonderful Phyllis Ann gave us each this wonderful ornie she did up:

Is that not too cute!?? Phyllis Ann is a wonderful painter and we have got her into the 'dark' side now~ she's loving this altered art stuff and it most certainly shows!! Thanks gal!! Loved meeting your smiling face! The ornie has a place of honor in my studio!!!

My AZ friend Becky sent us Via Mail this:

An Altered Bag, boot tag and a comfort doll!! She personalized them for each of us and did a wonderful job!!
See my blog stuff? and the HD stuff?? THAnks Becky for thinking of me!!! They are all in the studio for me to look at and think of YOU!!

And this Doll has on BOOTS!! Becky we soooooo wished you could have come and played with us! Next year (june) OK, be there?? !!! thank you for the goodies, you made me smile!

Again, thanks for the comments and reading my junk all year long, and thank you for joining us for Paper Cowgirl this last weekend! It was great fun!!

happy birthday tooooo meeee...

t

I've Been RAK'ed

Yep! found this in the big black mail box yesterday!





Look at this tag! Is it not cute? She did a good job didn't she?

There were some playing cards like this one, and super cute magnet in the box too..

And to top it all off Paula Clare put candy in that cute box ! Thanks so much Paula Clare, that was a nice surprise! Your Halloween mood was all plugged in for this one and you did good!

Random Acts of Kindness make you feel good when you give one and when you receive one~

Have a great day! I'm going to :)

t

Hello new Week~

What are your plans for the week?

I'll be spending time in the bathroom...not because I'm ill...because I have a faux job...I'll have photos for ya in a few days and of the bath I did for these same folks a couple of weeks ago..she's got it all prettied up now and lovin' it..




Over the weekend I got some goodies in the mail:

My blog friend Jan send me all these goodies along with a knob for my kitchen{that cute little Bird on the pretty lady image}..she and Andreea are the only 2 folks who replied to Jan's great idea to send me a knob for my new kitchen..I was a bit disappointed that out of the 12-14 folks I sent that email to, only 2 replied...

Here is the Windmill tail up in it's new home:

Remember when Hub drug it home for me?? the stop sign you see too...now to find something for the other side of the coke/cowboy canvas....the hunt is on. At least now the scaffold is out of the living area and in the shop where it belongs!! yea! it's looking more like a house now!!! I'm lovin' it!





Finished up 2 more "Long Skinnys" this weekend too:

Both of these are on game boards...I think they need something but I'm looking at them for awhile to see if they really do..they don't have the same chunky feel as the canvases do, I did add some add ons that the canvases don't have like the hangers and some fringe and other goodies, but this may not be the way I want to go with them...it is cheaper though..

Thanks everyone for your comments and encouragement...I really appreciate hearing from you!!

Have a great week at where ever you are and what ever your doing!!!
tina