Little bit in the studio

Got in the studio a bit the last couple of days, and soldered up some charms:

Christmas ornies for my Etsy shop.......


This is a swap:

With Marsha, from Tumble Fish Studio...She is a wonderful artist and did this collage, she made it tiny, tiny..she made one for me too..

Then, I added a collage to the backside..This is a copy of one of my personal photos, I love to use. It is one of the first photos in my collection that started a few years ago..thanks to Ebay..

I made a couple more of this gal too:

She's another personal photo from my collection. I love the look on her face...

I find this saying very fitting with this picture. We all need a kick in the pants from time to time, don't we?

Have a great weekend!

tina

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

Reminder

Just wanted to invite you to the Sweet or Sinister Necklace class on Sept.18th.

At the Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie, that's a Friday night at 6pm....
Looks to be a good size class, but we do have room for a few more! Hope you join us!!!




Have a super Wednesday, we are half way thru another week...don't they just fly by???

teedubya

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

Busy Hands..

That's the way the last few days have been..doing things that you have to do to keep your household going and then working on things for the retreat...Plus 2 classes on Tuesday at the Crafty Scrapper....

Do you see the Gothic Arch Shrine??? I finally added beads and chains and trinkets to her..

Now she is complete.


These are NOT complete...

I was cutting and grinding glass for the above charms. Which by the way, will be available on Vendor night to those who were not lucky enough to get one for free...anyhoo..I was cutting and grinding glass, and the Muse takes over..cut some little stix she whispers in my ear..So, I did...and a few more to work on, Like I need something else..

Hope the bad weather that we have been having has not effected you too badly..we were literally on the edge of it yesterday...it stopped raining at the end of our road, and we just got a

Few sprinkles here at the Shop Shack...I hear others had tornado sirens going off and super downpours in their towns..

Off to put away MORE ONIONS...I swear..we have more than enough and he's talking of planting more this fall..

And a special thanks to the gals who came to classes on Tuesday!! We now have more soldering ladies out in the art world and some more alcohol ink addicts~ And thanks to Carolyn and Heidi at the Crafty Scrapper in Waxahachie!!!

Happy Day to you ;)

t

my messy life

Here is my work table at the moment..an explosion has occurred...I hate when that happens.





Here is some of the reason for the mess:

Soldered bottles for vendor night at Paper Cowgirl!

Soldered goodness all in a convenient bottle..some are for looks and some can still be used..

Upcycling, recycling, altering, decorating..what ever you want to call it..I've done it to these bottles. Some still need patina added to them..If you've not tried your hand at this, you need to, it's fun and challenging~

later,

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

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

Wednesday! Already??!!

As promised yesterday, here's a sneaky peek:

The Official Paper Cowgirl Charms for 2009! Our little thank you for signing up with us!

I'm thinking about making more to sell at Vendor night for the other gals not lucky enough to have snagged one... We are tickled pink at the response we have had this year!! 2 sold out classes and a full room at vendor night! Remember registration closes on the 18th, that's Next Monday!

This is what's in our Driveway, of all places...

Hub found this Killdee 'nest' the other day.... Isn't a pretty egg??? I went out later, and found 2 more eggs in the 'nest'!! So a total of 3 are out there in my driveway..we see the mother sitting there and try to stay as far away from her as we can...

These are new on my Etsy...I have used an altered cabinet card art piece for this charm:

This one is a photo I took of a T-Bird at that swap meet I followed hub around a few months ago..

They are almost 2 inches across, glass and soldered with a bale for hanging..what do you think?? I think they would be super cute on a black cord. But you can put them on what ever you want..By using my original photos it makes them truly one of a kind!!

Have a great day!

t

Busy Busy...

Today is a Solder Class at the Craft Scrapper...We are doing charms like this:



Learn how to 'float' out the solder on the backside so it's smooth and nice looking..I supply the glass and images,bales and instruction...you bring your solder iron, flux, solder and a work pad, scissors..

These photos are from my last Solder 101 class:

We had a good time and all everyone went home with 3 microscope slide charms and the knowledge to go on to try more charms!!

We've been busy here at the shop shack too:

Working away..slaving over the art table to create the mostbestest piece of art...I'm working on getting out all the charms for the Paper Cowgirls..The first 10 to sign up receive a hand made charm from my studio!! Sneaky Peek tomorrow!!!!

If you live in Snake country...be on the look out...the rattlers are on the move~

We found this bad boy down the road the other day..had to admire him from afar (as in the Pickup) for he was out on a stroll down the road...Son had a brush with one the other day too..as he was walking in the field doing his job...he walked right over it and the guy behind him got the strike..luckily no one was injured..but it made them both aware of the snakes~

I'm off to see my Friends: Cindy and Sherri and Carolyn today...

Have a good day too !

t