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

Swap Goodness

OMyGosh..ya'll !!! I have to show you the goodness my Flickr partner Lisa sent me! She decorated the outsides and insides of it all..it was just one thing after another to look at! Her attention to detail is wonderful...


I have to confess, I've been very jaded about swapping lately..I have felt slighted more than enough times this last year...

But, this Vintage Ephemera flickr group, I'm in..these gals know how to swap!!!

I have lusted after some vintage Valentines for awhile now, for I have only found a very few that I would pay for..WELL, Lisa was very, very generous with hers to me!!!

We had to fill up a candy box with goodness..I just thought I stuffed my full to her...she gave a new meaning to over filled..lol

She even gave me a file folder (decorated of course) full of papers and sheet music and such..

So...there you have it..some of that goodness Lisa shared with me...It's been such fun 'meeting' people thru blogs and flickr from all over that share the same interests..you don't feel so alone when there is no one in your neighborhood how has the same addictions to paper and ephemera!

THanks AgAin LISA for all the goodness you shared with me and I hope you had as much fun opening yours!! Happy V-Day!!

Happy Tuesday!

t

Manic Art moment

Or maybe I should have called it: Manic MAIL ART moment???
Watching Chopped on Food TV is when this one hit me..right after the show got started...geesh..you'd think it would have hit me earlier in the day while I was just doing nothing..but nooooo, it had to hit then..Oh Well, I gave in:

I painted these faces on some outgoing mail, that was in the studio..one is a Swap and the other is samples for an upcoming class. I know both will be a nice surprise for them when they see it..

Faces have always been my down fall in art..I've not been good at drawing them nor painting them..but lately I've been fascinated by them and every ones works, like Sharon @ Norhas, Misty Mawn, and Campbell Jane folkart...

I've also been working on my Glass house swap..but then the muse has to jump in and wants to paint faces..my paint stuff is not set up..my glass stuff is set up..and then my muse wants to build a shrine with foam core board, wings, crowns, and a soldered piece...geeee hold your horses..I only have room for one project at a time on my work table...

To top it ALL off we are working on Paper Cowgirl every spare moment...Can you believe it's the end of January already??

Hope your staying warm were ever you are and things are going ok..

Happy Friday!!

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

I should be cookin'

That's what I've been working on..Thanksgiving meal, so things aren't so rushed and hurried on the 'big' day..doing things everyday to make it all go easier..

When I went to the big black mail box, my Frozen Charlotte were there..and then I started playing around in the studio:


one thing leads to another and then before you know it, you've piddled away 30 minutes...and your not doing what needs to be done..that's the life of the creative.






I forgot to show you what all I got from my partner in the Vintage Ephemera swap on Flickr:

Julie was so good to me..I feel like I shorted her on what I sent..Thanks again Julie!

Ya'll have a good week and Happy Thanksgiving!

t

House Swap

My flickr friend Heather and I are swapping House Charms...it all started last week, when I posted some of mine on my flickr site. She posted back to me that she had some waiting to be soldered on her work table..

She posted hers the other day and I loved what she had made..so we decided to swap a house with each other..and to add to the fun, we are just sending each other one. Neither of us know which one we will receive..how fun is that? Hers went in the mail today! I have had more fun meeting people on flickr and blogs that have the same intrestes and such..but why do they have to be soooo far away??? So far no one close as in the same county...

I've added 4 more to my Etsy shop:

I'm enamored with that boy with the cocked hat~ I just had to use him then found what I thought was the perfect line for him....The 50's lady with the glasses came out of a Pillsbury cook-off book...The 2 brothers house, is another that I just love the faces on these fellows...Then there are my two little street urchin girls..I just had to use them again..they are together in this one, I've been cutting them apart, they were not happy being apart..so they got to be in a house together this time.

I have to be drawn to these photos before I even use them...they must speak to me some way. Are you like that with things? Faces and eyes..love eyes..eyes on people, eyes on animals, eyes on dolls...eyes say alot...

Happy Hump Day~

t

Sneak peek

Did you know this is what we are going to make in my class at Paper Cowgirl???



I'm offering 3 images and a few other sayings, so you can make it your own, but this is the basic idea!!





In between making play doh cookies with Grace, I wrapped up my swaps, this one is a peek at the Wizard of Oz Swap I'm in:

And you know what I did??? I wrapped up my Witch's Cupboard Swap, and took NO pictures..suppose Tonya, my partner will have to show ya'll what I gave her..my bad...

I'm off today to a Woman's Business Luncheon. I'm hoping to network with other ladies and maybe get my painting biz busier...Sally, a nice lady I'm working for now, goes to them and invited me...I think Sally is going to be a good friend too...

Hope your Thursday is good~

t