attack of the killer pencils,,,,, or subtitled "I've been drawing"

Look close... everything old is new again

Major material up-cycle on this lined18 by 18 inch bag with a 3 inch gusseted bottom, and zipper closure. I am re-upholstering a sofa and saved all the old tapestry fabric. This is the "wrong side" of the material and it almost makes me wish I had just removed and reversed the original fabric instead of replacing it!

 I really enjoyed the piecework, selecting vintage embellishments, and adding the hand stitched details.  

 I love the crazy lining and of course I had to add a label to finish it all off! This one is headed off to my Etsy shop!

Beatrice's Good Fortune

A little soft sculpture doll making with a story to tell.......................................

studio garden harvest

This has not been a gardening summer at our house because we are still trying to transform the mud lawn into a green lawn, much less any  planting of fruits, vegetables, and flowers.  I did however manage to harvest some recycled fabric scraps to make a  pumpkin,  and added a homemade tag that reads "lucky find". 

Halloween Snippets

 An old favorite and some new friends tucked into a shadow box make a  fun Halloween display for Jackie and Reed's new apartment!

 A little crepe paper mixed with vintage graphics and topped off with a pipe cleaner handle!

 A thrift store mirror embellished with more crepe paper and some silly spooky stickers!

 A Martha Stewart owl invite template gone 3D on a crepe paper covered base!

Jackie's skelly marionette hangs out with his new friends! Reed likes to be chased around the house with this little laughing puppet!

secret garden

When she first saw it, my baby sister Nancy thought this was a picture  of me! Silly girl, it is her standing by the flower beds of our childhood home. Of course it can't possibly be me, I was a very grown-up five year old when we moved there!

I am sending her this mixed media piece to remind her that as the oldest sister I am always (or almost always) right!

things to put things in to make things......

It's true, they don't sell proper containers to hold tubes of vintage printing ink or an over abundance of wired chenille. So I make my own! Start with empty cardboard or tin snack containers, spray black with a coat of acrylic medium add paper of your choice and seal with another coat of medium. Voila!