Carole's House Revisted

Lots of show and tell lately! This is yet another tag I created, inspired by the wonky house I made for Carole (previous post). This one has decidedly fall-ish colors.

Everything I make now has to have a rusted suspender clip on it!

Stitchery RR

A bit of stitchery on Carole's sampler.

Next it goes to Linda.

I like this wonky house so much, I may just do it again on a tag.

Be sure to stop by my Blog-iversary posts to enter to win one of two tags I am giving away to celebrate 3 years of blogging!

FEARLESS

Being FEARLESS is- having never done anything with beeswax before, deciding that assembling metal with it was the right "fit" for the medium.

Being fearless is- lighting a beeswax candle stub and dripping the wax very closely onto antique newspaper and polyester lace, ignoring the fact that both are highly flammable materials.

Being fearless is- not pannicking when the wax gets too thick and lumpy and appears too white and opaque (it becomes more translucent as it cools).

Being fearless is- using a heat gun to heat the surface of the wax (to smooth it out) and not being concerned that it could all possibly melt through the fly screening and become one large puddle on the telephone book being used for a work surface. (It didn't.)



Being fearless is- putting this unique assemblage ArT tag for sale in my etsy shop.

Blog-iversary Giveaway Part 2

It was 3 years ago TODAY that I wrote my first post at Linda's urging. She said she would read my blog if I wrote one. She was my one faithful reader for a very long time!

To celebrate, I am giving away two tags. Each is very different, but both feature the use of one of my rusted suspender clips (available in my etsy shop!) This fly screening creation is tag #2. To see tag #1, see my previous post. Leaving a comment on either post gets you into the random drawing for both.

Tags aren't made out of just paper anymore!
And no, my sewing machine did not break from running fly screening through it, although there were a lot of paint flecks and rusty bits left behind! And yes, that is a zipper used as a border element!

Blog-iversary Giveaway!

It was THREE years ago on August 16th that I created my first post. Hard for me to believe that I have been
blogging for so long! I spent the other night reading through old posts until 2 am. My kids have grown, I have gone from selling on ebay to having an etsy shop and I have made a lot of (enduring) Blogland friendships along the way.

I can't let this pass without a celebration! So from now until the last day of August, I will be collecting comments for a random drawing. So far, I am giving away this quilted fabric tag (another creative example of why you need to buy my rusted suspender clips! I can feel your resistance weakening...) And in case you are wondering about the image-- she was printed on a paper napkin. I just cut her out and stitched her down. Yes, I did! And I didn't accidently leave in the pins-- they are embellishments. heehee

I am planning to create one, maybe two more tags to give away, so you will just have to come back to see!

A Stitchery Fragment and Introducing SUSPENDER CLIPS

I whipped up this little fragment for a friend who kindly added some stitching to my linen currently making the rounds of the QB5. And I added a rusted suspender clip as a hanger so this stitchlet is now ready to display. The fragment is made from a scrap of tattered quilt, an antique hanky, lace and buttons.


I am offering the suspender clips for sale in my etsy shop. You can get them very rusted or just lightly pitted. Either way, they will add a unique and functional detail to your art quilt or assemblage. Would also be a unique link or hanger in jewelry making. I am just beginning to experiment with them myelf, but I already think that they are the coolest things since buttons and keys in altered art.

Sold by the half dozen.

Once you clamp them down, they hold on tight!

Life is Too Short...

...Not to sparkle!

I don't normally paint my finger nails because I work so much with my hands that polish chips in no time and looks shabby very quickly, but when my girls and I had a "Girl Party" this past Saturday night and painted our nails, I figured what the heck and got ridiculous with a sparkly gold I reserve for my toenails and then added a top coat of clear polish with glitter in it (picked out at the store by Rebecca, no surprise!) My toenails are painted to match.

I might get really silly next time and use hot pink (one of my summer colors) under the glitter.
Use your good china, wear your prettiest dress to the grocery store and for goodness' sake, add glitter to your life whenever possible!