Little finds...

A quick run through Country Roads to check on my space this morning,
surprised me with some little finds
Little...very little...

Vintage metal tulips...

sweet pink binding...

metal findings with flowers and leaves shapes...

I bought them without knowing why.

I figured the why while driving home:
because they are a good break from the very precise
and time consuming work I've been doing in class.

My little finds will allow me to create something a lot looser,
a lot less planned, a lot messier, a lot more me!

Hope is also something worth showing,
but that's yet to be seen!

Have a happy and creative weekend!

"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit"
~John Updike~

White Wednesday

Some things...

live inside old drawers...

and dusty boxes...

for a very long time.

Until one day,

they find each other....

and you realize

that they are

meant to be together.

"If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found"
~Author Unknown~

Stop by Faded Charm and enjoy all the White Goodness this White Wednesday has to offer!

Small businesses...Big dreams...

The work table has been messy lately.
Glitter, lace, stamps,

Buttons, vintage jewelry and postcards....

An order of altered books is being sent to a new store, new for us, that is.
Some of you have probably visited
"The Hen House" in Lafayette, California
If you have you know how much fun this place and it's owner La Contessa are!

If you are far away, you can always visit the Hen's website: HERE

Another store carrying our stuff is "The Cottage" in Laguna Beach
The girls at the Cottage have been selling lots of altered books and are now carrying our pillow covers....

We came up with some exclusive designs for this wonderful store...
Sexy mermaids...

and vintage Laguna postcards perfect for tourists looking to take home a little California fun..

Thank you so much to these 2 stores and all the other small businesses around the country that help us and many artists and stay at home moms pursue a dream...
and thanks to YOU for supporting your local small store!

About books...

"If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,
then you must write it"
~Toni Morrison~

"If there is a book that needs to be rescued, but it hasn't yet...
then, you must rescue it"
~Clara~

...."And if there is a book that would really look fab altered and it has not been yet...
then you must alter it!"
~Marcela~

Our one of a kind altered vintage books can be found HERE.

Update:
The first and the third books have been sold, but 2 more have been listed,
"Fly Away Home"

and "Eternally Yours"

Cheers to vintage books and all their possibilities!

You did it!...

You really did it!!
You grew from this cute little boy...

into this handsome young man....

You found your passion at a very early age and developed your talent
from this...

into this....

You made us proud every step of the way...

...And it all happened in a blink of an eye...

However, we know that the best is yet to come!
Now go and paint your way through life, because the world is all yours!
Congratulations, M!!

We love you,
Your family

Tax Dream....

Let's imagine for a minute that you didn't have to send your payment to the IRS...or that the check you received from them could be spent frivolously...
What would you do?...
Sail away....

...to a warm Caribbean isle?...

Or would you fly away to Paris???...

How about a villa on the Mediterranean...

and dinner "al fresco" on the french countryside?

Maybe you would prefer to be generous and give Dear Husband the vintage Woody he loves sooo much!....

Ohhhh Girls!!!! Stay strong!! Tax Day is almost over, just....

This post was inspired by Andrea's fabulous artwork on sale at Nice and Easy Antiques