wow...the things people do!

I have not been posting because I have been ultra busy then I find out that someone created programs to spam bloggs! That they are not even real people creating them but computers! Go figure.

I watched a program on hippies tonight and they suggested that the womens movement and civil rights movement and the ability to come out of the closet can be attributed to the hippy legacy....I suppose the money hungry industrialists mentality can be attributed to polluting the web. I suppose this makes me a hippie at heart but that sort of stuff is down right evil. I bet a million that they don't even recycle....who the heck doesn't recycle these days? Only evil people...oh...and tulsa oklahoma...

They recycle BUT you have to pay the city to recycle!

What I have been doing or decorating for desperate dames!

I have waited around long enough for hubby to start with removing the paneling and doing the walls. He kept saying he liked the paneling. It looked cheap and tacky but really hip in 1958. I did the entire library for under 125. This includes all furniture and painting and flooring. Here is the flooring as it dried and before I polyurethaned it. It isn't put together in these pics but I obviously don't have a problem with concrete moisture. I put a rope light in the bookcase. Recovered the chairs like that one...and painted the wood on them. It doesn't show in this pic. I will take some "finished" and cluttered again pictures...after the poker game the boys played on the table. On the table i primed and pained. Glued down black felt and dotted around the edges with a gold marker. The lights are crystal chandlers which where in pieces and so dirty most people would not of touched them. Hubby did clean two of the four I had to do. I also did the tv room. Same deal with paneling there too.

Having my head down...working or playing

I have not been online except to quickly check my email. I have been working around the house and creating a lot. I painted my kitchen table to match the hutch and found a top to my dresser turned hutch. I also painted that to match. How cute huh? Well you would say that IF my digital camera worked! I have to go get a new one. Hope someone has a great sale this weekend.

I did borrow my daughters camera and took a few pics of jewelry I have been making. This is ONLY a small sample of what I have made. I will put it on my web site. For sale. Etsy too I suppose.


I joined SAVA. San Antonio Visual Artist group. It is a great group. Our president is awesome. She has really moved this group along.

Well. I also have been clearing out my work room. NO small task. I am turning it into a poker/library/office room. Another big time project. I have the paint but I still don't have every thing out of there. Most of what is left are those dang socks. I need to at least try to sell some. THEY are GREAT SOCKS! I have the pocker table but I have to refinish it. it actually is plastic and Paul poked a big hole in the top. So I will have to REPAIR THAT TOO. Oh well. I must be very wicked as there is never rest for me!

I also have been doing more research/learning. I have one other "art" form I want to try out before I have to REALLY start produfing a lot of items. I will keep you posted on when I have it down. Right now I am just thinking what would be the most cost effective way to do it. I could spend in the thousands just to attempt it because the equipment is so expensive. I am talking about 10K. Since I don't have it now I can't very well do that. SO...my little thinking cap is snuggly on.,

Check out Jennifer Perkins SHOES

Ok...I admit I TIVO her everyday. I delete the shows with cooking tho. I taught myself that sort of stuff back in Jr High. Really!

I just wish she was older. I sure could of used her when I had to teach myself how to make balloon sculptures for a girl scout troop event when the kiddos where doing the scout thing. THAT has to be the hardest thing to teach yourself.

I brought my camera...ya never know WHAT you can take a picture of. Thats me with J. Perkins to PROVE to Jessica (daughter)I went. She says I am agrophobic...and she might be a tad right. I would much rather stay home and work on art than anything in the world. Since I can...I do!

Back to the STICH event.

I also got my hair done! Isn't that COOL? It really looked awesome from the back. There was such wonderful things there. I recommend it to the hip or stylish young chicks and to COOL Hens like me.

Well. How come I took a picture of her shoes? I didn't do it on purpose....my camera was dropping and it when off when I caught it. THATS A CONCRET FLOOR THERE! I just happened to get a picture of her fab shoes. Oh...to be able to wear fab shoes again. Hurts my feet to even THINK about wearing those shoes. You can't get me out of paint covered tennyboots anyway.

DANG I LOOK FAT!

Easy Copper Charms...

I just wrote my first how to and it was published. To see it the link is: http://basiccopper.com/eacochorep.html

Let me know what you think! Truely fun to do. I do use them a lot. Just punching the circles and embedding in resin like I did this morning really adds a nice touch.

TTL ....Places to embellish, things to see!

Pam Sisler
http://tdhg-americanhorse.com/

Paper Beads..

You can click on it and make it really large.

I was LATE with a swap for paper beads. I hate being late. REALLY hate it. So to start I asked myself:

What makes a bead?

Most paper beads are the rolled up type. I always like to think outside the box. Usually gets me in trouble but still I do. So I "folded" mine not rolled them. I also tried a few that were two flat sides put together with technique papers...didn't like those at all so I went with these. OH...I also tried papermache ones but those wont dry fast enough. Made soft of big beads. It took me ALL DAY TODAY and I still have to package them. YICKES!





Hope people like them at least. I also tried different techs on them. They don't burn well. I did cut outs then filled them with UTE. Hung the cutout on it like a bead. I added wire to most. That was fun and added to it. Micro glitter and of course that powdered stuff. Love that stuff but I can't think of the name of it right now. Love it tho.

More purses...and using the dremel

Ok...so I am so purse oriented lately but I can't seem to stop it. Tonight I have another easy to make pattern in my head. Actually two. I am to tired to do anything but sketch it. Tommorrow. Today I worked on wooden cigar type boxes and some straw purses and one childs shirt. I have 9 cigar boxes going. The are so FUNNY. The one I am going to show is carving with my dremel. I belong to the dremel group and thought it time I show some work. I am taking pics in progress. It is being layered with paints and crackle glazes to antique it but eventually the main color will be a black purse. Don't let the colors throw you off. It is for subtel colorings. What is being shown here is the horse being carved into the front using the dremel and the bit.