Working on my etsy site! Blue Monday

Well Folks, I've been working on my etsy site and finally added one new item to my shop.   My "Harbinger II" is for sale ! You can see the listing and my shop by clicking here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/106207551/mixed-media-broken-bottle-rusted-items     As you can see my aqua blue creation was assembled using some wonderful found objects from the Blackland prairie of the Lone Star State!  I love to dig in old dump sites!  I always get this feeling of being in touch with the past!  YES! 

To see more wonderful Blue things go to Smiling  Sally's blog by clicking HERE!  Happy Blue Monday y'all!   dix---     

Summer Road Trip

Summer road trips are so much fun especially when you can take them with wonderful friends who enjoy junkin' and shopping as much as you do! I took one recently and what an adventure we had. We stopped along the way at some very interesting places.Don't you just love this pink tea cart with all the great stuff piled inside? Oops,,,just spotted the naughty sign in the background!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Should've bought it for Fritz!

Cha Ching!  Don't you know this pink baby held some real cash back in the day? "That'll be ten cents, please."

I have a feeling Frieda would enjoy wearing this fashionable hat to the next Yak Race in North Zulch!  And I think Fritz would approve!

Stop by and see all the lovely pink things posted on Beverly's blog HERE on Pink Saturday!  Have a great week!    dix---

Push Pins with a Twist! WOYWW 165

Many projects have been stacking up on my work desk as usual.  Way too many diversions I guess! But the summer has been filled with lots of fun with family and friends!    However, after taking a look at Julia's desk over at stamping ground I was inspired to shift gears and work on some fancy push pins.  Julia mentioned some "ball headed" pins she purchased at her local gift shop and they look very interesting. Check out her blog HERE and see what she is talking about....very cute!
Today I'm sharing some handmade push pins created by using old bits and pieces of jewelry and found objects.  Just glue these little "jewels" to a plastic push pin...put them in a cute organza drawstring bag and give them as a gift!

(I just love my neat pin cushion made by my cool Aunt Claudette!)  Have a great week y'all!

Gifts from the Sea...WOYWW #164

The sea seems to have such a wonderful calming effect on the soul.  I just returned from a very relaxing trip to the Texas coast with several old high school friends. In relaxing and strolling along the beach we found some real gifts from the sea.  Great things like beach glass, shells and bits of petrified coral. My friend Sharon suggested we implement an idea she saw on Becky Shander's blog using our found objects to make a keepsake necklace.

Sharon stitched a tiny tulle bag for each person to use as a "pendant" to showcase her found objects.  We used bits of ribbon and beads to further embellish our creations. Each keepsake necklace turned out fabulous and each was very unique. Now we all have our tiny memories from our trip to the sea all stitched up and worn around our neck to remind us of our very relaxing girlfriend trip.  To see more great projects and what others might have on their work desks, please hop over to Julia's blog by clicking HERE!

Handmade Greeting Cards

Thought I'd show you a couple of my recent handmade greeting cards.

Vintage sheet music usually pops up in most of my cards as well as Starbucks coffee sleeves.  Snippets of the sleeve add texture to anything...even a mixed media piece.

Be sure to stop by and see all the lovely pink things HERE , On Beverly's blog.  Thanks for stopping by my blog and Happy Pink Saturday to you.

Blue Monday - Big Blue West Texas Skies

Happy Blue Monday folks!  Today I decided to share a few more pictures from my fabulous trip to the mountains and desert of West Texas south of Marfa. The skies in Texas are big and bright but even bigger and brighter in West Texas. Traveling down the gravel road by 4-wheel drive vehicle, we came upon this abandoned "milk truck"!  Perhaps vacated by "Creepy Clem" and his gang many years ago. Once again the artists jump out to take pictures all the while mindful of the danger that might lurk in and around the forboding truck! Check out the verbiage on the side of the truck!!!  Yikes!  What could that mean?

The name of our room!

We stayed in these cool adobe type buildings.  Ours had a greenish-blue door!

Cool early morning shadows of three artists posing!

One always wants to wear boots when out hiking in the desert.  You might come upon a rattlesnake warming up for the day like we did early one morning while exploring around the creek bed.  He was served up on the grill that evening, his skin and rattles destined for some wonderful artistic creations.  Hope you enjoyed a peek at what my art retreat was all about!
(sketches to follow in another post.)
Have a great week and stop by and visit Sally HERE to see more Blue Monday things.

Pink Tissue Paper Roses

Happy Pink Saturday to y'all!

Roses made from pink tissue paper and nestled in a tulle ribbon on top of a white gift wrapped box to present as a baby gift!  Pretty simple to make by just starting to twist and roll the folded piece of tissue!  Enjoy!

Hop on over and see more beautiful pink things HERE!

Have a great weekend and Happy Father's Day to all the special guys in your life!