Staceys' Apt.

I'm going to take you on a little tour of Staceys apt. It is so darn cute!! Look at her printer...nope, you cant buy them like that! Didnt she do a great job painting it!

This little cooking hat came with red shoes...would have looked just fine in my house! LOL, but she gave them a coat of green

The picture above is above her tiny kitchen sink. She found and painted this HUGE salt shaker. The S was a great find also. She has quite a collection of oils

We have found quite a few pears at thrift shops, she has repainted them. The black and white candle on the right is a handcarved candle, so beautiful when lit.

Here are two handcrafted vase holders, we have the most wonderful art fair every summer.

An Ikea curtain, it puts such a pretty color in the room with the sun shining through it.

Ok! Who says you cant paint your toaster if it isnt the right color! LOl. Yep, she painted it!

Heres another one of these wire shelfs...she LOVES them!!

This isnt the best picture, but I had to show you this HUGE pear, it is brass and she painted it, Look at the great fork! She painted that too.

The phone jack is on the wall, so she has to put her phone somewhere. Look at this great collection of LeCreusets!!

I love how these older apt.s have such character..We did find out this use to be an old motel!

Do you see another pear!! yep, those are more salt shakers

All the things you see here...bought at different thrift stores!

Interesting mirror

See those bottles on the right and that frame. Stacey sent in photos to Jones Soda and they put them on their bottles...you should have heard me whoop it up in the store when I found them.LOl They have her name on them and where shes from...pretty cool!!

on the bottom shelf...little tiny pear salt and pepper, glass and metal, she bought those off of ebay.

One last shot...a few more of the unique salt and pepper grinders that she has found and painted!

Hope you enjoyed seeing what a 26 year old likes..

I'll pick a winner tomorrow!!

I'll be picking a winner tomorrow, so be sure and comment if you are interested!!

Let me explain this picture!! While my husband was getting in the closet...his jacket fell off the hanger. This little one crawled inside the sleeve and was wiggling around. Dean got to laughing and called me in, I of course...ran and got my camera, then he poked his head out.Soooo darn cute!

Little Teapot

I was busy putting the groceries away in the kitchen, I came back to get the kitty food...well, what is left of it!! lol. You'd think I never feed them!! *Note to self: Put Kitty food away FIRST*
This is my latest...cute shabby chic teapot. I dyed the lace with glimmer mist. Its listed on my ebay.
Dont for get to sign up for my free blog giveaway, It's the little red birdie in the cup! Just leave a comment on THAT post.

Robins Egg Blue Bird Pincushion

This first photo is a little blah... But, look at that handle...its a beauty.
Here is my latest creation that I just put on ebay...photo is just a bit busy.
How many photos do you guys take before you get one you like??
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I brought home some wonderful small wild daffodils, guess who liked them...

It was sooooo yummy, he asked his brother to join him. Do you like that classy vase. LOL, my hubby loves starbucks ice tea...I'm glad he finished it!!
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Another subject...I was checking out Dawns site The Feathered Nest, and she showed this book. I googled the author and she is having a class up in Portland...The one class I would like to take is full, she said she would open up another class on fri if there is enough interest...anybody in the area interested??
Heres the LINK
The class is Junk Metalsmithing! Looks fantastic

This is neat, but not where I want it!

Does anyone know how I can get this to the side?? Not in the actual blog?

Check out my Slide Show!

One more set of RED

This is the greatest fresh produce store!! In the summer they have the BEST ice cream stand with the freshes fruit! RED building!
Oh Ya Fresh donuts made from whatever is available...apples, blueberries, strawberry oh yum!!!
Notice the RED table cloth!!
My hint of SPRING!! A sweet daffodil in front of the RED building!! Hope you enjoy all my REDS!

Red & Red Part II

This is part 2 of the previous blog, after posting it, I went in and....sliced me finger, RED blood everywhere...I'm thinking...ummm maybe I shouldn't have made a blog about RED. Then I was trying to figure out what to do...after all, this is my day off. Cant do much with a finger that wont stop bleeding...so I started to look around at all the the RED that I have...I love this picture I did of the coffee bears.
I have a set of the old nesting bowls, each a different color.
I bought this LITTLE old wagon at an antique shop in Vail, CO years ago, it is one of my most favorite antiques...I love my little red sewing machine!!
Oh, I have this old red plastic silverware try, not sure what to do with it.
I bought this at a thrift store a couple of years ago, I wanted it for painting...its on my flickr painted in watercolors, It USE to be up on top of my bookshelf...glad I took it down after I found out the kitties could get up there!! Now, scroll down so you can see what started this whole red day! LOL

Red, Red, and more Red

kari and kijsa
Are having a fun little spring thing going on over at their blog, please run and check it out! Here is my ode to spring...I love watermellon, ok, maybe it is more of a summer thing, but I wanted to get a little watercolor action going on, so I played with Red. Speaking of red...I love red purses, and I am not the only one!!
oh...I havent blogged about my kitties for a few days, you all thought that now they had their kitty condo that they have been out of trouble....not so! LOL
This is going to be one messed up post. I coudn't get the top picture to move down here, and It wouldnt let me type up there...so pretend that the top picture is down here...ya, I know, it doesnt really matter.lol. Heres the story, on the other side of the office wall is our bedroom, there was a loud boom, (not at all unusual!) in the middle of the night. I dont panic, I just wonder what I will find when I go in there in the morning (hoping my kitties are both alive and well) Oh, did I mention, we shut them in the office at night to try to keep them safe at night. back to my story, getting up the next morning I found this vase laying on the floor, not broken, they knocked it off from the very tall bookshelf, I had it up in the corner to add a little color, I sure didnt want anything that I had to water up there!! lol Yes, they are still trouble!!

Tarnished Silver and Baby Shoes OH MY!!

I had such a wonderful time on Sat. Stacey and I ran up to the town of Silverton. My friend Joy from Antie Joy. was having a sale up at her cute little shop. Here are some goodies that I got while there, some I bought and some she gave me!! Wont these make the best little homes for my birdies!! Then I had to hit the goodwill...I found some wonderful butter dishes and a couple of old enamel plates, an old pincushion and a tracing wheel!!

Robins Egg Blue Bird Pincushion

oops, I forgot to allow comments. Isn't their a way to have it do that without having to hit that button every time??
I am sooo excited about this pincushion. I just LOVE it!! It is now listed on my ebay.
You know how you start something and it doesn't quite come together, that is what happened here, I had the pincushion done weeks ago and just set it aside, I went to my local scrap booking store and picked out, yet another, Glimmer Mist. Robin's Egg Blue...so beautiful. I came home and dived right in, I dyed the wool a pale blue when it was almost dry I spritzed with with this Glimmer Mist. I LOVED IT. So I ran in and got the white wool felt and dipped, spritzed and dried it too. THEN I went to my stash of Ribbons, got out this beautiful silk ribbon and spritzed it!! IT ALL CAME TOGETHER! It needed more detail, so while sitting in the car on the way to have lunch in Portland I add the stitches to flowers and leaves. Of course I added my sparkly pins. Some with Martha Stewerts glitter and some with glass glitter. Well, if that wasn't enough, I painted up a matching cupcake in watercolor...look at that CUTE flower!! Its just like the one on the pincushion....way to much fun!! Let me know how you like this one!! I love your comments! My 200th blog is coming up soon...I will be giving away one of my birdies!! Stay tuned!

SPRING Birdie

I took these at the same time. The top one I took outside...it was 7:00 am, the bottom one I took inside. Not sure which one to use!! Let me tell you about this one. The base is a handcrafted piece of pottery. I love the green color! I was going through my vintage millinery flowers and came across a whole hat!! I hadn't used any of it, Not sure how that happened. Well, I immediately tore it apart. The tag said I paid $2.50, what a deal! Ok, here is where the fun came in...I took the netting which was stiff and soaked it until it became pliable and cut out a circle, put it in a bowl and hit it with the hair dryer until it was set...it made the perfect little nest!!! How neat is that!!! It goes perfect with the base. I aged the bird...(oh...I still see the white pin, I'll go get that off!!) I used my beloved Glimmer Mist to age the rayon ribbon. How do you like that tag! I spritzed it with my GM is shimmers, after it was dry I pen and inked the nest and wording. The button is embedded in an aged green sealing wax.
What would my post be like without a photo of my kitties. They are both sharing the Penthouse, of course one is lounging on the "Rooftop" The one inside the Penthouse is usually banned to the basement condo. So today is a "good" day. lol

New Blogger

What I love about blogging is the friends that we meet and get to know, even though we dont actually get a chance to get together, they are still our friends. I would like everyone to welcome a friend that is new to blogging. She makes the most beautiful lamps and lampshades, so unique and just charming! I wanted to post a few of her photos on here to give you a sneek peek, but I couldn't get it to work...so that means you just need to head over there and take a look... http://www.marilynscottagedesigns.blogspot.com/

for those who asked...the canvas 28x30...nice and large.

Spring Oil Painting

Spring....aaaaah. I still want to tweek the painting. I love squishing around with oil paints. I had paint all over me by the end of the day. LOl
Someone suggested my kitties need more activity... a gal who live in our complex said she was getting rid of her LARGE kitty condo. I brought it into the office...They LOVE it! It goes about a foot away from the ceiling.