Sunday, November 28, 2010
Projects new and old...
Thank you Mr. Sunshine! Today was a great day for pictures, so I worked on a couple of orders and snapped pictures of some glitter goodness and other Christmas projects. Up first is a silver platter with a wonderful Santa from Graphics Fairy...
I'll keep going with the upcycled plate theme, this next one is on a vintage ironstone plate with more graphics from Karen, actually she is represented quite well in this post because she is my GO-TO GIRL for graphics! Thanks Karen!
this one has vintage wedding dress trim around the plate and Santa is poking through a little 'pocket'. I actually made these two last year and found them all tucked away in a tub when I was getting ready for the show a couple of weeks ago. yay! The next ones I made today, seriously do you all work like this, you start with one project and then the brain kicks into overdrive, you see something out of the corner of your eye and before you know it, you are starting on a whole new piece? crazy, cookoo, all I know is that is how mine works so I'm usually doing no less than 5 things at once. I know there is a pill for this but honestly at 49 years young, I figure it's too late!
and honestly, I love how these turned out so I'm glad I have no attention span to speak of! I took a chandi crystal and glued an image with wonderful writing on it and then added a sweet Christmas bird, oh so sweet, if I do say so myself!
this one is just for me... I actually may add it to a ribbon or existing necklace and wear it! More gorgeous script and then I stamped the number 7 on it, I have a few more of these crystals so will be coming up with more of these, I'm sure. These crystals are unusual in that they are completely flat on the back and so make it easy to add the images. I have some of the cut ones too so I'll see what I can do with those!
Here is another piece from last year, I was doing wax collage around Christmas time and taught it at Lambs Gate, the antique store that sells my artwork and soap, it's very fun to do and really relaxing. New question... have you ever taken a class from someone who works on 5 projects at once? hmm... just kidding, I don't usually work on a project when I'm teaching, that way I remember that there are other people in the room! LOL!! (plus I'll let you in on a little secret about me... when I like how something is turning out then I just might dance a little and I definitely WILL start clapping my hands and singing) it's true. anyway, The angel actually came from Graphics Fairy too, see she's just the best sharer ever!
I have much more to share with you but this old computer gets kinda warm when I am on it too long and well it already shut down on me once so I better call it quits for now.
I'm going to go over and link this up to the Graphics Fairy for Brag Monday party and while I'm at it I'm going to link up to White Wednesday just in case the days get away from me like they usually do! I'm also linking this to Boardwalk Bragfest... I love this party everyone has great ideas to share!
Hopefully I will be back before then, but if not Toodoodles!
Thanks for stopping by! Theresa xoxo
Saturday, November 27, 2010
the glitter is flying...
and here is where some of it ended up...
I'm hoping that we might get a smidgen of sunshine today so that I can take more pics of where the rest of it is!!
Thanks for stopping by! Theresa xoxo
I'm hoping that we might get a smidgen of sunshine today so that I can take more pics of where the rest of it is!!
Thanks for stopping by! Theresa xoxo
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope your day is filled with love, laughter, delicious food, and surrounded by those you love! Theresa xoxo
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Sending it out pretty...
So I was looking at my large amount of wool scraps and a lot of them are pretty good size, some still full sweaters, and not wanting to keep a metal trash can full of wool just getting dusty I decided to start wrapping my etsy sales in wool! pretty lightweight, economical, wraps easy, and truth be told I will do anything to not fight with tape! I even hot glue my presents shut if I need to! yup, I said hot glue! I have been sending out my sales in pattern paper, and I will still continue to do that, but maybe for the fragile, smaller items, this will work even better.
Plus my sewing machine is always out so this was really easier than wrapping in paper!
The photo above is the little ceramic bear I sold, all wrapped snuggly in bubble wrap, and sealed with ,gulp, one piece of tape... I could not let you think I DON'T use it at all, I just prefer to use what I'm more compatible with!
Here is said sweater sleeve...
I turned it inside out and sewed the bottom shut, then I pinched the corners and sewed them so that the bag would be able to stand up.
Here is what the corners look like pinched and sewn.
Turn the bag right side out... here are the corners now, pretty, right?
Now, here is the little bag to put the bear into, I even ran the sewing machine over the twine a few times to hold it in place. I promise it took way longer to write this post than it did to make this bag!
I placed the bear in the bag, wrapped the twine a couple of times, tied a bow, poked twine through the gift tag and tied a knot, then on the other side, I did the same with one of my cards. Place the whole thing in a shipping box, TAPED that shut (the post office frowns on me bringing the machine in there!) One down and two to go!
With the holidays fast approaching, I am listing lots of goodies on etsy, see my stores links on the sidebar, and well, I know that I like getting a special package in the mail so I'm sure my customers do too! How do you package your goods? Inquiring minds want to know...
So I've been sitting here trying to play with blogger this morning, giving 612 a face lift. Right now I'm at moderate frustration level, but earlier... oh my gosh, off the charts! It's a good thing I was doing this stuff while little people were still sleeping! I'm just saying...
(with the new changes, I realized that I REALLY need to work on my camera skills!) geesh.
Thanks so much everyone for all of you love and support from the last post, it was truly overwhelming and I am so incredibly grateful for each and every one of you!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Theresa xoxo
THIS JUST IN... DID YOU KNOW THAT TODAY IS WEDNESDAY? somehow it slipped my mind that it is WW... I'm heading on over to link up with Kathleen over @ Faded Charm, come join the party!
Plus my sewing machine is always out so this was really easier than wrapping in paper!
The photo above is the little ceramic bear I sold, all wrapped snuggly in bubble wrap, and sealed with ,gulp, one piece of tape... I could not let you think I DON'T use it at all, I just prefer to use what I'm more compatible with!
Here is said sweater sleeve...
I turned it inside out and sewed the bottom shut, then I pinched the corners and sewed them so that the bag would be able to stand up.
Here is what the corners look like pinched and sewn.
Turn the bag right side out... here are the corners now, pretty, right?
Now, here is the little bag to put the bear into, I even ran the sewing machine over the twine a few times to hold it in place. I promise it took way longer to write this post than it did to make this bag!
I placed the bear in the bag, wrapped the twine a couple of times, tied a bow, poked twine through the gift tag and tied a knot, then on the other side, I did the same with one of my cards. Place the whole thing in a shipping box, TAPED that shut (the post office frowns on me bringing the machine in there!) One down and two to go!
With the holidays fast approaching, I am listing lots of goodies on etsy, see my stores links on the sidebar, and well, I know that I like getting a special package in the mail so I'm sure my customers do too! How do you package your goods? Inquiring minds want to know...
So I've been sitting here trying to play with blogger this morning, giving 612 a face lift. Right now I'm at moderate frustration level, but earlier... oh my gosh, off the charts! It's a good thing I was doing this stuff while little people were still sleeping! I'm just saying...
(with the new changes, I realized that I REALLY need to work on my camera skills!) geesh.
Thanks so much everyone for all of you love and support from the last post, it was truly overwhelming and I am so incredibly grateful for each and every one of you!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Theresa xoxo
THIS JUST IN... DID YOU KNOW THAT TODAY IS WEDNESDAY? somehow it slipped my mind that it is WW... I'm heading on over to link up with Kathleen over @ Faded Charm, come join the party!
Friday, November 19, 2010
THANK~FULL
I married a wonderful man who believes in me and knows that everyday even though I am far from perfect, I am a good human being. period.
I have 5 incredible kids. truly. I love them more than life itself and the best part is... they love me in return. truly. and you know what? they believe in me too.
I have been blessed with the gift of creativity. It's by far my favorite gift from above. (besides family) I have been given many, mind you, like the ability to snort when I laugh, the gift of
being able to create something from almost nothing, the gift of my mothers looks, along with the ability to recognize a mood swing (she had them too) and put myself in a time-out when I do, knowing that time-outs are a GOOD thing, the gift of compassion, the gift of tolerance, the gift of a quick wit... which supports the snort, the gift of good health and the ability to take care of myself and those people I mentioned above, a roof over our heads, and a fire in the fireplace.
This year has brought me even more blessings, the courage to overcome my fear of the computer, and because of overcoming this fear I have met some really wonderful friends on here. I have been encouraged, and supported by some of the most amazing women, I have never had the honor of ever really 'meeting' in person and yet they reach out to me when I find that I need them most. You have given me the creative outlet that I needed to really showcase the art that I love to do. You have listened when I rambled and oooh and aaaahed when I showed a new creation and that has been a huge blessing to me. It filled me with more and more inspiration. So I am sending the biggest bear hugs out to all of you right now to say THANK YOU for your friendship and love!
Now not to take away from this mushy thank you but I have had some yuck thrown my way this week here on the blog and I need to clear the air so I can move on...
If I have ever confused you into thinking that I came up with the pumpkin construction of all the the pumpkins that I made and showed you then well I'm sorry... the first time I posted them I put a link to the tutorial here. and then a couple posts after that I sent you back to that post. I have been informed by the person who wrote the tutorial that she was not pleased that I did not include a link every time I showed a pumpkin. I did not know that it was expected. Quite honestly I assume the same people come here time after time so they already saw the link, I am sorry for the oversite. There is now a link in the comments section of those posts and you can find it there. I did not 'create' the original idea of the pumpkin made this way, however, over the years of doing shows with my sister we used to make wool pumpkins and they were pretty similar but not as easy to create. I mean who doesn't like the no-sew tutorials on here? Anyway... ours were almost identical to the ones I made this year, only this year I added the rosettes, thanks to the many tutorials out there for them, and the bling, because when we did shows we were making lots of primitives. So the idea for the construction and the original tutorial were not mine, it is here. Now that being said, I was offended by the fact that I was called a copycat and not creative enough to come up with ideas on my own. I was offended that I was considered beneath a person who 'made a living doing this' while apparently me making and selling things to help with our bills was less important because my income doing it was not as large and so was referred to as a hobby. Just to set the record straight, this is not a hobby to me, I am doing everything I know how to and have the time for to create a business for myself. All in all here's what I want to say, if you visit here on a regular basis than I hope you KNOW who I am. I hope that I have been able to convey to you that I am an honest, hardworking and upstanding individual, I am kindhearted ( I swear) and live by the golden rule, something else my mom blessed me with, I get my feelings hurt pretty easily (more of a curse than a blessing) but when I have made a mistake I apologize. I have done that and I guess the one last offense is not being forgiven after apologizing. I am a person of faith and in that faith I know where my heart is and so does HE, so I'm going to take comfort in that.
In the big scheme of things, this is trivial. Max's best friend has leukemia. that is not trivial. people are hungry. that is not trivial. people are lonely. that is not trivial. soldiers are dying. that is not trivial. people cannot afford health care. that is not trivial. I get what this is... but I really needed to get this off my chest so that I can move on. Today was my first day to get creating again and it was good to be covered in glitter.
Thanks for listening... I'm getting off of the couch now. do you charge by the hour?
I want to give credit to Jessica over at Craftily Ever After for the thanksgiving definition on my chalkboard. She has a wonderful download of the definition printed on burlap to share with you. It is actually longer than what you see, but I couldn't fit it all. Thanks for sharing Jessica!
I'm linking this up to the Give Thanks party over at the Vintage Nest, what a great idea for a party! Thank you Lynn xoxo
Thanks everyone! Theresa xoxo
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Thanks everyone for your input...
That's not all folks, I have been making tags, small paper cones, a wool and paper santa and more, just didn't get pics of everything so stay tuned!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope your weekend is wonderful! Theresa xoxo
p.s. thanks again for your help! xoxo
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
rosette or no rosette?
Here's a wider shot of the porch, not all of it though, I left out Max's scooter and Hannah's razor and well a leaf or 100! Now looking at the chalkboard maybe that has to go too... an I going too far, getting rid of a chalkboard? ;o
This has been an AMAZING day for me... I don't want this to sound like I'm bragging or anything but all in one day I have been informed that I have won 3 giveaways!!! 3!!! I cannot even believe it! Truly I don't really even enter that many, but the ones I do are the ones that have THE GOODS... you know what I mean... THE GOODS!!! Thank you Carola, Joy and Jan, I am so thrilled! I will share pics in a post I promise. Right now I am doing the most obnoxious happy dance ever!
Thanks for stopping in... and remember I could use some help with that bag! Theresa xoxo
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
From one holiday to the next in the matter of a day...
I am linking this up to Jan's Boardwalk Bragfest and to Kathleens White Wednesday because well I'm in need of a party I tell you!
One last party... there are some great ideas shared over @ Tea Rose Home thanks Sachiko!
I'm also linking up with Karen's Brag Monday to show her what I was able to make thanks to her generosity.
Thank you for stopping by! Theresa xoxo
Monday, November 1, 2010
Project Genesis

So now I have passed this love of thrift stores on to my children. My older kids shop almost exclusively at thrift stores for their clothes and housewares. I am proud of them for this choice, for one, is there a better way to recycle? They have shopped there on their own since highschool because they did not want to look like they just came from the mall and looked like everyone else at school. They still do that today and the best part, besides the fact that they always look so fabulous when they go out, they are recycling, reusing and passing down everything they buy! By purchasing vintage, and we all know how much we like our vintage, we are all doing our part to keep perfectly good items out of our landfills and giving a gorgeous piece of history another chance at life.
So to wrap this up... keep on sharing all of your vintage treasures here on blogland and you will be passing on the lessons taught to us by our parents... waste not want not! These are important lessons to share with our young children who are so brainwashed by commercials of buy, buy, buy! I am proud to be a frugal shopper and that my dad and mom thought it was more important to fill a home with 12 children that they raised with love and values than it was fill it with valuables. My mom is gone now, and I miss her terribly, but the wisdom she and my dad shared with us about what is really important in life will be with me forever and I hope that I can continue to pass it on to my children, and now with you!
Head on over to Old Grey Mare and visit with the other participants for Project Genesis, if every one of us shared one idea no matter how small, and we tried the ideas shared, just imagine how much better this little planet we call home would be!
Thanks for letting me ramble on...Theresa xoxo
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