bottled stories...

vintage love...

I spent most of the week on the computer

absorbing all of the info that I could to grow my business,

applying to art shows for this season,

and digging through receipts for our taxes.

(last minute... who me?)

with a scrapbook of vintage photos as my muse,

I sat down this past weekend for some much needed creative time,

and created bottled stories.

vintage photos, beads, buttons, needle and thread and

a few other trinkets, with a chosen word for

each bottle, helps to tell a long forgotten story.

Okay, a story that I envisioned for them,

one that I created by the pose, or the facial expression

in the photo. A chance to share a forgotten photo,

because we all have a story to share.

These photos are from the same scrapbook that

I made this pumpkin with.

All of the photos look to have been taken

by a budding photographer in college.

Some of them are photos of friends from UofM

 and some from MSU,

which at the time was called

Michigan Agricultural College.

Some are from days at the lake with family

and all of them pull at my heart.

I know that I will be making more of these,

as I still have quite a few photos

that have a story to tell.

Although they will be listed as 

pendants with a ball chain for you to wear

around your neck, 

I can also add them to a key fob,

for you to hang from your favorite bag.

If you see one that you would like

before I can get the rest of the pics taken for etsy, 

(not a lot of sun here lately and I need to get individual shots taken)

just send me a msg. 

and I will put up a reserve listing for you :)

$28.00 + 3.00 shipping

GENUINE - sold

IMAGINE - sold

ADVENTURE - sold

Thanks so much everyone!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Sunday!

love, t.xoxo

p.s. If it's sunshiny where you live,

could you maybe send some our way, we could sure use it!!!

tiny soldered bottle charms...

I had the soldering iron plugged in again, 

and boy did it feel good!

I was rummaging in my work room for something

and came upon these tiny bottles that I had been saving

for a special project...

special project complete!

now I need to find more tiny bottles,

because these were so fun to make!

Can you see the tiniest Christmas tree in this one?

Some have fairy dust, some have music paper scrap,

and a couple are for Christmas,

I have 3 of the amber ones with a 

little 'love potion no. 9 in them;

my own concoction ofcourse!

I missed last weeks barn show, I was still hanging on to my

"whatever the crud is that is going around here" illness,

and it was going to be 42 degrees and rain all

day so I had to stay home.

I really missed being there, and seeing all of my friends.

Today is a new day though,

and I am feeling better and hopefully the weather will cooperate!

because...

I am headed to Everlasting Blooms in Grand Rapids

for their Vintage Flea Market...

I got a peek at some of the treasures that the other

vendors are bringing and oh my gosh is it full of fabulous goodies!

All inside their huge greenhouses,

the set up is pretty cool and the shop is fabulous!

If you are in the area you won't want to miss it!

Thanks for stopping by!

love,

Theresa

xoxoxoxo

linking to:

Vintage Inspiration Friday

what to do, what to do...

I love to visit pinterest and all of my favorite blogs for inspiration, but recently I decided to

check out my own pics for a jolt of inspiration

 (like a walk down memory lane)

and I think it's time to plug in the soldering iron again...

could my kids recent moves be what draws me to this one?

and then I came across this bag, and now I want to plug in my sewing machine...

I have more sweaters...

and more skirts for more pillows...

but I also have a few more of these vintage trophy ribbons in my stash...

is this starting to sound like one of Deb's squirrel alerts?

and then Santa brought me a dremel for Christmas...

(we are now eating with plastic silverware!)

At the moment, I am making a few special orders with special phrases

of this Valentine heart...

Is it a bad thing to want to create with so many different mediums?

I didn't even bring up the collage work and assemblage that I want to do...

At times I question my direction as an artist and small business owner.

Am I really doing myself any favors by going in so many different directions?

When I have tried to concentrate on only one or two things,

I find myself feeling antsy, 

or feeling maybe a bit more squirrely than antsy actually.

There is that one thing that always comes into play when I make something,

making something new from something old, creating something it was never intended to be.

Did you know that when you type in repurposed it comes up as misspelled?

It's not recognized as a word except with those of us

who can't help but look at something

and think...

what if I did this to that, and then put this here, and cut this off...

you get the picture, right?

I knew that you did :)

you get me... thank you for that!

so be it upcycled, repurposed, recycled, or whatever the spell check will accept,

I will surely be doing more of it starting next week!

Gotta get my head back in the game so to speak.

til next time,

love,

Theresa xoxoxoox

linking up to:

Transformation Thursday

Vintage Inspiration Friday

Thanks for the parties girls!

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