an angelic wall hanging

Started working on the next artist class project yesterday and finished it up today. The original was to be 11 by 14 but I liked it better smaller so it is now 8 1/2 by 11.

I used vintage sheet music and vintage lace pieces. Good thing I have an antique shop where such items are available.

I will be taking a couple days off from the artist class projects but will be back at it in a few days.

Snow and shoes

If you are living in the mid-atlantic area you KNOW there was quite a bit of snow this weekend. Fortunately for those of us in the NE section of PA we only got a few inches of the stuff. Here is a picture of two outdoor chairs on our patio. You can see, if you look closely, that there is about three inches of snow on the white chair. That was taken after the storm passed so that is probably what we got. I feel so bad for the Virginians, and Marylanders who really don't know what to do with all the snow. I know, when we lived in Maine, 20 inches was a lot of snow but didn't slow things down all that much.


Here is a picture of my "shoe" in the paper shoe project of the Artist Class. I shortened the heel a bit cause it didn't want to stand up that well with the spikey heel. I found these pretty flowers to dress it up. I still have one more project to complete for the weeks projects. The next one is a pretty flower. Hope to start on it later today

My first Artist Class Project is done.... On to the next one soon.


This is the Valentines Day Hanging Heart. It is missing the "love bird"in the original because I don't have one in my stash of art stuff. But when next I go to a craft shop I hope to find one.
But meanwhile I am pleased with it and it is hanging up in the dining room.



When I took the artist class series back in Oct.- Nov. I was fortunate enough to win a wonderful prize... CD of all tutorials and all the graphics, plus a lot of extra graphics from the lady who runs the classes, Mary Green of Green Paper.

This time I decided I would keep a notebook of all the tutorials printed out so if I want to do any of them again I can easily do so. My luck probably won't allow me to win another prize. But that is ok as I was thrilled last time.

Here is my book this time....
I put a title page for each tutorial and included the printed out pages. I feel so organized this time. There are little pockets inside the front and back covers where I am keeping the templates for the projects. I believe I found the notebook at Wal-Mart.

Here is the cover with an addition give the title of the contents.

and one of the title pages.......

And this one shows turning of a page to show a title page and a tutorial page.

I hope to get started on the next tutorial tomorrow. But my antique shop opens Thurs. though Sunday so I can never be sure how much time I will have. I will post as soon as I have something to show.

ARTIST CLASS

Back in November I joined a group called Artist Class and made some pretty neat items following all the tutorials. I was excited to sign up for the next series which begins tomorrow. If you are curious about the class you can check it out here..............Check out the Feathered Nest. She has a description of the class and you can even get a discount on the price there.

We received a list of supplies we needed and last night I spent time up in my studio searching out those supplies. I still have to look a bit more to find all I need but it appears I won't have to buy anything at all for the first three classes. I do have a well stocked studio.

So check out my blog over the next week. I hope to get the projects done quickly..... well, at least fairly soon.

A New Year's Resolution that almost wasn"t

I always say I will NOT make a New Year's Resolution and this year was no different. BUT somehow, in spite of that apparently I make one I didn't even know about....... DECLUTTERING.
One day a couple of weeks ago I decided I wanted to clean up my work areas in my studio. And for three days I worked on it in between regular things I had to do.

Then on the days my shop is open, I can't be up in my studio so I decided maybe I should be working on area of clutter where I can still see if someone comes into my shop. That meant it had to be downstairs.

And then a couple of days ago I realized I am really decluttering.... and can't seem to stop.

I have taken copious amounts of bags to Salvation Army..... clothes I barely remember owning nevermind wearing. Shredded and Shredded and Shredded business papers no longer needed.
And filled trashbags for the trash man. Taken tons of magazines to the recycling station, and I now actually have a few horizontal spaces in my house that are BARE!!!!! But I still have loads to do.

I can't believe how determined I am. Must be cause I DIDN'T make a resolution. I just started doing it. I imagine I will still be at it for another couple of months since I haven't even befun to consider what is up in the attic, in our spare bedroom and in my shop.

But it FEELS SO GOOD.

They say if you do something often enough it becomes a habit. Hope this is what is happening.

The Shoppe fills up

I visited my local Doll House Shop and found a few things to put in my Hat Shop. I found some shelving, a chevel mirror, a wall shelf and an easel for a picture frame. They are in the roombox now. I will have some "refining to do and my husband is going to spray paint all the white items a solfter ivory color to look better with the trim on the top of the wall.

I am going to let the room box rest now while I think over what I will do next. And while I wait for my husband to spray paint the furniture I want done. Meanwhile I plan to work on a quilt that needs mending and get back to my journal. So probably I won't be doing any talking about doing any doll house fixing up or artwork for awhile.

Mini Monday

So finally a Monday with actual miniature stuff.

I was able to work a bit yesterday, between customers in my real life antique shop. I added trim to the top of shop walls.

I have finally decided it will NOT be a dress shop BUT instead just hats and lingerie. I have lots of hats and plan to make some lingerie from patterns I have found.

Since I had planned to make it a dress shop I was going to need a dressing room and had temporarily borrowed a screen from my doll house to serve that function. But I don't think I will

need one now. So that can go back to the doll house. I had already taken these pictures so it is included

I found some appropriate pictures for the walls. I have put up three, the others will have to wait until I find some shelving I like, to hold all the hat boxes. Then if I still need something on the wall they can go up.

For some reason these pictures are all washed out looking and I didn't even use a flash. I will try again tomorrow to get better color. My camera has been acting up a bit. I hope it is not dying.

I have to admit I am not thrilled with the look of it yet. I think that piece of furniture that is presently holding fabric may go..(it is too clunky looking).... And I need to do something with the floor. And I have to find the table and chairs to use, they are somewhere up in my studio I know.

So right now it is just a box holding the stuff I have made and collected up.

I don't think I will get much done on the shop today because I have a lot of other stuff to do. But check back. You never know.