Boy, am I seeing red....................................

I was going to take some pics of new red things I got for Valentines Day and other pretties to join everyone onver at Sue's(A Very Cherry World) for Rednesday, but my Camera finally gave out 8/..........................




WAHHHHHHH [(





At some point this week I'm gonna haveta get a new one....sigh.
Well, I will have to rethink my post ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????

I guess I could show some of this.................................................................................................

 These are some of my hand-painted peices on Flourishes and Broadstrokes page. I will paint on just about anything...bottles, plates, old furniture, walls ;) .....in oil, acylic, water color , ink, pencil, charcoal....whatever is handy.


I recieved a case of these Wild Turkey jugs a while back...they make great accent peices. I basecoated it in October Brown and then spattered it with black. The center was the original bottle logo that placed a Folk-Art landscape. I embellished with plastic buttons and added muslin I tea stained. The one patch has had-embroidered LOVE on it.

 This is just another landscape in water color

I found this old 1940's student chair I painted.  A 1940's embroidery tranfer as the pattern for the center Teddy and bluebird. I couldn't resist partnering it with this vintage inspired pillow I created using vintage hankie, doily, and paper roses.

 This glass plate is acrylic in a Reverse Painting Technique.
I accented the plate with vintage hand-tatted rick-rack.

And, this plate I basecoated in October Brown and spattered with black. I used acrylics to paint the farmhouse garden scene amd I then embellished with buttons.

the plates aren't food safe, but placing a clear glass plate over it created a great serving plate....I call this 'Sandwiche Glass'



I could show some of my custom designs I've created for clients..................................................................

A lady brought in this vintage linen shamrock scalloped hankie and asked if I could embroider a new baby's name on it. Being vintage it is a little thin, so I took a piece of vintage linen I had, embroidered the distinctively Irish name on it and applied it to a fiber board backing. I then found some vintage edging in my stash left from another project. The client took the finished items and had them framed in a shadow box to place in the new baby's room.

This mixed media creation is a hotplate. I took a plain glass plate and basecoated it brown. I took a vintage doily and dyed it a lighter brown.The center nedallion was created by taking piece of fiber board and covering it with natural cotton batting, then I added an applique I made from  embroidering  a black-eyed susan mothif hankie....carefully cut it out and applied. I makes a wonderful shower gift.

This nightlight was fun to create for the client. I used a 1960's spun plastic doll and wired her for a low watt light kit. I used a vintage doily and a hankie I hand-embroidered to make her dress, collar, hat and parasol accents. New buttons accent the bodice.

How about if I include a little of these......................................................................................................

We all enjoy some vintage ephemera. I don't do much in paper crafts, but they make wonderful embroidery patterns tho.

Well this is my impromptu post. As I mentioned before...with everything else goin on......hopefully I'll get a new camera by this weekend.
I'm linking to Elizabeth over at Brambleberry Cottage for her Time Travel Thursday

Type ya later!