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!

Yard Sale in New Jersey, Kinda

I got to attend a blog friends yard sale in New Jersey!! Kinda. Susan at Black-eyed Susan's Kitchen had a fantastic yard sale in April....Stop by her blog on my Blog List and read the past posts all about it. I really wanted to attend. She and I have similar collections and when I read she was having a yard sale my heart skipped a beat. We share an obsession for hand-wrought aluminum from the 40's-50's and a love of vintage tablecloths. Well, hopping in the van and riding up to New Jersey was not going to fit in the agenda for that weekend. Sooooo, Susan thought of the next best thing. She provided me a virtual yard sale for the whole week!!! Isn't she the greatest? Seems we have the same pieces in aluminum (I must admit my obsession seems to be worse than hers. I have been collecting since my teens when my Grandma gave me her lidded casserole and have acquired about 75+ pieces since....and still growing.) Oh well. Then she previewed her tablecloth offerings. WooHoo....one was prettier than the next. I was getting all kinds of vintage design inspiration.....ya should've seen me doin a little happy dance.......I couldn't wait to get them.

Here are my vintage finds from Black-Eyed Susan's Kitchen all the way from New Jersey.

This red, white, and blue tablecloth is a tribute to our Native American heritage. I think I'll make a couple of pillows for on my porch swing to go with my flag throw.

This next cloth matches a dish set I just got.

These dishes have an ecru background with a little windmill and Holland girl with tulips. This whimsical scene will make a great applique for a table runner design I'm thinking of. I also have some ideas for pillows, a shirt with matching tote....This cloth really inspired me.

This 1960's card table cloth will make great appliques...hand-embroidered of course...for a lot of different applications. I have been trying to think of something masculine...maybe a shirt with a pocket made by one of these squares accented by a brown corduroy cuff and maybe, corduroy patches on the sleeves.

Now this cloth shouted Apron. I don't know why, but it did.

And, the way I like to fix them as sets I imagine a nice serving piece of crystal with a cookbook for elegant entertaining. It would make a nice wedding gift for a new bride.

This cloth matches a 1940's child's hankie I have already embroidered, but not used yet.

The hankie has a cartoon motif of Mr and Mrs Bird with their new baby bird in a birdhouse. I've been holding onto it for just the right background fabric and I think this will be it to complete a baby pillow. One side will have the hankie and this background fabric, the other this fabric and I'd be able to embroider the baby's name right on it. It also screams shabby chic with lots of lace and sworovski crystals or vintage looking charms...hmmmm. ..the embellishments to choose from....

This is my favorite cloth. I love red and white. For some reason I see Christmas all over this fabric. I have several ideas for this one and I think I'll let it be a future surprise for on my blog. keep watching for the pics!

And, finally this southwest cloth. I see silver conchs with brown suede fringe. Shirt with matching tote? Or, maybe jeans or a jean jacket applique? Have to think about it.

Keep watching the blog I'll have finished pieces here first before I put them on my website or Etsy. Remember, I do custom design. If there is something you see for a specific use for wearable art or home decor, let me know. And, I'd again like to thank Susan for allowing me to attend her yard sale across the miles.