Dreams Do Come True!

I still cannot believe this!
I'm in the upcoming issue of this magazine~ Somerset Life
Totally blown away with this honor!

Lisa, got an advanced copy and sent me these pictures!!! Thank You Lisa!

And.... I'm in the BEST of company...she also has an article in this issue~ Congratulations Lisa!!! I love that my "debut" is in a magazine with you~ Can't wait till November!

Now back to creating little treasure boxes~More details on the upcoming sale soon~

Change of Plans

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Originally uploaded by Tin Rabbit

The sale date at "The Tin Rabbit "has been changed to November 6......I look forward to visiting then~

Playing With Time

Inspired by the beautiful poem ~Rock Me To Sleep by Elizabeth Akers Allen..I've been fooling around with time...I've had this old clock dial forever and decided to use it... I transfered the image of a woman onto it.. I can't seem to finish it ...what does it need???? I'm stuck...

I am going to stitch the wording on and then???? What should I do?

Please help! Have a wonderful week~

A Gift From Lisa~

How Blessed I am to be here in this wonderful land of blog...

How Blessed I am to have such a wonderful friend~ I received the most beautiful package in the mail...it brought tears to my eyes, actually it made tears run down my face~ for a long time~ it was from our sweet Lisa ~Tarnished&Tattered
Come Closer...
Look at this beautiful box,

It totally took my breath away~

Lisa is sooo very talented

with a heart the size of Texas~

Look inside this gorgeous box, the lid has the sweetest "rabbits" on it

notice the "Tin" that she put on it...I love it!

But wait!

You've got to see what she packed inside....

Treasures that will make any artist go weak in the knees!

Look at these gorgeous things!!!

Have you ever seen a cuff so beautiful or a baby bonnet was delicate...

and look at the vintage purse...all in my favorite shades of cream & white~

Lisa also tucked in some of the prettiest flowers...love the soft color!

She also included some of her ADORABLE resin pieces...

these are so cute...

I can't wait to use them in my art!

Everything was packaged so pretty

and covered with white buttons~

Lisa,

I will cherish this box forever...it means the world to me,

YOU are my inspiration!!!!

Outside The Box Art Challenge~Time Chime Angel~

It strikes! One,two

Three, Four,five, Six. Enough,enough, dear watch,

Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest,

Would thou could'st make the time to do so too,

I'll wind thee up no more.

~Ben Jonson~ Thank you Lisa for the fun challenge! When I saw the cute soap box~ I thought of a body! I covered it with old paper, wired parts and pieces of clocks for her legs...the hour and minute hand were attached for arms...a sweet vintage doll head was used. Old folder tabs for wings...

for her heart~ a tiny pocket watch.

I can't wait to see all the other ideas everyone else has come up with!

Where Bloggers Create~

Welcome to my little studio! Come on in... that is...if you can squeeze through all the STUFF! It's small...REALLY small... but, it's cozy! My studio is in the laundry room....our home is small and there just wasn't another space available...it's not too bad~I can create and do the laundry too!This is my worktable~cluttered, as usual....
when it's clean, I can't create~ I'm totally lost! This table belonged to my husbands grandfather...I added a little
skirt around it and tucked a few paper flowers to it ~the old white pompom curtains came from the Canton flea market...I hung them like stage curtains and used old lace panels on vintage swing rods for the shelves...I can swing them open while I'm working and close them when I'm finished~

Old jewelry boxes hold tiny treasures. A lampshade is turned into a mobile, with just everything clipped on it~ I'm like a crow...I find something pretty, I bring it to my nest~

I love this picture!...I don't know why, but this young girl inspires me daily...it's kinda like she's watching over me or something~Oh and speaking of "Inspiration"....wait till you see my next post!

I have lots of lace in stacked baskets, boxes and even more boxes...

too much?

Seam binding...all in my favorite shades....

Behind this curtain....dolls, doll heads and one of those doll heads is really creepy, I KNOW! Little elves...some from childhood, some just because they wanted to come home with me...Jars on top of jars filled with everything...I'm cleaning out some and parting with a few of these things~

Jars....

and now

Drawers....

I keep things organized in all these drawers

This one came out of a newspaper office~

Someone has replaced a few of the pulls with old spools...

Everything is in here~

Baby doll clothes,

old Christmas odds and ends....

everything has a drawer~

Another little shot of my table~

Well this my little workspace, so glad you stopped by! Thank you Karen for hosting this wonderful party! I can't wait to go see all the other studios!

Gratitude

“Of all the ‘attitudes’ we can acquire, surely the attitude of gratitude is the most important and by far the most life-changing.” —Zig Ziglar The first one my test has came back OK! Thank you all so much for all your sweet prayers! And a special "Thank You" to Sandra http://www.flickr.com/photos/24103847@N02/ ... definitely the sweetest heart in Tennessee! Look at this precious little hanging she made and sent me. She also crocheted the beautiful lace in the cabinet! It is so delicate and pretty..I love it! Sandra, I can't wait to meet you and give you a big hug!

I broke down and cut some of my hydrangea's this morning~

You have to cut them at just the right time to keep them from withering up,

hopefully, these will dry OK.... I may dry a few more and then let the rest stay on the bush

a while longer~I like the old "greenish" shade they become~

I hope everyone is having a WONDERFUL weekend! Thank you all for stopping by~

God Bless!