Art of Mine

Happy Saturday to All!! Hubby and I took a class today with Ken And Jeremy from Vertigo Graphic.com We made a wonderful Wood and Mica Gothic Cross Frame. It took us a total of three hours to complete it. Ken and Jeremy have web site called Vertigo Graphic.com. I have to tell you that Jeremy and Ken are just awesome guys and what a treat to be able to include my husband in my world of crafts. Larry (second from the left, and me next to him) created an awesome frame!! This is my finished frame...with glue still drying! We first colored the bare wood frame with Powder Puff chalk ink!!! Yes Chalk ink...incredible stuff to work with!! Our class was held at the Altered Angel shop in Alpharetta, GA. They have such a wonderful inventory of art and scrapbook supplies. Altered Angel will be moving to a new location soon actually just a few blocks away. I will be back as there was way too much to take in, in just one day!! ...

 Hi Dear Friends.... I am sooooooooooo excited!!!!! I have Brand New photos of my darling Grand daughter little Amy!!! YAY!!! Amy is 5 months old now. I saw her when she was just 3 weeks old. My they get so big!!!! Oh I MISS HER!!!!!!! Amy is wearing my son's baseball cap....  Amy and Yoda just hangin out!!!! Yoda is also pretty good for sucking on!! Sleep well little Angel....Yoda you keep watch ok? Hope All of you enjoy a wonderful weekend!!! Love and Blessings to All, Susan xxoo

Hi Sweet Friends, I wanted to show you my latest project that I have been working on! This vintage tray had been in my friends garage for awhile and asked me what I thought might give it some Oomph!!! Is that a word?? Lol... Well anyway I suggested to her to paint it aqua!!! I had seen some lovely vintage trays lately painted this color and suggested to her that it might be just the thing to give it some Oomph appeal. The tray was a lackluster black with a faded bird in the middle. She painted it Aqua but it still needed an added Oomph to it!  She handed it over to me and asked me to "Do something with it!!!" I added some gold leaf where the original paint had bleeded through the aqua. I also had some very pretty paper from the Paper source shop...a lighter shade of aqua and glued it down onto the tray. I also used some PVA glue on the top as a sealer and protector. Viola a pretty Aqua Magnet Tray!! This tray was meant to hang on a wall as it has ...

Hi Dear Friends, I recently purchased a very pretty lace book made by Tina from Tiny Bear Studio. A few weeks ago Tina had made a lovely lace book and before I could blink it was purchased off her Etsy shop. I wrote to Tina asking her if she was going to make anymore little lace books and she said she would make one special for me! Upon opening her very sweetly packaged parcel I was delighted to find my special book. I can't begin to tell you how very special each page is. Tina is a true artist in so many areas, and her lace books are no exception. Tina also makes the most adorable little Bears too!  http://tinybear-dk.blogspot.com/ Please visit Tina...You will be very happy that you did!! :) Each page is so delicate in it's beauty and form. I am still having pain issues in my right hip. I visited my Dr. this past Monday. She gave me another cortisone shot and wrote an order to have an MRI. My appointment will be on April 3rd. She gave...

 Hi Sweet Friends... Yay!!! Lets welcome Spring time with open arms!! I am sure we are all ready for springtime!! I know I am! I wanted to share with All of you some of the items I have added to my booth recently. I thought the Herb plant stakes would be a great item to herald in spring time planting. Don't you?  How about a sweet little birdie house for your kitchen or mantle??  Isn't this little enamel bird the cutest thing? I found them recently being sold in a set of 5. They are actually magnets, but I saw other possibilities!! This little bird house sits atop a crystal candle holder!!! How "chic' is that!! Lol!!! Let me introduce you too little Miss "Pinky Bunny"!! These are my adorable "Bunny Easter Jars"!! I came up with this idea when I found these cute little stuffed bunnies recently at a flea market for a whopping $1.00 each!!! I brought them home and sat them on my mason jars on my craft table...

Top O' the Mornin To Ye.... I'de like to wish you All a very Happy St. Patricks Day!! I am proud to say that I am 1/2 Irish on my fathers side of the family. My fathers mothers family came from northern Ireland and ventured across the Atlantic to America in the 1800's. This collage page you see here is actually a piece I did with the "Artfull Gathering" class I was in with Nancy James Maxwell last summer. We were to create a book and a keepsake box to keep the finished book in. This lovely young lady was my fathers sister, my Aunt Julia. The little line across her forehead is actually a little curl she would do with her hair. This picture of her was from a newspaper article for a beauty contest for "Miss Bronx"!! Julia entered many beauty contests and eventually became a dancer in New York City with the Gertrude Hoffman dancers and danced on Broadway. In 1925 after a show they did called "A Night in Paris", the w...

 Hello Sweet Friends..... I was wondering if you would like to take a walk with me today....it's such a beautiful spring day.  The temperature is perfect.... I have my comfy shoes on...looks like you do too!  Look how beautiful the flowers are... They are so lovely!!  They remind me of happy children opening wide there arms and taking in all that life has to offer... Sunshine...warmth.....just what we needed...right?  Look closely....nature is wearing it's finery. Delighting the senses and beckoning us on... to explore further...Lets go!  A garden walk is just what we needed to refresh our minds, body and soul...don't you agree!! I think the Red Bud trees will be in full bloom very soon!!! I think it's funny to call them Red Buds...when they are purple...oh well, pretty just the same! Thank you for coming with me on my walk today.... Lets do this again very soon.....A cup of tea would be really nice about ...

Hi Dear Friends, Hope you all are doing well on this day. I have been working on a journal cover lately and so far very pleased with the way it is turning out. I am so very fond of the romantic side of the Victorian era as well as the many vibrant colors of that period. If you research the Victorian homes of the day you will find they would paint their homes inside and out vibrant gorgeous colors. One of my favorite style of homes were the ones with gabled roofs, ginger bread carvings of intricate detail. A victorian home on the outside could be painted with three or more different colors. My journal cover emulates the vibrant colors of the Victorians and celebrates the beauty in their lives that surrounded them. Their gardens were also vibrant and alive with vintage Roses, Lilacs, Foxgloves, Delphiniums and Poppy's. Tell me what you love about the Victorian era.....there is so much that they contributed to our world and we still to this day use man...