Art of Mine

Hi All!! As most of you know I have a real passion recently for making ATC's aka "Artist Trading Cards". Wendy and Debbie over at "Blissfull ATC Swap" put together a Challenge to make a holder for all of our lovely ATC's that we are accumulating. We have now posted pictures of our ATC holders and we All need votes from all of our Followers and Friends out here in Blogland!! I made my ATC Wall Hanging from a vintage embroidered Linen T Towel. I sewed some very fine white netting over the top and made a total of 21 pockets. Along the sides I sewed some French satin ribbon and some pretty cream and pink trim on the top. Also I made 4 pretty little tabs on top with more pink satin ribbon and attached the wall hanging to the shabby white wire holder. I thought the netting was great to use for the pockets as it is very sheer to see through but sturdy enough to hold the ATC's. You can see my ATC Wall Hanging at http://blissfullatcswap....

Hello My Dear Friends, I posted the Beautiful ATC that Carol Anne made for me and today she has posted the one I made for her...so now I will show all of you the one I made for Carol Anne. I tried an experiment with some skeleton leaves I had and wool roving. The leaves are pretty fragile but I thought if I "carefully" felted some wool roving into them that they might stand up to the needle punching, and they did! I also added some Angelina fibers to the wool, each one with a coordinating sparkle of color to each leaf. I used a gold leaf pen to highlight around the edges of the leaves as well as the edges of the card! Added some beads and viola!!!  Please go visit The Blissfull ATC site that you will find on my sidebar. We are having an "ATC Holder Challenge". We are all making one of a kind holders for our wonderful ATC's,  the one with the most votes wins the Challenge!! If you like my ATC Holder please put in a vote for mine!!! Thank you!!! Love to all...

A Great Monday to All!! I want to share with all of you what I received today in the mail. The Blissfull ATC Swap theme for September was "Leaves" and my partner this time was Carol Anne of  Carol Anne's Boutique.  The mailing envelope was the first indication of what loveliness was inside, for it had beautiful Fall leaf stickers surrounding one corner of my name. Upon opening the envelope inside was this beautiful cellophane envelope with as you can see a lovely Fall flower and Leaf with a sweet tag. The packaging was so beautiful I had a hard time deciding to open it... but of course I had to hold the precious ATC inside. Isn't this absolutely precious?? Carol-Anne You are Amazing!! Thank you for making this card with so much thoughtfullness and love. I will cherish this sweet little card forever!! Please go visit this wonderfully creative Lady. at:  carolannesboutiqueblogspot.com. I wish you all a Fantastic and Lovely Day!!! Susan xxoo

Hello Friends, Today I want to share with all of you a wonderful item I purchased recently from a very sweet lady who lives here in Georgia. I found her while strolling through Blogland one day. Her name is Terri Smith and she is an extraordinary artist!! The name of her Blog caught my eye because it had the word Dragonflies and anything with or about Dragonflies is ok with me...I am obsessed over them.. but thats another story....anyway I strolled through Terri's blog and became instantly a follower and lover of her art work. Besides her wonderful paintings she does is her glass work and this one I fell in love with. Around the glass at the bottom are the words Cape May Bitters....Cape May New Jersey was where my three sons and I would go every year to play in the ocean and walk on the boardwalk and go on rides on three piers. Not only do I love the Cobalt Blue color and the most perfect Shell on top but the fact that the bottle came from a place of such fond memorie...

Hi Friends, As promised I am posting some more pictures of our time down in Savannah and Tybee Island. This is my son Andy down by the water front in Savannah. We checked in and then we headed down by the river. Savannah has the 4th largest port in America and unlike the other three ports like New York and San Francisco, Savannah's port has plenty of room for growth. There are many nice restaurants down by the river and that night we had some wonderful fish by the river. After dinner we went on the Ghost tour of Savannah in a lovely black hearse!! Our driver is also a Fireman for Savannah so he had some very interesting tales to tell us!! This is one of the mighty Tug boats that push and pull the huge container ships that go in and out daily throught the Savannah river.        I think one of the crowning jewels in Savannah has to be her mighty Oak trees complete with Spanish Moss hanging from their limbs. The oldest Oak standing in Savannah is es...

                                            Hi Friends, Hope all of you had a fantastic Labor Day Weekend!! My Son Andy and I had a wonderful time visiting Savannah, Ga. for a few days. The weather was perfect. Andy had never been to Savannah before and I enjoyed showing him around. We visited Tybee Island as well. The waves were a bit higher than usual but there were no restrictions for swimming. You would never have known there had been a hurricane that had passed by hours before. Neither Savannah nor Tybee Island were affected by it. We also did one of the Hearse Ghost Tours on Friday evening which was alot of fun, the seats were a bit uncomfortable but the tour and guide were very interesting...and yes when we went to the old abandoned hospital it was pr...

Hi Friends, Hope your day is going well for you!! I wanted to show you what I won a few days ago from sweet Marilyn of "Willow and Figs". Marilyn makes wonderful fabric collage items and some are these beautiful "Prayer Purses"! I received my Beautiful Prayer Purse today along with some lace to make a strap for it. Marilyn also included a charming little bag to maybe store sunglasses in. Marilyn also makes lovely cards and she gave me two one of which is a gorgeous picture of Pansy's...how did she know I love them so much? She also  included three cute little tags!! Thank you Marilyn for your  wonderful Giveaway and your sweet gifts you gave me. Please go visit Marilyn and also her Etsy shop. You will absolutely love the things that she creates!! http://cordeliashouse.blogspot.com/ I will be going on a little mini vacation with my oldest son to wonderful Savannah, GA. Hoping that Earl the Hurricane will stay out to sea!!! Love you All, Susan