inspiration

our antiques shoppe is now humming and we have uncovered so many artsy treasures along the way, I had to share some of our newest finds now available in our Junk Shoppe - get creative!


OLD TINS - Many Styles to choose from


VINTAGE EYEGLASSES & CASES - Many Styles


OLD VIEWMASTER CARDS & CASES - Many styles


MORE TINS - big, small, short, tall - Alter me!


OLD CHILDREN'S BOOK PAGES - Mother Goose - Fab graphics & text


BILLIARD BALLS - pint sized cuties, wonderful in assemblage

and MUCH, MUCH MORE...check us out for weird & wonderful art supplies!
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studio days

aaaah, bliss...
for the last few days I have been able to grab a few hours here and there to clean, organize and artfully decorate my studio.
I have taken my disorganized stashes of fabric and cleaned, folded and sorted by color - they are now stacked in old suitcases, on chippy china platters and old tole painted trays. I am very happy with the results as they now call to me to create. Elevating them and celebrating the various textures & colors makes them irresistible, like candied confections.

I have added a comfy seating area next to some large, white bookcases we found at an old barn sale. I have filled them with art & music books, junky treasures and whimsical artsy items. My mood wall is ever-changing as I am always adding bits of inspiration to it.

I am hoping to complete the transformation today...I will be sure to share some photos soon

crazy, scary times

I've missed blogging so...but I have been MIA for awhile
I am trying to make time for myself - even if its just a teeny bit every day - but lately it has been just impossible.

Crazy Time - busy doesn't describe the full-tilt workload my hubby and I have taken on in the last 2 weeks. We had so much to do for our grand opening of our antiques shoppe (which went really well), expanding our plant stand for the year, blah, blah, blah...too much to describe. Painting shoppe signs, hauling loads of antique goodies, helping our dealers... I thought we would be buried in the mountains of "to do lists" LOL

Scary Time - our sweet, loveable, simply wonderful doggie has been very sick. His decline was so rapid and has been heartbreaking - one day he simply refused to eat his food (this guy LOVES to eat), by nightfall he was limping and by the next day we felt 2 tumors on his hind legs and one on his cheek. After numerous tests w/ the exception of checking for cancer, our vet did not have high hopes but thought there was a slight chance of infection and he has been on antibiotics for a week now. The first couple of days he actually got worse - tumors grew bigger and he moped around the house, mostly laying around. We brought him back to the vet for an emergency steroid shot. It perked him up. He seems to be doing better now and our fingers are crossed that the antibiotics are doing their thing. Everyone keeps telling me not to get my hopes up, but I will be crushed & grieving no matter what and I wonder...what is wrong with hope?

Spring is in the Air

today is beautiful - sunny skies, mild air and green grass is pushing its way through the warming earth
I am aching to get into my gardens and begin cultivating flowers and fruits and veggies. For my birthday I was given a trip to the nursery to pick out some new woody ornamentals and perennials and I can't wait to go! This year we have expanded our farm stand to include additional inspirational gardens, a shade house and potting area, funky sedum & stonecrop planted containers and a cutting garden.

The stand has unique and heirloom perennials & annuals and we are also going to expand the veggie garden and I hope to offer some fresh, organic veggies as well (if there is any left over from our family harvesting, eating, canning, etc). The raspberry patch has really come into its own, so I am hoping for a great harvest this year.
The stand is a 24hr self-serve honor system and its so amusing to see people pulling up at 10:00 at night to get their plant fix.

Belated Easter Greetings

I hope you all had a lovely Easter!