Saved From the Blade

I love to make jewelry from antique tins. I get so excited when I stumble across a great tin at the flea market or antique store. These are a few that have been saved from the dremel. I just could not cut them up.

Twilight

I am a Twilight nut!!!!! So far I have only read each book once and seen the movie 3 times. I lost count how many times I have read each Potter book. I will reread Twilight as well. I made this necklace and am loving it! At the show Saturday someone wanted to buy it. I asked if they were a Twilight fan>They said no>I said no it's not for sale. You have to really LOVE Edward and Bella to get this puppy. I plan on making several more but each one will be uniquely different. 

Show Time

Time for shows to start up and I am very ready. I have redone a great cabinet I got at Revival Antiques and it is beautiful. Ornamentea had the ladies from Flotsam & Jetsam in the store with their great vintage odds and ends. I love the square buttons and the chicken tally cards. Not sure what a tally card is but I'm guessing it has something to do with playing cards. 

Come on spring!

We had another beautiful snow this week. I loved it but that's enough for me. I'm ready to open windows and do a deep cleaning. When it's cold I hibernate and have no energy. All I want to do is nap,read,knit and watch TV. Since TV is so bad these days it's hard to find anything worth watching. I have learned a lot about training my dogs and I must say my collie's (Zelda) behavior has been greatly improved. I also broke down and bought myself dark denim, slim leg ,crazy expensive jeans that really do fit. Thanks to Clinton and Stacey but I draw the line there. No dresses, suits or pointed toe shoes for this gal. Show season is around the corner and I have wasted so much studio time. In March I will look back and think" what was I doing for 2 months."It is going to be 65 - 70 degrees for the next several days so I'm ready to get out from under my blanket, put my book down and get moving.

We finally got snow ! It's been 4 years. Seven whole inches! That is a blizzard by NC standards. Two days off from school and lots of hot cocoa . Zelda really loves the snow. We had so much fun walking back in the swamp. It was beautiful. 

In preschool we read the book "Snowballs" by Lois Ehlert

http://books.google.com/books?id=z6hdupspgh4C&dq=snowballs&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA1,M1

I love this book because all of the objects for the snowmen are just "stuff". I rummaged through junk draws,walked around outside picking up "stuff" and had to eat many kisses for the cause. It was a sacrifice for the good of art. What can I say ,I am a dedicated teacher. The children had a crazy spread to choose from after they painted pictures of snowmen at the easel. I love how they are all so different. The snowflakes are just glue squirted on waxpaper,sprinkled with glitter and some sequin snowflakes. Three year olds and glue gone wild! This was one time we didn't say " a little dab will do ya" or "kissy dots kissy dots."