Tomorrow afternoon, I head out to Italy for 10 days. I'm going to Venice for three days by myself (I'm really excited about this AND a little nervous) and then I will meet up with people in Tuscany, where a friend of mine is renting a villa. It's all good. I usually make myself a new purse when ...

This assemblage piece of mine is now listed on Ebay at my store, "Simply Antique Country." One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to the American Cancer Society in memory of my dear cousin Lynda Flora of Arizona. She was a wonderful person- inside and out.So cute- we liked a lot of the...

Today is opening day for the Marie Otero Photoshop class that I am taking. I have been working on the first two folders for much of the day (wasted some time screwing up the downloads, but eventually got that straightened out). This is FUN! I tried another rose And then I tried a poppy...

Well I am happy to say I made it to spring break and here it is Easter already!! yikes!! I am happy to say the weather has been lovely up till yesterday when we had some wicked winds and stuff blowing thru the yard at 50mph at times!! But it was still warm until the front blew thru and temps dro...

I've been having a delightful and very busy time these past few weeks. Mette, our former exchange student from 25 years ago, our Danish daughter, has been visiting and I've been taking her around Michigan and playing with her (later this week, Mette, Annie and I will go to Chicago for a few days...

Oh my! My class today was "Papering Over It: Collaging the Found Object" with Keith Lo Bue. He's witty and full of very useful information. We learned about using DAP clear caulk for archival adhering papers to metal, glass,wood, etc. Like most of my classmates, I covered my tool handles with an...

I got nominated by Lindart for Kreativ Blogger Award! Thanks so much for the nomination! So the rules are: 1. Thank the person who gave you the award. 2. Copy the logo and place it in your blog. 3. Link the person who nominated you. 4. Name 7 things about yourself that no one would really...

I just received my winter issue of Belle Armoire Jewelry and I have an article in it! It features my Porcelain Princess Tassels made with vintage German doll heads. There is even a teaser on the front, "A New Take on Frozen Charlottes"....that's me on page 28. They did a fabulous job with the pho...

Ever since I got back from Ireland, I have been playing with the idea of making an art quilt series to commemorate my trip and all the beautiful impressions I came away with. This week-end I looked at my very long To Do list and decided to abandon it and finish up my Irish pieces. I made 4: a se...

Today, I took Cathy Taylor's Anthologies class. I was really looking forward to it and I was not disappointed. Cathy showed us how to fearlessly rip apart books to make collages. There was a palpable creative energy in this class. Everyone made great collages. Here's a photo of my friend Andi wa...

......and dishes,and dolls,and books,and old photographs, and, well you get the idea . This weekend was my monthly antique show in Allegan, Mi. set-up was Saturday and the show was yesterday. I did very well and sold quite a bit of stuff. So I guess you know I had money to spend today at the hol...

Well I've been cleaning lately and things are really coming along. I have a lot of vintage containers that I store my supplies in and I have been arranging and sorting and using all of the vessels I have been collecting and actually putting things in them and throwing away some of the ugly packag...

Well it's Mother's Day and I can do what ever I want today, so.... I decided to post some pictures from Art and Soul in Hampton. My first day of class was with Stephanie Rubiano, Bedazzling Butterflies, this class was awesome and one of my all time favorites! My other favorite class was my "Girl...