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LeeLuCreations on ArtFire creates some pretty cool jewelry along with bobbies and barrettes.

I don't wear yellow - I love yellow but it doesn't look good on me, but I still love these adorable Hello Yellow Earrings

Oh, it's a Peter Cottontail Locket Necklace!!! Too Cute!

There's just something about these cute little  He Thinks My Tractors Sexy Hair Pins that makes me almost want to buy them!  (except I just bought a cool pair of steampunk earrings! June's "play" money is all gone!)

I actually do know a couple of guys that would think those are really cool!
I bet you do too!





Our littlesister/littlebrother tag-a-longs:

PattyAnn with lots of vintage treasures and some of her own hats & an apron.  I love this Vintage White Linen Tea Jacket

me! lisianblue, I currently have some of my stained glass, painted glass, and some of my hand painted ornaments.  This Butterflies and  Hibiscus Flowers Ornament is one of my favorites.

and Wyverndesigns with some pretty cool polymer clay creations, home decor, hand knit & crocheted items and more, check out these adorable Pink Ladybug Buttons

Now, we all know ladybugs are red, right!  But that's the awsome thing about "handmade" you can get such creative items!

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Spring Delights

Every now and then, I come up with one that just sort of out does all the others. I think I do some pretty cool ornaments, but this violet one - is really awesome. The pictures really don't quite capture the beauty of this, and of course it only shows a part of all the violets.

Years ago, a friend of mine starting hanging ornaments around her house. Not all of them, just certain favorite ones. She has some in the windows, a few hanging from ornament stands on a couple of tables, and some in plants. I thought what a neat idea. I don't have as large of a house, in fact I have a one bedroom apt. I now hang a few favorite ones in my livingroom window, and I have few hanging from the ceiling near the heater vent. And as soon as I have some plants outside, I'm going to put some of my small ones out. If they get dirty, that's ok, they are washable.

They really do add a nice decorative touch.

New Things

Between battling a bug for the past week and being sleep deprived at the same time, I've managed to get a few things done. Also been searching for suppliers - good grief - even with google it still takes hours! - not exactly what I was looking for, but some new ideas and some cool sites!
Working on some new items. More new items to come - hopefully within a few weeks - waiting for supplies!

Meanwhile, I did finish this art nouveau iris suncatcher - not wild about the way the background turned sort of yellowish - it's actually a pearl white paint - no, it's not the camera - it really does look yellowish - but pretty happy with it otherwise!

Valentine Splendor

Title links to my new shop on Art Fire.

This ornament is called "Valentine Splendor" - sort of like getting 2 ornaments in one - each ornament has a different design on each side.

I wasn't really planning to do Valentine ornaments, but then I found these lovely little ornaments and well, I just had to................................................

And after visiting a few other blogs, I noticed this new site called Art Fire - checked it out and thought I would give it a try. So far I really like it! The page for listing new items is sooooooooooooooooooooo easy to navigate through. It's all on one page! And you can put 10 pictures of an item if you want! I haven't put that many yet - but it's nice to be able to put more than 5 if you want.

Come check out my new shop! I'm not abandoning etsy yet - but I sort of like the idea that I can list as many items as I want and pay the same amount every month, and no other fees! That's it - except to PayPal of course.

So, I don't know if this works if I don't e-mail this to people, but if you sign up for the $7./mo fee (for life) and be sure to let them know I refered you - then I can get it for free! How cool is that!
You can too Register on ArtFire.com

Have A Heart

A Valentines Heart that is!

This one is called "Hearts and Flowers" a Celtic heart on one side and a red and pink flower on the other!

So, I've managed to get quite a bit done in the re-organizing and de-cluttering job - still more to do though! Amazing how much I've collected in the 7 years I've been here.

I've also managed to get a few new ornaments painted. I wasn't really planning on doing anything for Valentines day, but then I found some ornaments at a couple of stores around here.

I'm getting them listed a little late - but we'll see what happens.

I opened a new shop on ArtFire - I sort of like the flat rate fee, and the product listing page is sooooo convenient with everything on one page!

I debated on signing up and paying for it already - could have tried it out for free I guess, but decided that the $7.00/mo was worth it - no matter how many listings you put on there!

We'll see what happens.

Check it out! The Title of this blog links to my new shop!

New Christmas Ornaments & Boxes

I decided to make some little boxes for my ornaments other than the decorated 6 - sided gift boxes.

These boxes are just simple boxes made out of posterboard with wrapping paper adhered to it.

Each box is individually measured - (thinking of making a template) - then cut out and scored. Then I glue the paper to it and fold it and glue the side edge and bottom edge. They're still a bit rough - but am figuring out what I'm doing wrong.

Not all wrapping paper is created equally! Some of it rips after being glued to the posterboard and folded! Very frustrating! If all goes well, I can make about 2 boxes in an hour.

Making a template seems like a good idea - just have to figure out the best way to do it - since the box needs to be scored inside before folding it. Right now, I have 3 different size boxes - but that will change - need to add at least one more size. And, the ones I have may get adjusted. Most of the ornaments that I have listed so far were done or started several years ago.

I'm working on new ones - if I can stay off the computer long enough to finish some of them they will be up soon.

These are 2 of my newer ones. The Fetish Bear ornament has 2 bears on it, and The Red Floral Ornament turned out quite nice and has these candy apple red floral swirls all over that I actually managed to freehand with the paint.

Oh yeah, they will all have gift tags too!

Title of this post links to my etsy shop!