New Repurposed ART to share....

......over on my ARTful Salvage Blog. We are doing a big show this weekend. Hop over and take a peek! :)

Yes I am still alive....

.....sometimes life just takes over and refuses to let you breathe 'ya know??  Some good, some bad.....but we'll focus on the good!! I have been working feverishly on the new business, "ARTful Salvage." I have posted a few more of the 60+ totems and bird feeders I have been making on my Salvage blog. Please check it out if you have time!!

Today is Wonder Boy's 22nd birthday. Wow!!  How did that happen??  Geesh!!  Wasn't he just going for his first day of preschool? :::sigh::: We will have his party later on tonight (you know....after normal people have slept and gone about their day). But I wanted to share one of his gifts. He asked for a WOW card (World of Warcraft).....but that seemed to easy for me and definitely not any fun. I like to make gifts special (and time consuming).....LOL  So, I made him a crepe paper gift ball. Basically you buy some crepe paper streamers and choose what you wish to add. You have to work backwards if you have an order or words to include. You need to wrap the last giftie to open first.

Here is the stash and the supplies. :::smiles:::

I use half of a roll of streamers at a time.....and then switch colors. I finished up with the really cool "Happy Birthday" print streamers I found at Dollar Tree. I decided to give him the $$ in dollar bills just to be cheeky!!  I interspersed them with some candy.

Here is the finished ball (Mt. Dew can is to give you an idea of the size). This ball is heavy!!  LOL  I cannot wait to give this to him. :::smiles:::

So, I'll share more on his B'day later. Don't forget to check out ARTful Salvage! I'd LOVE to hear what you think.

Repurposed garage sale mirror into garden ART....

....if want to see how this lowly garage sale mirror turns into a garden Beauty Queen check out my repurposing blog: ARTfulSalvage

Introducing [ARTful] Salvage.....my new blog

Just wanted to introduce you to my newest blog: [ARTful] Salvage. She was born of my love for repurposing, creating and salvaging. Please stop by and check her out and say hi!! :) I have shared many of my newest pieces of glass Garden ART, we are calling "A Touch of Glass.' Tomorrow I will be sharing our experiences of our first Farmer's Market show!! Hope to see you there!! :::smiles::: This is my repurposed and salvaged sign. I took an old cabinet door, turned it on it's side and cut letters from black vinyl with the Cricut. The backing is an old, time-worn quilt and some vintage ivory buttons. I can't tell you how thrilled I am with how it turned out. I especially like that isn't perfect and that the glass is cracked!!  :)

Everything's coming up Totems this Spring....

....I think I have "Totem Fever"!! LOL
I have finished up a few more Totems to share!! Enjoy!!

Glass Garden Totems and more....

I have been working all weekend on making some new Glass Garden Totems and Garden ART. I have 13 totems finished, or nearly finished and I made 2 bird feeders and 2 mushrooms. Thought I would share a few of them here today and the rest later. All totems are made from glass purchased at yard sales and thrift stores or given to me. Hope you enjoy them!! :)

Close up of one of my faves.....love the gold rimmed bowl!!

Mushrooms

Bird Feeder - I made 2 of these.

Garage Sale finds from Saturday.....

These are 2 of my finds from an estate sale (Which was WAY overpriced btw). So annoying!! I did get a deck of these nice gold playing cards for ART and this awesome vintage box of rice paper cocktail napkins.

.....we had fun out and about today. We found some goodies for the garden, including a rooster weather vane, a large rusty metal planter and a wonderful cream colored bird feeder with hummingbird.

Blue Glass Garden Totem

I have a friend who has made several of these and I think they are great!! I decided I needed to make one for a gift. We had River Town Days this weekend and a huge garage sale down at the river. I was able to acquire the egg finial and the gorgeous blue vase their for just $3 total!! :::smiles::: The blue wine bottles we have um a "few" of. :) It is our fave wine. The glass stones are also something I had here along with the clear glass daisy plate. It was too much fun. I used "Liquid Nails Clear Seal" Sealant in a tube http://www.liquidnails.com/products/product.jsp?productId=4
for the stones and E6000 glue http://www.biosafe-inc.com/e6000Industrial.htm to bond the pieces. When it gets to it's new home it will be mounted with the E6000 to a piece of rebar. I hope my recipient likes it. I am totally happy with how it came out!! When I make the next ones for our garden I will take step by step pics and share!! Enjoy!!