L@@KIE what just flew in....

We have been busy this Spring. We are working fast and furious on so many awesome ideas and projects that we are just bursting at the seams. ARTful Salvage is going to be taking off in a BIG new direction! Stay tuned for our BIG Announcement coming soon in April 2012. In the mean time: L@@KIE what just flew in to our Etsy shop! It is my newest piece, titled: "The Chit Chat Club." More details and purchase info on the ARTFUL Salvage blog. Please stop by, give us your feedback and share with your family, friends and contacts! Thanks so much!

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!!  :)

Garage Sale goodies from today....

....well, garage sale season is getting back in swing here in the Deep South.

Today brought us a few mixed goodies. We spent a grand total of $15 and got all these nifty new additions to "Our Work in Progress" aka our house.

First up Hubs snagged this cool gate for $5. It will either be in the garden or used for jewelry display for sales.

He also found this great folding black iron garden chair, for $3. I like that it has palm trees and pirate ships on it. We wished there had been a pair!! :::Sigh:::

Next I found this awesome beveled glass window, for $4. We are dismantling it and re-framing it in a wooden frame.

I really liked this gorgeous $2 frame which will make it's way to the Ancestors Display Shelf above my computer desk.

Rounding out our haul was a 3 tier metal rack for the studio worktable for .75 and a set of fancy bottle stoppers, for a quarter, that will go for my glass totems. You can see 2 of my faves here and here.