Turning the ugly into the beautiful…or…even uglier…depends on your mindset. I like finding objects that have been discarded or stashed in someone's attic because they just don't know what to do with it…like those Christmas gifts from Aunt Agnes. The Elephant head sconce was a pair (yeeks) given to a friend of mine many years ago…I said…
Handmade lavender paper from recycled magazines, junk mail and catalogs. Background: Mixed media, collage, drawing and writing on board.
These scissors were inspired by the January/February 2012 cover and article entitled Running with Scissors by June Pfaff Daley. I made 18 pair for a quilting retreat and everyone loved them. I used acrylic paints and alcohol inks, along with various embellishments. They look great hanging in your studio or displayed in a shadow box.
Deep Sea, whitecaps, sky and clouds …. this rug is woven on a warp of off white and dark blue cotton, with old t-shirts, strips of leftover quilting fabric, and bits of an old fleece sweater, perhaps worn while searching for shells on a beach like this some foggy morning. There is just a little…
In Gulfport, MS I found a piece of driftwood at an estate sale that looked like a pair of closed angel wings – I felt like I won the lottery! I knew what I wanted it to look like and it took awhile for me to find the companion pieces and for them to fall…
I love this book. You can't see all the pictures but the spine is a vintage red velvet upholstery material. Supplies: Vintage Red Velvet material / White linen cord / Box of red decked Strathmore cards and envelopes / burning tool. The covers are chip board inserted into an envelope and glued to the spine. …
Cares and Woes (C&W for short) is 12" tall and is for the person who jots things down on scraps of paper. For those of us that don't journal this is a place to drop notes, thoughts and concerns. There's a slot in the back of the body for the scraps of paper. The lid…
Cares and Woes (C&W for short) is 12" tall and is for the person who jots things down on scraps of paper. For those of us that don't journal this is a place to drop notes, thoughts and concerns. There's a slot in the back of the body for the scraps of paper. The lid…
OK – At a yard sale last year I found some old metal fuse boxes (1 1/2" x 1 1/2") with clear plastic covers that slid out to access the small fuses. I also found a tiny person (3/4") with a ball in her raised hands – in pretty bad shape. The definition for "fairy"…
My sewing frame: My intention was to use materials I had on hand. I already had the folding chess set box that had been purchased at a flea market. It's hinged, hand made to hold chess pieces (I made a pendant out of the queen but that's another story). The wood pieces were from a…
