playing with dolls

French Cupboard is having a altered art party - where you showcase some art that you have altered. I thought i'd show off some photos of some of the necklaces i have created using the old German Charlotte dolls.

flea market friday - join in!

Hi and welcome to flea market friday. Feel free to show off our cool vintage finds from the flea market, garage sale, thrift or antique store.

the rules of participation:

1) you don't have to have to go to a flea market on friday - you can show off any wonderful treasures that you have found any time while at the flea market, junking antiquing or thrift store.
2) please mention Lemoncholy's Flight of Fancy's Flea Market Friday in your blog post and link back to this post.
3) this is a blog hop to meet other bloggers, so please no links if you are just trying to advertise your site. if you'd like to talk to me about sponsoring your flea market website, feel free to email me.



for those who know me, you know I love my hats! I have been waiting to find a top hat that would fit me- so i was so excited to find this today. I'm going to give it some serious flair. I'm thinking feathers, bling, flowers, etc. can't wait to work on it.

this vintage brooch is my favorite find



delicious bling



this tiny revolver will look really fun in a necklace



someone made these tiny little tiles. on the back they say "handpainted by Natalie"



found these nicely worn cowboy boots for $20.



jeff and i found this column for $45. i thought i'd use it as a jewelry display at shows
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and occasionally i'll run into a pal or two at the flea market. here's Beth of Gypsy Fish Studio and I having some early morning tea.

don't forget

don't forget that tomorrow is flea market friday.
feel free to show off our cool vintage finds from the flea market, garage sale, thrift or antique store.

the rules of participation:

1) you don't have to have gone to a flea market on friday - you can show off any wonderful treasures that you have found any time while at the flea market, junking antiquing or thrift store.
2) please mention Lemoncholy's Flight of Fancy's Flea Market Friday in your blog post and link back to this post.
3) this is a blog hop to meet other bloggers, so please no links if you are just trying to advertise your site. if you'd like to talk to me about sponsoring your flea market website, feel free to email me.

*see you tomorrow!

Art is...you, the East Coast Art Retreat

Your hostess's, Ellen and Sallianne
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Have you heard about the east coast art retreat, Art is...You? The event is taking place in October at The Danbury Plaza Hotel in Danbury, Connecticut. The dates are Oct. 7-12. I will be teaching 3 classes there along with many other very talented instructors. you can find all the workshops being offered here. It's not too late to join in on the fun!

here are a few of the workshops that are being taught:

"There's no place like home" with Jenny and Aaron
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"Icons and Angels" with Pamela Hastings
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Etching with Keith Lo Bue
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"Almost Home" with Taryn, Robin & Rachel
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"Waxing Wonders" with Suze Weinberg
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"Souvenirs de ma Vie" with kecia deveney (me!)
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"I love mudcakes" with Laurie Meseroll
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"Chunky Loteria Cards" with Michael de Meng
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"The keeper of secret and dreams" with Lesley Venable
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"Fairy Album" with Pamela Huntington

design on a dime

this is the back of our house. it's kind of ugly to me; not landscaped, dead grass, tree stumps, etc. we were suppose to do an addition back here, but you know how that goes. but it's not something i really want to stare at ya know? so i decided to create a natural barrier to create privacy and so i wouldn't have to look at this "dead space".

i took an old picnic table bench and then i potted some bushes (have no idea what they are). i put 3 of the pots on top of the bench and then 2 of them of each side and viola! a nice little privacy wall. recently we had to repot all the bushes, so i thought i'd take photos to show what a difference some greenery can make.

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and here is a precious picture of miss lilly (my himalayan princess!) who was sitting on a bench leaning over these coneflowers as if she were smelling them. notice her little paws curled up underneath her. so cute!

Cape May for the day

yesterday i drove down to Cape May (furthest southern point in New Jersey), a charming Victorian town on the water. Jane was staying there for the weekend with her daughter Claudia and her sister Jenn. We had a wonderful day (albeit a SWELTERING hot one at over 100 degrees). we spent alot of time in the water or under the umbrellas. we took a nice walk and even found ourselves a few heart shape rocks.

when we had enough of the heat on the beach, we headed back to their hotel to jump in the pool for awhile. the pool water was warm, but it felt good to cool down (since i won't go past my knees in the ocean - too cold for me!)

after we all showered up, we did a little shopping and then enjoy a delicious Italian dinner. Then it was time for me to head home (Jane generously invited me to stay over, but i am so anti-traffic that the thought of getting trapped in Sunday traffic persuaded me otherwise!) I got home around 12:30am, read for a little bit and then hit the hay.






















update - this is fun, i found one of my photos on this blog today:
http://bloggingcapemay.blogspot.com

flea market friday - join in!

hi and welcome to flea market friday where we show off our cool vintage finds from the flea market, garage sale, thrift or antique store. feel free to join in with us. there aren't many rules and you don't have to go to the flea market on a friday! just show us things you have found in your second hand treasure hunts. also, if you would be so kind, i'd really appreciate it if you link your blog post back to mine.



huge bag of seed beads and trim

anyone know what kind of ribbon this is? i thought i'd make some flowers with it and sell some (of the ribbon) at The Creative Connection, where i will be vending handmade and vintage finds.

more ooglicious bling

isn't this the sweetest dollie?

this is a homemade, steampunky, assemblage clock (nonworking). it is really cool and a lot of thought went into it. i wish i knew more about it or who made it. but the price was great - $15