Happy belated Thansgiving!

I hope you all had a very nice Thanksgiving - we had a nice and quiet day. We all ate too much and then relaxed all day. The boys got out my tree for me and today we have been doing a little bit of decorating.

My holiday decorating style is mostly vintage treasures found throughout my years of flea marketing.

these are some lovely mercury glass beads and a wreath that i bartered with my friend, Cheryl for. it has a Charlotte doll on it and while i have plenty of those dolls, this doll is very pretty! (don't mind Gracie's tennis ball in the picture!)

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this is a manzanita branch that i cemented inside this green pot. i put it on my table and then hung a variety of vintage items from it. it is very hodepodey, but yet, looks simple and charming. it was hard to photograph in front of the window, but i think you get the gist. You could do something similar with a branch from the yard. It's great for areas that need something.....

tomorrow i will post another easy holiday decorating project

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this is my Al-Turn-A-Tree (think alternative....) - She's a cute doll that i rescued from the flea market (well, i think she's cute!) and i assembled her into a tomato cage which i decorated with all vintage items. I know some people find these dolls creepy, but she really looks very pretty all lit up in her glory! i have her in my studio.

I'm still working on my big tree, so i'll post pics of that later!

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and this is strictly promo, just an fyi that i have actually updated my etsy shoppe (gasp!) i have a few holiday headbands left and am slowly adding some of the many things that should have been added while ago!

update: "Life" necklace - SOLD

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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.

Acceptance

here's a doll i just finished that is going out as a gift for a fellow artist. i'd like to see this artist get a little break from the hardships she has had to endure lately.

wow, a sunny day in New Jersey!

we had a nice day today here at the Jersey shore - and let me tell you that means something! it has been cold, rainy, cloudy, windy, gray and we are all tired of it! so jeff and i headed out to a flea market after getting tuck on the bus. we went to a different flea market, this one is further away and we got a little lost. but that's okay, it was a nice enough day to be out driving in the sun that we didn't mind. although i did have to finally call my friend, Abbie, for the flea market address so that i could program my GPS. thanks Abbie, glad you were home! while pursuing all the wares, i came across this darling woman. her name is Michelle and she was more than thrilled when i asked her if i could take her photo. don't you love her spunk? and check out her pin!

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at another booth, we came across this darling little doggie being carted around in a little pup sack. her name is Zora and she is a therapy dog. she was there with her doggie sister, but can't remember her name.

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here is some of the loot i came home with:

great findings for jewelry

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awesome old medal

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wonderful Charlotte doll

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old pictures - these are little though, about 2/34" long x 2"wide

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vintage sterling teething rings. cool, huh?

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