Found these great 1950's picnic baskets.  I love taking a picnic basket places and this is such a fun way to travel.  I take mine to the park, the beach, on hikes and even to a friends house when asked to bring a covered dish....

Love Endures Wooden Cross

Found some scrap wood from a previous project that was almost a cross. A little transformation  and here is what  I came up with. 

The Urgent vs: The Important

Why is that the urgent takes up so much of our time that we never get to the important?  I wish my art gift was photography.  So I would always have a camera in my hand and would capture all the important moments.  My middle child just turned 16.  I had a big dinner party for him with 15 guests.  It was great! But I dont have ONE single picture!  It seems time is slipping by so fast I take a breath and its gone. 
When I became a single mom I was thrown back into the workplace.  I started off waitressing, moved into restaurant management and then back to waitressing.  I always believed that my true passion, art, would take over and supply my financial needs.  That was SIX years ago!  Where has the time gone?  How does one do it all?  How do we find time for the important amidst all the urgent?  I know I have to do something different or before I know it six more years will have escaped me.  Not sure where to begin....................

soldered new bottles

soldered bottles

Kids are back to school, it's a million degrees outside and finally I am posting some new art to my blog.  So much for keeping up with it once a week! 

I found some really cool old bottles at an antique "junk store"  I knew I had to do something with them.  But old bottles are kind of rare to find here in the desert.  So I didnt stop there.  Why not use not so old bottles and turn them into something too! 

tooth fairy box

I made a little girls tooth fairy box.  I painted a fairy sleeping on the top of the box and glittered her wings.  It's just the right size with two compartments inside.  One to hold the tooth and the other a little letter for the tooth fairy and a place to leave the money.

Creative Junking

Well, have had a sick kid, so not much new created.  Did get a chance to do some junk shopping today.  Found some cool old bottles and thinking could make some neat art projects with them.  Maybe message in a bottle or something with soldered crosses on them.  My mind is in create mode, even if I am sitting on the couch with my sick boy.