Trash 2 Treasure Cont...

The chair that my neighbor put out in the alley to be collected as trash, my mom and I decided just had to much character  and that it would make a perfect treasure for my studio. Yes, it's true, I can hardly believe it myself. I dragged someones trash from the alley into my back yard. And there it stayed for the longest time. My neighbor is probably thinking at this time "oh great...i'm living next to the trash collecting girl" LOL.
I have to admit after 4 months I began to doubt it would ever get done..I almost took it back to the alley, but last week it finally got completed!

I'm really excited with how it turned out. So THANKS! to my Mom, because I am clueless when it comes to recovering a chair, and thanks to my Aunt Deb who also came over to help out with the project. No one is a professoinal here, but over all it turned out super sweet and fits in perfect for my studio! (Which I hope to also be photographing in the near future and blogging). And it is surprisingly comfortable so if anyone wants to come work in my studio for an afternoon I now have a chair for them to sit in!

HUGE $350.00 Bead Giveaway - HURRY June 26th Drawing

Denise is giving away a HUGE stash of beads. Absolutely beautiful arrangement of beads from her own stash that she will be giving away to either 1 or 6 person. It hasn't been decided. You can give her your opinion. I voted for 6 because there were so many beautiful beads to go around. Go check it out and put your name in for the drawing.

 http://deniseyezbakmoore.blogspot.com/2010/06/best-bead-give-way-ever.html

I'm changing my look...and my shop name...coming soon :)

A Work In Progress

just a few pics of a project i'm working on, and an idea of my work space.  I always have several projects going on at any any given time, plus my journals full of projects I want to do, but this is the one that is getting most of my attention.

Something to Bark About

While reading Julie's blog (julie haymaker thompson) I see that she was asked to create a piece of artwork for A Place To Bark. (A Place to Bark ... and Meow) Congrats Julie!! I'm always excited about anything that helps out our furry lil friends.

Everything is just Ducky!

 Lots on my mind today, just can't seem to get any of it down on a blog. So I thought I would share a simple photo of this cute duck kept chasing me in the park and just staring up into my camera. I felt bad I didn't have any bird seed for him. He was funny and cute.  He made me laugh. I love anything that makes me laugh :)

Beads Galore!

I went shopping today at Beads Galore for their 40% sale. For anyone not local that isn't familiar you can find them at www.beadsgalore.com. There is a picture of their store on their home page.  The place is insanely huge. So much so that I have to mentally prepare myself before I go in. Make a mental list, and stick to it. The first time I went I wasn't prepared and came out with a huge bill and a lot of stuff I hadn't intended on buying. As fun as it is to buy and have beads, none of us can afford to do that. So if you do go to the store, and I recommend you do, go with a list in mind. I went with my color palette and seed beads in mind, and for the most part I got just that. I only got two or three things that weren't on my  list, and well, they were little bird beads which I don't believe any beader could resist :)


So here are all my fun super colorful beads I found. I am so excited to start using them I can't hardly stand it. I always feel like such a kid in a candy store when I go to a bead store. And of course all afternoon and evening I can't help but to keep going back to the basket that is temporarily holding my loot, and going through all the beads again. Individually picking up each bag time and time again. Okay, I confess. I'm a bead addict.