I won the Art lottery

On my B-muse art group we have a bi-weekly art lottery...there is a theme and when the deadline comes a name is chosen and that person wins all of the art cards...well............My name was chosen Sat. and I have a lot of great ATC's coming my way, the theme was Asian....I am so excited about this...

Brenda

Garden Art from Re-cycled Junk!

If you click on the title it will take you to the blog craft critique,where she is having a contest for altered.. art......

Brenda


This is a bowling ball I sprayed painted it purple and then used GE11 silicone glue and put mirrors and half marbles, and dragonflies....coated it wil clear sealer...BB, I found in thrift store for 1.00, the stand at yard sale for .50...I sprayed painted the ash tray stand and also tood off the handle..
This is "Fanny", my Flamingo bowling ball, she has rebar for legs and painted pink, cover the BB with clear half marbles...found the gooseneck lamp at the thrift store for 1.00 and took it apart and turned the shade part around to look like a beak...lol...She was so fun to make and also a great conversation piece...
This is an old toaster I found and took bottom off and took out the insides, replaced the bottom, filled with dirt and planted with mexican heather...
This is a old chandlier that I "curb shopped" and took apart, painted and glued on the white cups (found at TS)....its hanging in a tree in the backyard, the birds drink out of it...

This is my favorite piece of Garden Art Junk!! I got the vent turban at a yard sale for 3.00, primed it and painted with Patio paints in different colors....DH got the 4x4 and put it in the ground for me and attached the turban, then we put long slanted nails in the 4x4 for my bottle tree.when the winds blows, the turban goes around...its really cool....on the fence in the back is a recycled fan blade I painted and put up.......

Hope you have enjoyed the tour!

I am doing this for a contest.....please comment or critique!

New ATC

I did this stamped ATC for a new art group for newbies I am in......I really like the group and think I amy have found a group I can play in and not think my art isn't good enough....

Click on the title to check out the new Art Group for Newbies..



Brenda

TIPSY POTS

I love my Tipsy Pots, I just planted them today....They will look even better when the plants start to grow and trail....I used trailing petunias and trailing Lobelia.....On the top pot I put a Vinca....
Brenda

Browsing Antique Stores

A friend and I went to a small town yesterday and we had lunch at a very nice sidewalk cafe there.....and we also shared a slice of homemade lemon meringue pie, yummy, it was still slightly warm....
then we walked around the antique stores, I love browsing and finding things I remember seeing when I was young...I only bought these 2 bowls...the pattern is one my grandmother had when I was growing up..I already had a few pieces of it that I have collected...so I just had to get these 2 bowls and add to my collection..and I like that they are very shabby chic looking too.......the lower picture is of a cabinet that was my grandmother's, and I repainted it and added new hardware.....As you can see I love green and pink....I love collecting cookie cutters and other utensils with green handles.....
Brenda

ATC's for B-muse group!

This is Mysterious Mona....I created
her for the B-muse yahoo group weekly challenge
and the theme was Leonardo Davinci........

This is my Geisha Girl created for the

B-muse groups bi-weekly lottery and the theme is:

Asian!..the background is from and envelope, then

covered with a used dryer sheet..the image is on water

color paper, then colored with twinkling H2o's!

Brenda

Crafting Away!!

Hubby caught me deep in thought at my "messy" craft table!!
Brenda

A POEM ABOUT OUR GIRLFRIENDS

Someone will always be prettier.
Some will always be smarter.
Some of their houses will be bigger.
Some will drive a better car.
Their children will do better in school.
And their husband will fix more things around the house.

So let it go, and love you and your circumstances.
Think about it!
The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart.
And the most highly favored
woman on your job may be unable to have children.
And the richest woman you know,
she's got the car, the house, the clothes....
might be lonely.

And the word says, "If I have not Love, I am nothing."
So, again, love you.
Love who you are.
Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say,

"I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed, to be disappointed!"
"Winners make things happen --
Losers let things happen."

Be "blessed" ladies..... and pass this on to encourage another woman.

ATC

Poppy Bears!

this is an ATC made for the b-muse groups challenge of the week...

Brenda

HAPPY EASTER!!!!!

Happy Easter to everyone!!!.....Hope everyone has a EGGxelant Day!!

Brenda

Atc's..........

Fairy Queen for a Day!

Dragonfly!

Dragonfly Dreams!

Namaste!

just a few of the recent ATC's I created.....

Brenda

My Prize

This is the fantastic prize I won from Debroah...

click on the pic to see the detail on the bracelet.

It is paper rolled up and with beads, and the puzzle charm is so cute..I just love them...

This was a fun giveaway!

Brenda