UpCycled VINTAGE CREATIONS

I love Vintage everything. I seem 

to collect dishes, bottles,

silverplated pieces

vintage silverware glass,brass or 

wood candle holders.

I have seen where people glue dishes 

and candle holders as pedestals

to make a 3 tier candy dish or 

display piece for things.

I gathered my favorite things and glued 

them together and made these three display 

pieces. I love the way they turned out.

  The use of pedestal glassware, 

old china and candle stick holders,

(brass, wood, or glass)

an old lamp base, and a metal salt shaker without a lid

makes these all unique.

My favorite one is the lamp base with

the glass pieces between and a metal

piece, and I love leaving the top

piece as a flower bud vase. 

If you leave the top plate bare,

it's a Cake Stand.

So many ways to create with 

vintage pieces.

I love to see these around the house. 

I think they would be good to use as a 

jewelry holder and display.

Or have a tea party and serve little

petit fours, cookies

and sandwiches, or cupcakes.

It's a good way to make use of your Grandmother's old china and knick knacks.

Here is the glue I used. I got

it at Walmart.

There are many Goop brand glues

for different things. This is really

tacky and sticks instantly, but

takes 24 hours or longer to completely

dry and be strong.

VENTILATE wherever you use this glue.

Or any glue for that matter.

Have fun with your gluing projects,

and go make something Pretty Now!

BUG OFF! Painted Bug Sprayer

When I was a kid in New Mexico, my Mother would use a pump sprayer toward the ceiling to keep the skeeters away, while we hid under the covers. Mosquitos were fierce because we had a water cooler, 

not A.C.

 

I thought about those days as a kid when I painted this old bug sprayer as it got

new life as Art

with a whimsical loosey goosey style.

In Bedias,Texas, where I later grew up, 

we had these little red bugs called

'CHIGGERS'.

Chiggers will get in your underwear

elastic and hide til they are ready

to chomp on you. They itch like crazy!

My Grandmother's remedy was to eat

a spoonful of sugar with a drop of 

eucalyptus oil in it..YUK!

I'd rather itch! 

Spray Me with Bug Spray instead!

I love this colorful style of

painting. Let me go see what else I

can paint some fun whimsical designs on.

see ya later...

Suzie Cackleblossums

NEW FALL ENDEAVORS

I have a fire under me to get lots of Fall Art Decor and Junk
Rejuvenated for my Fall Show coming up in Oct, on the 1st and 2nd.

The location of the show has a back porch as an entrance, so I have
named our function 'Back Porch Society' I am so Eggxited! I'm offering a Gourd Painting Workshop-'PHUNKY PUNKINS' on Friday, Oct.1.
The Salem Fire Department Recreation Hall here in Brenham,Tx. is where
my show and workshop will be. I have a few friends becoming vendors with me
which is making this a Lot more fun. It seems that Junk and Vintage wares
and Art is very popular in my neck of the woods.

I am busy working on lots of inventory for the show..the date I have booked
falls on the last weekend of the Round Top/Warrenton,Tx. Antique shows.
Besides rejuvenated junk into art items, I have some antique dishes and
great finds to show and sell-like these wonderful watermelon plates.
There are 6 of them and they are in excellent condtion.




If you're passing thru Brenham please stop by Salem Fire Dept. Hall to visit
us.

Trade Days in Fayetteville, Texas

Fayetteville,Texas has the neatest little town square you've ever seen.
Once a year, they have a City Wide Garage Sale. The city population is
261. Don't let that fool ya! People flock there on that day. Also they
have a monthly trade days for art/antiques/crafts, etc.. Every 2nd
Saturday. The combination of the two draw lots of folks to this little
downtown square.
My dear friend, Dottie, told me about this little show. She had set up
before there and sold really good. Dottie is an artist I met at Brenham
Flea Market. We became instant friends the first day we met. David
and I decided Thursday that we would work on things to take Saturday.

The first pic here is some wire mesh wall hanging planters we made.
We grow this malabar spinach and this was a great way to show and sell
it. It was a big hit. I sold all the wire mesh planters!


I painted a few wares too. This next pic is a metal water can that I did my
Red Toile designs on. I love the toile on everything now..I am the toile
Queen now! I have gone Toile Crazy! It is available and I'll take it
to our Farmers Market in Brenham on Saturday.


Here's a little overall shot of my booth.

I love Vintage Kitchen wares. I collect a few, then sell, collect more,
you get the idea? Here's a shot:

This is the Courthouse on the square at Fayetteville. It is a painting
waiting to happen.

It was a HOT day in Fayetteville, but we were in the shady yard of the
Courthouse square most of the day.
You can see more photos of my booth and if you go to my picasa web album

See what I've been working on

Here's my sweet Roo, Dave.. we hauled our new wares up to
the Brenham Flea Market on Friday.

Planter boxes, Plant chair, Wall hanging Fall decor.

I could not do this stuff without the help of my
Right Hand Man!!
Happy Birthday Dave, Aug. 16th!

This chair is my favorite...I love the old faded green. There was a hole
in the chair, just calling for a pot.

You can find these neat items for sale at the Brenham Flea Market.