My friend, Beth and her gourds

This gourd is done with a wood burning technique and dyes. If you'd
like to know more about this and see Beth's work, visit her blog
http://bethmosier.blogspot.com

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

Light Bulb Angel

You all need to get over to Linda Drake's etsy store and see these angels she makes out of christmas light bulbs..
CLEVER CLEVER CLEVER..I NEVER!!!

My Beautiful White Trash (Treasures)

Remember the pics of the old Singer Sewing cabinet I scored at
a yard sale a few weeks ago.. Well, here are the pics again and
then go down and see pics of how I upcycled it to fit my decor:





It was painted a dark reddish brown anyway. If not,I would maybe not have
white trashed it up. I don't strip unless I have to..I used to strip...ha
I worked at a antique furniture finishing store called 'The Magic Stripper'
in Navasota, Texas a long long time ago..That was when I was young and
stoopid.. and thought I'd love learning how to do this stuff. It was the
hardest work I ever did. I did learn a lot though!

Sometimes Dreams Come True, so DREAM BIG!

Final pic of the finished wall..Oh,except for a some chickens I may add in the front or on the porch later. My friend, Beverlee asked 'Where are the Chickens'? for now this is it.


First I sketched the design on the wall with chalk. The red house with the porch seemed like a great idea.



Next a Giant Sunflower, and the tree trunk..I based those in:


I added whimsy designs with clear acrylic stamps and stencils:


Here's a shot of how it's all coming together:


Had some fun with stencils on my sculptured bushes:


I have not taken photos of the finished wall, but this pic is the last step up to that point..



Check back to see the completed wall.

YARD SALE FINDS REPORT!

Don't you love this sweet bunny! He is a my garden watch bunny now. $2.00!



Check out this family of three,my favorites: Chickens! $20.00 for all three


FIND OF THE DAY!: THIS OLD SINGER SEWING MACHINE! $15.00!


It's sadly painted with a dark brown reddish paint. I might shabby chic it! The seller says it still works! I think it would be cool done in white.


And this shadow box frame clock..$5.00..I'm going to remove the do-daddies in the boxes on each side of the clock, and add family photos. Note-the little sunflower board over to the left...another piece painted by me sometime in the past..rescued and brought home..I'll revive it with color and varnish and It's all mine again..


Lastly: a cool Roto-photo thingy $1.00, tin box of Little Golden books Go Fish cards- 50 cents!, and the yellow place mats also $1.00!

Paint a Paintbrush and Other Texas Wildflowers

To be a member of the website where you can find all of my painting patterns, please
go to this page to read how:

 http://cackleblossums.blogspot.com/p/susan-wymola-designs-for-painting.html

Texas Bluebonnets Free pdf file by Susan Wymola

To learn  how to get the painting pattern and instructions to this design and All my designs
please go to my blog page here:
http://cackleblossums.blogspot.com/p/susan-wymola-designs-for-painting.html

CHICKENS CHICKENS CHICKENS!

The old doors are my latest commission work for a friend. I painted them at her home.

IS THIS THE CUTEST AND SWEETEST GIFT A MOTHER COULD GET?

My baby girl, who is now 37 soon to be 38..sent me this in the mail!
We were supposed to Skype while I opened it, like we did for Christmas
when they opened their gifts from me.
I'm HAPPY SHE DIDN'T SEE ME OPEN IT WHILE WE WERE ON SKYPE, I SQUALLED!
IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. The apron so pretty and girlie, and when I read
what it says, I lost it. It says 'Home is Where Your Mom is'.
Isn't that just the sweetest thing? It was Happy Tears for me..


'HOME IS WHERE YOUR MOM IS'