PAINTING AND CRAFT BOOKS FOR SALE!

Painting and Craft Books for sale

just click on the link below

blessmybiscuits

A Great Freaky Foodie book for Halloween! 

On sale now for $3.00 plus shipping. 

I have so many good resources that I have collected over

the years. I would like to pass my books onto others 

who may enjoy them like I did. I have to find homes

for these. Please browse my etsy store

Great Rose painting worksheets!

 I'm telling you, I've Toled and Toled

and learned so much from the Masters. 

And Craft books too.

Hurry to my etsy store to see what I'm listing for sale.

Great bargains.

blessmybiscuits

ESTATE SALE FINDS!

Since we opened the Country Flea Market

we don't get away as often as we like,

but today we escaped and lucked out

upon this estate sale. Whoo Hoo..

Lookie what we found..

 I love love love this neat Vintage

desk from the 60's.

I can just see it in a room in a house

that has a great library or reading room.

It would be great for kids to sit at and read

or do art. 

It's For Sale at the Country Flea Market!

Can't you just see this coffee table 

with a Makeover? It's a great size.

Available Now, but not for long.

This metal bucket is huge. I am not

sure exactly what kind of bucket this

is but the person who sold it

cried having to let it go. It was her grandfathers. I know just how she feels, I

don't like to let go of family heirlooms.

I paid her and ran like Hell.

BWWAAKKKK BWAAAAK BWAAK!!

Getting Ready for Fall and Punkins

I love this time of year.

I love the color Orange and school bus yellow

so this gives me a chance to use those colors a lot. I don't like to start too early because I get tired of the season too quickly.

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

Mz. Chicken Gourd is traveling to Spokane, Washington

Happy, Sad, Happy, Sad...Happy

she SOLD!!

But she is leaving home to go live with her

new owner.

Thanks to foxygirlboutique

who kindly created an etsy treasury

from the farm

I am ever so grateful because I am

sure this is why my chicken gourd got attention.

Now I will go get Mz. Chicken gourd all packed

up for her trip.

SPRING Fever and Sales!

Last weekend I had a Sale at my place.

It was a beautiful weekend and I had a blast

meeting new friends.

I want to do it again soon and have more

Art and Painted wares.

I still have some nice inventory to add to

the next sale.

I love my little faux porch to decorate and 

display around, plus there are some shade

trees back there. The tent helps but the trees

are better.  I guess it's a real porch, but it's not

attached to anything. I think we might build a

shed off the back of it for future sales.

I sold all those screens you see.

I love having outdoor sales like this when

the weather is good. 

 The table above is an old table we rescued

after a storm damaged it. The pedestal base

got broken.  My dear Roo (dear rooster husband)

crafted a base from old doors

(we have enough old doors to have a Door Store)

and then it got another coat of whitish paint-

I used Behr Flat Enamel.  Then I decided

to embellish the top with some designs from 

clear acrylic stamps..I love those! I didn't 

want anything busy so it's just a hint of

a darker color than the base color.

I used Minwax Paste wax to polish it up.

It looks great.

I am a Table a-holic, NO, a Junk-a-holic!

I have a big ol Pole barn and there are lots of

treasures waiting for their day to be transformed.

 The blue dishes look so pretty on the table.

Just in time for an Easter Dinner Gathering.

 Maybe we will have an outdoor Easter

dinner party this weekend.

Or if You come buy this table, You

can have your own dinner party,

Table, Dishes and all.

Some of My latest Projects

My inspiration has been preoccupied 

but Now I am getting back into creating.

So, I went out to the barn to gather

all my fun projects and snap a picture.

Some of these things are for sale,

My original Art can be seen here

on my picasa web albums.

Some of these things in the picture above

are for sale on my online flea market-

http://blessmybiscuits.etsy.com

Internet connection problems have a lot

to do with my ability to connect to my

art friends and inspirations. Grrrr..

For this reason I have to try to keep my

online biz simple. It's all on this blog.

What is does your inspiration come from?

I would love to know.

Mine comes from nature, wildlife, things that grow,

shopping garage sales and junk/antique shops.

I love to see what other folks do with their things.

It is amazing how many different ways there are

to recycle things into works of useful items

or fine works of art.

ReCycle, ReUse, and RePurpose

and

BE CREATIVE!

Looking for Spring

 GOT GARDEN JUNK?

Spring is not that far away.

I found these candle holders on a steel rod

but the holders were wood and rotten. So, we glued some glass pieces onto the rods,

and screwed some little old alumninum coffee pots onto a few. Now we can add t-lights

for a nice effect at night to make

my herb garden glow.

I poked holes in the bottom of the

aluminum pots so they could drain

after rain.

I LOVE GARDEN JUNK!

YARD SALE FINDS!

 

Ostrich Boots for Him $5.00, Hat for ME $1.00

Skilsaw $20, Folk Art Felting Book $2

Stamping book $3.00, Kitchen Plus Food chopper $2.00

 

Check out this hat, it has a 7" brim.

Great for those sunny days mowing the yard.

 

Longhorns hat $1.00, 

Industrial Work Knee Pads $1.00

knife, scraper, pruning scissors, putty knife $2.00 total

 

We have one of these but just the 

plain jane chopper.

This one includes all the other gadgets.

I like to make pico de gallo with mine.

And it's great for chopping stuff in a jiffy.

 Bargain of the day, Organizer for my paints

.75 cents!!!!!!

I love Bargains, don't you?