Memorial Weekend / Long Lost Relatives



Robbie, Mary, Sam, Sharon, & Jay

 

Returning from Poplar Bluff, MO after celebrating  the birthday of Sharon Alexander Swinger.  Happy to be a part of this celebration.  A joyous experience for Sam to finally meet his half sister Sharon and her daughter Mary and son Jay.  Not to mention all of Sharon's friends and extended family.  OMG the food, the laughter, the fun!  Honored all military in our lives past and present esp.

Orval N Alexander and Charlie Swinger 

Mellwood Antiques & Interiors will Open In March

This year the Goss Avenue Antiques and Interiors Closed its doors February.  My mother who had sizeable real estate at Goss opted to move to Mellwood Antiques and Interiors.  It has been a long hard winter painting and finessing the new space.  She has most of the large furniture moved.   New mall is wired and her chandeliers are hung and lit.   Soon as the construction dust settles she will unwrap all her furniture and retrieve boxes of lamps, paintings, etc...from two storage units.   Rumor had it earlier in the week that this weekend the mall would open so we are scrambling.

Happy Family / Marti McGinnis

This past summer I was next to Marti McGinnis at Art in Speed Park.  Marti is such a talent.  She does Whimsy better than anyone!  I have featured Marti's booth and Art Car in earlier posts.  So I was very excited when Marti wanted my painted horse necklace and ear rings.  Then she or it was probably me who said Wanna Trade!!!!  I told her that I LOVE everything she makes so she can send me anything. 

Last week she posted this adorable painting on face book and I loved it but didn't realize it was her impression of my Happy Family until it arrived in the mail yesterday.  Thank You Marti!!!  Every time I look at this wonderful painting it makes me smile.  That it is your impression of me and my family makes me smile more!  You Are The One!

You can find Marti McGinnis at
happyart.com
HappyArtMarti@gmail.com
facebook.com/HappyArtMarti

Eternal Love/ Chalk Art/ Sam Alexander

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Sam has been reading about King Tut so his chalk board greeting to me this morning  was inspired by the King.  He even included our royal dogs.  Note that Bear and Kele are more robust than Zo.   

Installation Art / Robbie Moriarty

 

In our home there is a tiny hall.  It gets a lot of traffic with 3 dogs.  I needed something that was tall and narrow.  I had the head collage.  Just needed to make a body out of found objects.  

Metal Stamping Class / My Studio

 

Susan Abbott and Judy George dropped in my studio for a metal stamping class.  This forced me to organize my studio and learn how to use the metal stamps that I have been collecting.  Yes, I had to go online for tips because there is a learning curve.  We all got the hang of it and completed several projects.  Currently...I am sporting a copper "ROCK ON W/ YOUR BAD SELF"  cuff bracelet.





Embossed Brass Hearts/ Robbie Moriarty

A tray of completed Ear Rings and Pins using some new techniques embossing  and dying the metal.   

My new Tim Holtz Vagabond Machine arrived....So this past week I embossed some brass hearts.  Then the fun begins where color is added to the metal.  The next step is to polish so pigment is removed from the raised areas.  I should have been done....not so fast... they still needed to be beaded to death.  A little bit of a different look for me.  Now on to embossed shamrocks and horses.