no button dilemna

well since everything vintage is in, so are the buttons i found in the sewing box at my parents place. i like to believe i put them into good use - into my crafts (common among DIYers). first i did it as pins, but then decided on magnets. well, it's vintage buttons on the trendy pink and brown colors of felt. pretty mainstream, i think. but they ended up looking pretty cute. i am definitely not a sewer, and haven't a clue how to use a sewing machine, but I can stitch here and there. i made a total of nine button-felt magnets.

tick tock part three

this one was actually the first clock i did, and the wood was premade - you know, one of those already shaped and sanded for clock-making. The hearts are handmade paper with pieces of twisted strings in them, and the numbers in 3-D paint - better known as puffy paint.

tick tock part two

now I just finished another clock - this time done with a premade little wooden suitcase. It's about 5.25" long and 3 .5" in height. The movement used in this one is the same size as the one previous (see below) so I didn't have to change the drill bit or anything. The hands, of course, is a bit shorter. I used a leaf stamp in gold but it was smeared while applying the varnish with a foam brush but I think it gives it a unique look. Which is why I didn't add any numbers or dots markers.

tick tock part one

Well, here's something I didn't have in my sketch book of ideas, but it worked out very well. Originally it was a mirror stand. Now it's a clock stand - prototype - and the paint job isn't the best but it works fine and has an interesting look to it. The "head" portion can be adjusted up and down. I have three more and so off I go into the workshop!

meow!

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2006 fall show calendar

ok, here's my schedule:

sept 30 - oct 1 bowc fall bazaar
oct 28 edison hs craft show
nov 11 vienna show
nov 19 fall extravaganza

hope i can create bigger items, as of now i have lots and lots of little items. which is good because people are always looking for holiday stocking stuffers - like on the left, a purse charm made of wood, beads, and an image of a woman, using a woodburner.

living for art

As I start this off, I've got too much things to think about and they're all going into a wrinkled, scribbled, coffee-stained notebook, sitting along with the sketches of designs that may or may not come about in the near future. I love flat pieces of wood that I can paint on, or burn into, and there's this one piece sitting in the workshop with a funky shape that's perfect for clock-making. Whatcha think! I'm going to get it.