Cat Tales etc.

2011-08-31T18:48:00.001-05:00

Artful Gathering 2012

An Artful Gathering & Doll Town

2011-02-26T12:35:00.004-06:00

Join in the fun here & here!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

2010-12-21T09:26:00.004-06:00

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-20T11:43:00.001-06:00

My "Haunted" charm

2010-10-19T18:51:00.004-05:00

I used a bullet shell casing, vintage button and image from Jamie (www.arteology.com).

Creepy Cottages

2010-10-08T10:49:00.003-05:00

"Haunted" Charm Swap

2010-09-29T18:39:00.004-05:00

Michelle Cummings hosts amazing charm swaps - join in on the fun!

Halloween Greetings Postcard Tag Swap at Red Lead

2010-09-13T19:36:00.001-05:00

Dream House

2010-08-21T16:09:00.002-05:00

Little Houses Swap

2010-07-12T17:17:00.006-05:00

Keron Lee, of the Paper Trader's group, is hosting a fun swap entitled "Little Houses" and they need to be ATC-sized. These are the ones I've made :)

Altered Patina Art Charm swap

2010-06-08T21:23:00.006-05:00

Kitten is hosting a fun charm swap at Red Lead Paperworks on the Red Lead yahoo group!! I transferred images onto the charms and also felt brave and made my very first wire bird nest! It was a lot of fun :)

Get Your Whimsy On

2010-05-08T20:16:00.002-05:00

Gale, over at PaperWhimsy, is having an ATC art challenge-there's still time to join in the fun!

Ruth

2010-04-14T09:30:00.003-05:00

Beautiful bear give-away here!

My first punch needle project

2010-03-28T09:46:00.002-05:00

Have you heard of punch needle embroidery? I discovered this exciting craft while going through my grandma's crafting supplies and I instantly fell in love. I love the primitive folk-art style. This is my very first one (don't look too close!). The piece measures 2 x 3 3/4" and I glued it onto an aged shipping tag with some of my grandma's buttons :)

Silent Angels

2010-03-17T20:06:00.001-05:00

This is one of my pages that I made for a Silent Angels Fat Book, hosted by Lisa Busch, that is due in April. I made 10 originals and they are mostly all the same as this one :)

Prairie Thistle

2010-03-05T21:26:00.002-06:00

Please visit Julie's blog celebrating her 400th posting! She created a beautiful soldered Madonna and Child Reliquary as a give-away - her attention to detail is magnificent!

Art across the miles

2010-02-28T11:19:00.007-06:00

My friend, Freda and I, have been trading artful projects and goodies for many years. We've spoken on the phone and still have yet to meet in person, but really feel like we've been friends for a lifetime. She teaches stamp classes and is very talented. Thank you so much for your friendship, Freda!!

An auction for Haiti relief by Elizabeth

2010-01-22T07:16:00.011-06:00

Please visit Elizabeth's beautiful blog http://elizabethcreates.blogspot.com/2010/01/bid-for-tropical-turquoise.html for an auction she is having for Haiti relief :)

Stephanie Rubiano of "So I Gathered..."

2010-01-12T18:25:00.004-06:00

is having an AMAZING give-away on her blog, So I Gathered... (love that title!) and you won't want to miss it! Please go check it out - you won't be disappointed, and good luck!!

Happy New Year!

2009-12-31T15:19:00.002-06:00

Blinkles Boulevard Give-away!

2009-12-27T17:15:00.004-06:00

Hop on over to enjoy this beautiful blog and a wonderful give-away too!!

Merry Christmas to you!

2009-12-23T20:02:00.002-06:00

A beautiful thoughtful gift

2009-12-21T18:41:00.005-06:00

The enormously talented Diane Cook (Rosa & Josies) was my Secret Santa swap sister in Molly's (Beautifully Broken Me) gift exchange!! I am so humbled and in awe of Diane's artistic talent. This beautiful carved beaded cat and Swarovski crystal necklace with matching earrings is precious. Thank you so much, Diane!!

Molly's Secret Santa Jewelry Swap!

2009-12-16T18:17:00.009-06:00

I was invited to join in Molly's Secret Santa jewelry swap and I made this necklace for Beth Bricker-this was a lot of fun! Thank you, Molly, for this fun swap!!

Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas!

2009-12-01T12:35:00.002-06:00

See it here!

(tag by Tim Holtz)

Happy Thanksgiving to you!!!

2009-11-26T10:06:00.001-06:00

RAEvN's Nest Art retreat

2009-11-04T19:43:00.003-06:00

My friend, Linda, and I took a couple of classes in Cedarburg, Wisconsin at the end of October. It was rainy but fun! I took Laurie Mika's The Crown Jewels and Richard Salley's Solar Powered Timepiece classes-both a lot of fun and very inspiring!!

2009-11-01T11:56:00.001-06:00

A POEtic Exchange

2009-10-14T19:44:00.005-05:00

In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's poetic genius the Altered Guild group, hosted by MICHELLE, is having a day 1-13 giftie exchange and the fun is only starting! We drew numbers and I was #1. Kelly is posting beautiful images and stories of the suspense at SOUL HUMMING :)

It Must Be October

2009-09-30T19:58:00.002-05:00

The harvest moon hangs round and high
It dodges clouds high in the sky
The stars wink down their love and mirth
The Autumn season is giving birth
Oh it must be October...

Pearl N. Sorrels

In the Witches Cupboard Charm Swap

2009-09-15T19:37:00.005-05:00

Michelle Cummings is hosting a fun Halloween charm swap on her BLOG and I made 24 little black caldrons to send along. I cut the shapes out of copper sheeting, patina'd with blue and black solutions and glued part of a poem from Macbeth to the front and back of each one :)

School Days

2009-09-07T10:52:00.004-05:00

A new swap hosted by the very talented Heather Cockrell of Artful Inspirations!

Cart Before The Horse give-away!

2009-08-30T10:27:00.005-05:00

If you want to win the dolly or the patterns, please go visit!

"Whisper" ATC

2009-08-24T19:53:00.002-05:00

Fun with maps!

2009-08-11T20:14:00.001-05:00

I made a couple of different ATCs for a swap on the Paper Traders group :)

Poe Abode Swap ATCs!

2009-07-21T18:45:00.003-05:00

I received my wonderful returns for this swap yesterday-I love them! Thank you Liz, Marion and Karla!!!

Our little zoo

2009-06-13T18:21:00.008-05:00

Cleo, Fluffy, Gunner and Sugar-our furry babies!!

Elements of the Creative Mind

2009-06-07T17:05:00.009-05:00

I know time flies, but this is ridiculous! I finally finished a class project from a class with Tim Holtz at Art Unraveled in 2005 (I apologize for the bad photos-I'm not very good at photography)! Click on the photos for a larger view.

The mini tag ruler book says on the back "This is a one of a kind workshop-I have never taught this, nor will I ever teach it again. I have been saving these supplies for this type of event for over 2 years."

It was a lot of fun!

Enjoy :)

It's all in the details......

2009-05-25T11:13:00.004-05:00

The very talented, Lesley Venable, is having a give-away! Please stop by her beautiful blog!

Give Away & Pass It On!

2009-05-20T17:41:00.005-05:00

Jamie, at Arteology, is hosting a Random Act of Kindness give-away and I joined in with her. Since I posted under her Random Act of Kindness blog giveaway, I now need to hold a Random Act of Kindness giveaway myself. The first five folks to sign up stating that they would like to participate will receive a gift in the mail from me. It will be something I create by hand. It will arrive as a surprise one day this year in your mailbox. If you sign up for the giveaway, then you need to hold one on your blog for five other folks also. It can be anything you wish to send and you have a year from the day you post the Giveaway to send it.

I have posted Lori's rules here so you can read more about it (per Jamie):

Give Away & Pass It On - Random Acts of Kindness Alert - my turn to pass this on after participating with Jamie at readarteology.blogspot.com.
The first 5 people to respond to this post will get something made by me. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations so please read carefully:
* I make no guarantees that you will like what I make. but I think you will.
* What I pick will be just for you.
* It'll be done this year (2009).
* You have no clue what it's going to be. It will be something made in the real world and not something cyber. It may be a handmade card, or jewelry, something lovely made out of paper, beads, or a random treasure. Who knows?
* I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. (That's my favorite one Lori! LOL!!)

Have fun with this very special RAK,
Tami

Fun & fabulous art retreat!!

2009-04-28T18:28:00.005-05:00

Attend RAEvN’s Nest Art Retreat and immerse yourself in an artistic adventure, hosted by Kim Rae Nugent. There is another fabulous line-up of teachers in a wonderful location!

Vintage loveliness

2009-04-23T19:14:00.003-05:00

I found Rachel's sweet, fun blog, Yard Sale Mama (love that name!). Stop by and say "hi" and join her give-away too!

Ron & JoAnnA Pierotti fundraiser

2009-04-19T15:30:00.003-05:00

http://mosshill.blogs.com/

Poe Abode ATC

2009-04-06T17:52:00.002-05:00

Book Giveaway Contest!

2009-03-14T17:07:00.006-05:00

I wonder if my lucky stars are aligned? http://ilkasattic.blogspot.com/2009/03/another-book-give-away-contest.html#links. Susan Tuttle, of Ilka's Attic, is giving away a copy of her recently published book: Exhibition 36: Mixed-Media Demonstrations + Explorations. Feel free to enter for a chance to win.

Linda's Thank-You!!

2009-02-28T17:00:00.011-06:00

I have a wonderful, artistic friend, Linda, who recently retired from the same department in a hospital where we both worked together. She made me this amazing "By The Sea" matchbook tag book and pretty thank you card! I absolutely love anything she makes and this was no exception! She got me hooked on rubber stamping 11 years ago and I am still loving it. I'm so happy for her as she can now enjoy her favorite hobbies and spoil her doggy more :) Thank you so much, Linda!

Moss Hill Studios Workshops!

2009-02-06T09:29:00.004-06:00

JoAnnA Pierotti, of Moss Hill Studios, is starting to teach on-line classes of her wonderful creations! Stop by and visit-you won't be disappointed!

Thank you, Inka!

2009-02-02T18:08:00.005-06:00

Inka, of Inka Stamps, is a sweet generous friend who passed this "One Lovely Blog Award" honor onto me! She has an amazing store with tons of inspiration at her web site with galleries, patterns, tips and projects galore, not to mention an amazing assortment of collage sheets, rubber stamps, glass shapes for soldering and more!! She also has a wonderful blog drawing on Monday's giving away items from her store or the wonderful creations that she makes herself! Go take a visit and tell her I said 'hi'!

I Can Has Cheezburger

2009-01-31T13:46:00.002-06:00

My mom found this fun website for me :) Cat lovers unite!

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Señorita Pil: the One World~One Heart giveaway

2009-01-28T21:03:00.000-06:00

Señorita Pil: the One World~One Heart giveaway

This is so amazingly beautiful!!! Please count me in and thank you!!!

A couple of metal pins

2008-11-28T21:08:00.005-06:00

I worked on a couple of metal pins for Deryn's jewelry challenge over the weekend: the Woven Windows Pin and Stitched Segments Pin. All of these projects have allowed me to try new techniques, learn a lot and have fun too!

One lucky girl

2008-11-22T14:52:00.005-06:00

My sweet friend, Molly Alexander, gifted me with the most amazing necklace I've ever seen! She is truly an inspirational, talented and giving artist and friend and I am lucky to know her. I had been admiring this etched metal booklace on her etsy site and my stars were all aligned because magically it made its way into my hands. She also included one of her famous broken china soldered pendants in my favorite color (green)-THANK YOU SO MUCH, Molly-I will treasure these always!!!

'Tis the Season

2008-11-18T09:27:00.002-06:00

JoAnnA Pierotti of Moss Hill Studio is having an artful give-away! She is a very sweet and talented artist and would love for you to stop by: http://mosshill.blogs.com/joannas_journal/

Good luck!

I've been tagged!

2008-11-14T18:47:00.007-06:00

Miss Molly http://beautifullybrokenme.blogspot.com/ has tagged me and now I'm it! I have to come up with 6 little funny facts about me :O

Here are the official rules: link to the person (people) who tagged you and mention the rules. Then list six quirky yet boring, unspectacular details about yourself, and tag six other bloggers by linking to them. Next go to each person’s blog and leave a comment that lets them know they’ve been tagged.

Ok, here goes:

1. I'm still a kid at heart at age 43.
2. I love cats and have 3!
3. I tried to collect all of the bears that came out when Beanie Babies were hot.
4. I come from a long line of worriers.
5. I always have to eat something sweet after a meal-and sometimes before :).
6. I can remember certain smells that I love from my childhood, like the old library I used to go to for Story Hour and the yummy plastic smell on my Barbie camper and toys!

I'm tagging:

DJ

K

Keron

Lesley

Lisa

Rande

Thanks you guys!

RAEvN's Nest Art Retreat

2008-10-26T15:24:00.009-05:00

I had fun at Kim Rae Nugent's first art retreat in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. I took the Copper Piano Hinge Book class on Friday night (10/17) with Jill Berry and Profound Secrets of the Burnt and Bound on Saturday (10/18) with Bernie Berlin. It was a beautiful time of year in historic Cedarburg in October!

Love Bird

2008-10-13T21:01:00.003-05:00

Here is a bird (inspired by Jeanette Janson) (http://www.jeanettejanson.typepad.com) that I made for my mom and dad's 50th wedding anniversary next month-they were high school sweethearts! They both have a love for nature and animals. I used thick chipboard, copy of bird, patina'd copper, rusty wire, vintage school ledger paper, vintage bingo marker, tiny feather, and old button and fabric.

Moving Parts necklace

2008-09-24T20:31:00.003-05:00

This was a fun necklace to make and such a neat idea!

Metal necklaces

2008-09-21T10:03:00.003-05:00

Here are images of my metal necklaces so you'll be able to 'click' on them (thank you K!):

Metal necklaces

2008-09-14T20:21:00.002-05:00

Hello,

I posted four metal necklaces that I made during Deryn's on-line summer jewelry challenge (see previous post). They were a lot of fun! It is still open and anyone can join. If time allows I will try making a couple of more pieces.

I've always loved the look of metal in its many forms, colors and playing with different patinas. In addition to the amazing book that Deryn's challenge is covering, Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet by Mary Hettmansperger, there are several other artist's books that go into detail, for example, Metal Craft Discovery Workshop by Linda & Opie O'Brien and Metal Effects by Cheryl Darrow.

Have fun playing with metal!
Tami

Deryn Mentock's Summer Jewelry Challenge Project

2008-09-08T20:33:00.006-05:00

I know summer is almost over but I couldn't resist doing a few of these projects that Deryn is hosting over on her challenge blog http://http//somethingsublime.typepad.com/jewelrychallenge/. I have admired her work for a long time and hope to some day take a class or two from her, but until then I wanted to try my hand at metalsmithing!

Captured Faerie Random-Act-of-Kindness

2008-04-15T09:28:00.004-05:00

Michelle, over at Faerie Dust Dreams, is having a give-away of a beautiful captured faerie in an altered bottle, so go check it out and good luck!!

http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/

Tami