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Some fun images for you this Friday

Enjoy!!

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That I share with Jill 

Junkin Gypsies for more free Friday images!!

Mornings In The Studio

I thought today I would

share with you some photo

shots from around my studio

and some of the projects

I have been working on

The sun has finally decided to come

and stay for a few days

(fingers crossed)

Ooops

A bunch of clouds are coming through

The light in this room is just fantastic

Mornings...I greet the sunrise with

the window that faces East

Evenings..I get the back splash from the sunsets

My North window gives me constant cool light

Most days just the natural light is what

I work by

A rose bush has grown quite lusty in the east window

so beautiful pink blossoms will be my view soon

This lion face planter has three faces...

It needs a wash up...

I love using old plated silver to hold my

tools and what nots

Color and light is what it is all

about here

I found this beautiful flat marble tray

at an estate sale last week

Perfect for my speaker to sit on...and the

light comes blazing across it

lighting it all up

Beautiful

The Domino project

These beauties will be in my etsy store later today

(fingers crossed)

I adore them...

The idea of using re-using an object

that has been discarded by someone else

(go back several months and you will see the original

story of how the domino redux came

to life)

Has always been part of what my own personal

art is about.

This fantastic frame came

into my hands a few

weeks ago

It is perfect for the Junkin Gypsies logo

Next some glass and it will

be ready to hang

here in my studio

I love this image

And

some very special books Jill and I

have been working on

the last week to send to some

dear friends.

This next week...Junkin Gypsies

has a couple of big projects

going on and

we will be sharing that with

you on our blog.

School is out...so life gets hectic

(and fun)

for many of us

Oh...

I have one more image

to share with you.

It was a gift from my dear

friend Jill

I have this in a book

but she found it loose and knew

it had to hang in my studio

Now to find a frame

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday

Amazing Friday Garage Sale Discoveries

Wow...It has been such a beautiful day today.

The plan was to work on the Junkin Gypsies note cards for the store.

Then take my son to my folks

so he can mow their lawns (his summer job)

So...As Jordan slept in (cause I am a softy mom and there was no

school today) I had coffee and worked on the

cards.  Getting them assembled so that

Jill can take pictures.

I just snapped a few so that I could show them off here.

Tomorrow they will be in the Junkin Gypsies Etsy store...

They are all Jill's original artwork

I really love her art and these cards are like little paintings.

So while Jordan was mowing the lawns

my dad suggested some garage sales around the

neighborhood I might be interested in. 

Oh Yep Yep

Now don't I keep saying.  No More Books!?

Ack...It is my addiction

Books.

today I found something so fantastic for a moment

I could not believe it was for sale.

A  log book

for Columbia Harbor No. 22

Leather bound...12 inches x 20 inches

With the name Alice Mae Endicott on the front

The first 38 pages have been removed..And the rest of the log 398

pages are empty.

There is some writing in the back for a wedding

It is too big to scan..so tomorrow in the sunlight I will take pictures of it.

It amazed me that I got it for a buck.

A young man moving and selling everything...many of his books

looked like family books. Another one I got there was

from 1905...Engineering Drawing.  I scanned a couple of pages to share

And last

A book on Aubrey Beardsley

This was a fantastic find...I have always liked Beardsley's work

but have never explored him.

This book is too large to scan properly..so this image

is a bit crooked. 

So...Yes..more books. 

Sunday Surprise Nursery Friends From France And A Child's Garden Of Verses

As many of you know.  Jill and I have

a new business on Etsy called

Junkin Gypsies.  Starting a new business together has been

a lot of fun...and a lot of work.

We spend a huge amount of time on the phone working

out details,  countless hours on the computer.....runs back

and forth to each other's homes for supplies

and coffee.

This last week we tried something new (for us)

and met halfway to do

some shopping and exchange supplies.

I keep running out of ribbon.

Hang on!

There is a point to this story

So-after a stop at Harbor Freight

we decided to toddle off to

the Saint Vinny's on Broadway.

I really should take a picture and put it on here.

Right next to this huge warehouse junk store is a glass blowing

co-op.

fun stuff

Back to the story.

Yes we found lots of fun stuff at the junk store. And I had to keep

telling Jill...No! I am not buying any more books-you see I am cleaning out

my studio and am going to be selling some of my books.

So, we part ways

she back to her house...me to mine.

And gosh darn it...There was a SALE sign two blocks from

my house.

I had to stop.....I knew I was in for trouble the minuet I pulled up.

This was a doll maker's estate sale.

Oh my!

She also was an accomplished artist from a long line of artists.

I perused her studio furniture.   The odds and ends

left over from a lifetime of creativity.

And then I found the books

Oh No!

Books on anatomy written in the 1800's-art books-family history books

I found one book that is the size (haha of a book) but empty

Leather bound...the pages had been filled from

front to back with family history dates and events.

The older brother was thrilled when I handed it back to him. Lol

No he would not let me buy it.

I found another book of poetry that had a loving poem in the front from his grandfather

to his grandmother on their engagement.

Anyway...Those books I did not buy

What I did buy are these.

I took pictures instead of scanning them

Because the Nursery Friends From France is in almost mint

condition and I did not want to hurt

the spine

The other book in bad shape..But was published in 1940

I just had to share these beautiful finds with you...

I did get some other amazing treasures

A small silver dish from China

Assorted small bisque doll parts...Lace

from France.

But those darn books...They get me every time.

I am looking for a new book shelf

Any one have one for sale?

Knife vs Finger Update And Ephemera Pack Winners Ship Today

Well here it is Thursday

this week has gone by way too fast for me.

My husband teased me last weekend and said he was going to

buy me a Day Timer...lol

I really am beginning

to thing he is right and I need one

The day just goes by too fast and it seems like my mental

list just keeps going on and on.

So this week

My finger is healing nicely...but

it really hurts every time I accidentally bump it.

Interesting thing

you can do everything minus your index finger.

 have managed to type,

do dishes,

shower,

tie ribbons

fold envelopes

I think you get the point

it really only held me back the first couple of days

Yesterday was spent putting together

and packing up the

ephemera packs for the winners

of the Junkin Gypsies

giveaway.

I had a lot of fun putting these together

for our winners.

They will be going out in today's mail.

My work table looks pretty scuffed

an antique dresser that

serves as one of my work spaces.

Anyway...off to the printer to get that

one last address on

Thanks for the email this morning Dawn

Then to the post office

and over to Jills for more Junkin Gypsies

fun

We will have some new product for the Etsy store this

afternoon so please come over and

shop.

Mothers day is just right around the corner....

With that in mind

I should probably go get a day timer.

Have a great day gals~

Ouch! Be Careful With Knives Dearies!

Well my friends...it has been a busy week

As you all know

Junkin Gypsies opened this week and

we had our giveaway on Friday

You can go over to the Junkin Gypsies blog

to see the winners

TeeHee...Yep

I said winners.

Friday night I think both

Jill and I were pretty pooped.

But oh so excited and happy.

Thank you all so much

for taking part!!

I guess I was a little more

excited than I should of been.

Right now I am Typing

one handed..

Yikes,

Yes...I did it...as I was cooking

dinner Friday night

I decided to try to de-bone

my left index finger

with the knife

my dear sweet hubbs had just

sharpened for me.

OUCH!

No stitches...because there is nothing left

to stitch (as I calmly explained to

my husband...trying not to faint as blood

went everywhere...fingers really bleed!)

So...I am one handed for a few days.

The good thing is it gets me out

of dish chore...My son is so happy about

that....lol

I hope you all have had a great weekend

be careful in the kitchen today!



Can I Try To Fit More Hours In The Day

I don't know about you...

but it seems like lately there just

does not seem to be

enough time in the day for all the things I want and

need to do.

Jill and I have been so busy these last few

weeks getting Junkin Gypsies up

and going.

That Leaping Frog Designs has gone a little

quiet.

My Etsy store finally has some new vintage items

listed...and on that note,

Last week I was invited to join the

Etsy Vintage Street Team

This next week I plan on exploring the team blog and my

fellow team members stores.

Since I could not sleep

this morning

I made up a treasury of one

of my favorite things

Crazy Quilting.

Here is the link

Hopefully some of you will stop on over

and take a look

So many beautiful quilts and amazing

artists.

Have a great Friday everyone!!!

Don't Forget

Junkin Gypsies Giveaway is today also!!!!http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d8caad49b168eef50a23499/busy-hands-make-crazy-quilts?index=0

A Fun Afternoon Shopping And Brainstorming With The Gypsies

 Today was supposed to be a brainstorming creating day for Jill and I.   We have a new venture together and there is quite a lot of work involved before we can unveil it here on blotspot and Etsy.
Sooo...What do we end up doing after an hour of talking and eating toffee?  (Lauren brought us a wonderful lunch of humus and flat bread topped off with wonderful toffee from Trader Joe's)

We went shopping at the craft stores.  These delightful pictures are from Michael's.  I can not wait until this isle is finished...Really I don't think one is going to be enough.

 Look at all the yummy French bling they have brought in.......I really want one of these wire Eiffel towers (You can never have too many Eiffel towers about)

 They still have quite a bit of stock to bring in it looks like.....

 The Gypsies found some bling....You can't tell in the packages...But these are pretty flower rings.

 We love Michael's dollar bins...Look at these fun note cards Jill found.

Lauren found some neat stickers and big alphabet letters on the bottom shelf.

I keep forgetting to take pictures when we are at Ben Franklin...That is our local small craft store and it very nice.  They have a wonderful selection of scrap booking papers and a very good bead and charm section.  We went there first...So next time I will remember to take pictures.