HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

This is the fabulous stove I got for my dollhouse!
wait until you see the fridge!!!!!
Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Dollhouse

My dad made me a dollhouse when I was about 10 years old. He built the entire thing secretly in his garage workshop - I never suspected a thing. On christmas morning, my brother Sean took a sneak peak at the gifts and immediately ran to tell me that I was getting a dollhouse, so I knew even before I got downstairs to see. It was so exciting. My mom and I used to go to dollhouse shops all over New Jersey to find furniture and wallpaper, fixtures etc.

I have kept it all these years and just recently decided that i wanted to re-decorate it. Make it colorful and artistic - find lots of vintage furniture and minatures from the 1940's and 50's.

The first thing I did was to have my husband Nel paint it GREEN - as you know i LOVE green and if i owned a house, it would need to be green. I chose a mint/jadeite green - one of my fav shades.

Next I made a trip to Uncommon Objects knowing they always have fabulous vintage minatures and scored a 1950's pink metal stove and refrigerator - which i LOVE so much. I carried them with me in my purse for a few days, showing everyone I ran into - including the people at Hobby Lobby, where i purchased a tiny turkey for the oven.

Then I began looking online at Re-ment japanese minatures - they make everything from donuts to laundry detergent to mini jadeite dishes. So far I have a box of donuts and am trying to find a complete set of jadeite.

I have also been searching for handmade papers and artistic gift wrap to use for wallpaper. I also want to find a vintage piece of linolium for the kitchen and bathroom floors.

Nel started removing the old wallpaper which was stained and the old flooring which was coming up. Here are some pics of the kitchen - thought it would be fun to have some shots of work in progress.

chick corsage

I've always loved these chenille chicks.
I had a bunch of them in the studio and
decided to fashion up a corsage for myself.
I made 2 others in case YOU would like one too.......

holiday crafting fun

made a bunch of holiday corsages and cards!
here's a sneak peek......

veggie love altar

Yay vegetables!
this is an altoids tin altar i made today....
It will most likely be available for purchase at
the blue genie art bazaar or the cherrywood art fair,
two cool events i will be a part of this december.

illustration friday - pretend

kids have such great abilities when it comes to pretending.
When I was young, whatever it was I was imagining seemed SO real.
I've tried it lately and it just doesn't work the same.

for: www.illustration friday.com

Design Sponge!

I was featured in todays regional round-up
for Austin on Design Sponge!
how exciting is that :)

you can see the interview here....

Dia De Los Muertos

Today I made my altar for Dia de los muertos. I was a little late to make it since i was kind of *depressed*. One of our hamsters died on friday and I was bummed. Plus my dad died 2 years ago this tuesday, so I have been thinking about him a lot. Today, I feel much better and am ready to celebrate the lives of all those who have left us. Nel and I were up early (yay time change). He is making food for our 2nd annual dia de los muertos dinner - which is actually a lunch this year and I decorated and made the altar.

illustration friday - Vacant

Just thinking about you and
wishing you could visit
(you know who you are!)

Collage Created for Illustration Friday - theme "vacant"