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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
THE ULTIMATE TREE ORNAMENT
I COULD MAKE, CREATE AND CRAFT TILL THE COWS COME HOME AND I WOULD NEVER EVEN COME CLOSE TO THE TALENTS OF GOD'S CREATURES! I NEVER TIRE OF WAKING EACH MORNING AND SEEING THESE TWO WONDERFUL ORIOLE"S NESTS HANGING FROM THE FICUS TREE NEAR MY BED. ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, MY STEP-DAD RESCUED ONE FROM A FELLED TREE THAT WAS DESTINED FOR FIREWOOD. ANOTHER WAS FOUND IN THE WINTER ABOUT 5 YEARS LATER, AFTER AN ICE STORM HAS CAUSED MANY BRANCHES TO BREAK AND FALL. SO THESE WERE RESCUED NESTS AND WERE NOT ROBBED FROM THE TREES. I WAS JUST FORTUNATE TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE THESE BEAUTIES THAT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN DESTROYED.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNZq9OS5eknZPzmI0iRmvLQXquJJ5Y1WtqLvzgTOIJ5Yn-3PcEZMJLcHXKc37XmUeRWlIKjtd-WRHTiy5DTGysrHeYfxgusCKeBeDH-2OayaBcJOlrEl_VhDfretkkdGTlhYRC0-GbKxJ_/s400/B+001.jpg)
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
ANOTHER USE FOR PARCHMENT
I HAD FUN MAKING THESE CONES OUT OF OLD PARCHMENT PAPER AND TINY SCRAPS OF OLD JOURNAL PAGES AND SHEET MUSIC. (DID I MENTION THAT I THROW VERY LITTLE AWAY?) I HAVE STACKS OF DIE CUTS THAT I BOUGHT IN GERMANY SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT I USED AS A FOCAL. THEY LOOK GREAT ON TREES WHEN THE LIGHTS SHINE THRU THE SEMI-TRANSPARENT PAPER.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr93nGStI87biOp8rqzoJuX3LfR138k2xNsPtRjKtfAeFnnJs1Ou9e8PLu30NPYhS5KVDehjNrIAUEzbthB4bVssMTUr1kIOoQ2jTopKRK1PGYUB5Z8VYWrfPN1YCSxFf8Izuj3XcRJ2Pn/s400/a+090.jpg)
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
A GOOD SAVE
THAT'S WHAT FRIEND AND FELLOW ANTIQUES DEALER ANITA, (IOWA JUNK GYPSIES) SAID ABOUT THIS CLOCHE. I DIDN'T TAKE ANY BEFORE PICS, BUT THIS GLASS BELL FELL OVER WHILE I WAS SETTING UP MY FLEA MARKET BOOTH AND CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WAS NOT HAPPY. YET I COULD NOT BRING MYSELF TO THROW IT AWAY, SOOOOOOOO,............. I TOOK IT HOME AND GLUED HAND MADE PAPER TO THE BACK OF THE BELL AND TO THE INSIDE WHERE IT WAS CRACKED. I REASONED THAT IF THAT DIDN'T STABILIZE IT , I WOULD THEN THROW IT AWAY. THE NEXT MORNING FOUND IT STABLE AND SAFE TO USE, SO I THEN GLUED AN ANCIENT JOURNAL PAGE OVER THE INSIDE REPAIR, PLACED SOME MOSS, CONES AND A LITTLE TREE INSIDE. I LIKE THE WAY IT TURNED OUT. IT'S
INTERESTING.
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INTERESTING.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
WINTER BOTTLES FOR WHITE WEDNESDAY
I HAVE HAD A BOX OF VINTAGE, PAPER FLOWER PETALS THAT WERE NEVER FINISHED. I LOVE THE AGED, TISSUE LIKE LOOK OF THE OLD FLOWER PAPERS, BUT NEVER REALLY USED ANY OF THEM. WHEN I DECIDED TO MAKE SOME WINTRY TYPE BOTTLES, I THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS I WOULD TRY PUTTING SOME OF THE FLOWERS TOGETHER AND USE THEM TO TOP OFF THE GLITTERY BOTTLES. I LIKE THE WAY THEY TURNED OUT, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE PUT AWAY WITH THE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cLUO59uxCYSUMkOT-GxDkOUZUKjYH69NddTJP6vlurqrAiKuz4M7HiZDBLpUDsJf69ygM0fqinOwfBpQ-U-qVuCQFJen6R4mK-CvGdNlyFPWvhLgmwiwgwfV1kZaSvr1D6VniU_ETavB/s400/a+064.jpg)
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