Don't Go Breakin' My Heart

Before heading to St. Joe yesterday to shop, Dawn and I stopped to take some pics of the window at Stuff in Brookside.

I'm super excited about the fact that the window is devoted to the promotional event I'm doing on the 31st. Here's the sign letting customers know that they can order their custom hearts today!

Meet the artist January 31st!! That's ME!!!

Some hearts in the window.

I dropped off more hearts today. Let's just say I got the post-apocalyptic look I was going for here and leave it at that.

A closer shot of "Our love will never die."

I think every girl should have a crustacean on at least one switch plate in her house, don't you?

Sorry these got out of order, but here's another shot of the window at Stuff.

Just one more!

Here's one of the big hearts I dropped off this weekend. This one is 12" long.

I had this Victorian figurine for a really long time and I was excited about using it in this piece.

Here's another 12" heart that says "swim in my ocean" and features some koi fish.

The combination of red, pink, and orange was dictated by the koi fish I used. I may do another one eventually with the fish and a blue background.

I snuck in another little magnet this weekend. I think the next thing I'll work on are some picture frames. Off I go to the basement!

Please excuse the look of my blog. It is under construction and my husband, the blog expert, is currently at the comic book store and is unavailable for consult. I became inspired to do this blog because of all the great ones I'm addicted to reading just about every day. They provide inspiration and energy that fuel my own creativity. (Please check out my favorite links). I'm a little overwhelmed at where to begin. I love the great pictures I see on others' blogs, so I'd like to start out with a few of my own as examples of what I've been working on of late and also of some of the great finds I've tripped upon recently.

Sometimes I like to make birdhouses out of canisters and other non-traditional birdhouse shapes, but I got back to basics on this one. The shape is about the only basic, however. With all that's going on here, I fear if this were outdoor worthy, it would make most birds dizzy. But I really had fun with it! (SOLD)

I found this great Koi fish salt and pepper shaker set on a shopping spree this last weekend with my friend, Lisa. I had a blast incorporating the frowny fishes into this magnetized chalkboard for the fridge. (SOLD) Lisa and I also hit Raised in Cotton (I don't know how to hot link yet, so check out the link in my faves) on our trip around town, where I found my marvelous mini dress form! Thanks, Carol!

Before too much time passes, I'd like to show off my fabulous find from the First Annual Curious Sofa estate sale (pictured below). I admit that this was not my only purchase! Okay, and I admit that the table they're displayed on came from the Curious Sofa, too, about seven years ago!

I'm so excited about this blog thing that I could literally post dozens of pics, but I want to work on building my readership, not putting people to sleep, so I'll slip in this last few of a corkboard I did recently. It includes a fab butter pat I found at the Mission Road Antique Mall and a cool art deco finial I got from my friend Erin who has a booth at the River Market Antique Mall (second floor, straight ahead!).