New Brooches

I'm getting ready for an art show with RAW this Thursday night.  It's sure to be a good time at 3700 Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri from 8:00 p.m. to midnight.  There will be performance artists, a DJ, other visual artists, makeup and hair artists, so many talented people! 

Betting on a crowd that will like some tongue-in-cheek humor, I put together brooches this week:

BITCH

My latest dog leash holder plaques are complete!

Two sturdy hooks on each plaque so you can hang that leash in style!

GOOD DOG with two doggie figurines and lots of funky bits.

One more leash holder plaque to finish and then maybe some dog bones!

LEZ and Other Mosaic Brooches

I was at the River Market dealer party last night, where pics of the fabulous locale can be found HERE. Mel suggested I make a "LEZ" brooch, so here you go. I even splashed a little glitter on there as a shout out to my femme friends.

Finished off what I had with these. So much fun making these little bite sized mosaics.

Trail of Broken Hearts

Well, I delivered this batch of mosaics to Stuff recently in anticipation of Valentine's Day and the promotional event I wrote about on the last post.

Sure, most of these might not be fit for your grandma, but I can make one that is!

The "kiss the cook" heart features some of those great little chef beads I love from Smudgie Bear on Etsy. Just a touch of red glitter gives that heart some zing. And the big flower in the "you are my sunshine" heart is from a great stash of junk my Etsy friend, Becky, brought down from Wisconsin a few months ago.

The "sexy" heart is packed full of those great plastic beads Jason got me for my birthday. I just ordered another round off of Etsy. I am really enjoying the plastic fan and feathers. I don't sew, but I love wooden spools and the color blue.

Just a little pink glitter was added to the "princess" heart. In the yellow heart, I finally found a good place to use the asprin tin. If you shake it, it's still full of asprin.

Another shot of "sexy".

I'll have to find more ways to use the chef beads I love so much.

Porcelain flowers broken off of something from the Becky stash.

And another set of magnets. I glued a lamp tonight in all whites, silver, and gold. I'll grout and post that one soon. I'm also working on lots of new single switch plates, chalk boards, and frames. I want to build that inventory up before the 31st so I can have lots to show Stuff patrons when I'm there all day from 10 - 6. I'm going to an antique show with mom Saturday and am planning on stocking up on some mosaic-worthy stuff!!!