Yes, More Magnets

New Magnets

First Mosaics of 2010

Well, my first mosaics of 2010 are hot off the press and already on their way up to Iowa awaiting their grand entrance into The Junk Asylum. Mosaic heart magnets are fun to do this time of year and I stayed pretty PC, unlike last year.

"Love You Forever" is more endearing than "Spank Me", right?

And I did some round magnets. There are a lot of us who have had snow who can't wait to "Garden".

I thought "The Queen" fit well on this magnet with the funky earring I got a long time ago at the Mission Road Antique Mall.

Much of my work is tongue-in-cheek, of course, and I love the plastic babies.

Sharon at Sweet Repose is going to find a good piece of rusty tin at The Asylum for the magnets. They are going to look awesome mixed in with her wonderful things.


These great, tiny plastic utensils are from the stash from Becky up in Wisconsin. Thanks for the great junk, Becky!

And I did one of these last year and it will be a tradition to do at least one every year. Since this one is going up north, I will do one for Stuff as well, complete with cockroaches.

I've been dying to use these plastic farm folk, another great find from Becky.

They remind me of something from the Sound of Music.

Maybe it's the sheep and the staff.

Keys don't have to be ultra old to look cool.

I'm already thinking about my next batch and need to get started on my Valentine garden stakes, but it was like 10 degrees here today and it's hard to work in the garage when it's that cold. Maybe tomorrow!

Small Projects

This is just a quick update to show off the finished switch plate (below) that I made for my eye doctor. Switch plates are so much fun to do and add a splash of art where you weren't really expecting one. The magnet above was done awhile ago as a thank you to a gal who was kind enough to give me a cool plate that she had broken. I repurposed some of those pieces back into the maget since her grandmother had hand painted the plate.

I just love this Victorian gent. Real men aren't afraid of wearing pink.

I bought a kitchen table and chairs off of Craig's List and wanted to post this as a "before". I'm painting them black and my mom is currently recovering the seats in a canvas that will be sort of brown paper sack-colored. I then want to stencil something Frenchy on them in black. I looked into covering them with grain sacks but the really cool ones are super expensive and would end up cosing more than the entire set did in the first place. I think a home made version will be fun to do, especially since my mom's doing most of the work!