tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85475214532515276062024-03-14T01:11:47.609-04:00Natural VintageAmyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06808192236869153655noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547521453251527606.post-88733058411450781742013-03-09T09:10:00.001-05:002013-04-06T12:14:02.234-04:00Burn Your Bra's, But Put Some Lipstick On!<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">It's been more then a year since I've posted a new entry, so wow I'd say I'm way overdue - even for what I like to call a "casual blogger". <span style="text-align: center;">This past year saw the beginning of a new chapter in my mother's life. She told us kids that she would be listing her house (our childhood home) on the market in the springtime. Only it didn't quite go that way. When my mother gets what she calls a "bee in her bonnet" all bets are off. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">She was more then ready to leave behind the dusting, sweeping and managing of a three story house for a smaller and simpler space. Who can blame her, the thought is daunting to me. I'm way too lazy of a housekeeper for a three-story! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I'd like to say that I chronicled that journey in pictures, but it just didn't go that way. We were too busy going berserk! You see, the dear-heart listed her home almost immediately after making her announcement to sell. And to top it off...she had a buyer the first week! What! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I loved everything about that house. We had tall ceilings, hardwood floors, carved woodwork, stained glass windows and a mantel in almost every room. Having a mantel in your bedroom is magical for a kid who's in love with design and antiques. I changed out the decor on that mantel at least once a month. Usually after I schlepped home my latest finds from the thrift store up the street. </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I promise to post pics of mom in her new place, just as soon as it's finished, and she puts her lipstick on. </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Which reminds me...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">I got kind of a mixed message growing up, I think it's because my mom was a child of the 50s. She was all for women's liberation; she always had a subscription to Ms. Magazine and taught us kids to strive for independence and individuality. However, she also had this question she would ask us as we were walking out the door to go on a date or to an event.....</span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">"don't you want to put some lipstick on?" </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Excuse me??? </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">No I don't want to put any lipstick on, I'm a liberated woman!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I painted them with Sharpie Paint pens, it took about 5 coats to cover the red one! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love the outcome! Joy, joy, joy! EnJoy your weekend friends!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Wow, so much time has passed since I've posted something new. Tsk, tsk on me. But it doesn't take very long before I'm bitten by the bug to create something... anything. I did this assemblage tonight. I started it yesterday and I finished it tonight. I like it. First I secured an old set of tongs into a ceramic insulator, then added the turkey feather, decorative hook and finally the skeleton key. It makes me smile. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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The antique hook has been moving around with me since I was a kid, and the Turkey feather was a gift left from that gang of turkeys I wrote about last month. Love those guys!<br />
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Inspiration can come from anywhere at any time. Your imagination, riding the bus, doodling, nature, poverty, need, to name a few. I'm so grateful that I was raised by parents that read to me, sang me to sleep and didn't pressure me to be anything other than myself. I think it allowed my mind and soul to develop in such a way that I let things be absorbed, no matter how odd they might seem to someone else.<br />
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It's totally normal for me to see something IN something else, that others might not see. I have these tiles in my bathroom. I love them. I picked them out when we were building the addition to our house. They're very amoeba-like. I see something new in them every day.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been crocheting this green string on and off for a couple of years now. I'm not a great crocheter. My grandmother, mother and sister all took a turn, at one time or another, trying to teach me to crochet when I was young, but I couldn't catch on. Then one day at work I asked a co-worker (who was happily crocheting away at lunch time) to teach me. We got a little workshop together and about four of us learned how to crochet together. I've been hooked ever since! I certainly do love to do it! I've made some scarves for myself and my kids, but for some reason I just really love to crochet this damn green string! And I'm not interested in turning it into anything other than roping. I've made yards and yards of it! Weird, I know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Last week I was in the painting mood, but didn't have any new canvases. I did however have some old canvases of horrific paintings I'd done over the years. The kind that you do when you're going through something and you just paint to "get it out". I decided to paint over one of them. As you'll see, I'm no artist. I simply paint because it makes my heart sing. I feel content, joyful and free</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And one final note. I'm pained to announce (and it was painful to realize) that I can't produce something creative everyday. It sucks, it really, really does, but that's my reality right now. I don't like it, I really hate it, but life is just not cooperating with me. So....my altered guideline for myself for this challenge is that I WILL do 30 days of creativity, they just won't be consecutive<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tonight I decided to play around and experiment with making handmade tags using stamps and decorative tape. The stamps, ink, tags and string/raffia were all purchased at thrift stores. You can find <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PrettyTape?ref=ss_items">Pretty Tape</a> here </div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think this tag looks great, but would look better if I extended the tape all the way to the ends</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div>Today was a busy day for me, but I did manage to whip something up. What worries me is if today was a challenge, what will the work week bring. After working at my day job for eight hours I'm usually mentally drained and just want to veg out - so it should be interesting to see what happens. But, here's a thought...maybe it will energize me to sit down and mess around with my supplies and try to come up with something unique</div><div><br />
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Today I made a bookmark. I know what you're thinking..."big deal, anyone can make a bookmark", but that's not true. My sister and I used to volunteer - teaching a class at a local women's half-way house and it was called "Art Education". We had a teeny tiny budget, practically nothing, so we had to get very creative with our supplies. One day I taught the women to make a pin out of cardboard, magazine pictures and glue. You would have thought I'd handed them the moon. That's the way it usually was working with these women. Some of them had nothing; and knew nothing about nurturing themselves through creativity. They were incredibly grateful, but they didn't have to tell us that, we could see it in their eyes. Next to raising my kids, it was hands down the most fulfilling time in my life!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">So I picked out my illustration and cut it out with my xacto knife (my favorite tool). Then I cut out my backing from the back cover of an old sketch book, and glued them to each other. NOTE TO SELF: don't trim the bookmark after it's been glued to the backing. Some excess glue clogged my cut, which shredded the illustration along one side. =( The back of the bookmark looked very bare, so I stamped a design onto it, but I don't like it so I'm not showing it to you =(</div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I punched out a hole and added a piece of brown ric rac trim. I think it's beautiful! Thank you Holling Clancy Holling!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And I did promise to show you the completed Button Card. I chose fine wire for attachment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</div>AmyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06808192236869153655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547521453251527606.post-70283120594281379542011-10-15T14:46:00.003-04:002012-02-09T22:34:45.648-05:0030 Day Creativity Challenge: Day 1OK, so I decided to bite the button, err, I mean bullet, and go for it and do the creative challenge the same night that I wrote my last post. I guess you could say that I was inspired by being inspired? Yeah, I don't think that makes sense, but that's me in a basket. Anyway...right away I thought of this big book of graphic prints that my sister (the "artist" in the family) (love you sissy!) had given to me years ago.<br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yes, I know it' not COMPLETELY FINISHED, but it will be, I promise, by tomorrow's post. Stop looking at me like that! =)~</div></div><div><br />
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When my kids were little and we'd all collectively witness autumn's awesome beauty for the first time each year, I'd always announce "God's paintbrush!" Then as the years wore on I wouldn't have to say a thing... one of my girls would announce it before I had a chance to open my mouth. <br />
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Happy Friday everyone! Have a glorious and safe weekend!AmyBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06808192236869153655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547521453251527606.post-46375573924314571082011-09-17T23:27:00.002-04:002012-02-09T22:32:39.844-05:00Jive Turkeys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TYSVOnjpvAw/TnVW1wd6cwI/AAAAAAAAAEM/6x_5Rlt0Pp0/s1600/turkeys3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TYSVOnjpvAw/TnVW1wd6cwI/AAAAAAAAAEM/6x_5Rlt0Pp0/s400/turkeys3.jpg" width="335" /></a></div><div><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">OK people, I'm glad that's over with. Now I can be myself. Now it's on, like Donkey Kong.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was <i>not</i> going to do a Blog! Too time consuming, or so I thought. I started checking out other people's blogs and they typically posted once a week. I could handle that. And as far as time goes, I have lots of extra time now. My kids have gone off to college. It's just my hubby and I and our animals. Oh yeah, and one gazillion things that I've collected from the woods, beaches, stream beds, thrift stores, flea markets and antique stores; and dragged with me from place to place since I was about 12 years old. And come to think of it, Grandma also supplied me with quite the stash of natural materials from her own jaunts. So that kicks my total up to a gazillion and a half. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Grandma didn't mess around. She had quite a cache in her basement. My Grandpa was not her biggest fan when it came to that "stuff". She would make him strap huge pieces of driftwood to the luggage rack on the way home from vacations. My Mom told me that one time Grandma even made him stick a piece under the hood, because not only would it serve as a good place to put it for the ride home, but it would dry faster there! I can just picture my Grandpa rolling his eyes and sighing. Grandma was the bomb! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So there you have it. That was the beginning of my way of life. Picking my way through forests, beaches, streams, thrift stores and your garbage pile, and turning it into something unique, if only in my own eyes. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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