~Everything Halloween~

Lots and lots of listing going on my my shop these days~! As usual I am always looking ahead (sometimes by months) to the next holiday!  Halloween creations are my favorite to make and here is just a sampling of what's "in store" for this year.

~~I Have Bad News and I Have Good News~~

First the bad news:  Am I the only one having problems leaving comments at others' blogs?  For the past month or so, each time I try and leave a comment at my fellow bloggers site,  Blogger keeps telling me to "sign in".  So I do.  Then I get a strange message saying something about cookies being truncated (?) and I am unable to leave the message. So I try it again, and Blogger tells me to "sign in". So I do. Over and over.  Grrrr, frustrating to say the least.  Has anyone experienced this?  Any advice on other blogs I might try and ditch this darn Blogger?

Now the good news!  Creating Vintage Charm  magazine recently published a tutorial of mine in their recent issue, and it came in the mail 2 days ago.  It's outstanding to say the least.  Each issue gets better and better.  For anyone considering submitting a piece to this publication, I urge you to give it a try.  Sonia, the editor is pleasant and freindly and so full of compliments.   Thank you Sonia~

Now on to some more good/exciting news.  10 days from now is the annual  Heavenly Scent Herb Farm Summer Faire which I have had the extreme pleasure of participating in for the last few years.  Where nature abounds in the form of plants and flowers, artistic creations, culinary delights to tease the taste buds, and eye candy galore.  I invite you to attend, Saturday August 27  from 10-5 and Sunday August 28 from 11-5.  Admission is only $2!  I will have many one of a kind assemblages and collages, gift tags,  vintage lace and fabric creations, Halloween delights, , oodles of altered antique apothecary bottles, and so much more.  Don't forget to stop at my QueenBe booth and say "how-DEE"!  By the way,  please feel free to use the image above!!

Charlotte With Wings!!

I've got such an addiction to Frozen Charlotte dolls!  Time to put them to (more) good use, in the way of pendants and altered apothecary bottles. Wearing tiny brass filigree wings and hats, which I added a warm, authentic looking patina too.   I'm not sure if they are a fairy or an angel,  but I know I cannot get enough of them!  Available in my Etsy shop. 

~~My Artwork is Mentioned on the Cover of a Magazine~!~!

~~August 5th.... Mark it on your calendar~!  This is when the next issue of Creating Vintage Charm  will be available.  I was informed last night that my art work (vintage beach themed shadowbox) was not only mentioned on the cover, but will be included as a tutorial on how to create your own! Cannot wait to see it in print~~~

~Journals, Journals, and MORE Journals~

 

 

 

Time to really set my mind to creating for the Heavenly Scents Herb Farm Summer Faire coming up the last weekend in August. With 95+ degree temperatures predicted this week, it's yet another good reason to stay indoors and make hay while the sun shines~ Right now I am concentrating on some altered journals which always sell well. And hey, if they don't sell, it will help pad my Etsy shop for the holidays, right? Always have to look on the bright side!

~~~I Won a Blog Giveaway!~~~

                            This metal keepsake box held everything inside. It smelled wonderful!

                                        I think Bowie Cat also likes the smell of French Lavendar

                                                            Handwritten note from Stacey

                                                      Lavendar flower sachet, and soap

                          Iron Fleur-de-lis, jewelry elements, beautiful fabric remnants, and ephemera

I RARELY win anything. Try as I might, I always seem to be left out in the cold when it comes to giveaways. Well not this time!.  Stacey of ArtSnark's Artifacts blog  recently travelled to Paris (lucky!) and was kind and thoughtful enough to remember her blog readers, and set up a blog giveaway when she returned. It sounds like she had an amazing trip with her family, and as the winner of her giveaway, I received some amazing French finds . Stacey how did you know my favorite scent is French Lavendar? Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

~~Putting My Great Finds to Use~~

Remember when I posted (bragged) about the good deals scored at the Peacock Antiques warehouse sale and the out of the way antiques store a few weeks ago?  The frames have been calling me, and I've put them to good use housing some handmade collages I've made.  The one piece I also included some of the antique hardware I was lucky enough to find.  I'm getting (frantically) ready for the Heavenly Scent Herb Farm Summer Faire I do every August, so 2 more pieces down,  several more to go~~~!