Today I..........

Made These..........


                                                             

TINY TEXAS HOUSES........

 

I first heard about Tiny Texas Houses  through

 Sharon at Sweet Repose. Her true love for them was contagious.

I would read her posts on Facebook, and pretty soon started following

TTH on Facebook  myself.

Every time they would post pictures I was blown away.

Not just by the pictures, but also by the concept and vision

of  Tiny Texas Houses.

 

 

Each small house is built almost entirely from recycled

and repurposed materials.

Old beadboard, leaded glass windows, corbels and trim.......yum!

 

 

Each piece of this old hardware that they use is

a piece of art in itself.

 

 

I think another reason I am so taken with these small structures is

that one of my Great Grandmothers lived in a very tiny

house. I can still remember going to see her and

being amazed that anyone could live in such a tiny little space.

It seemed almost like a doll house to me.

Although as I remember her, she herself was not a lot bigger than a child.

 

 

Don't you love it!?

These tiny little houses are really amazing!

 

Check them out........................Tiny Texas Houses

 

"Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love"

Willie Nelson / sung by Waylon Jennings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECLARE IT......

DONE..................
      
                                    In one of the floral shops I used to work in , when someone had an arrangement that they just couldn't quite be satisfied with, and  it seemed like they were          "working" it to death  .........finally one of us would say "you need to declare that piece done and walk away!!"
                                                                           
                                                                                                     
                                         That's been the story of this collage:

 

I hung this about 2 years ago, knowing it wasn't done.

Everytime I walked past it, I would look at it and tell it.....

"you aren't done".

 

 

This week after some adding.....some deleting,

some fiddling around......

I think I am finally ready to

"declare it done."

 

Moving on..........

                                                                        

MEMORY JUG....."PUT A BIRD ON IT"

I have had this memory jug for a while..........

 

10 1/2'' tall by 15" in diameter at it's largest

 

 

 

It has some items on it that are a bit different.

for instance...the pocket knife shaped

like a running dog...

 

 

 

doll, jack, spool of thread, snail shell, key

buttons, arrowhead, jewelry, round mirror

 

 

 

 

This is one of only two antique jugs I have that are

signed and dated.

 

("Maid" by Emma E. Shink     New(?) Danville      1881)

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                               

Gingerbread Houses

AND BRACES.........................

My grandson Matt and I make a gingerbread house every year.
This year it was a bit more challanging because the day before we built it he got his braces
put in. Top and bottom. Yup......he looks like the grill of a  big ol'Buick. AND......can't eat any of the candy we used. Bummer. No sticky, gummy candy.

 

My husband, knowing I had "gingerbread house kit" on "my list",

helpfully brought this home for us. HUH?????

This was so not gonna happen.

 

So...........................inspired by Tim Burtons'

"Nightmare Before Christmas",

And maybe Steven Kings'  "It"

as well as  a bit of Scooby Do and his

penchant for ending up in scary houses...........

well, I think you'll get the idea.........

 

 

"Welcome Scooby, come on in"

(said the spider)

 

 

If you look close you  can see the handyman from

Home Depot....he's on the roof, wrapped in spideys web.

 

 

Another spider.......and the handymans ladder, still leaning

against the house......it seems to have

a big green gummy worm using it now.

 

 

One end of house.....it has a guard of

green frogs as well as more green gummy worms

on patrol.

(and another spider on the roof)

 

 

Hey! Here's a good look at the roof...........

Big Spider.......and his Christmas dinner

"on hold".

 

 

Closeup of spider and his  (her?) web.

 

By Matthew Hajek, age 9 1/2

 

(as a memorial to all the candy he can't eat

for a long time)

 

OK..........................that gives you an idea of what

Christmas looks like at our house.....:):):)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TEXTILE FORAGING

A BIT OF JUNKING.............

 

First I found this vintage Pendleton blanket,

actually probably considered a "shawl" since it has fringe on

all four sides.

 

 

Then I found this "death" doll.

This doll isn't all that old, but I think the textiles

used to make it are much older.

Tourist trade?

No matter........I like it!!

 

MY BUCKET LIST.........

WHAT'S ON YOURS?

 

I have a board on Pinterest........Free Tibet..........

I have pinned a documentary there (in short installments)

that show what I believe to be the real situation in most of Tibet today.

My hope is that you will find a few minutes to watch at

least part of it.

 

It is called   "Tibet.....What remains of us....."

There are eight installments, and they are numbered so look for 1of 8

to start.

 

Thanks.

 

http://pinterest.com/avgl/free-tibet/