Odds 'N Ends

 handmade papers from my collection

 more marbleized paper 

more postcards 

Magnolias

Matchbox Gallery #46

"Magnolia Parts"

feels like velvet

simple accents

These are signs that I have done for Billie's booth at Kudzu Antiques. These are 6 x 6 with the black square being 3 1/2 square. The hand is from paper I made.

The roses and rose hip is from a bush in our yard in Atlanta, Georgia that was propagated from my parents' rose bush in Madison, Mississippi which came from my maternal grandmother's bush in Louisville, Mississippi which came from her husband's sister rose bush in West Point, Mississippi.

the above two hands have not been attached to their signs yet

These are small items that I plan to place in the shop. They are on reproduction playing cards from the 18th century.

It was lots of fun sewing a bracelet onto a card, but it worked out well, I think.

Kudzu Antiques

Billie, my twin sister by a different mother, is going to have a booth at Kudzu Antiques in Atlanta. I have been spending time the past few weeks working from here while she is working in Charlotte getting ready. Below are photos of some of the shops and items for sale there.

 isn't he cute!!!

Matchbox Gallery #45

"Fairy Powder Puff"

This is what I envision that fairies would use to apply face powder or bath powder. It is the flower of the Mimosa tree here in the South. 

The technical name is Albizia julibrissin from the Durazz family, Legumunosea; otherwise know as the Persian Acacia or Silk Tree or Pink Siris. It is a native of western Asia. The flowers open in July and August (maybe in other parts of the world, but they are blooming now in Atlanta). Their long pink stamens give the appearance of a soft brush.

String

This photo has it all: string, folded fabric, dark and light, torn page on the wall, texture, scale.

Image from stylist Nan Whitney via Automatism.

tin of string by Island Style Living via Desire To Inspire


What is it about string that I find so attractive?

it is the color

it is the texture

it is how the end is tied off

it is the thickness or thinness of each strand

it is the type

it is the beauty of the light in the photograph

it is the containers that hold the string

it is the way the string is wound

it is the type on the string package

it is the wooden spool

String for sale from Five From the Ground

Matchbox Gallery #44

"Green Caterpillar"

The Lives They Left Behind

Suitcases and their contents of residents from the attic of a state mental hospital. Images are from The Willard Suitcase Exhibit with copy about the owners of the suitcases shown and their lives.