More Typewriters!

Look at these amazing finds! Both beautiful Underwoods.  Although the cases are a little banged up, the typewriters inside are in beautiful beautiful condition.  I feel like I won the lottery today!

First, the one I have dubbed "the transformer."  (Because I enjoy dumb humor.)

Here it is, waiting to be awakened...

The bottom opens up to reveal extending legs, and BAM!

OH,  YES IT DID!
It's actually quite beautiful even without accounting the legs.

And here's the other baby.  Here's her clothes.

A little tattered.  But here she is... This doll has glass keys :-)

They are both in such great condition... Lucky lucky Sunday!

UPDATE, because dayum, I really needed to!

Well, I have crafted here and there over the past few months...  Where have I been these past few months?  Busy like crazy with work!

But, for the holidays, I made my coworkers all mugs. Boring right?  No! I put our school logo on them and then added their names on the back.  Forgot to take a picture of the names, but here's what the front looked like:

Clear decal transfer paper made this possible...  I made double the number you see below...

I sprayed each mug with a clear polyurethane coating to make it water resistant.  

That's all I got for now... Well, I've been selling those pallet coasters now and again.  And, my Etsy shop is over $400 in the black!  That's a big accomplishment for something I've really been neglecting, lol.

A glass wedding card box...

About a month ago, I was contacted by Sarah who was browsing one of my glass terrariums on Etsy.  She needed a wedding card box and asked if that particular terrarium would fit the bill.  Unfortunately, the terrarium has 2 large openings on either side, so it couldn't really hold the cards in.  After some back and forth, she decided to have me make a box for her!  How exciting!!  I, for one, was tremendously excited!

I started with her wedding colors, a light green and navy blue.

So, I scoured the internets, and found the closest colored stained glass I could:

Not too shabby, eh?

Then, I had to find some metal accents, which was a pain in the neck! lol, not the easiest things to find.  But here's what I did find:

And then it was time to get to work!  I was very very careful with this piece, I didn't want to do anything sloppy.  So, slow and steady, measure twice (three times, four?) and cut once!  I made the bottom first...

And then, I measured and measured to make a top that fit perfectly.  (P.S., the legs aren't attached yet, just kind propped on there).

Then, I used chemical patina to make all that shiny solder a nice dark black (to match all the metal accents).

Long story short (long story long!), here we have the finished product:

The cards can be slid into that hole you see on top... and of course the lid just slides on and comes off so that the newly weds can retrieve all of the cards :)

PHEW!  Now, off to take a much deserved movie break :)

I know it's been a while...

Hello all!  I know, I've been M.I.A. for a while now.  I hope you've been keeping up with my etsy shop!  There are some amazing new items that have come and gone.  Here's a taste...

This beauty I almost didn't give up, and I still regret it a bit.  Perfect working condition, sleek and sexy blue... oh man, it was a once in a lifetime find!  Why did I sell it...?

These two bird houses were all too cute.  But alas, what use have I for beautiful things?


Anyway,  back to the matter at hand!  My crafting.  It's been on hold, replaced by fun things like writing lesson plans and papers and such.  But, I carved out some time (some time I really didn't have) to craft this little gem.  Perfect for a plant or a candle, this miniature glass house is my first "artistic" piece, inspired by the green of the grass, the blue of the sky, and the white of the clouds!  Sounds deep, huh?  lol, jk.  That is how I picked my colors, but don't take more meaning out of it than I thought it'd look nice.  Comments?  Questions?  Thoughts of disgust?

 Sorry, I took the pictures with my phone, so they're pretty blurry.

Paper cutting

You may wonder: "Why hand-cut paper when you have a Silhouette SD?!"  Apparently, though, efficient cutting of textured, card stock on a Silhouette SD requires your tools/accessories to be fully functioning.  A sticky cutting pad that doesn't stick means that the cutting mechanism just moves the paper around and cuts... just not what it's supposed to.

Anywho, I couldn't put off this project an longer, certainly not long enough to wait for the shipment from silhouette.com (that I ordered today) to come in.  So, instead, I chose to just cut the paper by hand... the paper for my lamp... my beautiful lamp... the lamp you see below and that is available at my Etsy shop.

And with the light off...

My new Etsy shop!

Hello everyone!

To your left, you should see a few thumbnails of some items I just put up on my new Etsy shop!  Nothing there was made by me (at least not yet) but they're all unique and vintage items that I found while scavenging around flea markets, yard/garage/estate sales, and the like... which is one of my favorite weekend activities.

Please, take a look!  If you message me here about an item, I'll be sure to give you a discount! ;)