A vintage love affair....

I've been collecting vintage jewelry for years and luckily I have a business that gives me access to free items that would be destined for the landfill. We,my hubby & I, have had a real estate business for 19 years now,where I am a interior design stager/handywoman and he does the landscaping on properties that are for sale. The people hire us to clean out all objects from attics to garages & you would not believe what people leave behind. Everything from old photos to vintage jewelry & fabulous furniture from the 30's & 50's too. I sell at our local flea market & at my house for an occasional yardsale but lately I've noticed a good market online at Ebay & Etsy.com. I've decided to go into the vintage jewelry business for fun & extra income too. But mostly to keep these hidden treasures in collections all over the world. These pieces are "costume" but have a whole personality of their own. They bring out memories in people that my have been kept hidden. You may see a peice from the 60's that your school teacher wore to keep her sweater on her shoulders or even an awesome art deco piece that brings back the good old days of Hollywood glamour. You can mix these little gems with even the most casual of outfits and still they stand out. So I hope to meet some new friends at some online networking spots & make this new chapter in my life a nice change at my age. Reinventing myself at 52!!

July Splendor!

This is an annual event at our house. This old fat barrel cactus blooms out these beauties 12 at a time. It happens on or around the 4th of July and it does ironically look like fireworks. But the catch is they only last a few hours,so it's a nice surprise every year. I've yet to get a snapshot of all 12 in bloom at once. Maybe next year,huh?

Sleeping on the job......

Little Chita my office clerk?

My first ACEO....

When we had the secret summer swap at RESPECT I decided to do an ACEO & this is the one I swapped with artist*r. She absolutely loved it & I was thrilled.

Religion & Art....

I was pleasantly surprised when I sold this little altered child's saddle shoe I called "Joyride". I had never heard of Santos & was bombarded with emails about this peice & what saint it represented. It was bought as a gift & went back east but I still had no intentions when it was created to be a Santo.

Patience is a virtue.......

George Jetson & the demise of the quill......

I guess when all those guys were signing the Declaration of Independence with that big Ol' Ostrich plume,they had no idea that one day there may be no need for the ink filled contraption. I recently had a friend move faraway & she has no computer or desire to own one,so email was out & calling each other was costing us a fortune,so I picked up a pen & started to write. I was thinking that it had been years since I had truly written a real letter. Not just a thank you note,but a detailed accounting of my monthly adventures. I realized that I now look forward to those little gifts of words I receive each month. Handwritten by someone I care about. I make walnut ink & my neighbor gave me an old fashion fountian pen as a Christmas gift. It's not the kind with a cartridge,but the same type used in 1776. I tried it & 1 dip lasted about 2 lines. I was quite surprised,so I decided to write an entire letter in walnut ink to my friend. It's actually an art form now! It takes a canvas & ink,right? So I got to thinking that even a typewriter is extinct? I now dismantle them for altered art pieces. Well! If you're a "Boomer" than you'll know what I mean when I say,"I think we have finally become The Jetson's!!" From George Washington to George Jetson,hmmm.........I'll take the quill anyday!

Animals & Art .....

Some of my favorite ACEO Artists!

On a Diet by Lisa Roller


Dump Night Date by SueB AKA aligatorsue


The 3 Tenors by the late Luna Rivera AKA Lun8


"Lost in Thought" by Winafret L. Burns

Here is the reason I buy from Windy. The photo below shows how she captured my long departed "Mister",by chance,so well......