She is back!

        A long time since my last post, I know. Let's not interfere with life, and mine is a stove with every burner going at the same time. It is all good though. I have travel a little, to the big shows and some antiquing in Austin. Some of the pictures were meant to be post a month ago, today is finally the day. The shows were somehow disappointing. A lot of my fav dealers were MIA and I saw a lot of trash with huge tickets on it. What is up with that? I like rust and industrial, shabby and time worn, but trash is trash. I have the feeling curve picking was the source for some of the stuff. You can get a car grille with the rat nest included for the affordable price of 400.00. The buffet is only 300.00, the cucarachas eggs are free, compliment of the house. Yikes! There was some inspiration and we did have a good time, so I take that.
                                      Some ramdom shots of Cleburne, Antique Alley.

                                              Ramdom shots of Zapp Hall in Roundtop

                                         Booth of Diane and Roger from  Blends in Georgetown. Their space was      
                          exquisite, my camera run out of juice so this is the only picture I  took of their booth.

          Do you recognize the stuff? It belongs to the Queen, Ms Theresa Cano of Garden Antiques

                            These are shots of some of the vendors at The Texas Rose show.

  This vendor has a store and web business called Perfectly Flawed. Her stuff is amazing and so much my style. I spend a long time there.

 And last but not least a shout out to Ms Sharon Taylor from Sharon Taylor Made. My pictures don't do justice to this artist creations. I stay at her booth the longest and I do so admire her talent. Maybe I can be as creative when I grow up.

That is all folks. I'm a little bit frustrated because my pictures failed to capture all the beauty that was there, so my advice is to come on down one of this days, you won't regret it. Blessings, Marta.

Booth redo

I decided to redo my booth and window Downtown Belton yesterday. I changed the window to a dining decor and did some pumpkins,  ravens and twigs in a tall urn for a center piece. Next month I'm planing in setting up the table as you would for a big feast. I suspended (no, Michelle did, thank you girl) empty frames from the ceiling and I think it is a good look. The window is a big challenge because is narrow and there is no walls so the goal is  to make it look great from all angles. I thought I brought enough stuff but once I got done it  looked kind of scarce.

                           I brought a lot of my glitter pumpkins  and I'm so hoping they sell well.

                                       This is the only place I used orange. It is just not my color.

                                     LOVE the tall black urns. I have to buy a set for my house.

Thanks for stopping by and you locals, come and take advantage of all the great deals in the store. Belton Market Days is Saturday and most of the dealers will be having discounts. Blessings, Marta.

Thinking Fall

         FINALLY! No rain yet, but wonderful cooler temperatures. I so wish it stays like this longer. After months of over 100 degrees weather today it feels like heaven. Some of you have probably heard the news,  Central Texas is burning, 600 homes and some fatalities. It really breaks one's heart to imagine what this folks are going thru. Every time I go outside I can smell and see smoke and you get so scare. This morning I walked the property with my dog, scouting, praying we don't get into the same trouble. Everything is so dry after seasons of no rain. Please pray for some relief for Texas from this crazy weather.
        Onto lighter and happier news; I'm crafting again! I'm excited with all the ideas that keep popping in my mind, which of course means that I'm getting no sleep. When I get into creative spells I get so inspired that I can't control thinking about new projects and then the insomnia monster gets me. Let me show you my latest creations; PUMPKINS, all glittered and bling up. Tell me what you think.

Get your pumpkins, remove the plastic stock and replace it with cut out pieces of  wood trunk. My fall color palette doesn't include any orange so I painted all my pumpkins white or cream.

                            Who said diamonds are girls best friend? Glitter is to me and much, much cheaper.

Gather your materials. I make my own tags with stamps and my Mac is my best friend when it comes down to cute prints. I have all sorts of scissors with deco edges and punchers. I don't think I will be buying a Cricutt, too expensive and I get most of the effects with simple tools.

 Dress those babies up. The sky is the limit here. I'm also planing on covering some of the pumpkins with fabric and paper.

 So, what you think? Till next project...btw I will be selling this babies in my shop and at the mall Downtown. Blessings, Marta.

Patina

Photos courtesy of John Morales Photography

First, let me thank Mr. John Morales for taking the time to take such beautiful pictures around the shop. It is truly amazing how the right eye, tools and be gifted make such a difference. I know my pictures will never look like that.

Know let me show you some pictures I took around the house with my 99.00 digital. 

As you can tell magazines won't be calling any time soon, so I leave it to the professionals. These will suffice for my little blog and I can always invite the real photographer back for amazing pictures. You can check more of John's pictures on his Flicker page http://www.flickr.com/photos/jslmorales/ . Blessings, Marta.