I'm insane

Have you seen the show HOARDERS?  I'm in it, just joking, but to a smaller degree I'm a hoarder too. I have a milion collections and at the store I wish I can keep it all. Beauty attracts me... a lot. Then again it doesn't have to be beautiful since some of the stuff is really junk but if I like it I will find beauty in it. I sometimes buy stuff because it got good bones. Then the projects start to pile and before you know it you have a couple of buildings full of "treasures" . Been gifted pose a problem too. I like to dab into everything. I love sewing, upholstery, painting and making pretties. I have seen some of the artists and some of the magazines (Where women create) which make me feel like I'm more delusional than gifted. Such beautiful rooms, soo organized, soo beautiful. I have more crafting material than I can fit in ten buildings and it is so disorganized that everytime that I look for stuff I have to look so hard that I either give up or ended so tired that I just don't. Somebody told me that is called creative mess. I don't know.

Let's talk buttons. I spend 500.00 dollars in buttons some months back. Big buyers remorse. Yes, I have sold some, reluctanly.

Custom jewerly, yummy, broken jewerly, yummy. Do I want to use it in my crafts? No

Ephemera, LOVE, old pictures,old books, documents, post cards, letters, journals,etc, bring it on!

This is not pretty but is my idea and as close I will ever get to some kind of organization. I used jewerly and shoe racks to "organize my stuff. I love them because I can see the stuff. The bad thing is that they are hanging right now over every single door.  The pictures are upside down.Argg!

I spend last Thursday coffee staining fabrics and lace. I can't wait to make some of those altered collage pillows. I used a tension curtain rod in my guest bathroom. The stuff is still hanging there plus the stains on the bathtub. The bathroom smell like coffee but I have been lucky, my husband got a cold and can't smell a thing. I better get to the mess before he does. 

So, for my costumers that ask me all the time if my house looks like the shop, here is my answer: I wish

We live there and I don't have a craft room in the house so crafting at home equals BIG MESS.

Creative chaos, that is the best description. Let's talked messy, how messy are you or you are not messy at all. Please share, I take suggestions, interventions and rehab if deemed necessary. Blessings, Marta.

PD  We went junking to San Antonio this past weekend, wait till you see what we found. Photos later.

HAPPY VALENTINES

WHEN I THINK ABOUT LOVE, THE GREATEST, THE PUREST, THE BIGGEST I THINK ABOUT MY SAVIOR. I DO NOT OF ANY OTHER THAT WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIS PRECIOUS LIFE FOR ME. THEN I THINK ABOUT THE LOVE OF A MOTHER FOR HIS CHILD, THERE IS NOTHING WE WOULD NOT DO FOR OUR KIDS, CERTAINLY THE CLOSEST THING TO THE LOVE OF GOD FOR US. THEN I THINK ABOUT MY HUSBAND OF SO MANY YEARS AND HOW MUCH WE LOVE EACH OTHER. WE HAVE CHANGE SO MUCH PHYSICALLY, WE HAVE GOTTEN OLDER AND SOMETIMES NOT NECESSARILY WISER BUT THE ONE THING THAT HAVE ENDURE IS OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER. THEN IS MY DEAR FAMILY FOR WHICH I'M SO THANKFUL FOR HAVING CLOSE TO ME, DRAMA AND ALL. AND LASTY MY DEAR FRIENDS, THE ONES THAT TAKE CARE OF ME AND THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. I THOUGHT ABOUT THE REASON WHY I LOVE ALL THIS PEOPLE AND I REALIZE THAT IS THE WORK OF GOD IN MY HEART. IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE LORD I BELIEVE MY CAPACITY FOR LOVE WILL BE SO HINDERED BY OTHER THINGS. I WILL PROBABLY BE NEGOTIATING MY LOVE THRU LIFE. THERE IS NOTHING TO NEGOTIATE. I  LOVE BECAUSE HE LOVE ME FIRST. SO TODAY AND EVERYDAY LET US TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE BIGGEST LOVE WE WILL EVER KNOW, ABOUT THE ONES THAT GOD HAVE BLESS US WITH IN OUR LIVES AND LET US TELL, WE NEED TO HEAR IT, NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT ALWAYS AND EVERYDAY. 

                                       SOME EYE CANDY FOR MY PINKY FRIENDS.

THANKS YOU ALL FOR STOPPING BY AND TO OUR SWEET HOSTESS MS BEVERLY @ HOW SWEET THE SOUND FOR HAVING US. YOUR COMMENTS WILL MAKE MY DAY.BLESSINGS, MARTA.

Happy Valentines Day!

Just a quick note to wish you all a happy Valentines Day. I got some cute stuff ready for Pink Saturday and the Valentine theme. Until then my friends good night and have a blessed weekend, Marta.

White Wednesday and running out of ideas

It is WW and I checked my photo folder just to find out there was no whites to talk about. So I proceeded to take ramdom pictures around the house. I got more pink and green than whites so I'm running out of ideas. I don't like to use the web for my pictures for the fear of stepping in somebody's toes, you know, the copyright thing. I have observed that a lot of people are very strongly opposed to others using their pictures. I will never copy or use any pictures without asking first but it makes me wonder if the people using others stuff are as respectful of their wishes of not been copy or use without consent. I personally do not have a problem about that, I consider it a form of flattery. I actually have other shop owners come and reproduce the look and ideas. I don't care, if I can inspire you to clean, decorate, repurpose and be a better queen of  your home then I have contribute some. I understant were some of you come from, I have been burn too, but lately God have been working in me about this, about letting go, placing the value in what is really important. I love my store, but is a store full of stuff. I rather care for the people that stop by looking for a human connection, the friendships and the kindred spirits that come thru. That is just my opinion, lol.


                                                Now on to what you like most PICTURES!

Some mirrors

I love anything made with mother of pearl and  seashells

      GIRLS,  GIRLS, GIRLS  

 Found this beauty at the last CITY WIDE @ the Expo

                                             

This one is a French figural face powder container

Little headvase, the original ink price in it is .25

Guess what? These two beauties are a salt and pepper shaker set.

Of course, I have to include a Reubens planter girl.

This is all folks. Thanks to our host Ms. Kathleen. Blessings, Marta.

You asked for junk, here it is...

So, you girls ask for the junk, here it is, for your eyes only. Have to do the cute bunny since I didn't want to hurt sensitive eyes outhere. She is part of stuff I have been putting together for Spring and Easter at the shop. I used a Boyd bunnie, discarded clock, and the base is a trophy base. The tags I sell @ the shop. More of her later. Let me show you the junk.I sold the flower looking thingys this morning. The wood shaving deal is one more for my husband's collection. The aqua brush got a sticker for .35. The oil can may be rusted beyond fixing. I like the old spray nozzle and the milk glass container got nice lettering in the lid. All the stuff needs a good cleaning. The aqua stool is my favorite. It is showing some white and green peeling paint. The feet are painted black with a round finish to them.

                                                                            I got two fishing baskets, one rusted and one black. I   got a free wasp nest in one of them. I'm going to fill one of them with real birds nests.

OK, I don't know what this black thingy is, I don't know what I'm going to do with it, I just thought is cool. Maybe you can come out with some ideas. I love the round stove thingys and the swifter cone.

I have no clue what I will use the mesh for. The white one is super cool. This is all for the junk, my batteries die on me. I'm missing pictures of an old oven, super cool and some aluminumn pieces.

Now back to the Easter stuff

This boy bunny I altered a bit. I glazed the green in his feet since I'm not a neon green kind of person. I added the velvet bow and the paper crepe collar. The basket in his back was ugly so I create a bird nest to cover it. I like this bunnies because they look like old german toys. Sweet!For the girl I added the egg, the collar and a crown of flowers. It is me or she got a mean face?My timeless bunny. I enjoy putting her together.My  bird nest in a box are so much fun to make. For the nest I used about 5 different kinds of materials. Shedred music paper, moss, rafia,twigs and gift bag filler,glitter and an egg, that is all. The box I cover some with music sheet paper and used a pipe thingy for a handle. Have you noticed I used the word thingy a lot? That is because I have no clue what to called it, so bear with me.This bunny came with ugly flowers in purple. It got nothing in the basket so just did another nest, change the flower to a cream one, added some glitter and viole!

 A small pink egg in a boxAnother shot of the timeless bunny and the blue egg box. I think I will be making tags like a maniac this week. I'm freaking out over all the pieces sold at the shop. Once they pick up all the pieces I do not have plan B, no replacements, no painting with the rain and the cold, no places where to find furniture for resale.  One day at a time,Marta, one day at a time. This is all for tonight my friends. Thank you for all your sweet comments and for sharing your lives with us. Blessings to you all , Marta.

Weekend finds

What a weekend! Shop, shop, shop. I went to a estate sale last Friday. The stuff was expensive. I left a couple of bids expecting not getting the call since I bid kind of low. I guess the other bids must have been below reasonable. Usually you go half the price + 10%. It work for me this time. I got 2 wicker rocking chairs and an awesome aqua stool with chippy paint. Today everything was half price. Instead of going in the house I went outside to the sheds. I was the only woman there. It didn't bother me, I dig, pull, push and did what I need to do in order to get as much rust home.  People were looking at me like I was crazy, I filled my brand new white truck full with the rusted junk, I meant treasures. I got yard stuff, old tools and stuff that I didn't necessarily knew what it was, just got it for the look. I'm kind of embarass to show you pictures of the junk since I don't want to scare you. Most of you will probably won't get it. So... I am only going to show you the nicer and   the not so scary stuff. I was the only one buying weird stuff.

Are this medicine items cool or what? The lipstick looking container is TUMS and the red cross item is medicine for ear pain. The little pellets are little cotton balls that you insert in the ear canal.

Ok, this little trinkets I love. The little silver cups are engraved. Love the salt and pepper shakers. They are ironstone. The legged shaker I will probably use as a hat  pin holder. The pearls are heavy and large for pearls. I think they are glass cover with pearl shine.  

                                                                 

 The perfume bottle is heavy and in perfect shape. I love  the primitive brush and the mini music intrument. It is very heavy and identical to a life size one in all the details. The little case is original to it. Both the buckle and the hair comb are bakelite. Love the hose with the girtle in the original box. The brown package is old hair pins.

The beaded purse is in mint condition with an art deco clasp. The lipstick looking container is not a lipstick, is a brush. The little dish is moonstone pattern and the clear balls are glass.

Guy stuff.

       This is probably some of the stuff I like the most. The little bottles are so cute and the cat eye glasses are delish. The little case use to have a shaver inside. It is full of gray mother of pearl little buttons. Yummy. Friends, this is all for today. Tomorrow I will show you some Easter and Spring cutties I have been working on. I said it, I have been crafting again, which is a result of you inspiring divas and divos outhere. Blessings, Marta.

Pink in the shop

Well friends, I feel like gone are the days of the all pink shabby chic. Shabby chic have changed, my pinks don't sell as much, the china, quilts, prints and fabrics full of roses don't sell as much either. I still carry the look in the shop but at the expense of using that space in something that will sell better. Don't get me wrong, the shabby chicks of the world are still out there. I was one before Rachel Ashwell, I will be one forever, but styles as life don't stay still, there is always the next fab. I can get enough merchandise this days in cream and taupes mixed with blacks and browns. Rust is still in, garden stuff, letters, numbers, sepia, ephemera and altered art is nothing but the rage. I sell music sheets like there is no tomorrow. I can't pass up anything in pink, just for me. I want the stuff around me, I always will. So, not a lot of pictures of pink in the shop. Only two rooms opposed to almost the hole store. Shop owners and buyers let me know how pink shabby chic does for you around your area.

Look at this beauty. Pay a lot, can't pass up a wide brim hat. How I wish I could wear my hats. My head happen to be too big for any of them.

I swear to you, if this little night camisole fit me

I will wear it out in a heartbeat.

A pink scale, I'm talking original color, YUMMY.

  Silk flowers, only if they are pretty. I love roses and hydrangeas specially in pink.

I called this room my blue aqua and pink room.

Finally this room is mostly tea stained creams and little touches of pink here and there. I really love the combimnation of the pink and sepia.
         I want to thank Ms Beverly @ htpp://howsweetthesound.blogspot.com for hosting PINK SATURDAY. Thanks to all the sweet pink friends for all your kind comments. You all mean a lot to me and  inspire me. Blessings, Marta.
PD Hey friends, it's Saturday morning and I'm supposed to be at work. I just wanted to let you know that I have been crafting and making some really cool stuff. I will take pictures today and post tomorrow. Bunnies, nest and pink stuff of course. I think you will love it all. So visit with me tomorrow