Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!
I visited my sister and her family in Tampa, Florida over the Holidays. While there, I had to squeeze in an antiques and collectible show, the Tampa Antique Fair
that looked too good to pass up. Luckily, we got there as they were opening the gates on Saturday morning and were able to try and quickly browse through everything without getting too bogged down.
"Harry Rinker" from Collector Inspector on HGTV was going to be there at noon doing appraisals, but we had to be out of there and on the road by then, and I never did get a chance to meet him.
I found lots of antique buttons for my bracelets, some sweet little girl hand embroidered gloves, little dolls, lockets and a bunch of vintage postcards. I have tons of stuff to work with now, between the few shows I have been to this Fall, now I need to get busy creating.
I do have a few things still available on my website for sale, some bracelets, assemblages and dolls if anyone needs to find a unique Christmas present.
Check them out here on my webpage- Carolina Artist
All the Best- Jeanette
Hello- I have been working on a new assemblage piece today. I am in the process of putting it all together, step by step. I think I have most of the designing taken care of. The piece is centered around 3 vintage cabinet cards with photos of sweet girls. It has a 3 dimensional shadow box concept with glass in the front. Each box has a nest with an alabaster egg in it sitting in front of the girls. I attached the following quote by Langston Hughes to the piece...
"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly"
Isn' t that wonderful? I love the images it brings to mind, all wrapped up in a life lesson.
Hope you like this piece, the pics are just bits and parts of it. I will probably put it on my website when I have it completed.
These can be clicked on to enlarge and get a better look.
I found this cool birds nest yesterday and had to share a picture of it. I love the fact that it is made with lots of beautiful little feathers. We pulled this nest out of a dryer vent. The dryer has not been used for at least a year and the nest had been abandoned long ago. I need to decontaminate it, try to clean it up as best as possible and keep it. I think it is just beautiful and fascinating to look at.
Click on the picture to enlarge it. You will see the beautiful colors in the feathers.
I have been working on a wholesale order for the last few days- I do supply stores in quantity if anyone knows of a store owner who may be looking for something different. I am currently supplying about 3 different stores.
I finally got around to watching Sylvia the other night. It was really good. I loved the artsy quality of the movie. It was kind of anti-climatic though, knowing that she kills herself in the end. Gwyneth did a great job as Sylvia. I just loved her in the role. She is so talented, she really "becomes" the person.
I completed some new assemblage dolls this weekend. I listed them on ebay if you would like to take a look. 2 of them are "Sun Gods" with polymer clay faces painted to give them the look of distressed copper. The other is a little fairy. Out of everything I do, making these dolls is probably my favorite. Their personalities seem to leap out while they are being put together. Rarely do I have a preconceived idea when starting one.
I also have some vintage Vogue patterns listed. These are pretty humorous to see what was couture at that time. They are size 16....can you imagine a size 16 model in this day and age? I checked out a few others on sale on ebay, they all seem to be big sizes. Does anyone know why?
Hope everyone has a great Monday! XOXO Jeanette
I spent the day yesterday at the Metrolina Antiques and Collectibles Show in Charlotte NC.
What an exciting and fun day it was....so many treasures. I felt like I had died and gone to Heaven. This is a huge show and there is so much to take in and see that it can be exhilarating as well as overwhelming. I tried to scan over all of the booths without getting bogged down, but was not always successful. I felt like I got terrific bargains but was surprised to find my wallet almost empty at the end of the day.
Here is a few pictures from my trip
Vintage dolls, furniture hardware, antique wooden boxes, stones that look like eggs, and vintage buttons for bracelets. The last picture is of an amazing shrine made in the 1940's that came out of Mexico. I really fell in love with this, it was so primitive yet it spoke volumes.
