Join us on Saturday December 12th from noon to 5pm at Be Salon located at 970-D Ft. Wayne Avenue. My Mixed Media Collages, Fiber and jewelry will be featured and for SALE. Come join us for Food, Fun and Fa La La La La. Tell and bring your friends!
Gallery No.2 on Opening Night.
In just a couple of minutes I will be walking to the Legend Cafe located just a short walk from where Ed and I are living. They are featuring my work for 2 months. Tonight I have invited folks to come and have dinner or a drink and see my little series on Irvington. It is such a lovely town. I feel that Ed and I have found our "hood". So I made work with a nod to the neighborhood. This is one of 8 in my series. If you are in the area stop by it is up through Janurary.
I have been working on my ABC series for an upcoming show in Gallery No. 2 at the Harrison Center here in Indy which opens December 4th. I am not done but I am making good progress. Hope you can come to the opening.
Ed and I have the best nieces and nephews. This is HEATH Schlatter (Ed's side of the family)with his Scout Master. This past Sunday he became an Eagle Scout. Only 2% of all Scouts achieve this rank. Heath is one of those kids that is really easy to love. He is also an entertainer at heart. Congratulations HEATH! We are PROUD of you!
I bought a wedding gown at a thrift store size 10 and cut it up and sewed it onto a t-shirt to make the whole outfit work. I decided to go as the GOTH Bride of Frankenstein. Thought I would share a close up. I am not very photogenic. Always smiling crooked or my head is the wrong angle so my favorite pose to discourage the double chin. 
It starts off in the early hours of the day with a bon fire and breakfast sharing outside. We chatted and ate homemade breakfast casserole, pumpkin bread and little sausages from the grill. Meeting folks and their pups. Char is a great neighbor and feels like an old friend, with one of our neighbors dogs. He has beautiful BLUE eyes.
Then the RUN begins. This is outside of our Rental. Such a view. Notice within 6 days the leaves have almost all fallen. But, I had to come home....still dealing with my toe issues. We stood out there cheering on all the age groups and walkers and runners alike. FUN!
Then we met well, NICK a waiter at the Legend restaurant. He was a horny Priest all in FUN. We had a great meal with friends. I had pumpkin RAVIOLI with spinach and sweet potatoes and other delicious flavors on top. It was so good.
Beth and Ron came as International Travelers. Beth from Russia and Ron from FRANCE. They left our company :( and went on a 2 hour walking ghost tour of the area. They are long time Irvingtonians. 
This is Suzanne as Egor, me well Bride of Frankenstein, PAUL well Frankie and aka The LIFE of the PARTY and my husband the MAD scientist (which is his day job too!) I have been sick with whatever is going around and had to muster up the strength to attend all of these events. I had to make a drug store run in the middle of our night. The show must go on !!! We stopped by another local wine bar before heading off to see the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW which by that time I was miserable and swear I feel asleep at some point. But, it was a really great night and Suzanne and Paul are such good sports. Going over and above on their costumes. What will Halloween 2010 bring? 
If you know anything about the Midwest you know we love our FALL colors! I guess that could be said for any place that has Maples, Fire bushes and Tulip trees etc. I took this photo from my front door. Just love it! It is my favorite time of the year. I love anything pumpkin, squash, persimmons, apple cider and well all those great fall colors. I can't forget Halloween. I almost have our costumes ready. Should be a great time.
I don't think I have shared my latest pair of shoes. I am one of those people who spends .50 cents on a shirt at the church thrift and then I will pay $100- on a pair of shoes. I have to, horrible feet so that is where my money goes. I had my toe nail procedure on Thursday and WOW it hit me last night. The pain hit me. So I spent today all glassy eyed on pain killer. Who knew this would happen. Anyway I am still wearing flip flops. I hope it heals before the snow comes! :) These shoes are by Alegria Shoes. No one carries them in my area so I ordered online. I want more!!! 
This lovely couple are also looking for a home. The photo is not the best for some reason. Just know it looks better in person. $48- plus shipping.
(Adopted)
A blogger friend Heather Sleightholm from Oklahoma had asked about the big stuffed pillows that I make and I said let's TRADE! So I got one of Heather's wonderful mixed media paintings from her flapper girl series. "Forever Jeanne". For now she sits on top of a dresser that I have in my dining room along with a folk art piece of carved birds and some of my favorite bowls. I just love having her in my collection. I am living through Jeanne since I would never get a tatoo of my own but love that she has one. Thanks Heather! I love it.
Wall of plates. $25- each or 2 for $40-. Most of them have a little phrase like"Hot toast makes the butterfly" or my favorite "Beans, beans, the musical fruit". Each one is covered with Resin. 
Adjustable RINGS $12- each with my images on them. Eash one is covered with Resin for long life.
My friend and owner of BE Salon gave me some wallpaper swatches that a client gave him. Well my mom and I were scratching our heads....what can we make out of this??? Doubled stick tape doesnt stick to it and glue is a mess so I scrapped using them for collage...and then it hit me. Some sort of purse. So a wallet it is. Sewn with the sewing machine. Velcro closure button for good looks. $4- each. SAVE THE PLANET! 
The things we do. Right now I am listing a bunch of things for a neighbor who is moving from her home here in Irvington. She was a DOLL maker and through the years has lost her eye sight. Which is so sad. Anyway these items are all on eBay under my seller name which is Magic317. If you are interested please let me know. The March Sisters starting bid for all is $24.95 and the Presidents are $14.95. She is also selling this Fabulous Vintage Gas Stove which is all intact and the starting bid is $200- I have seen then re-stored online for thousands of dollars. I will be listing 40 years or LIFE magazines for her as well over time. Besides that she has a dining room full of Furniture to sell. I will give a better back story to my involvement as time goes by.
The Sweet little MARCH girls. 
Abe and Mary Todd Licnoln - I guess I posed them sort of seductively
Martha and George Washington - they look so happy together!
