MY BIG PRIZE!

Last week I was told by Ray of  LARK BOOKS that i was their big facebook winner

The Biggest and Bestest Gallery Book

 Giveaway in the History of Our

 Universe.....

  (a random drawing from everyone who commented on their post)  JUST LOOK at this amazing prize!

...it came in 5 boxes.....
24, yes  TWENTY FOUR of their thick gorgeous art inspiration books- - chockful of marvelous artists in every medium and incredible awesome art........a whole library of eye candy!   just look at those titles!

Thank you Lark Books! 
 (...and especially Ray!)
Lark Books ROCK!
Lucky, lucky me!

New Toys!

My DH (Lance) was so smitten with my Singer 66 Red Eye that he has started to collect antique sewing machines. The red eye was made in America in 1910 and has gold and red decals with a "red eye" pattern. The picture below is the newest one that just arrived from England - a 1939  99K....it came in a beautiful wood case with a key lock and accessories, in perfect working order and gorgeous condition. The "k" means it was made at Singer in Scotland, the largest factory in the world at the time with over 7,000 workers and 1 million square feet. The 99K  is the little brother to the 66, being 2/3 the size. He also bought another beauty off of ebay, a 1918 "lotus" 66K....which will arrive any day now.  It is called a lotus because the decals are gold and green with Egyptian lotus motif.

...please ignore my totally messy shop table.....

.....and a few new things in my Etsy Shop!

pewter gargoyle necklace

...a seated pewter cherub stone angel, about 2 1/2 inches high....

the stone angel has cute butt cheeks peaking out from the drape.....

Remembering Mama

5 years...oh my, hard to believe!  Today is the 5th Anniversary of my amazing mother's departure from this earth.  I am sure she is enjoying many a new adventure in her new dimension.  I love that she stills comes to me with her infectious laugh and big expressive eyes in my dreams.  So calming!

...miss you mama......sigh.

New Pewter for My ETSY Shop

...a few new items I have made for my shop that will be listed soon.....

these are already made, so what you see is what you get....

A delicate silver plated pewter bird with a swarovski wild heart AB crystal on a sterling silver chain.  The neckchain is also sterling..

 ...two vintage silver plated forks formed into a bracelet with a sterling clasp, pewter bird, and stainless steel split rings.....

a pewter crow with 2 wild heart swarovsky crystals hanging from sterling chain....on a stainless steel ball chain....

...another crow, this one without the crystals, and a dark patina...

 a pewter skull on a stainless steel 4.2 mm thick ball chain....

 a pewter troll (with quite a GRIMACE!) on a much thinner ball chain....

i like his little butt....