Woodland Santa Class

These are some of my good friends from the SDP chapter I belong to in Charleston WV. We did this class last Saturday with Dottie, in red closest to the right. The next person is Doris my good friend whom I paint with, is holding both her Santa all in green and black on the left and mine on the right in a grey vest and red scarf. We still have a lot of work left on them. The are made to look like the victorian one that appeared in Harpers Bazar magazine in the mid 1800's. They will have burlap bags with fruit and nuts, lots of small items and a very small decorated tree in one hand. The face has been hand made and painted, then covered with the lambs wool. It was such a wonderful class and every one did a great job.

My new Find

I was lucky enough to find this wonderful double school desk. Its made for a smaller child and never been painted. It was brought in by one of the people where I have my little shop at. They have a large sized child double one now with the ink well that has a sliding closure on it.


They also brought in some desk tops and the top piece of wood that went across the back of the desks. I am planning on making some wonderful antique checkerboards on a few and maybe even a blackboard too.

New Shop

Well my girlfriend and I decided to take the plunge even with this economy and set up a small shop in a new venture called Trader Bills. Its actually an upscale flea market with seperate little shops. They have really built a beautiful building and a great roofed area for outside vendors. The main building that holds about 24 booths is all filled and they are adding 4 very large areas

for larger vendors such as one coming in with fruits and veggies. 1st picture shows the booth with the carpet and drapes and all the set up ready for merchandise. The second picture is of my friend Vicki setting at our desk. I paint there and have wonderful lighting with the window behind me. The black armoire is for her jewerly. The last picture is of me......sigh, was not a great picture but will have to do for now. I will post more pictures as we take them. Hugs, Marcia

Spring is in the AIr!!!!!

There is a real good chance that spring is in the air here in NE Kentucky.....Its 78 degrees today, although it will be much cooler this weekend. I have lots of fresh green leaves pusing their little head up in my little flower garden. These are my winter pansies....they are all happy because of the warm weather.
Hugs, Marcia

Saturday's Chapter Class

What a wonderful day my good friend Doris and I had near Teays Valley, WV. It was our Society Chapter meeting. Dottie Kuhl was teaching one of her fabulous gourd ornaments. The meeting was held at a really nice Lions Clubhouse on the Kanawaha River bank. They are considering it for a summer picnic meeting. Great views. The class was terrific. The unfinished gourd was glued to a long thin wood spindle used for thread in factories. We used rubber type push molds for the face part of it, then did the embellishing of extending the hat, adding more side hair, and for doing the fur at the top of the head. Mine has to be antiqued to tone down the way over bright look of it yet. I will be sure to show it to all when complete. Just had to tell you about my great day.
Hugs, Marcia

Start Over's.......

I am so far behind on Blogger that I just need "start overs"! This is how far I have gotten on my bathroom. I had to take it in low light as the stripes jump out at you if I don't. The umbrella idea had me pulling a few hairs out of my head, but finally I stumbled, and I really mean stumbled over a box of these umbrellas a young man was unpacking in the new seasonal isles of Hobby Lobby. Here I went on a hunt for everything from a small child's umbrella to a party shower honeycombed type of one. Couldn't find a single one. Well these were perfect as the inner bamboo workings were very easy to cut with scissors. I got it to the size I wanted, then took the sticks and glued them into place inside to form how I wanted it on the wall. Now to cover it with the shower curtain fabric. You can see the fabric in the mirror along with an unfinished corner cabinet to hold the guest towels. I am now on a different style of curtain completely.....so not sure what the window will end up with yet.
Hugs, Marcia

OH MY!!! Its Wednesday already!

Sigh, is this week ever going fast. Had doctor appts yesterday and another tomorrow. Really messes with a persons day when we have them. These were appts that were to be last week during the ice storm. We are getting snow again.....LOL. Almost 60 degress on Sunday and now snow again. I have half the bathroom stripped. I hated the first faux metallic I bought at Lowes. So went on a hunt Monday and found one at Home Depot. Ended up with Ralph Lauren Candle Light. Of course one has to buy the roller so it will turn out like the sample and the video we were sort of forced to watch.....LOL. Salesman was so proud he could show us how to use the video player. He watched it right there with us, so no sneaking away. I am very pleased with how its turning out. Now that the lights are back up, I think we need to change them. So its going to be a hunt till I like it. In between I have finished painting the three guys on the stool. Its background work and the bottom to finish up. I have the two other childs chairs about half done also. I have a really neat project to start after these three items. I think it will paint up fast too.
Mushy Hugs