So long, dear South!

Hello, Friends! I apologize for the neglect around here but my father-in-law has driven all the way from Indianapolis to South Carolina help us prepare our home to put on the market a.s.a.p! We've happily and finally been  given our relocation notice for Indianapolis and we have 90 days to get it all done! So, I'm busy spreading mulch, washing windows, sorting and packing...but hopefully I'll be around again soon! Happy Weekend! xo

Indiana or Bust!

Photo of Indiana Countryside by Meeralee on Flickr.

Mary Engel Mixed Media Sculpture

I thought I had a lot of tchochke's to manage in my studio...but it just doesn't compare to artist, Mary Engel's treasure trove-and look how tidy!! I'm especially fond of Mary's hand built mixed media  sculptures that mix ceramics and found ceramic figures and findings. Sometimes it seems the simplest  and most literally expressed ideas are the ones that work like magic...e.g. watch dog, bird dog.  And wasn't it Shakespeare who wrote, brevity is the soul of wit...  I suppose he would know! xo

 

Bird Dog 

Ceramic and found objects 12 x 25 x 10 in.

 

Joan

Mixed Media 19 x 17 x 20 in.

Kitty

Mixed Media 17 x 24 x 18 in.

 

Laying Bird Dog

Mixed Media 24 x 11 x 9 in.

Tillie

Mixed Media 32 x 43 x 12 in.

Falcon

Mixed Media 22 x 34 x 18 in.

Mary Engel's Studio corner and muse

Mary with her muses, Mingo and Bonnie.
 

 Detail of Mary's Treasures.

Visit Mary Engel's Web Site for more!

McMaster & Storm Spring Sale!

Don't forget to check out McMaster & Storm's Spring Cleaning Sale!!

I'm particularly excited to see what's inside the this & that bag o' sundries they are offering-a $30. value for $7!!  Help us make room for lots of exciting changes to their site that {yay!} I'll be working with them to make in the next few weeks! Stay tuned! xo

The Surprise "This & That" Sundries Bag!

Tender Letters

Do you ever feel a hankerin' to "favorite" someone's entire album on Flickr? I believe I did just that this morning to an unsuspecting artist, Lauren Treece-known as Tender Letters on Flickr. Here's a sampling of her photography-a mix of art and life-and really the two bear no distinction. I hope you enjoy the escape to her world as much as I do....xo 

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New Twig and Treasures Wreath

Happy Monday!

Here's a new wreath I made yesterday!

{I also marked down the two other found wreaths in my shop!}

LadyBird's Twig and Treasures Wreath

Available in my Etsy shop! xo

detail (using my new vintage letters scored from Artsy Mama's shop!
Thanks, Kari!)

detail.

xo

New Bell Jar Assemblage

hello, pretty bird! 

Available here. 

Lost Things

Lovely...magical...sweet...and best of all- an artistic collaboration!

Read all about it here. xo

Lovin' from the NYT...

Woowhee! Check out this super article from Brooke Hodge about shopSCAD in The New York Times today! Amy kindly shared our story with the writer and once again shared the limelight of shopSCAD glory with me...and she needn't! She has taken the shop to an entirely new level of awesome-ness since I was there! (Speaking of which...a print catalog that is so fabulous it blows my mind is under construction as I write this-consider yourself warned!) Unfortunately, Amy's last name was misspelled a-gain. {New note: it has been corrected!} Its Amy Zurcher..."enterprising retail director" eXtraOrdinaiRe!!  Soon to be a household name so's you better get it right! xo