more snow...sigh.

i'm trying to be positive.

it's pretty.

that's all i got.

a girl can dream...

Constance, the 1957 Sprite 14 caravan, I want to live in you.

I want to park you in a beautiful garden and have friends over for tea.



tiny little kitchen means it's impossible to cook.

my kind of kitchen!



wouldn't The Vintage Sister look great painted on the side?

i borrowed these pictures from here.

apparently the only way this is going to happen is if i become a model,

and we all know that's not happening.

but a girl can dream, can't she?

a more realistic possibility is this here tent by cath kidston

but i'm not quite feelng this one so much.

alas, the dream must end.

 i'm off to the studio to work on a few family portraits.

enjoy the dream:)

monday w.i.p's

hello friends, i am just popping in to share today's works in progress.

alexi is just about finished.

 all that needs to be done

 is the frame and he needs a little name plaque.

i have something particular in mind and i have a feeling

 it's going to take me a while to find what i'm looking for. 

wish me luck!



now this is bearnard (from france), and i'm really quite smitten with him.

he has many, many talents in the vintage circus but he mostly just likes to eat fish. 

he's a very detailed collage piece and he's painted on a large tin frame.

bearnard is in need of a name plaque as well.

so cool!

i have another frame like the one above so i will have

 to come up with a companion piece for bearnard...

i'm thinking a female friend:)

come back soon to see more of

the vintage circus revealed!



friday night fun!

a great big thanks to all of the crafty ladies who came

out in the cold for some crafting fun!

i've already begun the plans for next months craft!!

enjoy your weekend:)

tuesday.

what i'm up to today in pictures.

domestic bliss.

sunday.

what i'm doing today. 

 i spent hours working on these little guys.

punching, gluing, punching, gluing.

 the light green is a craft paper and the blue and

darker green are tickets.

i have also been painting the trim.

after the flood, when all of the floors were replaced,

 they put on new trim that was only primed.

i've been putting off this job for a few months.

trim in every room in the house needs to be taped off and painted.

some day it will be finished.

for any masterpiece theatre fans, part two of

 downton abbey is on tonight.

can't wait!

happy sunday! 

my toes are cold.

just popping in to say hello before i head into my little art room

to work on this guy.

i'm trying to do a series of circus like folks who like to balance things on their heads.

say what?

i know.

this chap is named Alexi Karpotov.

he balances fish.

i really need to find a way to be neater in the studio.

i'm painting him on a picture that i purchased at a flea market last year.

it was a circus themed piece so that's why it's tent shaped.

ah well, i'm off to turn the thermostat down to 62 and shut myself in my

little room and crank up the space heater. 

i'll put my toes up nice and close and pretend i'm doing this.

keep warm and enjoy your weekend:)

Valentines Hootenanny!

hello friends,

tonight at the stroke of midnight the talented artists of

spooky time jingles will be presenting their first work of 2011!

this month since valentine's day is only a month away, we are having a

valentines hootenanny!

here are the items i will have for sale.

as always, if you ever have any questions or are interested in

any of my pieces, feel free to email me at

vintagesister2006@yahoo.com

mossy has a heart



love in paris



 lil cupid

this is a shot of the figures featured in holidays & celebrations magazine!

stella

also, just because the update happens at midnight,

don't think that you have to stay up all night!

most of my sales happen within the next

three days.

the kids are home for a snow day ( all 8 inches of it, pathetic!)

so i'm off to play:)

enjoy your day!

new work, new plans, new dreams.

hello friends and a belated happy new year to you!

what have i been up to since christmas?

probably the same as you.

i ate too much and drank too little.

now i am in need of a little diet and a lot of exercise.

i tore apart the house and bought a million dollars worth of plastic storage bins from target.

i wrestled the treadmill out of the garage and into the house, only to find that it's in need of repair.

husband promises to take a look at it.

i planned and booked our (my sister and i) 4 th annual trip to adamstown, pa for the spring extravaganza.

oh how i need a weekend of treasure hunting!

i sent out the invites to my second monthly CrafTEA Ladies Night where old friends and new friends come to my home for an evening of crafts, tea and chat. so fun!!

it has snowed twice since christmas...not a good sign, and more is expected on tuesday. i'm not a big fan of winter and snow just does me in. a dusting here and there is ok but when the roads get bad and i'm stuck indoors...ugh!

i received my very first gardening catalog in the mail the other day and promptly went to the studio and created this...

i cut roses from the pages and pasted them right on.

she, like me, is dreaming of spring!

this piece will be in the shop some time this week.

also in the creative department, the january update for spooky time jingles, the 13th, is right around the corner so stop back for a preview of my pieces for this month.

i have a kooky halloween painting and a few valentine pieces that were featured in somerset studio's holidays and celebrations magazine.

whooo!

enjoy your week.