Showing posts with label Vintage books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vintage books. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Pretty Is....

'Pretty Is...' by fosterbk



Wood Vase COTTAGE P...
$20.00

Micro Eco Journal S...
$50.00

MINI Alphabet (naut...
$18.00

Earrings Coffee Bro...
$14.00

Needlecase, Jumbo, ...
$20.00

Signed and Numbered...
$25.00

Recycled Newspaper ...
$22.00

Hooty the Owl 6x6 a...
$50.00

Orange Poppy - felt...
$20.00

Sea urchin jewelry ...
$32.00

Woodland Hedgehog P...
$18.00

ACEO-SUMMERS BEAUTY...
$6.00

Chubby birdie - Arc...
$15.00

Linen pincushion -...
$11.00

Alice's Adventu...
$41.99

I'm so thrilled to have had my hedgehog sculpture included in this remarkable treasury by Fosterbk!  I really love the understated elegance, soft neutral colors and brilliant pops of orange.  Brenda has a knack for creating artful combinations of soulful items and stunning color.  Please check out her Etsy shop to see her beautiful photography! Thanks again Brenda! :)

Monday, July 12, 2010

Good Will Hunting 1

          I've had my creative energies leaping in very different direction so I'm having trouble getting any project completed.   It's like the case of the shoemaker who has barefoot children.  I create and sell art, yet my home hardly has any of my work displayed.  So I'm trying to change that and hoping along the way to get inspired in new directions.  Today I got to do something I just LOVE.  I really enjoy thrift shopping.  In my area, it's hard to find diamonds in the rough, but I still find them.  Today I really scoured the books (in my area books seem to be incredibly under valued), wanting mainly ones that I can deconstruct for collage but also looking for old editions.  Was ecstatic to find a 1938 edition (the year it was first written) of "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier, for $1.99. I'm pretty sure it's one of the first U.S. editions. I searched online and had trouble finding pictures of the same book to compare.  I love the story, so I guess the big thrill is getting something possibly that valuable.  I also found a very old copy of  "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell, but it's very unlikely to be a first edition although there was no date inside. 

        I also found :
6 glass jars with glass lids. ( I've been watching for a decent number of them so that I can make a set of  Sun Jars .  ) $1.99 each

Warren Kimble Chick and Egg Salt and Pepper Shaker for $1.99 in Box Henny & Penny



Book of postcards of Gustav Klimt Paintings $1.99

So all in all it was a fruitful afternoon of scavenging!