Hand Painted Halloween Kettle Gourd ...

 ... has all your Halloween favorites!  Bats ...

 and Ghosts

 and Spiders and Webs

 and a sweet Halloween message!

should make it to Etsy tonight!

Artful Bird Cottage & PPF #46

 i was amazed the first time i saw an apple gourd ...

it looks just like a giant apple!

 a perfect critter cottage for my bird friends

has a 1&1/2 inch centered hole

about 3 inches above the floor

wire hanger with wooden beads

a natural twig perch

 "an apple a day ... keeps the Dr. away"
somebody said!

heart shaped apples in the tree

finished with organic shellac to seal the surface

complete with 4 drainage holes
in the critter cottage bottom!
up for sale in my Etsy studio soon!

Visit Paint Party Friday where artists have been gathering for 46 weeks (painting and partying!).  Kristin and Eva's creation!  I've been there since the beginning!  Sure I missed a few weeks ... and I really missed them during those weeks.  Wish every day was Paint Party Friday!

Have a GREAT weekend!



Vintage marbles, discarded Patron bottles and light from darkness!



  Repurposed some Patron bottles into oil lamps!

... had done the one on the right a few years back

and decided to make use of some vintage marbles

washed my vintage marbles ...

and voilà !

with fiberglass wicks

and brass and ceramic wick holders

 just add WOLFORD Lamp Oil! 

... waiting for my order to arrive

 still need to embellish the necks

 of these beautiful bottles

 and WHO drank all that Patron?

... save YOUR bottles for me!

 happy marbles have a new purpose!

I'll list them in my ETSY shop when they are all done!

"... let light shine out of darkness..."

2 Corinthians 4:6

ETSY shop and PPF #28

FINALLY added some items to my ETSY shop this past week. Pretty exciting ... I'm in two circles (whatever that means) ... guess I have a long way to go! It was on my 'to-do' list and although I have more pieces to list, I can say I did it! We'll see what happens. Worked on a 'Thank YOU' gift that involved some painting this week, but don't have any pictures available at the moment. I so love creating presents and fund raiser pieces!

I'm heading over to Paint Party Friday to see what's happening there today ... want to join me?