Procrastination

Or so much to do, so little time.

Yesterday I intended to do some art, but first I had to go through a wonderful, large box that is making the rounds of about a dozen of the members of ATCsforAll. The idea is to go through the box and take some of the things that you like and then put in at least as much as you took out. The problem is that I only took out a few small things and am trying to put in more than I took out. The box is bursting at the seams. I think when I send it out I am going to have to sit on it while the postwoman tapes it closed!

Then in mid morning, the hubster and I took some of the displaced items from my art room cleaning/purging up to the Maple Street Mall to sell. The hubster has a booth there. After spending about an hour there, we took the long way home as I wanted to take him out to lunch at Red Sky in Stockbridge. Lunch was delicious!

After lunch we just had to stop at the antiques shop in Stockbridge and by the time we got home it was going on 2 o'clock. The daughter and her almost 2 year old were supposed to be stopping so I waited to make coffee until they arrived. Unfortunately, the baby was napping so the daughter came alone. Don't get me wrong, I love my daughter, but what is better than a 2 year old who thinks the world of Nana!


By the time the daughter left (after having a coffee and a little visit) it was going on 3 o'clock. I had a lot of work to do on a website I am maintaining for a client and worked on it until 5 o'clock.

Well, the day was shot and I didn't get any art done. But I do have some pix to share of previous artful things. So, without further ado, I will show you some of my favorites:




I will be getting some art done today. I am still working on my "hands" collage and I have signed up for an ATC "found poetry" swap. Plus I have several things that Nancy loaned to me to play with - Inktense Colored Pencils, clay and a toaster oven to bake it in, magic foam, a light box.....I think I should just lock myself in the art room and play for days!!!

Gotta go......see you tomorrow!

Goodies, New Old Finds, and CED2009

Some time ago, I won a drawing from Roni Johnson at Ink Stains and the first mailing never reached me. I was supposed to win a packet of St. Pat's day stamps and some gold leafing. She contacted me to see if I had received it only to find that I hadn't. She sent this wonderful package to me and I received it this weekend. There is a lovely wallpaper holder and it was filled not only with the items that I had won, but also the lovely tags you see above. I just love getting goodies in the mail!!!! Thanks, Roni!


Yesterday was a wonderful day. I went to my friend Nancy's house and checked out her newly purged studio and I was blown away. I could actually see the color of her work table. It was awesome. We spent a couple of hours making more ephemera bags for an upcoming garage sale and then went out to lunch.

For the first time in a long time, I didn't have a particular time that I had to be home, so Nancy took me to an antique mall in Stockbridge. Will wonders never cease! Stockbridge has a dynamite restaurant, Red Sky, and they have a treasure filled antiques mall with pretty good prices, Haffner's.

Here are some of the treasures I found:

This has an original sticker on the back that says it is a Bastille cabinet that retails for $156. I paid $25.

This was only $10!

This was $4.

This was $14.50.

I felt like I won the lottery. The hubster and I have browsed the antique malls in Mason and I have not found nearly this many goodies and the things that I found myself drawn to were out of my price range. It was great to find this really large place overflowing with "stuff" and to find some treasures.

I am tutoring today at 2 pm and really should work out before then. There is a challenge in my email to draw a hand-held game. I may try that first. If I get it done, I will post it later.

That's it for now! Don't hate me because I found all those goodies yesterday!! &-)

Bye!