~ A Quick Visit ~

 Just thought I would practice with my camera since I haven't in such a long while. So a few quick pix from around my home..... Trying to take my mind off the coming ice storm.....

 Some inspirations in my studio...

                                    
A small collection on my bedroom dresser....

  

A doll I made many years ago that sits in my kitchen. At the time, I had no idea how to apply hair, so I made all these tiny braids of wool and stuck holes on her head with an awl and glued each one in! She's wearing an old christening gown and I love her.....

 I spy a touch of green even if it's dried ... Spring?  (Pllleeease???)

                        
 Top of  my $ 3.00 jelly cupboard. Yes, many years ago at a garage sale, a gal had it priced at $5.00 because the two top drawers were missing (hence the piece of homespun).  Well, I had to get the price down, (if just for the principal of being a good bargain hunter) cause I already had a washstand with many layers of paint in the truck and I wasn't sure what my husband was going to say when I brought home more work for him.... Now, of course it has been on my "Honey-Do" list for years, because I know if he can build gate leg tables and corner cupboards etc, he can make two simple dovetailed drawers..... Time, never enough..... someday..... AHHh,  hope you keep warm and dry,

~ What Inspires You? ~

    Is it the pattern of and old piece of fabric? Or the colour of it, ... or the speckled, textured glaze of an old crock ..... or the features on the face of someone you pass during the day,... or the way the morning sunlight dances across an old basket, an old toy or doll's face? And of course the visit to an antique shop.  Not just the wonderful treasures it holds, but that musty, dusty old scent of the objects and if you are lucky enough, the timeless, old building that it is in! I have found too, that as life seems to travel full circle, that many of my creative inspirations can in some way be traced back to the things that I loved and that "spoke to me" as a child..... Yes, I was one of those odd kids that love antiques even as a little girl, when my mom would take me to country auctions. I can still remember buying my first crock at about 10 yrs. old. Of course it was chipped and probably cracked, and I'm sure the kind auctioneer was humoring me because nobody else wanted it, even for a quarter!
   These are some pix of Pikeville Antiques near Oley, Pa. that my daughter took this past Dec. It is her favorite. Her birthday is this week and she too, is afflicted with the "Antiqueing Bug"! Happy Birthday, Amy!