I'm having a jewelry sale in my Etsy Shop!!  Check it out!!



Happy Pre-Labor Day!

Irene blew out of here this morning and we're left with sunny skies, warm temps and hardly any damage!  Yay!!  We have tree branches to pick up all over the yard, but that's about it.  What a relief!!  We spent a few hours Friday evening tucking everything away that could potentially fly across the yard and fields.  At least the pool furniture is put away for the winter.  I truly dislike that job!

I've been making jewelry today.  This one is fun!

I decided to go antiquing this morning...in search of jewelry treasures to use in my designs.  I went to Carlisle, PA.  (Normal people say car-lyle.  Locals say caw-LYLE.  I don't know why.)


Didn't have much luck.  The two pieces above are all I found.  But they're good pieces!

I did, however, find this:


It's Little Red Riding Hood....under glass!!  It's very Victorian and very sweet.  I'm afraid I couldn't resist it.  It's now living in my bathroom on my shelf full of antique glass bottles.


Next time I'm looking for jewelry parts, I'll go to Gettysburg.  (Normal people say getties-burg.  Locals say gettis burg.  Don't ask me why!)

to put a photo here of the collage inside the French Compact.  Here it is!


antique French paper in the background courtesy of Liz! :)

I've started listing some needlework antiques and textiles in my Etsy Shop. 


Stuff I've had for years and years and years...


You might like to check it out!




I never thought I'd part with these treasures!  But, it's time!

Have a good one!

I'm back, I'm happy to say, from a fun, wild and crazy needlework market in Baltimore.  These markets are held at Embassy Suites and the exhibitors set up their booths in the front room of the suites and sleep in the back, bedroom.  It's a great set up!  This is the first year it was held in Baltimore and it was a fun show!  I shared a suite with my sister Marty, her husband Tim and their two daughters, Anna and Grace.  Marty exhibited her new (my old) needlework designs and I exhibited my jewelry. 

This is Marty's newest Hawk Run Hollow design...Farms.  It was a best seller!

 Another one of Marty's new designs...The Tree Speaks


Marty also brought chickens!!  She and Tim reproduced these from an antique chicken spool holder she gave me as a wedding gift 16 years ago.

Check out the amazing display board Marty and Tim brought.  It was a huge success!  Shop owners saw patterns they hadn't seen in years!

 Part of my jewelry display.


More of my jewelry display...

Another part of my jewelry display, and one I particularly love.  Liz gave me this gorgeous French piece last week. 

More jewelry....

And more jewelry!!

Now for the fun part....my nieces, Anna and Gracie, discovered my mannequin and realized what fun they could have with it......

It's SHOW TIME!!  This weekend is the TNNA Fall Cash & Carry Market in Baltimore and I'm making jewelry like a crazy person, pricing, boxing, counting, re-thinking displays, and generally making a total mess of my studio!


See?

Empty mannequins!  How WEIRD!!

Marty posted a photo of the complete sampler "The Farms of Hawk Run Hollow" on her blog today.  Be sure to check it out!!  www.carriagehousesamplings.blogspot.com. 

It's STUNNING!!!!

Available here!