New Flower just listed

I wanted to share the newest addition to the ARTful Salvage collection of Glass Plate Flowers over in our Etsy shop. I am thrilled with how this one turned out. I do enjoy making these as each one is completely unique and has it's own personality. They do make wonderful ooak gifts.


This flower is made from beautiful vintage clear, white dishes and pink dishes.The flower base is a gorgeous Federal Petal depression glass plate, topped with a pink floral pattern china plate, a pink center plate and accented with a clear center and shiny green glass stone. It will be a stunning accent for your home or garden.

LOVE the concept but not the colors, shapes......just convo me and I will be happy to work with you on designing your own custom flower. If you have sentimental dishes that you would like us to use, we are happy to do that as well. We call it Memory Glass.....it is such a joy for me to look out into my yard and see flowers and totems that I have made from both of my Grandmother's dishes. Thanks for stopping by!

take 2 gallons of Oops paint and a few hours.....

....and ta-da. It's the beginnings of a totally NEW room! So, pink and black are my 2 fave colors and definitely my choices for my new room re-do. But, the $35 per gallon x 2 was not to my liking. But, being the "ever happy to tag along with hubs to the Home Improvement stores" gal that I am.....I double scored. First I found a light pink gallon......well, ok....but really lighter than I wanted and definitely not enough for all 4 walls. So, I set it aside in the closet. Fast forward to last week when I was standing at the paint counter watching the paint man mix MY PERFECT shade of pink for a lady. When he finished, I ask where their Oops paint was. Before I leave I hear her say she does NOT like the most perfect shade of pink on the planet. Oky dokie says Mister Paint Man....and off he trots to retrieve a new gallon of tint base to try again. Do you SEE where this is going. Slyly I say, So, Mr. Paint Man, whatcha gonna do with that gallon of pink paint there. Put it in the Oops he says. No, sir, says I......you can just put that little puppy right here in me shopping basket and totally make my day!!  So, you might be thinking we are painting my walls 2 shades of pink, right? No way....we poured them into a clean 5 gallon bucket, stirred them up like I was making witches brew and we now had the best shade of pink a girl could ask for. In 3 hours, Wonder Husband had painted my walls and transformed my world. Regular cost: $70......total repurposing cost: $10. Woot! Woot! Oh and don't you LOVE how the black quarter round really sets off the 12' ceilings? Also yard sale fodder for less than $5.

Also in the pictures are my salvaged "hutch" painted with free sample black paint and my $1 dresser (yep yard sale price was $1). Found the drawers pulls at another sale with many more for $5. Total cost for the 2 pieces: $6. Now to find a nice piece of NOT brown or beige carpet......maybe some pink shag?

Also in the pics is my new quilt top. Sadly, NOT repurposed but still quite pretty if you ask me. It is my own pattern and my first made from scratch quilt. I am quite happy with it. Now I must begin the quilting process. On the bed are 5 of the 8 pillows I yard saled the other day for $2.

Soon I'll be able to share some of the repurposed ART I have in the works for the giant expanse of pink walls......stay tune.

This and that.....

Just popping in to share some goodies with you. Seems life has got us constantly on the move these days......more than you can imagine!!  :)  I've not had near enough studio (aka me) time lately. Here's whats just been completed and what's currently on the work table.

I shared this little unfinished stool last time in all it's naked glory. Well, here she is all glammed out with some new paint and shiny glass. I am happy with the results. I still may distress the stool a bit.....maybe......

I found these lovely cement insect stepping stones awhile back at my fave concrete place. I have completed the Bee and am working on the Dragonfly. I LOVE how the bee turned out. What do you think? I am trying to find good ways to use up all my glass scrap and he was a perfect example. I'm thinking the body of the dragonfly may be stones not mosaic pieces of glass.....still chewing on that.

In addition to the Dragonfly....this little guy is waiting for some bling to his shell. I simply adored him. He was a one-of-a-kind, sitting in the damaged pile. I fell in love with him and knew I could give him some new life. He has shiny blue iridized glass so far and is getting 2 styles of textured clear glass for his shell and bead for his eyes and antennae. I'll share when he is "dressed".

Guess that's enough for now....stay tuned for more stained glass windows......