Party Weekend!

Hi all, hope you are having a fun weekend so far.
It's the opening of Alice In Wonderland this weekend. I won't have a chance to see it this weekend, but if any of you do, please let me know how it is. Maybe there are some Alice In Wonderland parties. I'm sure that will be a theme this year, as well as some great Halloween costumes come Fall.
My daughter's friends are celebrating their twins first birthday today, so I made them each a party hat. It was fun to make one pink and one blue, for Dylan and Kyra.
Happy first birthday to them! I guess this means that it's baby Jake's first birthday party. Jake is now 5 months old, and so much fun! He has the perfect personality. Smiles for everything!! (See photos on Baby Balice Blog)
Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Going to a concert tonight at Pepperdine University.
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary
PS, and don't forget the biggest party in Hollywood tomorrow night!

Creating For Friends

Hi all!
Hope you had a great week so far. It's getting close to the weekend, yay for that.
Just want to show you some things I have been working on for 2 of my friends. The cones are for my friend Martha. She is a wonderful artist, and makes amazing vintage charms, and has a lovely blog. If you haven't checked her blog please do.
MJ Ornaments. I just mailed these today Martha, hope you like them. Martha and I did a little trade, charms for cones. She wanted something in the cream and white family. She says she is obsessed with the white right now. Hope these work.
Now for my friend Jean, you know my friend that lives in Rhode Island. She asked me if I had ever decorated flower pots. I said I hadn't, but I was willing to give it a try.
She wants them for her Palm Sunday/Easter table. Two matching pots in Easter colors, with chicks. I happened to find these two buttery yellow pots at a recent garage sale, brand new with the price tags still on for, drum roll..... $1 for both.
How could you go wrong, and it kept me from running around looking for the right pots. I used old Easter postcard images, glitter, sheet music, and Easter grass. They were shipped and arrived in one piece. Jean loved them, and they were just what she was thinking. Which is always good for me, I love to try out my psychic abilities.
These two projects were quite fun, and I had the freedom to do whatever I wanted.
Well, you all have a wonderful weekend!!
We are suppose to get more rain, which is great for the Spring flowers that are starting to bloom.
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Flea Marketing!

Hi all, and happy Tuesday.
I'm just about ready to go and get my hair done. Gotta get that color once a month.
I thought you might like to see some photos of my flea market day last Sunday.
I got that really pretty and heavy silver plate tray for $10. The sideways picture of the clock (Didn't have time to fix picture sorry) I got for $5, I know a clock that doesn't work for $5, but I like the way it looks. I got it from one of the nice ladies you see in the photo. Now the Ginger tin, I love it. It came out of an old store. I guess people used to buy their spices and teas loose from tins. Anyway, not a bargain at $75, but my husband got the guy down to $50. It's going somewhere in my kitchen.
I had to take the photo of the bat and bugs. I thought it was a little creepy, but cool. The rest were just some random shots, you see I always get so involved in looking that I forget to take the pictures for you guys!!
It was a fun day, and the weather was perfect, considering the day before we had thunderstorms.
Have a great week!
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Junk Queen!

Hi all. Happy Friday!
Hope you all have a nice weekend planned.
We are heading to the Ventura flea market bright and early on Sunday morning.
In honor of that, and me being such a junk collector, I made a Junk Queen crown. I used bits and pieces of things I had sitting around my studio. The base is a piece of rain gutter screen. I used some linen, old game pieces, old buttons, scrap metal pieces, etc. You get the picture.
It was fun using up some junk!
I hope I find more good junk at the flea market. It's not only fun to shop, but it's fun to visit as well. Some of my friends will be shopping, others will be selling.
It's always nice to see them.
Tonight we are having movie night at our daughter's house, and tomorrow night dinner out with friends. Sunday the flea market, and family dinner.
I will be playing with baby Jake the whole time I'm sure. He is 5 months now, and loves to play. By Monday I will need a rest from the weekend.
Whatever your plans, enjoy!
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Queen Tee Shirt!

Happy Thursday!
I have been making tee shirts lately. Simply because I can't find the ones I want in shops. I love old photographs, so I made this Queen tee shirt. I added the crystals, because you have to have bling on your shirt.
I also made a new bag to take with me to the flea market. I love this graphic. The little queen sparrow.
I may have to start selling my shirts as people keep asking me where I get my shirts.
They stop and ask, so maybe I should sell them. Who knows, a whole new product for me to make.
Anyway, have a wonderful day. We are between rainstorms in Southern California. It's bright and sunny today, but not for long.
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Playing With The Tree

Hi all!
Hope you are having a good week so far. It's dreary and drizzly today.
I started playing around with my tree this morning. Thought you might like to see it so far. I put a nest inside, made a burlap bow with rhinestone pin at the top. I wrapped some birch branches around it, and stuffed it with some dried hydrangea that I saved from my yard. I am still playing, but decided to give you a peek. Knowing me, I will probably change the whole thing tomorrow.
I got fun news yesterday. I won a giveaway from Laura's blog, 52 Flea. I was very surprised, because I don't win things very often, and there were a lot of entries. Lucky me!! If you have never checked out 52 Flea, go now. It's on my top 10 list of the best blogs ever. Laura is the sweetest lady, and so talented. You will love it.
Have a wonderful day!!
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary

Christmas Tree?

Hi all, hope you had a great weekend.
We all like to repurpose, recycle etc. While antiquing on Saturday with my husband, we came upon this, I think Christmas tree. I instantly had to have it. It was one of those things. It is made from an antique stand of some sort, rusty wire, and chicken wire. How cool!! I figured it would look cute with white lights at all times of the year. I could decorate it and redecorate it for different holidays. Now the problem is where to put it, or store it til Christmas. Not sure yet, so it's sitting atop my dining table waiting for me to figure it out. It's a great piece of folk/altered art or whatever you want to call it. I just like it. We won't discuss the price. We got the guy to come down a bit. I walked away, but my husband knew that I liked it, so being the guy he is got it for me. Later that night at home he said to me,"good eye", so I guess he likes it too.
If you have any ideas, and I know you do, feel free to tell me what you think I should do with it, or where to put it. Keep it out all year or only at Christmas?
Have a great week!
Chat again soon.
Love,
Rosemary