Giveaway!!!!!!!!!!

I am in the midst of a purge of my studio and basement area. I feel like I am always in the midst of that purge!!!LOL
                                                       I am
                                            giving away
               boxes of mixed media goodies  
from my personal stash of fabulous finds and  thrift store treasures. No two boxes will be alike - I can guarantee that!!! I can try to tailor it to your interests.

I have a self imposed deadline of next week, when my son arrives with his g/f and 25 of his friends for the 2nd annual descent of the urbanites campout!

I have way too many thrift store treasure finds, rusty things, ephemera, vintage bits and pieces, quilting fabric old, vintage, and new,  flotsam, jetsam, bottle caps, shards of vintage china and pottery, interesting goodies found and dug up around the farm. I will NEVER get around to doing anything with them.

My son's g/f is an art school grad  mixed media artist, so she will undoubtedly end up with a box of goodies - if she wants one!!!

So, leave me a comment if interested- and send  your mailing address to ooglebloops at yahoo dot com.

Unfortunately, if you live overseas- I will have to ask you to pay postage-but I will squeeze what I can into a flat rate box, or First Class Int'l, which ever is least expensive. Within the US - all free!

Tea on Tuesday and Stacks

Today's tea photos were prompted by a project that Seth from The Altered Page will be featuring tomorrow on his blog.
Over 70 artists and artsy folks will be showing stacks of ephemera, paper, journals, and the like. Seth always thinks of these fun things to do!!

Who among us, does NOT have a stack of SOMETHING???
                  I DARE you to raise your hand!!! LOL


I have many stacks - so, I included a few- the last photo being the one to be included in Seth's post.
But, first- the tea: sideways, again, for reasons only blogger knows (altho hubby thinks he's got it figured, using photoshop- but I am tired, and don't want to mess with it right now- soooooooooo)

My oolong tea and mug are sitting on my 2nd mug rug from an Art4Mail online swap. The quilter did a fabulous job with fall colors.

Mine are almost done - but today was taken up by purging the basement and  making grape jam (the reason I am too tired to fool with photoshop and why this post is late today!)

                                                                             


                                                                        STACKS

 

Tea on Tuesday - teacups, of course!

                             Books that are yearning for their own book shelf- or a new home elsewhere
                                                        (see a title you like? Let me know!!!)

 

                                                    Stuff on the couch I am reading my way thru'

 

Guest bath

 

Spell check? Nah -stacks of ancient dictionaries 

(usually neatly shelved- just posing for the "stacks" photo shoot) 

                                  Journals, book covers, vintage pages, ephemera awaiting new life....

Please drop by every Tuesday for tea - see Kimmie and Patty for a list of other tea lovers.
Don't forget to visit Seth tomorrow to see many more stacks!! I know Patty and I are playing along, and maybe Kimmie too!!!

More Thrifting and Purging.....

For every item that comes into my house, another should leave! Sadly, that is always not the case!

Altho' I don't yet qualify for an episode of Hoarders, some days I feel there is a serious danger of falling off the fence into a sea of debris, detritus, and er, uh- valuable inventory!!!!!! LOL

I have begun a massive purge, a very, very, slow  and overwhelming undertaking. The basement studio, and the garage are the catchalls for my many treasures. The house is, so far, neat and free from any overflow!!!

Volunteering at a local thrift shop, does not, in ANY way, help stop the flow of treasures wending their way into my life!! It is utterly impossible to work at a thrift store and leave at the end of day empty handed! The temptation and thrill of the find is just way too strong!!

My booth in the brick and mortar shop has had a pickup in business - which is great! My Etsy shop needs a serious overhaul- which means time spent taking photos, writing descriptive narratives, and posting listings- in itself quite time consuming.

The distractions of email, FB, blogging, Tumblr, and computer in general, not to mention life on the farm, and serious procrastination (!) slows down the purging process.

But, I am now making a concerted effort, and I hope, as I post new listings on eBay and Etsy, folks will love my items as much as I do, and will want to take them into their homes.
Upcoming will be small vintage boxes and tins of mixed media/found object treasures for the artist in all of you- some on Etsy - some as giveaways on this blog - so stay tuned!!!

I will leave you with an excerpt of a poem, from a tattered on the outside, perfect on the inside, 1872 volume of Robert Browning poetry- this lovely old tome with its gilt edged pages , and dedication to Alfred Tennyson, will be on Etsy very soon.

                                        Song From "Pippa Passes"

                                         The year's at the spring,

                                         And day's at the morn;

                                         Morning's at seven;

                                         The hill-side's dew-pearled;

                                         The lark's on the wing;

                                         The snail's on the thorn;

                                         God's in His Heaven-

                                         All's right with the world.

                 

A Wonderful Swap!!

Linda, from Awfully Big Art Adventures, http://www.bigartadventures.blogspot.com
was kind enough to swap with me in their last challenge - creating a bookmark.
If you haven't seen their weekly challenges, you must drop in!!
Being a newbie to this swapping thing, I was just overwhelmed by the generosity in my little package from England!!!
An outstanding bookmark- that may never see the inside of a book - it will have a place of honour on my desk!!!!
Lots of other little goodies toppled out of the envelope- what a surprise!!! A lovely little ATC, paper and trim, flower petals and buttons - woohoo!!!
I feel so guilty sending just my little zentangle bookmark with no extra goodies!! I will make it up, I promise!! :>)