Pinecone Birds

Vintage Pinecone Birds, made in Denmark

All sorts of treasures are waiting patiently to be photographed for the vintage shop. My new studio is a wee bit smaller than my last space so I'm continuing to pare down what to keep and what to share. So....the big plan this week is to dust off the camera and get back to photographing more sweet treasures.

Vintage Game Boxes

 

Been meaning to share this collection of vintage game boxes that I listed a couple weeks ago. They're currently en route to Istanbul, Turkey (I love the international community on Etsy!). My family played a lot of games when I growing up and now we play a lot of 'em with Lizzie. This past week she's been perfecting her Checker skills and almost beat me. One of these days she will.

 

Lotsa Boxes

Lotsa boxes are being dusted off 'n posted in the shop. Guess I've been kinda hoarding these boxes but I do use them from time to time to make shadowbox assemblage pieces.

Green Wooden Boxes, Set of 3

But...the truth of the matter is I have way too many boxes and many of 'em moved with us from Mobile, Alabama four years ago. Patrick's graduate school stint is quickly drawing to a close here in Manhattan and an inevitable move is on the horizon next summer.

Old Sewing Drawers, Set of 2

So...my new, self-imposed rule is if IT moved with us to Kansas from Alabama it won't be moving again. Basically, I've gotta Lighten. The. Load.

Extra Long Wooden Drawer/Box

These boxes are great for displaying baubles on the coffee table, holding art supplies in the studio OR making shadowbox assemblages ('cuz that's what I love doing with 'em).

Galvanized Metal Bucket

And...there's even an old bucket in the shop right now. Picked this one up off the side of the road in Alabama. You never know what you'll find on an afternoon stroll!

Cubes Alphabétiques

Cubes Alphabétiques, antique French alphabet blocks

Clown Tiddly Winks

Tiddly Winks, Whitman Publishing Company, 1958

A while back I blogged about The Bargain Barrel, a favorite local thrifting spot. I had mentioned I kinda wanted to head back over there to retrieve this game of Tiddly Winks. Lucky for me, it was patiently waiting in the case when we stopped in last week. So...it looks like I'm heading into a serious clown phase...what with the clown finds last week and now this. I've even got a clown-y piece coming together in the studio. Talk about inspiration!

Chaos Theory

Chaos Theory, collage on found (scribbled) box top

Piles of Things

You know how when nothing is coming together right it helps to take a step back...(breathe)...and then CLEAN, clean, clean? Somehow the act of dusting, scrubbing, purging, organizing and general straightening up of things is good for the mind and body. Well at least it's that way for me! My studio received a bit of this cleaning action over the weekend as did our stove which was long past due. Our house is by no means "company ready" but it's been enough to make things start coming together again (ie, now I can find that particular book which I know has the perfect image of a certain pair of feet for the collage I'm working on without going crazy and throwing the entire bookcase across the room). **whew** Ok. Now that I'm feeling like myself again, I did remember to take some snapshots of the piles of things that I cleaned up around the studio. Boy am I glad it's a new week.

Box of Goodies

This box of goodies, from a quick thrift shop run on Friday, sat in the trunk of my car over the weekend. I lugged it into the studio last night to sort through everything. Many of the little things you see here will be making their way into the shop later on this week.

Sushipot Vignette no 10

Sushipot Vignette no 10 (lunchbox and other storage)

Each image in the Sushipot Vignette series is composed of a grouping of objects found in and around my home or studio. The metal lunchbox stores old drawing supplies from art school days. Various boxes store various supplies--sometimes I take time to label them, sometimes I forget. Take a peek at previous images in my vignette series here.