Tea For Two

Tea For Two, mixed media assemblage

Tea For Two is complete and in the shop. After sharing this video 10 days ago I continued to fiddle with it and ended up adding four additional pieces. I finally decided to stop tweaking and glued all the parts into place last night. It's almost impossible to call a piece like this "done". At some point you just gotta say enough is enough. The chippy yellow tea set was found in a dusty cabinet back at this thrift shop in Kansas.

Assembling Tea For Two

Thought you would enjoy watching the latest assemblage come to life. I believe I'll call it "Tea For Two". Next step is to remove everything so I can work on the box before gluing each element into place. The video will come in handy when it's time to piece the puzzle back together.

A big THANK YOU to each of you who shopped and tweeted my Christmas In July sale. It was a big success! All the packages were mailed off yesterday so keep your eye out if you're expecting a Sushipot art object ;)

Aunt Helen's Obsession

A few months ago I made an impulse purchase on Etsy and have been meaning to share it with you ever since it arrived. Lucky for me I came across this potpourri of old buttons lovingly stitched to a bright yellow cloth and cardboard backing. Debra of Saffron Colored Pony says the "buttons in this collection called Aunt Helen's obsession. Sewing buttons onto card stock, mostly in a pleasing manner. They come to you on their original cardboard backing that Aunt Helen culled." I dare say I share in Aunt Helen's obsession. Do you?

And....there is another of Aunt Helen's button cards available here.

Spring Sale

I took a snapshot of this lone daffodil in our front yard a couple days ago. The next morning one of the neighbor's cats decided to sit on it but at least I got the picture, right?! Anyhow, I'm thinking since it's such a lovely time of year I should have a little shop sale to celebrate:

Sushipot's Spring Sale

20% off with coupon code: SPRING

Ends Sunday, April 13th at midnight (cst)

Dear Bunny

Dear Bunny, original mixed media assemblage

I've resisted the urge to create my own faux taxidermy until now...that's what hanging out on Etsy does to you. So...here is one dear bunny all stuffed 'n fluffed in his Sunday best...striped bow-tie, pink antlers 'n golden epaulettes.

Rubber Duck

Rubber Duck, original assemblage with puzzle duck head piece

While assembling this assemblage I remembered that Lizzie's first birthday cake had a rubber duck motif so I dug it out of our family photo archives to share with you. Kinda continuing on with the bathtub theme from Monday's post ;) When's the last time you listened to the Rubber Ducky song?

Yellow Clown Plaque

This chipper clown and his balloon bouquet are hanging out in the shop. Happy Monday ;)

Clown Assemblages

Things have been super busy in the studio recently. I've just finished up a handful of custom pieces including these silly fellows. Looks like I'll be assembling clowns for a while yet.

Pops Of Color

New pops of color in the vintage shop this week including some old school tin clickers (great for that New Year's Eve party!) and another set of color cubes.

You & Omega

Popping in to give a shout out to my awesome Team Omega over on Etsy! If you're looking to support independent artists this season, these folks have a lot of talent and some crazy cool gift ideas. Take a peek at my treasury YOU & Omega or browse our list of Omega members.

Yellow Fellow

I'm celebrating this first full week of summer by linking up with Poppytalk's Summer Colors Week. Today's color is yellow--thus this collection of yellow objects--featuring a certain yellow fellow I borrowed from the inspiration board in my studio. If you're interested in joining in the Summer Colors Week fun, everything you need to know is right here. Happy Monday!

Truly Special

Just want to say...

...I had a truly special Mother's Day weekend.

Thank you Lizzie.

Have a bright, sunshiny-as-a-dandelion week!

Mellow Yellow

I'm back! I've missed you! Who knew I would miss tending my little, virtual garden patch SO much? Hope your past ten days have been pleasant. I'd have to describe my spring-break-time-away-thingy as quite "mellow yellow" (see pics!). We worked hard and played hard as a family. The "to-do's" didn't all get did but I breathed and was actually lazy for some portions of my days. As for the spring cleaning I deem it a success as every window in the house is spotless. There was even time to work in an antiquing trip and I can't wait to share my newly acquired treasures with you later on in the week.

Walking On Sunshine

Since we're welcoming in the month of February with a crazy winter storm here in Kansas I thought I would try to spread a bit of sunshine around and hope for the best. This little collage, "Walking On Sunshine", was done on the pages of my new notebook from Poketo. The gridded pages are a lot of fun to work with so I'm sure I'll be sharing more soon. Happy February--hope you find a bit of sunshine to walk on today!