Proud Liberty

Proud Liberty has a new home that I know will be very good to her!

Here is Proud Liberty!

She has been a labor of love for me over the last week. She came about when Janell of Pumpkinseeds Folk Art said "why don't you make a liberty girl"! I sketched and dreamed and bought and embellished with whatever seemed right. Taking my slowww time to complete her.








I hope she was worth the wait~











Available for $45.00 +$5.50 Shipping on this blog only.



Will be placed on Etsy for $55.00 + Shipping if not sold shortly.





Contact me via comment on this blog for more details, thanx~

Paperclay sculpture on a star wooden box. Painted in artist pigment acrylics and sealed with a matte sealer. Glitters, fibers, grungeboard & tinsels used for embellishment. Approx. 11x5 inches

I have been tagged by an amazing NJ artist!

I was tagged by the artist who did these!

Click here www.thevintagesister.etsy.com to go to her etsy shop.

How fun!





I've been tagged by an amazing artist, Tracy from New Joisey (us Jersey gurls gotta stick together)!







I too will try and put 6 interesting things here..........ah..yeh.







Here are the Rules:






1. Link to the person that tagged you.





2. Post the rules on your blog.





3. Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.





4. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.





5. Let each random person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.






Ok, here I go....








1. I have had memory & slight speech problems since a concussion received by another customer with a 10 foot steel pole as I was walking through a Home Depot in May 2007 (seemed funny at the time!) argh~








2. I will trash pick-dumpster dive almost anywhere for a good piece of artsy trash (I make my husband & boys crazy with this)









3. I am a horror, thriller, comedy movie junkie. I would rather sit home painting- sculpting and watching a movie with the family than go out with friends.






4. I volunteer as a sexual assault and domestic abuse counselor/advocate/responder by responding to hospitals and police stations to help the victim through their crisis.









5. I add maple syrup to almost everything (marinade steaks, homefries -til carmelized, sweeten cheescake, make salad dressings). Mainly because we do our own mapling at the family farm and boil it over a coal fire each late winter...almost that time again.








6. I might be the luckiest girl in the world. Family, Art & Friends-is all I will ever need to be happy.





Now here are the six wonderful people I am tagging!





Janell Berryman of Pumpkin Seeds Folk Art

Marie of Marie Patterson Studio

Tracy of The Vintage Sister

Jenny of The Polka Dot Pixie

Sam of Sammo

Elaine of Artful-Spirit/Alphabet Studio

Please check them out ...why you ask? Because they rock!

Diversity at its artistic best~

If you have a chance look at these artists and their shops. All one of a kind originals on etsy. Here is the link http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=2297

but the treasury may end so just look at the name under the photo of their painting and add .etsy.com after it and you are there! Example:

http://www.shopnamegoesinhere.etsy.com/

http://www.ambitionsdesign.etsy.com/

These are some amazing artists that will have you intrigued and in awe, enjoy!

Weekly Random with commentary

So, Janell (http://www.pumpkinseedsoriginals.blogspot.com/) started this with the "Show your shoes" challenge.

This week I am picking the random subject and I chose "Show your Pantry"!! That's right, just like shoes, your food choices say something about you and your family. Show it in all its cluttered glory!

Now in the interest of full disclosure, I did just go food shopping, to the tune of $380.00 (2 weeks worth), hence the reason I chose the pantry. Go ahead..pick it apart~

On the top shelf of my pantry you will barely see my 20+ cookbooks hidden behind umpteen jars-cans of coffee, Hot Cocoa and drink mix. Along with the empty canisters I save for the project that may pop up in my head (hopefully) at some point in the near future~



Duncan Hines had a sale-that's all I have to say about that.


Can you barely see the Fiber one cereal peeking out from between Honey Combs & Cocoa pebbles? The Fiber one is for us geriatrics in the abode, The Hot Oat Bran and Oatmeal too. Gotta stay regular and keep that cholesteral down.



Ready to serve bacon-Don't judge me... and no it does not need to be refrigerated until opened!

Do you see the 5 different brands of peanut butter that are all opened!!?? KIDS! Plus everytime we go to the cabin, we food shop there and bring the PB home-hence so many jars.

Michael's Italian Grandmother would have a few words to say about Francesco Rinaldi sauce being in our pantry...shhhh.

Finally, the ever messy door shelving system that holds things I use once maybe 2x a year or simply never but cannot ge rid of. I keep the Wasabi next the the Liquid Smoke and Sterno oil. The Sardines are next to the brown sugar which is next to sesame oil, which resides next to mint jelly!

Now, Marie (http://www.mariepatterson.blogspot.com/) If your pantry is alphabetized, I will never come to your home again!

Enjoy my friends..