Braggin on the old man.

water feature

Prarie Style door.

copper fence caps

San Diego residence.

bathtub turned into desk

handmade handle

work in progress

finished piece in place in an office.

Not QuiteLast minute gifts from Beatnheart Etsy Shop.

handcrafted by moi.

Amethyst beads..vintage rhinestone rondelles

Art Deco connectors.

Luscious Vintage.

SOLD...THANKS PENNY!

woof...woof...I need a home.

Vintage cutie pie from England.

Someone in Seattle?

Bang   bang

Holiday Glam.

I love these...

These too...Frequent Flyers.

Very Vintage...made by me.

Love, love, love...

Glorious Blue...

Pimpin my wares...thanks for indulging me.

Kohler Art Center Sheboygan, Wisconsin

The fabulous folk art collection in

the garden of the art center.

This art center is world class...amazing

for such a small Midwestern town.

Wisconsin has alot of folk art.  The Kohler foundation

has a program for artists from all over the world to

come and work at their foundry.

Look at your sink...

it probably came from the Kohler Company.

more than half of the people in Sheboygan work there.

The family is a huge supporter of the arts.

These pieces attest to that.

want to see more?  click here

John Lennon

John Lennon was taken away from us.

gone but not forgotten.

1950s Christmas Tree Ornaments.

I found these ornaments at an estate sale.

Do you remember these from back in the day?

These were in a box, unopened, unsed...

Memories from the 1950s !   

My family didn’t have these but I knew a few people

who did.  I don’t think I’ve seen them since then.

and oh boy...I’m selling them in my Etsy shop...

(also in my space at the Wertz Brothers Antique Market)

Earrings that I’m making.

I’ve got a new jones.   Making earrings.

I have struggled with necklaces...and hassled

with bracelets.   But making earrings?  

Easy.  Fast.  Quick gratification.

I made these modern day Mourning Jewelry ones

the day Amy Winehouse died.  A tribute to her.

I used jet Victorian buttons on these.

Old Amethyst beads, vintage rhinestone spacers,

old Art Deco connectors.

Citron colored crystal beads saved from a decayed

Art Deco necklace found in a shop in England.

These blue beads are Czech Picasso Saturn's.

Love, luv, love these.

These purple ones were harvested off of a 1920s Art Deco

necklace that I found in a dusty old box at the  Newark Antique Market

In Northern England.

I have never worn swinging, dangling earrings.

I always went the modest route with studs and silver hoops. But these feel so cool to wear and

  they feel great swinging under my hair.  I’m hooked on them now.   

I am not a bragger...  or a very good self promoter.  People

often say to me.."Gee, I never knew you could do that!"

I dislike blowing my own horn.  In la, la, la “L.A.Land"

everybody is always bragging about something that they do.

Heck I’m from the Midwest...we don’t do that kind of stuff.

So I quietly made these earrings at my kitchen table.

They are for sale in my etsy  shop.

Southern California in the winter.

Southern California in the winter..

some random pictures...

on a beautiful sunny clear day.

When it rains down here...

It snows up there.

If the air quality is good this is what we

get to see.  A day trip to some antique stores

near Riverside and these are the views we got

78 degrees...hot and sunny.

This is why we put up with traffic, crowds and crime.

You can’t beat this weather and that is a fact...

and that is why a zillion people have flocked to live

here.  

This is my kind of winter.  Hope you are enjoying yours.

Tonight...a annual post thanksgiving dinner at an old friends house.

They have been doing it for 21 years.

rock on Murph and Paul.

Happy Thanksgiving

A very fine stained glass window at The American Club, Kohler, Wisconsin.

Gratitude is what keeps us going in the midst of

pain and sorrow.  It’s what makes us realize how good

we have it.   Without giving thanks for what we have

we are nothing but takers.  And when you are nothing

but a taker you are nothing.

Today and everyday I give thanks for my warm, cozy home.

My husband.  My pets.  My friends.  My neighbors.

My creativity.  My music.  My health.  Yoga.  My business.

My self.  

Gratitude is part of my daily life.  Not just today but everyday.

I give thanks to all you for your kindness, warmth and friendship.

Happy Thanksgiving.