More Auction finds

As promised here are more auction finds from the Tin Man.

 This is a Gestetner wheel pen. David Gestetner was the inventor of this pen, a revolutionary new way to make copies of written documents in the early 1900's. So interesting to learn of how they had to do things over a hundred years ago that we take for granted. Any one know of an interesting use for a wheel pen now?

 The Tin Man was told that these little bead monkeys are made from Jade. They're very roughly carved but do feel like they could be Jade.

 I've been looking for some crystal salt and pepper shakers to store my glitter in but I guess the Tin Man just heard salt and pepper shakers. Oh well they are kind of neat, just have to figure out what I can do with them now! Any one have some ideas for using small salt and pepper shakers, well other then the obvious!!?

And then there is this cute little old box. I'm sure I can find something to store in it. I love just about any kind of box. This one has definitely been around the block a few times.

So there are the Tin Man's auction find this time. What do you think, have you found any interesting auction finds lately?

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Auction finds.

 The Tin Man was at an auction yesterday and brought home some more fun goodies for me. My favourite were all these buttons. I may need to find some more jars to sort them in!

I also loved the old tin that some of them came in.

I'll show you some more finds he got tomorrow.

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Monday Giveaway

Time for my Monday tag giveaway again. Same deal as last week. Leave a comment below and your name will be put in the draw jar. One lucky name will be picked on Friday. 

Good luck and pass it on!

Happy Creating!

Wendy

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's that time of year again !  At least here in Canada it is. Time for pumpkins and squash and turkey and thanks giving for everything in between. I managed to take this pic before the Tin Man chops up the punkin for pie.

To all my Canadian followers, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!

What are you creating this giving weekend?

Wendy

And the winner is...

 We've made it to the end of the week of my first tag give away! My winners jar didn't fill up this week, so those that commented have good odds at winner this time. And the winner is, drum roll please...

Sheila!

Congratulations Sheila!. For everyone else come on back Monday for another chance at a tag.

Have a great weekend and Happy Creating.
Wendy

What's new!

In the last year I've learned so much with my small creative business. Some days it can be all so overwhelming but I push my comfort zone and I learn, both about technical things and about me. Slowly I've changed and added things to my blog that you may or may not have noticed. So I thought today I would take you on a little tour of my blog.

First we visit the navigation bar situated below the banner. Starting from the left, of course you will find home which is where you can start your journey anytime you come to visit to see my most recent posts. Next to that is  the 2012 Show schedule, where you will find the shows  I will be selling my jewelry and altered art at in coming months. You will also find links there to more show information. On the right is my latest Workshop schedule. Right now my fall schedule is up, so you can see photos of projects as well as all the workshop information you need.

Moving along now to the right side column, at the top is a little bit about me and below is a link to my Etsy shop where you will find my jewelry for sale. Next are three links to other places on line you can follow me. The first is my Pinterest page, one of my favourite past times lately. If you haven't discovered it yet take a peek, so much eye candy! Second is twitter. This is something I'm new at and still trying to figure out but if you're a fan please give me a shout or I guess I should say 'tweet'. Thirdly is my Facebook page. I put a lot of my daily creative happenings up here, so if  you'd like a few extra peeks at my projects I'm working on, come on over and like me.

Next is a few ways to keep track of my blog posts. The first is to join the site to follow posts and the second is to follow by e-mail which will send you e-mails every time I post so you won't miss a thing.

Keep going down and you'll find labels and archives to help find past posts. And a list of some my favourite Artist's blogs.

Coming to the bottom of this column you will find information about workshops and lot's of photos of past and present classes. If you see something here that you're interested in learning but don't see it on my workshop schedule I'd love to hear about it. I'm always interested to know what people would like to see on my schedule for the next session.

So that's about it for how the blog is laid out right now. I've been tweaking the colours and banner every now and then so I'd love to hear what you think of the look as it is right now.

Thanks for taking the tour with me.

Happy Creating
Wendy

Win a tag!

Let's start this week with some fun! Since I've been doing so much reorganizing and moving of my studio I found some things that I had forgotten about. So when I started to put all my tags together I've made over the years I was surprised to see how many there were. I just don't know where to hang them all so I've decided to give away one each Monday for the rest of the year. So what do you have to do to have a chance to win it? Well just leave a comment below to let me know you'd like it and your name will be entered into the special Dragonfly Dreamers give away bag and randomly drawn on each Friday of that week. Good luck and share the love.

Happy Creating
Wendy