A Garden flag

I was looking for a flag to put in my garden spot, but unable to find a nice one I decided to created. As you know my passions for horses, I designed a template in paper and then transferred to fabric, after that it was easy to sew and finally I got a nice flag. I'm showing some of the plants that are growing there this year. We had already eat a few of the corn, and green papers as well other herbs for salad. Marvelous.

Estuve buscando una bandera para mi rinconcito en el jardin, pero no encontre algo que me gustara asi que me decidi a crearla yo misma. Como les conte antes me apasionan los caballos, dibuje un molde en papel y lo transferi a la tela. despues fue ya facil coserla y finalmente consegui una linda bandera. Les muestro ademas algunas de las plantas que crecen en el jardin este ano. Ya hemos comido algo de maiz pimentones y otras hierbas para ensaladas. Es maravilloso.

The Wonder of Bird Feathers.

Walks to the pond sometimes were a unique experience, new people, animals, flowers, the short distance from home, is always exciting. Sometimes I found dry flowers, rocks, in this case feathers from the ducks, and birds that comes around, and I ended bring a few of them home hoping to start some new crafts ideas.

Feathers grow quickly. Once fully developed a feather is a dead matter like your finger nails, Feathers do not last for ever, they become worn and battered and are replaced regularly by the bird once or twice a year depending on species.Birds have good eyesight and colour is important to them. A bird gets its beautiful or cryptic coloration from its feathers.
I covered the feathers with different color threads and add a bead or two, when is ready it can be use for the hair, or as a key chain, or just as a decorative item.

Visiting a Spectacular Garden ...

Longwood Gardens, 1,050 acres with 20 indoor and 20 outdoor gardens, you’ll find beauty at every turn. We visited this magnificent place last Friday, it was an unforgettable experience. My mind keep going back, and I hope I can repeat the experience another time.

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Rabbits in my Kitchen...

This is definitely a cute one, I got this to hang in the kitchen, it have happy colors.Is nice to have a little fun with whimsical Farm animals , I have a few vintage finds that I really like, this is one of them.

An Antique Iron.

There are a near endless variety of different flat or sad iron styles & forms, both American and International. They were made worldwide. Some were very plain and utilitarian, people commonly call those bookends or doorstops.The thing about these irons is that they have been in collections for years. They are not commonly found these days. I was lucky to find this one in a past auction I attended, with a few more things. Not sure yet where I will place it but I took this pictures to show it to all of you. The book Impressionism we bought it at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is a big book with so many pictures of art from that time, is a book that takes you to the world of art in the nineteenth century. Many artist like Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Cezanne and many others are from that Impressionist circle.

I enclosed some art pictures from Mary Cassatt whose critics were uncertain as to whether she was an American or an English . I had the opportunity to see some of her art work in the Museum, and I always like the style as how she captured the images.

The pictures I photographed from the book are "The cup of Tea" and :Five O'clock Tea.(1880)

Hace poco estuve en una de esas ventas que llamamos auction aqui, y fui afortunada al encontrar y poder adquirir esta pieza de hierro que es una antiguedad, son planchas de hierro que usaban antes, actualmente es dificil encontrarlas, hay muchos estilos y son buscadas por los coleccionistas. Mi idea al adquirirla fue recordar un poco mis antepasados, para mi es un tesoro.

Hay algunas personas que las usan para parar las puertas o como sosten de libros, son utiles de ese modo. Aqui les presento la que adquiri y tambien les muestro un libro de arte: Impressionism que adquirimos hace tiempo en una visita al Museo de Arte de Philadelphia. Es un libro que te transporta al siglo diecinueve, donde artistas como Claude Monet, Pierre auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Cezanne entre otros que formaron parte del Circulo del Impresionistas estan presentes a traves de las coloridas imagenes de su arte.

Tambien tome algunas fotos de la obra de Mary Cassatt que como decia sus criticos estan indecisos aun de que si ella era Americana o Inglesa. He aqui dos fotos de su arte: "La taza de Te " y :Te de las cinco" (1880)

Candle holder.

This candle holder is made of wood, it was a dark finish, I painted it in different colors and then applied a glaze to soft all the colors, sorry I complete forget to take pictures of the transformation, from boring to a nice and colorful piece. But I'm happy with the results.

Malma Mirrors ...

This are Malma Mirrors from IKEA, the first image as you see were too plain, I painted one long ago with acrylics and rubber gold paint, and just recently I did decoupage in the next one, I'm just thinking in giving an antique finish to both, maybe later I like then like that for now.