Wood Plaque Art

 My community has a neighborhood newsletter

that's delivered every morning to my inbox. 

It's filled with trivia about the particular day, or 

something special about our town, 

or it's residents, past and present.

 Neighbors may post things they are selling, giving away, 

services they want to recommend, or are in search of. 

One of my kind neighbors was offering dozens

of bare wood plaques along with some wood boxes.

Although I wasn't the first to respond, 

I was the only one that showed up. 

That's a metaphor for life isn't it?

The people most likely to succeed are the people that show up!

I need to remind myself of this incident and be ready to 

show up when opportunity arises. 

Fortunately for me, she gave me everything 

she had. She said she was going to throw it all in 

the green barrel (plant recycle) but decided 

to see if anyone could use it first.

I was truly grateful and expressed my appreciation to her. 

There were about 50-60 wood plaques like this!

I only spent about an hour on the following

piece. It was an early Christmas present for me. 

I was so excited to make something, . . . anything!

I decided to make the subject one 

of my "life verses". 

I'll probably go back in and do some more 

work on it (after the holidays), but here it is so far. 

Field Trip to Sunflour Market

Our friends opened a cute little shop

in Superior Arizona. 

My husband and I decided to take a 

ride to visit them and check it out. 

It's called Sunflour Market.

It used to be an old west diner that was

designed and used as part of the set in a movie 

with Jennifer Lopez (which I never saw). 

Although my friend who bought the shop

said she invited a group of her church

friends over to her house to watch the movie

after they got the place. She said  

they had to turn it off when it started 

getting a little too hot and heavy. It turned out not 

to be an appropriate movie for a church group. 

I couldn't help but laugh. That's something I'd do.

Our friends ended up completely redesigning the place. Now it's

a bright, sunny, coffee shop, bakery, and boutique/market. 

I thought some of the details were so cute

and wanted to share them with you. 

If you ever get a chance to visit, you'll 

be glad you did. My advice would be

to go on the weekend when most of the towns stores are open, 

and don't miss the nearby Boyce Thompson Arboretum.

Items near the front window.

They have an enclosed outdoor patio area. This is looking up above the front window.

Looking out the front window from the outdoor patio area.
There's a new hotel being built across the street.

Wind chimes and a copper wall. The wind chimes were selling for around $15!

You can see part of a sunflower painting on the patio with some cute planters.

Pail light fixtures. Note the skeleton on the back wall. You'll see it again soon. 

Terra cotta and turquoise, two of my favorite colors.

She has a lot of pretty vignettes set up all over.

Painted oil drums with wood tops and stools are used for patio seating.

Skeleton mural on the back wall of the patio.

I loved this painted window. It was even prettier in person.

This is from the front of the shop looking toward the back.
There were lots of fresh baked goodies on the counter. 

This is looking out the front window onto Main Street. 

This is the hall mural near the restrooms. Poppies and butterflies!

These are baskets made in Africa~ very pretty and colorful. 

I hope you found some inspiration, 

and enjoyment from my little getaway!

Pitt Pens on Bristol

Someone will see this and

know I didn't get much

housework done today. 

No surprise, the housework

is still waiting for me. 

Time to get started on that.

Hope your day is blessed!

Glamour Gal Art Piece

We've been working so much the

past several months, there hasn't been

much time for artwork. 

I've really been missing my

artsy "therapy". 

Enough was enough. 

I had to do something creative!

This piece was inspired by the

thought of creating a 1920's glamour girl

and putting my own spin on her. 

I love drawing female faces

(in case you haven't noticed).

I'm at the point where I have

to spend some time looking at

her to know if I'm going to

be tweaking her or not.

Hope your day is blessed!

Latest Creation

Here's my latest piece. She was inspired by an by an old advertisement I came across. When I began to recreate her, she started taking on an art deco feel. I'm still not sure if I'm finished with her yet. She may end up looking totally different when all is said and done. 

Blessings, Terri