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Ahoy Shipmates!

How is your summer going?

I hope your finding some time to enjoy these long summer days.

It's been busy around The Vintage Pearl

I had a garage sale this weekend so I decided to open the doors to the studio as will.

It was amazing!

There was alot of  foot traffic and I got the chance to let people know that I'm here

I tryed to work on a few pieces of furniture during the slow times

but didn't get much done.

Here are few pictures of what I'm working on

My neighbor gave me this old dresser last week

at first I tryed to give it away at my garage sale but no one wanted it

so i decided to do something with it

I picked this little table up at a garage sale the last time I was visiting the kids

The dresser has a huge mirror to go with it

I'm thinking about adding drift wood to the mirror

That should make it look really beachy 

I'll post pictures of the finished product in a few days so check back

until then I will be spending time in the studio working on all kinds of stuff.

Today's Project

Hi Friends,

Here is my coffee table project that I'm working on today.

It didn't sell at the Round Top sale in it original state so I decided to paint it

and try to make it look like a surf broad

 I still have to put a finish on it and then it will be ready for the studio

 Here are a few new things in the studio

Will that's it for today. I've got dinner in the oven and I'm ready for American Idle tonight....Go Scotty!!

What's New In The Studio

Hi Friends,

I have a few new things in Studio to share with you

I hand make all of the jewelery with the exception of the vintage peaces



My new peaces are made with fishing in mind

This one has tri swivel's

For those of you that don't fish... the center peace is a tri swivel used for hooks when fishing

The beach chair is one of my favorit things in the shop

The lady I got it from told me it was her grandmothers so I'm guessing its pretty old.

This is my version of Steampunk

The center peace was a star drag from a 65 hounderd ABU Garcia Reel

The charms on these beauty's are bearings from some of the reels that my housband has repaired.

There paired with hand made glass beads

These two are made of single swevles

Will I'm back to my crafting

I hope you get the chance to make somthing beautiful today

Projects around the studio

I cleaned out my jewelry box today. I  used an old window frame from my grandma Pearls house.

The only place it would fit is behind our bedroom door. I probably will wear more of my jewelry with this easy access.

 I also spent some time in the studio working on steam punk
The DH repairs fishing reels and has alot of left over parts.
Wast Not..Want Not

 I'm working on a mans bractlet made out of old reel bearings

I also made a few really nice earings but that will be posted in a later blog post.
For now happy crafting to you all

A Gift For a Friend

Hi friends

I hope you are haveing an artful day

I just have a few pictures to share

I have been super busy around the studio and yard so I haven't taken the time to blog

I hit a garage sale this week end and found this sweet little doggie for my dearest friend

She has a thing for poodles

I hope you like it

Here are  some shots from around the studio

Creat something beautiful today
Julia

6 Dollar Project

It's all about the projects this week end

I've been knocking them out one after another these last few weeks

This has to be one of my favorite ones so far

These beautiful window frames are from my Grandma Pearl's childhood home

They are super heavy ..... I just loooove them

I white washed them and covered the back with some burlap that my Mother-in-law gave me

$O.oo dollars invested in this project and a little elbow grease

Priceless

 I used the scraps to hang some of my pictures in the kitchen

I didn't want to show my whole kitchen in the picture because I'm still working on some other projects I want to share with you later

Here is my last project for the day

This is where the six dollars comes in

You'll see what I mean

 All these glass container once where filled with shells
The dust got so bad you couldnt tell what was on display the shells or the dust
So it was time to do a little cleaning

 $6.00

 I plan on putting sand and candles in the vase's
Will thats all for today...What have you been up to?