The New Year...

Well the hustle and the bustle of the holdiays is finally winding down but not completely gone...still have all six of my trees up, took me two weeks to get them up so I want to enjoy them a bit longer.

Work, my 'real' job, was a veritable nightmare this year....for this to be the season of giving many of the consumers that I encountered certainly forgot that fact....it seems it was all about 'me, me, me'.  Many times just a 'good morning' got my head snapped off!  I should have listened ten years ago when I was told to get out of retail.....

My goals for this new year is to do just that....get out of that job and work from home!!!  I am setting my sites on starting my wholesale business along with running my etsy shops.  I want to spend my waking hours creating in my studio...that to me is sooo not a bad thing....it is truely my sanity.  I am also hoping to get more followers to my blog and more comments....love to hear comments.

So a very blessed New Year to all!!!!

More Spoon Angels.....

Another Spoon Angel

Just completed a second spoon Angel, added her to my etsy site...more to come.

    

Couple more additions to my etsy store...

This is my "Snow Fella", made from a recycled syrup bottle from The Cracker Barrel Resturant.

This is my "spoon Angel".  She adorns a vintage collectors spoon dipped in snowy 'glitter'.

and another....

Another beautiful child for a tree topper....

Another topper...

This one is probably my favorite.....

More Vintage Tree Toppers....

Vintage Tree Toppers

My vintage tree toppers that I will be adding to my etsy site....(www.VintageXpressions.etsy.com)
get them before they are gone....one already is....

Snow Clouds....

This picture was taken earlier in the week when our first
"flurries" were predicted, it never made it to the ground but looked beautiful none the less.

Fall is in the air...

The sun burning through the fog early in the morning, view from my back porch.

NeverMore III: Steampunk Poe

Here is my third skull in my Never More series....very steampunkish goth....love it!!!  He is available on my nchantedforests etsy site.

Nevermore II

Another additon to my Edgar Allan Poe collection.....

Mr. E. A. Poe: Never more, never more...forever!

Mr. E. A. Poe:  Never more, Never more...forever stuck to a skull!

 The newest edition to my Etsy site.  Something really fun and whitty for your Halloween decor.

His monical is composed of vintage watch parts, attached to a chain on the watch face on his chest.  The chain is then anchored to the cheek bone of the skull...forever more attached.  Go to my www.NchantedForests.etsy.com site for more pictures and to purchase.  More designs will follow.

Weekly Give-A-Way Winner Is....

I put the names of my 'followers' in a hat and the name chosen is Jacquie Hiatt.  So send me your address, Jacquie and I will get you your pin.  And thank you...check back often as I will be doing give-a-ways through out the next several months...all holiday themed of course!

Witches' Shoe



check out my witche's shoe....it is made from a template that was a freebie  from Altered Artifacts old posts on her blog.  It is constructed from scrapbook cardstock.  I attached a charm to the heel to counter the weight at the toe for the blingy paper-folded  rosette.  It will make a great addtion to my halloween table filled with goodies at each place setting.  What a great party favor too....could make them where no two are alike...the possiblities are endless!!!!



This Week's Give-a-way....

Pumpkin pin.  A stamped image handpainted using holographic paints.  Mounted under a microscope slide with copper foil tap,  the pin dangles from a chain with a vintage  glass bead.  Hanging from the kilt pin wrapped in fun fur, is a pumpkin charm.
I will randomly pick the winner from those that 'follow' my blog and announce it on Friday.  Good luck!!!  Be sure to check back as I will do a give-a-way weekly!!!!

More Potion bottles....

Gargoyle Drool...ewh.....dripping down the inside and the outside...even in puddles....recently posted to my etsy site (www.NchantedForests.etsy.com)