It's Show Off Monday

"On My Toes"

It's Show Off Monday over at the Etsy Cottage Style Blog....

and I'm showing off my newest artwork.

She's a whimsical little fairy on a 12 x 12 wood panel

hanging out on a textured terra cotta finish, a cute little flower box

and a couple of little birdies.

She will be available on my site - JacksonSquare Studios

and will look great in any room in your home!

Be sure to check out all of the other blogs

that are "Showing Off" today!

Have a GREAT Labor Day!

Karen

Pain Free At Last.....with New Creations

A great big Thank You to those who wished me well during my headache from hell! I'm feeling better now and ready for a weekend of family, relaxation and creation. In other words, naps, seeing my kids and cutting and pasting! The piece above is something I just finished and will be posting in my Etsy shop today. The picture is actually my beloved's Menonite grandmother...the little one. Isn't she just the cutest?

This is from an altered book I've been working on for a while. I bought a box of 80 year old scrapbooks at an estate sale...This is one of them. I took it apart and started an altered book for the Music lover. This page was ruined from glued cards that had been peeled off so I took modeling paste and layered on then painted with a mixture of a soft pink and brown. It still needs to be aged but I love the quote...

This is the second page...the inside cover

The bottom half of the same page

The cover of the scrap book. A scrap of antique lace, a piece of an letter of 1897 and a beautiful pattern of the scrapbook....

The ghostly quality of this lady is just beautiful to me. She was in a 1920 copy of Redbook magazine that I found at the Flea Market. Apparently she was an eligible lady in her 20's....I guess an early version of online dating....

I wish you all a happy and blessed Easter weekend....

Have a great day,

Karen

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New..Art Work

"Pretty Little Dresses"

Mixed Media Collage on canvas. Two little slips of dresses sewn on paper with vintage buttons and lace on collaged background. Available at my etsy shoppe.

Have a great Friday!!

Karen

Friday Flea Market

It's Friday...which means Friday Flea Market again. This week I've been busy...I have two new items available.....this one above is a 9 x 12 mixed media collage on art board called "Polly loves Purple" It's available in my etsy shoppe for $30.00

"Sometimes I feel silly in a Dress" is also a 9x 12 mixed media collage on canvas. It's available at Etsy for 30.00.

Both have copper wire hangers. These adorable little girls are just waiting for you to take them home!!

Check out all the other great merchants at the Friday Flea Market Site!

Have a great Friday!!

Karen

I'm Making the Switch!!

Hello....Welcome to my blog. I've spent the last couple of months on Typepad but decided to peek into Blogger last night after struggling for weeks on the whole "adding a widget" thing and feeling like all my smarts had flown out the window. It took me all of about three minutes to set my blog up....so I was SOLD!

That's my art work....I have a Lollishop...Jackson Square Delicious and an Etsy Shop...Jackson Square Collections. You can buy any of my designs at either shop. That cute little pink number is a part of a set of four magnets..... They are all different but all beautiful if I must say so myself.

I'm working hard right now to do as much as possible...I'm on medical leave for shoulder surgery. I know that I should be resting ( I AM a nurse) but I am trying to take advantage of all this time at home! But...yesterday, as I was getting dressed, I heard a LOUD pop and since then, I have been in some serious pain and unable to move my arm. I was able to make a set of magnets this morning by keeping my arm close to my to my ribs! I hope that this doesn't set me back any and I certainly don't want to put the scissors down.... I can't even go shopping, I can't let my arm hang down.

So...I'm off to get an ice pack. Stop by and see me on Lollishops or Etsy, or on the Friday Flea Market site or check back with me again here sometime....

Bye, bye...

Karen