Mommy and child

Found this photo digging through decrepit old photo albums at one of the stalls at Art and Soul.  This vendor has a spot at Antique Village, 10203 Chamberlayne Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116.  The reason I am giving his location is because if you do happen to have a chance to visit the Richmond VA area, the shop is located about 20 minutes away.  Whiting's Old Paper is owned by John Whiting. I have bee fortunate enough to visit his Art and Soul stall three years in a row, and each year his inventory is varied and quite extensive.  And, in my opinion, the prices continue to be very reasonable (especially in consideration that we were at a major altered art workshop and convention.) 

This photo is of a mom and her young child.  I think it is quite sweet.  The one thing about this photo is that it is centered on the diagonal, something I haven't really seen before in formal photographs of the time.    The only markings on the back are Rome, NY.   

 

Q is for quilt, an Alphabe-thursday offering . . .

Q is for quilt, crazy being my favorite. Every crazy quilt has meaning behind it. From the simple quilt made of favorite bits and pieces of clothes, to the quilts that have flowers and animals, initials and fancy embroidery stitches, all which symbolize different ideas and meanings.

The Alphabe-Thursday group is like a crazy quilt, in blog form. Each blog reveals much about it's owner. Some are very fancy, detail oriented and complex. Others are simple and feature interest in one or two areas. Some blog eveyday, some once a week, some once in a while. Each, though, is a lovely piece of work, just like a crazy quilt.

To read more about crazy quilts you can visit -

Nebraska Gone Crazy! Crazy Quilts from Nebraska Museums

http://www.nebraskahistory.org/sites/mnh/crazy_quilts/index.html

To view more Alphabe-thursday blogs click on the link to the right.

Smile for mommy, just one more....

Well, what can I say?  This little guy looks like he has had enough. You can almost hear the mom or dad saying, 'Just one more Ralphie'  or 'Smile for mommy, sweetie.' That little hand  the narrowed eyes, the tightly held lips seems to sum it up - 'Can we just get this over with already!'.  (As a mom though, I can't really blame the parents for wanting . . just one more.  He is a fine little guy.)

Alphabe-Thursday!

Check out the fun link to Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday group!

This weeks letter is "P". Since I positively love the perfect pooch known as poodle I decided to start off with perfectly pretty poodle paper!

Click on the link to the right to join in the fun!

DiabetesAwareness Postcard Exchange - 2012

If you, like me (PWD2), are a person with diabetes you might like to join the World Diabetes Day Postcard Exchange, 2012.  You can register online at the Facebook site set up especially for that purpose.

The link is   -      http://www.facebook.com/wddpostcardexchange

I have begun working on my postcards and will be posting them later in the year as the month of November arrives.  November is Diabetes Awareness Month.

The postcard exchanged was founded by Lee Ann Thill, whose blog can be found  at  -   http://www.thebuttercompartment.com/.  Lee Ann is an artist and art therapist  who happens to have diabetes.  Wanting to celebrate  World Diabetes Day in way that was meaningful to herself as well as other, the Postcard Exchange began. 

Check out both links for some interesting and inspiring stories.

Art and Soul!

Art and Soul is right around the corner from me!!  I was so excited to learn this delicious bit of information.  A ten minute drive and I was there!!!  Vendor's Night! Table and tables, booths stuffed to the rafters with ephemera, stamps, old photos (I got 10!), jewelry making supplies, altered arts bits and pieces, steam punk doo-dads,  original art and my favorite -  Sally Jean and her jewelry!

If you have not seen Sally Jean's gorgeous jewelry charms, you can visit her site at sallyjean.com - there you will find something for just about everyone you know. The charms come in all shapes and sizes.  I found a perfectly BEE-utiful charm!  Chatting with Sally Jean for a few minutes will give you insight into the delightful pieces she creates.  She is a lovely young woman who truly enjoy meeting students and fans of her work. 

While you stand on line to pay for your bits and bobbles at each booth you strike up conversations with those around you.  It is fun to see and hear what others plan to do with their purchases.  The scope of talent is just awe-inspiring.  Kacy! I am gathering up  the photos we discussed and will be sending copies out to you shortly.

Having been otherwise occupied the past few months with doctors, hospitals, rehab centers and the like, Art and Soul slipped my mind this year.  So, it was a pleasant surprise to find that Saturday night rolled around just in time for me to meet up with friends for dinner and running around the booths of all the artists and vendors at Art and Soul!  It is like having a burst of inspiration again!

Friday, freebie and ....

This RPPC is in sad shape.  The bottom is quite cracked, but the image is still clear and sharp.  This is Beatrice and Ray Clemens.   They are certainly fine little children.  Mommy and Daddy must have been quite pleased to send this to family and friends.  I think that we all have some special photos of our children, often, just a quick snap of the camera, nothing formal, but for that one second the camera caught the image of the children that we see in our hearts.
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Although this blog is not one that has loads of info or examples of my work, or that has a post every day of the week, I do pride myself on the fact that with few exceptions I have not missed a Friday freebie posting since the start up.  I began this blog as a way to 'give back' to the art community,  new or not seen before images from the past to be used in art work, etc.  For many years others had done the same, providing images that sparked my imagination and spurred me on the create some quite clever and unique pieces.  Whenever I downloaded an image from another site, I always tried to leave a comment to let the blog owner know that I had stopped by.  It may not seem like much, but, you know what? It is much. Comments let bloggers know that someone comes and looks around, maybe even download a photo.  Something.  Comments also help bloggers see what is and isn't working for their site.  So, if you have taken the time to read this posting, do give some thought to possibly stopping to say hello.  It's just nice. And, as Patrick, my godson nephew says "Nice is good".