New Jewelry

i haven't had a lot of time

to sit at my bench all winter

but

hope to change that real soon.

the price of silver is unbelievable right now.

i sure hope it goes back down soon.

 these will be listed
over the weekend.

wire wrapped carnelian

necklace

 faceted blue topaz 

wrapped in gold fill.

very petite!

a little inspiration :-)

Japan Healing Meditation

Finished Frames & A Shop to Share

Here are the finished frames.

made from new 'reclaimed' poplar wood

from jamies job-site.

the patina on the Lg & Sm frames

was created with

one stain

(the dark stain seen in the center of the small frame)

using a technique i made-up

and used years ago.

the small frame has a hint 

of

the "robins egg blue" paint peeking thru

on the inside rim.

the over-all color 

resembles a warm walnut color.

Lg 15" square - inside 8x8

Sm 10 1/8" square - inside 3 1/8"

 the antique photo i snagged at a yard sale years

ago.

for no more than a couple bucks!

&

those little white thing-ez 

those 
are the feet off from this antique table
i mentioned the other day.

robins egg blue frame 

below

outside measures 12 9/16" square

inside 5 5/8" 

i don't do know if i will distress this one.

also ~

i added this woman's shop 

to a treasury i made on etsy 

not long ago

and 

thought i would share with you.

the detail in her work is amazing!

click here FLOWERS

to see her beautiful work.

New Turquoise Necklace

soon to be listed.

i need to take more photos

b4 i can list this one.

am feeling some

high

anxiety today.

not sure where it's coming from

but

i wish it would go away!

Soon...

I'll have a few items to add to my 

cottonthemoment 

shop.

I decided to stain the 

small

&

large 

wood frames.

the medium frame

got 4 coats 

of

robins egg 

blue.

i love the color of the stain over primer!

looks totally different than it should.

 and takes

for e-v-e-r

to dry this time of year!

could be a few more days.

i have the mini-fan blowing a light wind on them 

as i speak.

i also have 2 tea-lite candle holders

jamie made for me.

i'll be finishing them this week.

and

the most 

adorable

little feet 

i have ever seen!

saved from the legs of this 150+

year old work table of sorts.

  i thought the above photo was a stain
until
we cut the feet off to see it's the natural color -
gorgeous!


(the sander will be hitting the white paint soon, hehe)

with white

worn & weathered paint
(that i added when i was painting everything in site, white)

&

mismatched bottoms.

i love them already

and they're not even finished!

 we purchased the table at a local antique dealer -  

it's now a coffee table

because it just wasn't high enough to be my sewing table.

will try and post a few sneak-peeks

over the next couple of days.

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on to other news...

 we were buried in 2+ feet of snow today.

Jamie headed to work anyway.

half-way there he got a call to stay home!

so he turned the truck around.

he said there were cars and trucks

and even the smaller

tow trucks 

stuck everywhere!

we were told to

STAY HOME & OFF THE ROADS!

fifth largest snow-storm on record for feb.

hope everyone is well.

stay safe

where ever you are!

New Addition to My Shop

as some of you already know ~

Jamie builds custom homes

for a living.

friday evening

i was talking with him about 

some things i wanted to add to 

cottonthemoment

he had mentioned

that he had some poplar wood trim/molding

on the job site

that would be tossed in to the scrap pile

(which he hates doing)

sooo...

we went to his job site on saturday

so he could show me the "scraps"

i could pick from.

while we were there

he cut some wood

added corner biscuits

glued & clamped

3 of these

they are waiting to be 

sanded smooth

and

painted

before i list them in my shop.

i was playing with colors off & on last night.

i think i'll be listing all 3 as a set.

color ideas, anyone?

what's hot?

what's not?

p.s. -

he showed me some mahogany that may be 

"scrap" as well

sometime down the road.

:o)

he also showed me a "scrap" piece of granite 

that was a gorgeous shade of sage green with plum specs -

i fell in LOVE!

he told me "it may be scrap"

this piece is roughly 2.4' x 4'

and 

there was a chance i could have taken it home!

but i have no use for it

that i could think of

ugh!!!

I'll have to bring my camera next time we go

to his job site

so i can share some of the beautiful work that he does.
These pics were taken with his cell.