I'm Finished!

These are the last two lid-less sugar bowls I had stashed away from the Summer so I am finished for now.  Done, done, done - yay!!  I have already started cleaning up the mess and getting ready for the next thing.  I want to make some covered hangers, I have a couple Altoids tins sitting on my desk waiting for attention and it's time to get my little Christmas shopping book/list made for this year.
That last little guy looks sort of cartoon-ish.  For some reason it seems like a little mouse should be peeking out from behind it - LOL!

Three More SugarCushions, Ruffles and Not Quite A Collection

 I am happy to say I finished up three more SugarCushions over the weekend.  I am happy because I am down to just two more and I'm getting tired of making them.  They are fun but I'm ready to move on to some more of those ideas swirling around inside my head.  Racing to the next thing - LOL!

 The new SugarCushions are sitting amongst the weekend loot.  We had several things going on this weekend so not much time for picking.  We did run over to The Bins.  I have never seen the parking lot so full.  They were apparently having some unknown to me toy event.  It was almost all toys, something I am rarely interested in.  I didn't want to waste the trip so I stocked up on ruffled curtains since I am planning to cover the lampshades for those rose lamps with fluffy ruffles.
I picked up the tray in the back at the Salvation Army store. It appears to made of some sort of paper mache material and I can't find any markings on it.  I love the design!

I already had this black tray which is slightly larger and made of a similar material.  Well, that's two, so not quite a collection, at least not yet!  This one is marked "Alcohol Proof Japan Hand Painted".  If anyone knows something about these trays, please share and educate me!

Getting Busy

I have been picking up lid-less sugar bowls all Summer long.  The air was crispy today so no denying Autumn is in the air and it's time to get busy in the art room.  I started pulling out bits and pieces tonight to tempt the muse to come out and play.  My brain is cranking on three of them already.  Funny how just looking through the stash and piling them up so they have a chance to get to know each other can do that!

Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Programming

Are you all exhausted from five days of blog-hopping at Where Bloggers Create?  I know I am, but in a very GOOD way.  Oh. My. Gosh.  So many wonderful creative spaces and so much inspiration.  It took me about an hour to start making changes to my art room!  I'll be showing some changes soon.

In the meantime I thought I would show you some birthday gifts I received from a sweet friend on Saturday.  She was on a trip where she had the opportunity to visit some antique malls and scored these delightful sugar bowls for my sugarcushions.  What a fabulous birthday present.  She also gave me these two books and a beautiful patio pot of pink and purple petunias.  I haven't been able to get a picture of those since we are enduring April in July here in Portland.  She knows me well!