I've Been Doin Some SPOONIN

Greetings Sweeties...

I had soooooo much fun yesterday,

sitting down at my crafting desk & playin with some SPOONS!

As with all things in life, even my 'SPOONIN'

business comes & goes in cycles. I've been so

focused in on my paper doll line, I've all but

forgotten about 'SPOONIN'.

And then an order comes in & I pull out my vintage spoons

& hammers & anvil & start poundin away &

it feels SO GOOD!

After I'm finished with one & I look at an old spoon

that was tarnished & dirty, now sparkling with new life,

I can't help but SMILE!

Hope you're smiling today too...

XOXO

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'Spoonin' with Hope, Faith & Love & The Spoon Theory

Happy Tuesday my Sweetest of Hearts...

Guess what I've been doing lately?

Well, if you guessed 'SPOONIN' you'd be RIGHT!

And I haven't been doing just any old 'SPOONIN',

I've been 'SPOONIN' for a cause.

Recently, a dear friend of mine found out she has MS. She shared with me

an amazing story from a website called 'But You Don't Look Sick'. This

is a community for support, education & inspiration for anyone living

with a disability, invisible disease or chronic pain.

This story is written by Christine Miserandino & poignantly describes what

it's like to live a day in her life fighting Lupus, it's called 'The Spoon Theory'.

She helps us understand that the simple, basic things the rest of us

do everyday & don't think twice about, are hurtles for someone with

her disability, that must be carefully thought out & calculated in

terms of how much energy she has in any given day. 

You can read the entire story HERE & I hope you can take a little extra

time to do just that. I know you will be quite moved by it, just as I

have been. There are very few people out there that don't

have a loved one touched by one of these disabilities.

Here's your chance to walk a day in their shoes.

I thank my friend Maria for sharing this information with me.

I wish all my friends living with disability, invisible disease or chronic pain,

HOPE, FAITH & LOVE.

And most especially dear friends,

I wish for all of you, an Abundance of Spoons!

XOXO

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Be Joyful

XOXO

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See Possibility, Be Bold...

Greetings Sweetest of Hearts...

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!!!

My family & loved ones had a delightful time together, filled with

yummy food, bright sunshine, skies of blue & sparkling ocean waves.

What else could anyone ask for, right! 

I celebrated my Double Nickle birthday over the weekend, which added to the festivities

& wanted to share with you the sentiments from one of my favoritest cards.

See Possibility,

Be Bold,

Blossom

Imagine,

Daydream,

...Then Follow Through...

I LOVE That!

Thank You so much Diana & Rowan for the SEEDS

planted with these beautiful words.

I feel so BLESSED to be doing exactly what I want to be doing,

hammering words on spoons that mean something to me,

that mean something to someone else & allowing that to be Enough. 

{Courtney, Kai & Munga, Thanksgiving 2011}

'SPOONIN' is my Follow Through...

I am learning to 'DREAM BIG'

& in doing so, I am truly seeing the possibilities.

DREAM BIG FRIENDS!!  ;)

XOXO
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FLYIN to The Junk Gypsy's & Round Top

 

Yeah...it's the HUMP Day & the weekend is almost here!!!

Just had to share with you my finished creations for the

Fabulous Junk Gypsy's!

 

 

Right now, as we speak, these SPOONIN necklaces are flyin over clouds & fields...

 

 

over mountains & streams & longhorn steer,

makin their way to one of my FAVORITEST places on Earth...

 

 

Round Top, Texas!

I would love to be a tiny fairy & slip effortlessly into the parcel & make this

journey with them. Oh, to see the JG's face when I popped out & grew to full size...

what a GREAT Surprise I'd make!

 

 

But alas, I am not a fairy & can only dream that it is so,

unless you have some Fairy Dust handy!!

Do You my Sweet Hearts???  ;)

XOXO

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The Vintage Marketplace in Rainbow, CA

{Sharon, Lydia & Jenelle, my new bestest friends...I'll get to them soon!}

Happy TGIF Sweetie's...

The work week has ended, the weekend is about to begin & I know exactly

where you should head...that is if you live in the So Cali area.

The Vintage Marketplace

4815 5th Street, Rainbow, CA 92028

I just got back & it was Fabulous!!!

The Vintage Marketplace is organized by

Christie Repasy and Rita Reade & takes place every 3 months,

June 3rd and 4th

September 9th and 10th &

December 2nd and 3rd of 2011

& it is HEAVEN!

It's located in delicious surroundings, in the little country Cali town of Rainbow, Ca...

an oasis away from all the chaos of city life & the PERFECT place to go

for a relaxing day of Junkin & Lunchin & Shopin

in a Vintage Funky kinda way!! ;)

There are so many Amazing Vendors,

so many Fabulous & Luscious Displays

& so much Creativity & Artistic expression,

it's hard NOT to be AWED by the entire event, it's that GOOD!

I loved this little vintage baby swing.

This is my Sweet Friend,  Rita Reade's booth...

Mammabellarte .

She is the co-organizer of this event, an amazing artist & teacher

& I ADORE her beautiful Italian accent.

She's absolutely CHARMING!

One of the classes she teaches is soldering & we all know how badly I need to take that class! lol

I haven't picked up my soldering iron, since my last failed attempt.

What a yummmmmy bed, right?

Oh, & I need to tell you a much known fact about my friend Rita...

she's the QUEEN of Signs!!  ;)

My dear friend Jennie of Rustic Chic & I, loved this designer we discovered at

The Vintage Marketplace...

Lexa of Wings of Lace.

Y'all know that since I've been to Texas I've been Doilified...

well, everything Lexa had was right up my alley

made out of gorgeous vintage doilies, can I get a Woot Woot!!

Here's my friend & artist Lisa Loria's booth, filled with whimsy & wonder...

one of her new creations is this adorable little dog made from everything vintage,

except the kitchen sink!  ;)

Isn't it sooooo CUTE?

This vintage mannequin by Denise of White Horse Relics was GLORIOUS!!!

Check out the wings & shoulder-pads, crown & chicken wire...

what a STUNNING display!

{thank you Sara} :)))

The Two Wild Roses, Lori & Jamie, were there with their new baby,

a completely decked out Vintage Shasta Travel Trailer with

WINGS!

It's ADORABLE!!

The interior of this vintage trailer is AWESOME & my friends,

Shawn & Jennie Olson of Rustic Chic

did all the custom design & construction on this beauty.

You will LOVE IT!

And right next door to them is Miss Tricia of Vintage Bliss with her booth full

of Goodies & her too cool for school Vintage Canned Ham.

I am LOVING this, a taste of Texas right here in my own backyard!

{Lydia, my sales rep for SPOONIN & Jenelle}

And now here we are, back at the very beginning of my story.

Not only did I go to this show because it was a beautiful summer day

& I wanted to see all of these glorious sights & creative friends,

I was also going to meet some new friends too!

I recently did blog designs for both Lydia of Lydia Says

& Jenelle of Fa La Vecia.

They are great friends who art together & inspire each other & they introduced me to

Sharon, {pictured in the 1st photo} creator of Launch Your Creativity

& owner & designer of Pansy Cottage & Garden.

There is sooooo much more to this story, which I will tell you about a little later,

but for now, let me introduce you to my new Sales Rep for SPOONIN...

Miss Lydia Reza!

Do the words, I am so DARNED EXCITED, mean anything to anybody??

Friends, I'm so darn excited! Thank You Lydia for taking my jewelry on as one of your

product lines & believing in me enough to think this MIGHT actually happen!

Your confidence means everything to me!!!

Sooooo, if you feel like venturing out this weekend & want to do a little arting & antiquing,

grab your camera & get yourself to

The Vintage Marketplace

& tell them vintagesusie sent you!  ;)

XOXO

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Dreamin of Spoons & 'Spoonin'

{fly free bird}

Evenin, My Sweetest of Hearts.

I would LOVE to introduce you to my newest & latest business & passion...

'SPOONIN'!

Now actually, it's not JUST any old spoons I'm in love with,

it's Vintage Silverplated Spoons & Flatwear with ornate handles

that Sing to my Soul!

{honky tonk angel}

So, where & when did this passion take hold of me you may ask?

It happened in March before I went on my 'Crazy in Texas Tour' with all my bloggie buddies. I knew there was going to be about 8 of us & I knew that I wanted to make something special to give to everyone to wear while we were out shoppin the fields, but WHAT?

{just hip stuff, live life with love}

That's when my muse settled in on makin something with SPOONS.

So, off I went junkin for some vintage flatwear,

bought myself some metal stamps & an anvil

& started a HAMMERING!!  ;)

{wild at heart}

My design was simple to start with, a pounded flat spoon that said,

'Crazy in Texas' 2011 with a little amethyst bead.

The gals loved them, I loved mine & as serendipity would have it,

{and y'all know how often she's worked her magic in my life lately}

while I was sitting under the lunch tent at Zapp Hall drinkin some sweet tea,

I got my 1st custom order from Kelley of Just Hip Stuff.

{definition of junk, cheap worthless unwanted trashy}

She wanted her company name on the front spoon & the words,

Live Life With Love

on a small butter knife in the back, it turned out lovely!!

{fly like a free bird}

That one order gave me the confidence to BELIEVE that maybe, just maybe, I could make a little business out of this Vintage Spoon Jewelry Design & thus was born 'SPOONIN'!

I'm getting my new & improved etsy shop stocked,

I created a new Facebook Fan Page,

I designed a 'SPOONIN' Facebook Website,

I've been working on designing a .com

& I've been DREAMING BIG!!

You know Sweet Hearts, I was thinking...

don't you think it's time for us to spread our wings & FLY?

I'm ready to say 'YES' to everything that comes my way,

I'm ready to pack my fears in a vintage suitcase & slide it under the bed,

I'm ready to Live Large, Dream Big, Work Hard & wait.

To wait & see what amazing possibilities might lie just over there,

a little out of sight, off in the distance, waiting on the horizon for me.

Come on...Let's Fly!

XOXO

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