pinterest

i finally joined pinterest thanks to my team leader/friend/fellow artist bugging me to no end (haha thanks you pey).  what i like about it as opposed to tumblr is that you can make categories that stand out and that dont override the content on the page.  tumblr to me is like flipping thru a magazine with large pictures.  that and it is more impersonal feeling.  you scroll down the page and see one thing at a time on  your home page and if you go to someone elses page you are at their mercy for how they have chosen to set it up.

pinterest is more basic and that works for me when it comes to a large amount of content being shown.  i like that you can follow someone and yet unfollow certain 'boards' (categories) that they have made so you arent visually inundated with things that do not interest you in the slighted. 

i havent added much content to it, i find myself wanting to be more selective and not just blast the universe with more stuff for no reason.  i'm limiting my 'boards' too so when you go there you arent having to unfollow a zillion things if you dont like what you are seeing (that is my one gripe with it it takes too much time to unfollow people's boards if they have 20 or more and i only really want to follow one).  i also am not blasting all of my own work there, again, feels a little too desperate or unsavory in my mind.  i like having a place that really just shows what i like without muchado.

revive or die

i have to laugh as i have completely ignored this blog for ages.  i've thought about deleting it since i usually do all my blogging on my 'self taught artist' blog.  so today i come here to possibly post something and notice nearly all my posts have had the pictures removed.  i guess when i joined google+ and went into picasa i got into housecleaning mode and deleted photos? who knows.  suffice to say i just now had to remove a few years worth of posts because the pictures were gone. 

i've decided to keep this blog until the end of the year, and if i havent revived it by then...if i have no visitors i will nix it.  considering its been months and no one has told me all my photos are missing i guess that tells me no one visits anyhow.  i would like to think i can make this more of an etsy blog that revolves around team members/treasuries/and new items.  it's always nice to share other people's work and i aim to do that since i am on two etsy teams and am in lots of wonderful treasuries. 

a third shop!

I decided to get my other shop going this weekend. It is called 'Industrial Habitat' and it is where I offer my finds or supplies for art/decor.  Rather than it be just another vintage shop, I'm going to focus more on items that I myself would make art out of or objects that strike me as perfectly capable as being functional or decorative all on their own.

I hope you enjoy it, truth be told I want to keep every single thing for myself but there isn't enough space or time in my life right now to do that.  May as well share the goods and lighten my load at the same time!  Stop by, visit.  Heart my shop...help me get it seen eh?  It's a good sign a treasury I made recently made front page this morning :) congrats everyone!

thank you!
Paula

The Umbrella Mushroom

 

  

New flower...errr mushroom.  The Umbrella plant.  It's still challenging to find things that are colorful and small at the scrap yard or out walking around.  I was delighted last week when I spotted this little thing at the bottom of the scrap heap.  When I go to the scrap yard (its a small place that has just one pile of stuff with a few bins for other metals) I never know if i will get much.  They keep it clean and are always doing work back there, its usually noisy and the guys are busy dumping stuff and cutting stuff.  It's hard for me to just waltz in there and walk around the pile and not feel like I'm in their way.  Me and my little bag as if I'm going shopping.  Well, for me it is much more fun than 'real' shopping!  

The base is a cool piece of plumbing hardware, a neighbor was the recipient of someone cleaning up their house (another hoarder/artist) and thought of me immediately.  I was thrilled to get more 'base' pieces for my flowers!  So there you have it, another flower with a history and now a new life.

Finally finished some new flowers for my other etsy shop, Industrial Bloom.  More 'Bromeliads'.  That is what I call the faucet knob flowers.  And that Yellow one...I have no idea what that thing is, I had to cut off other parts that were attached to it.  There were four screws holding another long piece onto it that were so rusted and old I had no choice but to use the cut off wheel and do it that way.  I always try to save the hardware and keep things in one piece ...I am happy to say I will be able to make two more yellow flowers from that piece so there will be a yellow bouquet, if you will of the same 'family' of that found object.  

Also these are all taller than most of my other flowers.  And that Blue Beasty flower above, has super thick rebar instead of the regular thin stuff I usually use.  That too was a challenge to cut and then shape the bottom into a 'spear' so it will actually go into the ground.  I'm loving my flowers and hoping to make more soon.  My biggest challenge is always finding enough colorful found objects as most people do like the brighter ones the most. 

Just found a fresh batch of rebar at the scrap yard...thinking I'm gonna cut up some more pipes for votive holders and vases.  Finally getting back to life after dealing with some personal living situation stuff and looking forward to creating some other brand new work too!

POOR BLOG

I seem to have ignored it since the giveaway.  My 'main' blog, is what usually gets all the action.  I just wrote a post go read it :)
more here i promise in case anyone on earth cares!

a front page good luck charm!

Anita aka Rolling Hills Vintage made this winning treasury that hit front page today and as a direct result of that treasury making front page I had my record number of sales in one day. 

Vintage Yellow and Black Metal Picnic Basket

 Check her out, put her in your treasury, she is a good luck charm :)  Anita has also been written up on the etsy blog.  Read more about this tenacious woman and get inspired!  Thank you Anita!!!!!