arts & crafts nashville style

so we have some fantastic street markets/shows here in nashville. the last few i've been to, it's been a definite exercise in willpower to keep my cash in my wallet. the creativity & beauty that people can make out of the simplest and most random stuff! (check out kellerblue.etsy.com or www.FringeLore.com for just a few examples) i really miss my mom and sister when i'm at these places, as i know how much they'd love to see it all, and how much fun we'd have people-watching & and stashing away ideas for later...i hear myself parroting my mother (whom I would always tease for saying so); "i could make that!" (i would always say to her, and say so to myself; "Yes, but will you?) ahhh, but the answer is not always no. i just bought a small, odd-shaped little mirror from the thrift store last week for my room - it just needs some weird pretty stuff glued and nailed on to become the masterpiece it longs to be. i will help it get there. the mirror cost me $1.50. the art supplies might come to $5 (mostly I just need modge-podge). the random little stuff i'm putting on (little pieces of watches, old looking lace, a button or two, scraps from magazines): free. It amazes me how much joy I get out of creating something from almost nothing. perhaps i am, indeed, made in my Master's image.... so i paste, pound and snip away. with much joy, and a little sadness at the realization that i cannot share this fun with the ladies in my life who have been so instrumental in fostering creativity in me. thanks ladies! you know who you are. (but just in case you don't; one of your name starts with "l" and the other mistakenly believes 'ice weasels' are dirty). to anyone who thinks there are not enough pictures on this blog - you are right! pictures are a-comin...