Yellow Clutch

Lauren has been zipping out unique purses using fabric and goodwill finds. Even if materials have allowed for duplicate designs, she has been changing dimensions and details. This clutch purse utilizes a place setting . . . even including the napkin and chopsticks! Others were made with solid, strawberry, and lime green geometric prints.

Painting up a Storm

Various objects around the studio look a whole lot better thanks to a coat or two of paint. This lamp base used to be chipped biege and copper, but is now a lucious red with a hint of orange.

On a related note, has anyone had luck with no/low VOC paints? I'd like to know that my artistic endeavors aren't going to give me tumors some day, and the paints I've found seem to be available outside of Michigan. Please post a comment on this post or send me an e-mail: tealtree@gmail.com Thanks!

Sofa in Progress

Here Lauren is removing staples from her "free" sofa. A clean-lined roadside find has been the object of her refinishing energies. Everything has been stripped and sanded, soon to be refinished and upholstered. The finished piece will be on display for the March 24 event. Can you picture it in blue vinyl?

The sky was so pretty . . .

I just had to take a picture. If anyone else was up this early, you might remember the peach and purple sky . . . despite this photo!