A place to visit -- The Embellished House

Last Thursday, Joy and I went to visit The Embellished House in Scottsdale after we had read about it on Karen Valentine's blog, My Desert Cottage.  We weren't disappointed!  The Embellished House has a bit of everything!  From the colorful, to the blingy, to the "steampunk", to just wonderful!  All in one place!

The colorful!

The blingy!

Some salvage, some steampunk!

Industrial storage!  Salvage chic!

Clocks and globes!

Silver and glass!  My fav!

Trophy cups!  Why can't I find these?

Perhaps because they are all here!!

Bottles, frames, candelabras, chandeliers!

I love these tags!

The necklace says "collect" on one side --

"lets face it...I want it all." on the other!

I bought it!

I recommend you make a trip to see The Embellished House on Scottsdale Road, just north of Shea.  It's worth the trip!  Take my word for it, there isn't another place like it in Phoenix!  It has something for everyone, whether it's blingy or steampunk, it's there!  Visit soon!

An ATC and a pendent

This is my ATC for the February swap at Mystic Paper. We were to use Tim Holtz products in making the ATC. The only things not by Tim are the ribbon at the top and the little boy's image. I call him Little Harold.

Please be sure to check out Mystic Paper's new blog dedicated to swaps and trades alone. There you can get information on all upcoming trades and swaps. In fact, they are having an altered apron art show. You will also find pictures of all the ATC's traded for each month. January's ATC's are already featured on there. If you are interested, check out the blog!
This is my latest pendent. I used an ArtChix image and glitzed her up with stars, glittery paper, and two tiny jewels. You can find her for sale in my booth at Merchant Square in a few days. Check the white china cabinet in my booth for her.

January ATC Swap

For this month's ATC swap at Mystic Paper we were to use Glimmermist when making the ATC and make the ATC look glitzy and glamourous. Here is my card.
I used Robin's Egg Blue Glimmermist for the background and then found this lovely image of a lady dressed in blue to add to the card. I did add Stickles in gold and aqua to dress up her dress and jewelry. I think she is pretty glamourous!

Please be sure to check out Mystic Paper's new blog site that lists the themes for the ATC swaps and upcoming trades (remember the Bingo card trade of last November??). They are listed in advance so you have plenty of time to work on cards for a swap. It's easy! Come join us!!