boxes and assemblages and keys and keys and hardware and toile and collage and flowers and pink and then just a little bit more

this is a box and tray set for the pirate ball, y'all .... if you have no notion of what i'm talking about, then you are a post behind ..... this is a paper mache box and a wooden tray ...a set for auction .... i'm on my way to rallying the troops to get 100 boxes for the auction ..... last year we did 100 birdhouses .... hopefully treasure chests /boxes will be just as popular ....

groovy blue and black box, huh? i love that rusty handle ..... i actually had it set aside to go under this house once it is attached to a canvas ... but who knows when that will be ....so i went ahead and used it.....surely i can find a groovy handle before i need another one ..... anyone got any rusty, old hardware for me? this box is also going to be in the auction .....

...and when the mommy spends the morning making boxes, so do the kids ... this is the box that drew made today ...... i think it turned out pretty cool ..... my pal melinda L gave us some keyboards and keyboard letters that we are now putting to good use .... it is nice when your friends know what kind of junk to deliver to the basement art studio ....

..... and here we have some flowers .... pink dictionary flowers in a go vase .... not to be confused with the sturdier bingo vase .... this one looks tippy for sure .... if it were in my house, no doubt a child would spill it .... oh fine, i'd probably spill it myself! ..... anyway ...this is the background i've been documenting as it has progressed .... it started out as a poster of herbs from my brother in england ..... cool, huh?

...and last but not least today ...... i had a sudden notion of something fun and easy ..... and got it started here ... on a ten by thirty canvas ..... i'm working towards an art fair on the last weekend of october ...... but before that, lola's, the gallery showing my work, is going to folk fest ......have i said this already? ..... anyway ....i'm trying to build up my stock, my portfolio, my available art..... for a number of events ......before it feels like a mad scramble and i, heaven forbid, feel pressure to create....can't have that! ...... i'm all for the peaceful easy sort of art .... not the OH MY GOSH GOT TO HAVE IT DONE art ...... anyway ....this one should be finished this week .... or i hope it will be anywhooooooo .......
so, i had an extraordinarily artsy day .... did you?
oh! i forgot one more thing ....we took a field trip to my favorite place.... my favorite place is a store called my favorite place ....get it? it is a junk store...a flea market ....a treasure trove of oddities .... i was looking to score some cheap boxes to fancy up .... but no such luck ......oh well ....there's always next time .....

ps.... do you know that i am in the midst of the most joyful days of summer? and that twice a day blogging and art all day with children is not going to last forever? sigh ..... sophie woke up this morning and said...can i put on my paint clothes! ...yes ....YIPPPPEEEEEEE .......
tomorrow we are planning to grocery shop and buy school shoes ..... that i just not nearly as groovy as the half finished collages that are downstairs calling my name......