Hey, all- I got accepted into the Renegade Craft Fair, right here in Chicago. So excited- it was a juried kind of entrance and only 1/3 of the applicants got in. I haven’t seen furniture there in the past, but it’s a very cool, handmade, crazy kind of art/craft show and sure to be lots of fun!
September 11 & 12, 11am-7pm, Wicker Park on Division
Come on down & visit me –
Look at this gorgeousness hanging all over France. Beautiful, elegant old buildings & decrepit, forgotten buildings, all touched with incredible grillwork. Think this is going to end up in some form on a Vintage-Twisted piece? Can’t wait to paint…
Hey, all-
On June 16, I was featured in a very cool blog called IndieSpotting. You can check it out here:
Go ahead, don’t be shy, leave a comment on IndieSpotting.
Proud to say I’m starting to get around the internet!
Etsy is an amazing on-line community of all handmade and/or vintage shops. The creative artists have provided me with beautiful, eclectic and one-of-a-kind gifts for many different occasions. Watch out, though. Once you visit you might never be satisfied with mass produced gifts again.
Click here to see some of my favorite items on Etsy.
Ooooo! Look at this beautiful Treasury the Cream & Black Bench is in on Etsy!
Hooray!
This chocolate & pink table is finished.
Found in the basement of an estate sale in rough condition, just the way I like ’em. I retained the history of this table by giving it an undercoat of pink that highlights scratches, gouges & divets through the chocolate brown topcoat. The pink designs are my own & hand painted, as always, without stencils.
Want more details? Check it out in my etsy shop or on my website …
Can’t wait to get back in the studio…
I’m so excited about the black nightstand! It’s an old, beat up, Haywood Wakefield that I’m reworking. Studs, skulls & bones- my goth 7-year-old has called dibs. I’m dreaming of sugar skulls and jolly rogers.
The little brown table with the pink medallion is almost finished- just working on the final polyurethane coat. That will be showing up on my website & in my Etsy shop soon.
Vintage-Twisted started in my dining room, while my middle guy, Kyle was recuperating from his second big eyelid reconstruction surgery. We were going to be home for a whole month, yes, that’s right, 30 days, with no one outside of our immediate family coming in and Kyle and I weren’t going out. There were two issues: high risk of infection and ripped stitches from a rambunctious six-year-old’s daily living. So we had to stay close, isolated and quiet.
What would keep Kyle interested for hours at a time, and me, too?
Here’s our solution:
I love the name I chose- Vintage for the salvaged wooden pieces I collect, & Twisted for the changes I make to them.
On hearing the name of my new venture, a friend laughed, “Perfect- you’re kinda vintage, and kinda twisted, just perfect.”
Now, what kind of friend is that?
Vintage-Twisted 