Summertime Goodness

I decided to do a mosaic on the patio outside our mudroom door. After a week into this project....I'm wondering what I got myself into!

I've never done such a large mosaic. And it's been forever since I've played around with the mosaic/tile process.  I totally underestimated how much work this project would be....but I think it will be pretty cool once all finished. If you can't tell (kind of wish I would of done smaller gaps so the image was more clear) the center is a mountain with a blue sky, tree's, and a river. Bordering is a eight pointed star compass pointing in the directions of North, South, East, and West (thanks to the handy dandy Iphone compass to make sure I was correct on that!). A few more river rocks, grout, then and I will be finished. Fshewww! 

It's been warm around here (finally!) and the blackberries are ripe and abundant. When you drive down our street you can smell the warm berries in the air. My daughter and I walked down to the creek and gathered enough berries to make a pie. This is one of my favorite summer pastimes!

Nothing like a pie with fresh berries picked just hours before. Yummm.


As for a print shop update. Well, I have some potential BIG NEWS that I'm waiting to hear back on. This could change things quite a bit come November ( I won't be shy about sharing this if it happens!). Also, I'm doing a local artisan show at the beginning of October called Open Studios Beavercreek. It's a fun 3 day show where local artists open their studios for the public to tour, and buy art! I will be set up at a friend's studio with my hand printed goods from One Lane Road. This will be my first show selling my prints. Should be fun!

Hope everyone had a fabulous Labor Day weekend. I sure did! Bbq with good friends, swimming in the creek, boat ride out on the Willamette River, and finished with my sister's bridal shower.
Good times.

~ Becky

Lovely Looks

Here are a few GENIUS ideas that I love. Putting these on my list of DIY projects.

                              I've always wanted a tree branch on my wall....isn't this a great idea!!?

          My dream sun room / enclosed porch. I would love to transform our back porch into this retreat!

                                                         This years pumpkin carving inspiration.

 I'm practicing this today. Just drop out the bottom piece as you french braid, and pick a new chunk. So cute!

                                 My husband liked this idea too...oil drip pan magnet board.

 Simple little fort made with PVC pipe, curtains, blankets and pillows. My daughter would love this!

Vintage hanky's sewn on a string. I would love to hang this up somewhere in the house. What a great idea!

summer inspiration

Happy memories equal inspiration in my book. Here's a few pictures I've taken this summer that make me happy =).

AND THIS IS ME HAPPY =)

whippin' out the prints

The last couple weeks I've been drawing like crazy. Not only for my shop, but I'm also designing a few illustrations for an athletic company called Run Pretty Far (more on that later). As for my prints, I have four new ones! I also have a lot more styles of tee's to offer in my shop. Here's a preview of whats to come. These will be available for purchase in about a week.

New Favorites In: Vintage, Print, and Leather

What I've been doing lately. Well.....

I scored loads of vintage finds last weekend. I'm in "awe" of this vintage leather suitcase with travel stickers

In the print shop. I'm having so much fun sketching up tee shirt designs. I just finished this one today and already printed up a few tee's and added them to the shop.

And as for the leather. I've been making quite a few belts and dog collars for people I know lately. All suporting my dog's surgury fund. Here is a custom "Luna" belt I just finished up. Thanks to my friend Dane for the awesome idea!

hope you like!

T Shirts!!!

My print shop has been open for a couple weeks now. I've been anxiously awaiting to get everything I needed to make some tee's. And my first set of tee shirts are finally here! I will be posting these for sale in my shop early next week. More designs and colors will be coming toward the end of next week.
Camp on!

One Lane Road

What do you do if you have a new crafting addiction that you can't stop making things with? Well, why not open an Etsy shop with it! Okay, so opening an etsy shop has a little more to it than that...but it seems to be ta fantastic solution to my little addictions. I love to make things, and I'm a stay at home mom who lives out in the boonies. I've gone back and forth with the idea of getting a part time job away from home, but my dream of a making a job out of selling my art, and the importance of staying home with my daughter, and the fact that I live 30 minutes from anywhere, has all lead me here. Now being the proud owner of 3 etsy shops! Yes, I've opened a 3rd shop. It's a screen printing shop with all my original designs. I've fallen hard for this craft of screen printing, and I would love to now share it with the world! A lot of the designs will be similar to ones I've used in my leather shop. I plan on starting out with housewares and home decor items, then soon branching out into tshirts and other apparel. I call this little shop, One Lane Road. I hope to have items up in the shop over the next week. http://www.onelaneroad.etsy.com/
Stay Tuned!
-Becky

What I've been making

I'm all over the place with  ideas. I don't think there's ever enough time and energy to create everything I want to, but I sure do try! Here's a few things I've been making lately:

Screen Printing. I've always wanted to do it, and finally I took the time to learn how. It's not an easy thing to just pick up if you've never screen printed before. This took me a couple weeks of research, along with some trial and error...but at last I did it! I made this chicken print from a sketch I made of my own chickens. I'm so excited about it, I now want to print chickens on everything I own! I'm quickly coming up with another design so this does not happen =). Here's my print on a practice shirt, not perfect...but I love it.

New Leather Purse. I mentioned in another post how I'm getting my leather groove back. Well, it's still there. And this butterfly purse is another beauty I've been working on. I have a feeling I will take me a while to finish, but i wanted to share my progress. This piece is the front and back of the purse. The carving/tooling is not complete, and it's just the raw leather with no stain or pant on it.

Redecorating. We got a new couch last weekend, yahooooo! I'm so stoked about it. I changed the pictures on the wall behind it to coordinate a bit more with the new color scheme (our last couch was bright red!). I had to take a picture because I've been admiring my new set up so much.

That's all today folks!

-Becky

Leather shop update

I've been neglecting my leather shop for sometime now. Since opening my vintage shop about one year ago, I've had a hard time gathering the inspiration and the time to run both. Not anymore though! The leather shop is back in action. Some of my old creations (like the road trip journals and butterfly wing cuffs) are back and available in my leather shop. I hope to continue the growth of both shops and maintain a balance of two passions that I truly enjoy.

Here's some of the shop's updated items. Enjoy!

-Becky

             Mama and Me - Monarch Butterfly Wing Leather Wrist Cuffs - Mother And Child Matching Set

                                                                  Tent Camping Journal

                                                              Road Trip Journal - Stop # 1

                                                             Road Trip Journal - Stop # 3

Carousel

This is a new piece I have listed in my vintage shop. A brass carousel mobile. It winds up and plays a pretty little song, you can listen here:

I'm not sure of the tune, but the mobile IS maked "Aquarius". Maybe it's the hit 60's song from the musical "Hair"??? I guess it kind of sounds like that song, but it's hard to tell. Maybe someone else knows? I'd love to hear.

I love this piece though, too cute!

It's finished!

I've been working on this for a couple months now. Taking my merry old time. Always a great feeling when I finish. The satisfaction of a long thought out process finally takes form. I'd say approx 20 hours went into this one.

So without further adieu...
Proud to present...

Flowery Antlers Purse!!!

Hope you like.

-Becky

Oldies but Goodies

Found some old treasures that I'm pretty in love with right now.

  Mid Century 18"....I said 18" in diameter electric GE fan. Absolutely fantastic piece.

 Hand done wood burning of a woman's profile. I found this in a pile of pictures at a thrift store. To my surprise when I turned it over it was signed and dated, " From Emma To Katie Dec. 25th, 1906 ".

You can find both these items for sale in my vintage shop right now. Just click on my vintage shop link to the right.

Till next time!

-Becky

This Weeks Finds

A few of the vintage goodies I'll have available in my shop this week. My favorite has to be the military folder. A leather zip case that was used for a pilots navigation kit in the US Air Force. Too cool! And the last shot is my daughter hamming it up when I had my camera out. She sure does loves the camera!

                                                        Antique baby photo and shoes

                                            Vintage military pilots navigation kit. Leather Folder

                                                         Vintage Hard Shell Storage Case

                                                                My little ham bone =)


Have a great weekend! Estate sales maybe??? Hope so...

-Becky