Angels for Etsy....?

I'm loving the creating of these angels.....it's so fun to figure out the balance......

and to add layers of texture ...paint....and clays....

The wings are made from handwritten French journal pages from 1882....imagine!!   I like to use original letters instead of photocopying them cause I think the original brings an incredible energy to the piece.

I'm going through all my antique laces and nettings and trim and using bits and pieces of these amazing bits of history....all with stories intertwined between the hand wrought stitches......

I can't wait to work on them some more tomorrow......and I'm thinking.......maybe I'll open a shop on Etsy and place there for sale.........I've never done that.....could use any advice anyone has to share.  Etsy or Ebay??  Kind of scary to put one's work out in the world......even though I've been creating for over 30 years.  So silly..... :)  Place your name in the comment section or email if you wish to be on a list to be notified when I open my little shop.

Labradorite chips, german glass beads and antique metallic lace....

Embellishment has begun. My favorite part.
I love the look of Labradorite....they are kind of grey, but with a subtle glow of fire within.
The white glass beads on her head piece and her tail are from Germany, circa 1940's.
The antique lace on her sleeves is beautiful golden metallic work and her bodice is crystal beadwork.

A French lady ... and me!

When I was at a fleamarket, in Paris, I purchased a painting of a beautiful French woman.  

It's done in black and white with just a touch of red.

The seller told me the story of the artist, who lived in Paris, and who has only painted one subject for his whole career...and that was always his wife.  AND....he only sees and paints her now as he remembers her, and as he sees her in his mind's eye....beautiful and young, although they've been married 50 years.  Isn't that precious!   

I just picked up the painting from having it framed and I remembered that my husband took picture of me, long ago when I was 18 yr. old...and printed it in black and white....and when I held it next to my French lady painting, we were both at the same angle...the same black and white....the same photo of a young woman in profile.  

My husband and I have been married 41 years now, so this photo was taken a long time ago....but I like to think that he still sees me, as the French artist views his bride and muse....

as the woman he fell in love with all those years ago.

A Brocante in Provence

This was the first Brocante (antique store) that we came to.  It was wonderful, but things were priced high.  Wonderful eye candy, though.