I am adding a few more photos of art projects and new things at my house.
I hope you enjoy these “bits and bobs”.

The Vintage Sea Shell Box

This is a vintage box decorated with sea shells. It belonged to Lucy Fagan (the real one). I got it from my granny. I was told that the box came from Indianola.

For years it was in a plastic bag. When I did the hallway remodel (see pictures down the page) and created a nice area for collectibles, I decided to restore the box. I had the perfect shells to replace missing ones!

The center image has been missing forever, so I decided to replace it with one of Marie de la Mer. It is a box with sea shells, after all. I put a coat of matte acrylic over it all. It’s really lovely now.

Inside has always been the two garters from granny’s wedding, and a long length of black silk that was used for making mourning bands on sleeves. I put those things back inside.

Shawn’s House

A watercolor of Shawn’s new home in Milwaukee. Watercolor, rubber stamp, Posca pens, and collage. She bought this vintage cottage last year.

For Rosann

I painted one of my little canvas covered boxes for Rosann at Christmas. I love how it turned out — the colors were spectacular. They are almost electric, right?

Yet Another Library

I decided to remove carpet from the upstairs hallway, chunk the old flat files, and have bookshelves built. I love the way it turned out. This is my history library, nicely organized with Civil War, American Revolution, various states (except Texana which is still in the foyer), and more. Even put permanent (nice) shelves in the laundry room. Click to open full size.