http://reclaimedwhimsy.com One of a kind arts and fancies. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:37:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mixed media art shrine necklace: dried flower, vintage button, vintage gear, paper, epoxy, tin, paint, eye bolt, metal This one is a bit more conceptual than some of the other ones. I started to just make something pretty and, as it developed, it started more and more to remind me of ... http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/27/autumn-art-shrine-necklace/ First, a preview of an unfinished locket: And then I made a small tin meant for medications or mints, coins or other tiny treasures. The other box, the one that I posted previously that looks similar to this, is actually part of a locket - the locket above that is nearly complete! ... http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/22/sparklies/ The cats have done a serious number on our little scratching post, but only on the top portion of it. We didn't want to invest in a whole new scratching post - even smaller numbers like ours can be kind of expensive. So, we did a little handiwork. (Well, I ... http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/22/cat-scratch-fever/ I finished this: It's a This Little Piggy Went to Market art shrine necklace. Obviously. I mean, what else could it be? This is, also obviously, another mixed media piece using reclaimed and recycled materials. Well, the little plastic pig I cut apart was new. But still! Oink! Originally this was going to be ... http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/22/this-little-piggy-went-to-market/ 1. I'm making a 3 Little Pigs shrine. It's going to be so rad. I have the pigs, I just need a seriously good wolf. 2. A This Little Piggy Went To Market mini shrine necklace. I'm really pleased with how it is coming along as well. It's missing something so ... http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/22/1-2-3/ This is the second version of the shrine necklace. I've replaced the hanging skull with a watch-winding key, adding rhinestones to the inner sides to increase the dimensionality of the piece, and added a darkened metal circle to the back. The key is hanging from a gunmetal silver chain - the ... http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/22/memento-mori-take-2/ Okay, so I worked on this. I'm not sure how I feel about it. http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/22/memento-mori-take-1/ I have been comforting myself by making stuff. I'm not sure where I first saw flowers made from buttons - some book with a bunch of other projects I didn't really dig, I think. I THOUGHT it was in the Big-Ass Book of Crafts but no luck there. So I got ... http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/22/this-is-what-i-do-when-ill/ If I were going to write an article for a craft magazine about this project, this is how it would go: One Saturday afternoon, at a yard sale, I had one of those moments. One of those moments when the heavens parted and a ray of sunshine fell on an item ... http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/22/whos-got-the-button-from-yard-sale-find-to-one-of-a-kind/ 1. the quality or state of being whimsical or fanciful 2. a fanciful or fantastic device, object, or creation especially in writing or art I make whimsies. Whimsies from recycled and reclaimed materials of all sorts; whatever I can find, whatever strikes my fancy at the moment. This means that ... http://reclaimedwhimsy.com/2008/06/22/reclaimed-whimsy/