winter blues

Well, there's nothin' like being trapped under 30" of winter snow to keep you unmotivated. BUT, for us creative types, it's good to be trapped indoors with our junk projects. And why not? I've cooked everything in the fridge already and I've watched Legally Blond and the Devil Wears Prada 5000 times now. So, I'm overhauling a cedar trunk that I trash picked ages ago, and using old table legs to make new chunky shab fab candlesticks. Just what the doctor ordered for the winter blues...bring on the junk! tune in for the results!!

goodbye 2009

ah...the bittersweet feelings of a new year...

now is the time to take down the lights and tree and decorations and say goodbye to 2009 and hello 2010. So strange to be in a new decade. I'm already reminiscing about this past Christmas and it was just a few days ago! well, enjoy the pics of the store and the holiday decorating we did. I just loved doing the christmas mannequins...

More Love-of-Junk Stuff

more cool junk stuff

uh...kinda been a little busy

hello folks in Shabby land...been kinda off the radar for a bit what with trying to keep a store goin' in this recession, but now i'm back and bad!

well , good, really.

I am currently addicted to www.junkmarketstyle.com...
i cannnnnnot get enuf. Check it out if you love to make stuff with junk.

that's what i'm doin for christmas!

hope my relatives like stuff made of cool junk.
karin

upcoming event

well, folks, it's that time again to do something completely different at the Shabby Attic. So, preparation for the Vintage Vanity Faire Days at the Shabby are under way. We're going to have live music, a local winery doing wine tastings, and local gourmet food on display. Sights, smells, sounds, and sales will be on the menu. THERE WILL BE A $200 RAFFLE, plus, don't let me forget to say, demos on holiday decorating. I'm scared about getting everything done in time, but excited to do something extravagant to launch into the holiday season.
VINTAGE VANITY FAIRE DAYS: SAT, NOV. 7TH AND SUN, NOV. 8TH!

Well, it's been another busy couple of weeks at the store, and here we are on the precipice of Autumn. Already. So I was starting to think about holiday time already (after just one day of crisp cool Fall air) and was on Etsy.com, admiring the handiwork of so many wonderful artisans. I'm amazed daily at the talent that people have. I myself don't consider myself that talented. I get by, I admit, as someone who knows how to do a thing or two with paint and furniture. But sometimes i click on someone's site, and their work blows me away. "Now THAT is talent", is what I say to myself.

I met a woman today who makes clothing accessories out of tooled wool and recycled sweaters. Her work was so creative it made me want to cry. I felt pitifully inept in her presence. I said to myself, "SHE thought outside of the box. SHE invented something original. SHE has a point of view in her work". Have you heard this phrase before? (You have if you are a fan of Project Runway). "POINT OF VIEW". What that means is that your work has a style all it's own, one that reflects who you are as an artist. And if you are lucky, it is a body of work that no one else on the planet has ever thought of or created until now.

And then I remembered, that though this woman had a "point of view" that was individual, so did I. My work DOES stand apart from what others have done. Even when I know that others have done what I have done, and maybe even have done it better, it is still MY individuality, MY sense of personal style, that makes my work unique. And in seeing my work, maybe, just maybe, someone sees what I have done and says, "Now THAT'S talent".