Showing posts with label boomerang. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boomerang. Show all posts

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Boomerang


It Keeps Coming Back

One of my illustrations for sale in our shop, Bates Mercantile Co., is Boomerang. I sent a large print of this illustration off to Texas a few weeks ago.


This got me thinking of zigzags and chevrons again. It seems to be a recurring theme.  I even found some ancient artwork of mine, so they've obviously been in my idea file for a long time. It's nice to see that the rest of the world has finally caught on to this fantastic pattern.

How cool is this floor?


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LOVE the gold.



The simplicity of this design is perfect.

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Back to my own chevrons. Here's 'hello notecards' from Bates Mercantile Co.



Note Cards: Chevron Colorful Hello in 8 Languages with Kraft Envelopes, Missoni Chevron Inspired Notecards- Valentine's Gift

Then back to Texas again.....and boomerang.  My customer was nice enough to send a picture of her large print all framed and hung in her home. I LOVE that!!! Doesn't it look great??? What fun seeing where my work ends up. Such a hoot.



Today, I'll be customizing my Louis Louis print in new colors-- yellow and gray tones-- for a customer. Nice work for a rainy day. After that, back to my closet which I started cleaning out yesterday. It was frightful and luckily I made some good headway. Still lots to do though, so I'm not minding the rainy day. Gar's down in his basement studio working on some pieces for another order he got this week. Yay! Still doing lots of research on finding affordable shipping options for his work. Not easy when it's concrete, know what I mean?

PRINT Wall Art Chair, Louis XV Chair Art PRINT, Wall Art Illustration Elegant Paris Chic Digital Line Drawing Pink Pop Art,

What are you up to today? Cleaning or do you have sun where you are and you're out digging in the dirt planting flowers or are you skipping any kind of work for a day of play?

Have a great Sunday in your corner of the world and I'll do the same in mine.






Friday, July 8, 2011

The Winner Is & One Man's Trash

The Winner Is

First a big thank you to all of you who have chosen to follow Mercantile Muse! The support is appreciated. As promised, picked from our first 25 followers, the winner of printable wall art of their choice from Bates Mercantile Co. is Wen Preston of Gottaspoilemgems! Wen makes lovely jewelry and cute little accessories for small animals- check out her shop on etsy.

Perhaps Wen will choose this:


Or maybe one of my favorites, boomerang!





So many choices, so little time. The best part is, Wen will receive the file in her email and all she has to do is print and frame however she likes. Cool beans. Congratulations Wen!


One Man's Trash

Just look at what my brother in law Al scored at the dump the other day. So glad he could see it's potential. It really topped off the 4th of July celebration just right.

Now perhaps you see it with it's original intent..........a votive holder.



Copyright Pamela Bates, 2011

I'm sure it would make a lovely votive holder. But we had other plans.



Copyright Pamela Bates, 2011

The handle was crying out that this thing should be carried and used to serve something!
I mean, how often do you carry a bunch of flaming votives around?


My cousin Gail was nice enough to bring along the fixin's for almond joy martinis. This new dump find was christened the official celebratory party shot glass holder! And it really served it's purpose well.


Copyright Ed Cocciardi, 2011

Seriously, how perfect is this for serving?

Copyright Ed Cocciardi, 2011

Now we may all be looking a little worse for the wear, but it wasn't the almond joys we were about to enjoy.
A wind-driven Thunderstorm had just rolled through and we were all drenched.
But the pay off was Almond Joys. Life is good.

 You have to love 'dump finds' and 'side of the road finds'. Keep your eyes open and be ready to fight for what could be rightfully yours.  If you score a find, celebrate with an Almond Joy. If you don't score the find, drown your sorrows.

Almond Joy Martinis

2 shots Malibu
1 shot Frangelico
1 shot Godiva Chocolate Liqueur

Shake with ice, serve chilled in martini glass or shot glass depending on the occasion.

That's one glass of heaven. Unless you asked our friend Cathryn the morning after.

Happy Friday!
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