Why art kits....

What are they,

what do you do with them?

This is a question that I get asked all the time..

In the last few months I have giving some thought to this question.

Gewgaws of inspiration I think would be a good description,

that invokes a STRONG desire to touch, explore

and envision some artwork yet to be created.

*Some of my kits are a place to store those saved bits that I just can't bring myself to use or that I have hidden away in a bag on a shelf.
 

*While putting these juxtapose kits together I am always in search of more treasures to add.

You know that little something extra for color and texture the

candy for the eye.. .. ..

*These kits are like love letter from a time gone by that tells a story of trinkets saved.

*Some are grown up version of a child's collection of things; you remember that box under your bed

of rocks and pine cone and your best friends secret notes....

Tiny boxes....Somerset Life Winter 2009

what I love about these tiny box art kits

is that they come together

"quick as a wink"

and would make great party favors or

socking stuffer..

A favorite small gold box from my stash makes a wonderful

gift just by adding a vintage velvet ribbon and

an old tiny enameled rose buckle.

Inside is an antique french

perfume label..

german glass glitter, ribbon, small vintage spool of

thread and a new checker knob,

and a few vintage buttons.

Take note of the pretty pink and white shoe button inside

the glass vile of glitter.

Emma's Dream

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art kit published in Somerset Life Autumn 2008

A small collection of things that was inspired by the
the little girl’s pictures that was an ancestor on my husband's side of the family.
Old ribbons, buttons and lace, vintage beads and paper flowers
are just a few of the things that found a home in this vintage
cigar box. Lace on the tiny bottle was from a

great grandmother's cuff and the ivory wide lace on the right came

from aunt Alice's sewing box.
Aunt Alice was a seamstress in Los Angeles in the 1940’s.