I have closed down my Old & Good shop, for a while. I enjoyed a year searching for treasures, and in that year my creative side went a beggin', so I'm back to my dolls and "fancywork".
yay for you! It's funny how you need a break every now and then but that artist is always in there waiting. Looking forward to seeing your new fancywork!
Also...you are the second person that I wrote to today that was in California the same time as my family. and they were in San Luis Obispo also...one of my favorite CA towns. We ran out of time and didn't make it there this trip :( I'm so jealous of you both. We were mostly in Santa Barbara (viva la fiesta!) and I'm not complaining :)
A PDF of Dolls Magazine's Story About My Doll Making
Click on the picture to read the article.
Some of My Slip-Ins
My Slip-INs
Just a note to say that my slip-ins only stand about three to six inches tall. They look very large in the article. These are what they referred to as Paper Dolls in the article Passion for Paper Dolls.
A PDF of one of my IN PRINT: Somerset Life
Click on the photo to read the article.
Two of my Tess styled Queen Anne dolls are pictured in the movie Felicity
Many of you know me as Zwee with many exclamation points following. These indicate extreme joy.
My parents wanted to name me Zöe, but felt that the actual French pronunciation of Zwee would never be acknowledged, and it would have been Americanized into Zoey. Well! I believe that Zwee does exist within my alter-ego and so that is in part, who I am. But I still like to be Christine too.
The 18th and 19th centuries intrigue me from an escape aspect, and so I surround myself with a home that reflects the beauty of these earlier times. In fact, our house was built in 1888. And yes, that is not early, since officially, "early" is defined as being prior to 1850, but for Oregon, it is worthy.
I do love now, each and every moment. I love the ease of life with all that modernity affords. Combine the ambiance of olden days with the luxury of today and all is perfect. My dolls and other art forms must reflect the earlier days.
Of late I am thoroughly enamored of the new Jeanne de Arc Living style, although I do not opt for the all white for my lovely old house.
I dabble in garden witchery as in herbs and magickal plants for creating wonderful spells of love and health.
Thank you for visiting my blog. I wish you a beautiful life.
It’s a New Year
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I’m excited for the changes that come with a New Year.
It’s a good time to reflect on what it is that makes your heart happy.
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A time...
Monday Evening...
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Hi, Everyone...
I started taking pictures for this post much earlier this evening,
then started watching the news of the devastating Oklahoma torna...
Monaco Blue
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Monaco Blue has been named one of the hottest colors for Spring 2013.
How do I feel about this color?
I
Love
it
!
Whether you love it or the jury is stil...
The "18thc. tea-arbor stone-top table" project~
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When we designed and built the large twig arbor out front next to our
stream a couple years ago, we did so thinking how nice it would be to sit
under it ...
Tea Cup Tuesday-Rose Beauty
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Hello All!
Welcome to Tea Cup Tuesday with Martha, and myself.
It is a stormy week here...
Heavy clouds that make it look like evening instead of morning
...
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Just another Wooden Queen Anne dolly for your consideration. In between
packing, cleaning and going crazy (Winking smile) I've managed to keep my
sewing r...
Turning a new page....
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Well, its been something I've been thinking of doing for, literally years.
I've decided to give the ol' Audrey Eclectic blog a new and fresh start.
I've ag...
Happy Mother's Day!
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I just wanted to say Happy Mother's Day to all.
Things are slowly returning to a "new normal" in my studio here.
Enjoy your children, be happy and have a won...
Charlottes Brocante Paris giveaway
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In honor of my 12th trip to Paris I brought home a few things from my
favorite stores in the city of lights. Matches from the one and only Cire
Trudon comp...
One Thing A Day Until The Show!
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I'm having so much fun getting ready for our French Flea, I'm trying to do
one item a day for this next week! This is a painted in drawing taken from
an a...
Closed
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This past year has been a good one with my antiquing, but I am bringing the
selling of old things to a close, as my creative side now beckons full time
dev...
Bird Bath Area
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What used to be a concrete fish pond is now a small wetland area outside my
living room window. Many years of ground heaving with the winter freezes
and th...
Garage sale finds
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Hope you all are enjoying the sun we have had it a few days here and my
car thermometer said 96 Tuesday parked in Target parking lot facing the sun
!!!HOT...
Lifebook 2013 May Lessons
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I'm so behind on my Lifebook lessons, but AFICC took priority for awhile. I'll write about the conference in another post. Another obstacle has been music pr...
"Its A Wonderful Life"
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I am very excited to announce that I have been selected to be part of the
cast of “It’s a Wonderful Life”. This has been a favorite movie of mine and
I a...
What was that???
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We were out and about over the weekend. One of our favorite places to ride
is in Lambtown, which is in Ledyard, CT, and adjacent to Quakertown.
There is ...
Primitive America`s Spring Open House
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Another wonderful open house at Christine Hummel`s Primitive America shop
in Pennsdale,Pa. . 514 Quaker Church Rd., she`s open every Friday
10:00-5:00. She...
I've been working hard...
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I've been hard at work making things for the store. This year my items will
only be at American Country Mercantile and at the Greens Show in salem. If
I h...
Ceramic Soap Dish by Local Artist
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Made by a local artist, I first saw these sweet and quirky soap dishes at
my local farmer's market. The Tiffany Soap Dish is completely and lovingly
craft...
~Time for a Giveaway~
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~The Proverbial Hat~
The Winner of the
$25 Paper Whimsy Gift Certificate is
*~ Corrine Marie~*
* *~*~
Now for the Winners of the
$5 off Coupons** with...
Anne Lorys Photography on Facebook!
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It's here!
My business page on Facebook
is up and running...
*Anne Lorys Photography*
Please head on over and
give me a "like"!
Send your f...
Re-size your photos
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Resizing your photos in a photo editing program will help make your page
load much faster and keep you from using up all your free photo space on
Picassa. ...
Time to Take Your Dinner Outside
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Spring. Friends. Family Dinners outside in the garden. Is there any better way to end the day or celebrate the weekend?
I love nothing better than to tre...
Folk Art and Primitives Etsy Team Giveaway Winners
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Hello, everyone. Today the artists of the blog and team of Folk Art and
Primitives announced the winners of their first giveway from their ETSY
team.
I won...
My Daughter's Studio Apartment
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I couldn't be a prouder mother. My daughter and her husband had their
apartment photographed for Design Sponge. I think it came out beautifully
and it...
Bah humbug - my blog is moving
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I've deleted over half of my posts and Blogger will STILL not let me post a
new picture. So, I've changed to Wordpress. Please come visit me. The
new ad...
Flower Power Web Sale!
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I don't know about you, but this year, Spring has been so very slow here in
Colorado! Temps are finally warming up after several bouts of late season
snow ...
Museum of the Bazaar
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Today I am sharing a bit about why I love living in Bisbee. One of my dear
friends Renee Harper runs the Old Bisbee Ghost Tours and Yes our town is
haun...
It's Showtime at the J. Lorraine Ghost Town!
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*Junk Salvation*
is a gathering of ... hand-picked vendors selling their best junking goods...
and ...it is coming to a town near you!
Lots of vendors...
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I am dreaming of Paris tonight.....
such a beautiful and magical place,
one day I will step off the plane and my glittery fairytale dreams
will have com...
Missing in action!
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I haven't really disappeared! I spent the week cleaning house, shipping
Etsy orders,making candies for an upcoming baby shows, getting ready for
LaVonne's...
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*A New One of a Kind Queen Anne on eBay*
Prim & Precious & faire as a May Flow'r, Katy is just scrumptious and
listed on eBay this week!
You can find...
Sharing Happiness...
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Happy Fall to all of you!
I'm so excited to be featured on C.R. Gibsons
Designs for Inspirations Blog!
Please stop by and read the interview on ways ...
A Fine Early Voit Doll Gets a Careful Cleaning
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When Dixie and I were together in New Hampshire a time back I purchased a
very large early doll by Andreas Voit dating about 1840. The doll has had
very...
Shop Therapy...
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We can all use a little shop therapy from time to time and where is one of
the best places to come for inspiration, ideas and just plain ole
relaxation or ...
A Primitive Place Magazine and Spring
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[image: A PP]
Hi Everyone,
Have you found spring? Well it’s still cool here but we do have sunshine.
Last Friday I picked up my first copy of A Pr...
Reflecting on Vintage Fairs (04-29-12)
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After all the vintage fairs I've participated in, I decided that there is
no point in wasting my money to participate as a vendor at such events any
furthe...
You Can Do It, But Should You?
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There are so many ways we can spend our time and energy in life. We can do
lots of things, but should we? I had the bright idea to make bagels for my
famil...
{ spoiled rotten }
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That's what he is...
*spoiled rotten.*
and he knows how to manipulate us with his charming little bird-personality.
see how he weasels his way into our hea...
M & M Antiques in Monroe, Washington
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If you're going to be in Monroe this Friday, Saturday or Sunday, be
SURE to stop into the *new location* for M & M Antiques
at 123 Lewis. It's easy...
TDIPT is Closing
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Happy Easter! I hope you had a day of blessed reflection and celebration.
We had three services at church this morning...so, after we ate lunch, it
was res...
It Attracts...It Repels 101
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If I've learned anything after a few decades of non-stop junking, it's that
the most interesting stuff falls into the category of: *It Attracts....It
Repe...
ACCEPTED!!!
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I'm delighted to announce that I've been accepted to show my primitive folk
art at the 55th annual Art Fiesta, so please mark June 1st & 2nd on your
calen...
POWER
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Never dismiss your power. Never miss the chance to be the smile that
brightens a strangers day. Never miss the chance to be a seeing eye into
the world of...
~COME TO MY WINDOW~
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This is the view that greets me each time I find myself at the kitchen
sink,which is quite often, I might add!! It is a wonderful bay window that
overlo...
Sun's Three Years in Three Minutes
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In this unusual video, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captures an image
of the sun every 12 seconds in 10 different wavelengths, two images per
day, f...
Spring Reflections
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I hope you all have had a wonderful weekend. Ours has flown by. We were
at a school picnic all day Friday, and dance recitals both on Saturday and
Sunday...
Covering Artwork and Antiques
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Because the bulk of accomplished art and antiques is based both on
actuality and condition, acceptable affidavit is essential. Can you
brainstorm owning...
Washington's Birthday
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It's time for a cup of tea! Join me, and let's wish George Washington a
Happy Birthday!
There seems to be a bit of confusion over this wonderful February...
Magic rising beneath the earth
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There is magic Rising
from beneath the Earth
Songs of Mother reaching the world
Feathers of Father gliding the skies
Hidden poems in every Butterfly
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My Sydney
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My sweet Sydney lost her battle with cancer on Tuesday
and my heart is broken.
The house just isn't the same without her.
I miss her so much.
I want to than...
WOW!!!!! Where does the time go...
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Hi everyone,
I have not posted on my blog for so long that I almost forgot how to do it.
I hope everyone is doing well. I don't have much play time as I ha...
WONDROUS WORDS TO TICKLE YOUR FANCY
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A few words from the 18th century to entertain and amuse.
Noodle- A silly, naive person. The next time you call a person a noodle I
guarantee you will get ...
Byte Magazine Covers
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Ben brought home an old Byte magazine that someone had loaned use for the
Steampunklet (the cover article was on Logo, which she's getting into), and
that ...
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*Life is a great big canvas and you should throw all the paint on it you
can…*
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May is the beginning of our next fundraiser….something near and dear to
...
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Hello...
The May long weekend is here...and it is going to be a rainy one. We really
need the rain. Here in Calgary, our climate is generally dry, dry...and...
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*A HEARTFELT FAREWELL TO TDIPT MERCANTILE*
TDIPT Mercantile will be closing its doors at the end of April. It was a
difficult decision for us to make, but...
Hands to Work, Heart to God
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I am at long last beginning to create things for my new etsy shop soon to
open. I will provide a link as soon as it is up and running.
In the meantime, I h...
~Merry Monday To You~
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Monday has dawned muggy here in Vermont with a gentle rain falling, the
slightest of breezes' blowing and a chorus of birds singing. Tis oh so
lovely. S...
Off to Atlanta
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I'm going to visit the gift show in Atlanta and hopefully do some
"shop-shopping". Don't know exactly how much time I will have to explore
Atlanta as I hav...
a way of life
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As with most people, things come to me bits and pieces .. in flashes.. in
dreams… in a discussion with a friend…. this is what has been happening to
me s...
2 comments:
yay for you! It's funny how you need a break every now and then but that artist is always in there waiting. Looking forward to seeing your new fancywork!
Also...you are the second person that I wrote to today that was in California the same time as my family. and they were in San Luis Obispo also...one of my favorite CA towns. We ran out of time and didn't make it there this trip :( I'm so jealous of you both. We were mostly in Santa Barbara (viva la fiesta!) and I'm not complaining :)
Wishing you a wonderful day!
Warm hugs ~ Jenn
well
I will miss seeing all the treausre you found along the trail
I always love your finds
Janice
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