Welcome Ideas N Wood!

I was online the other day, trying to find a perfect birthday gift for my sister, Paige – owner of Hodgepodge & ARTifacts,and I came across this wonderfully gifted artisan.  I couldn’t help myself, I wrote him a letter right away, inviting him to join the fun at ARTifacts.

Glad he agreed to join us!  It always amazing to me that there are so many extraordinarily talented people in Clarksville, and Darin is one of those talents.

Here we see a collection of Ideas N Wood creations.  First the cedar tie organizer, then the most fun puzzle piece photo frames.  What I am even more fond of with these photo frames is that you can pick them made of MDF or pine wood that can be stained.  Have one frame or add on until your entire family has a piece of the puzzle!

The photos don’t do these boxes justice.  Hollow inside for hiding your favorite trinkets.

These one of a kind lamps are beautiful!  Left is light off, right is light on! Isn’t it beautiful!

 

Sadly, I didn’t notice until it was too late that this photo focused on the items IN the mirror, not the MIRRORS!  Sorry.

They are beautiful – hopefully you can still see the wonderful designs on the back of these hand held mirrors.

Don’t want to miss out on these frames too.

As you can see Ideas N Wood has all kinds of wonderful items to share with everyone at ARTifacts.

Stop by and see them in person!

See you downtown!

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December 2010 Issue of Clarksville Family Magazine

For many months now, we have done an article with Clarksville Family Magazine featuring a family art project.   This months feature will be our last project because of time restrictions, but here is our last article for all to see!!

We had a great time with this project!  I have a thing for wooden spools.  Who knows why since I don’t really know how to sew (just as my best friend who has spent countless hours trying to help me seam rip all my errors!!).  So, I have been collecting them when I see them – not knowing what to do with them but knowing there must be 100s of ideas out there.

Here are our Christmas ornament projects all made with wooden spools.  Get the magazine at a local stand to see the whole article, but here are all the photos from our day of crafting fun (even when the kids got bored and the Mom’s kept going!!

New Arrivals this month

Sorry for taking such a long break from posting on the blog on a regular basis. I was having all kinds of problems with the blogger system and the picture uploader.  I am excited to say I have figured out how to use Windows Live Writer instead – and it is so much easier to use!  So, now it is time to play catch up!

Here are some fun new arrivals:

 

I think I have shown you Upscaled Jewelry’s new belt buckles made from vintage transferware – but there are several new ones in stock.  These are an amazing deal at $50 each!

Rachel Ison is making these incredible nest necklaces made completely of copper. I already purchased mine, one for my best friend in England (SURPRISE CHARLY!) and one for my best friend in VA (SURPRISE JESSICA!).  I love the representation of the 3 eggs with stones.  This photo shows them with pearls for the eggs, but but she also makes them with blue stones which resemble robin’s eggs.

Gabriele is our original “artcard” artist!  She makes them by the tens and twentys.  And they are always a treat!  I like them for several reasons, here are just a few (in no particular order): 1) incredibly environmentally friendly, 2) they are more affordable then any card you will get at Hallmark!! 3) You can buy a stack at one time and always have them handy for a special gift and 4) they are ALL individual works of art!  You are always giving a piece of art as a gift to whom ever receives these wonderful cards.

Well – three updates are good for one day!  But that is not to say we are done with the new arrivals!  More to come tomorrow – so stay tuned!