shop update and a give-away

I've just added some vintage oil and watercolor paintings in the shop, if it weren't for my carpal tunnel pain I would have listed more.  So, there will be a few more artwork to come tomorrow.

Btw, the lovely Natalie at The Soho is hosting a give-away, enter to win a gift certificate to spend at my shop :)

auction preview: taxidermy and antler galore!

I went to another auction preview yesterday and all I can say was- woah! I've never seen so many dead animals in one room and are up for auction. btw, I am making it a habit of bringing my camera with me to auctions and estate sales and shooting photos for you my dear blog readers. I wish I can take you all with me to these previews, they're so much fun, you can examine each and every item at your hearts content, find the most interesting artifacts from the past, chit chat with the regulars and even learn a thing or two from antique specialists that shows the goods.

So anyway, the auction preview, it was a jungle out there, really just look at this pictures.

First one I noticed when I entered the room was this enormous head on the wall...

I've taken a photo of my husband examining it just to show you how huge it is. See how hubby's head looks tiny next to the thing?

And there's this life like gazelle raised on a rock complete with dried grass and fake cactus,

laying flat next to it is this poor zebra skin rug.

I also saw a few of these...

and these which are easier to look at...no eyes were looking back at me.

then when I turned around there were more of these...

it started to creep me out a little...

their sad glassy eyes were killing me...

they all started giving me quite the stare...

and then I got the heck out of there.

the end.

Oh they have a couple of cool industrial lamps and some chairs, I'll be back to bid on those.

calling in sick

not really...as much as I want to blog about a DIY project I recently did and list new items in the shop I'm taking the day off and heading off to the lake again to cool off.  It's 92 degrees today.  It's inevitable.