Adding and Addition onto our House Part 3

Well it's been a busy couple of weeks but the addition on the back of our house is pretty much done. Just a few minor things left and of coarse clean up, dust and debris.

The right side is the garage addition which will be pretty convenient for a packing area for my Etsy shops.

Here is a photo of the inside where the glass doors are. 

We didn't cover over the brick wall that use to be the outside. I think it gives it a nice rustic look.

A few DIY Tips - The wide wood around where the old door way was has to be stained. The sides I will use a small brush as not to get it on the white molding but the wide wood part I will use a white cloth to put the stain on. It seems to go on more even with a cloth.

Calking Tip - Make sure you cut the opening to your calk tube on a slant and not to big,. Cut it about the size cracks you will be filling. When calking the trim around the windows and baseboards. Run a bead of calk all along the baseboard top and wet your finger and run it along the the calk it blends it in well and gives it a nice finish look.

Thanks for visiting!

Tip of the Day Etsy Treasury's

Hi All
I love to make Treasury's on Etsy. I don't always have the time to make as many as I would like. But it is great to share other artists works.


Tip of the day - If you make a treasury you may want to email each person you put in the treasury because not everyone checks there activity feed all the time and they may not realize that they are even in a treasury. 
I found many treasuries I was in by putting my name into the treasury page, so I never shared or left a comment on the treasury because I didn't know I was in it.


I'd like to share one of my favorite Treasury's I made below.

'BLACK and WHITE HOLIDAY!' by coolstuffartgallery

Birch TREES in the ... susannajarian $80.00	Black and White Pin... QuietudeQuilts $18.00	cat figurine, handm... NotJustCats $32.00	Black and white Mod... TIMOHANDMADE $28.00
Longship Mens Soap ... KBShimmer $5.50	Metal Pill Box Rect... colorsbyliza $38.00	Concrete Bowl or Bi... impurevessels $85.00	Sterling Silver Fil... SimplyCharmed2... $14.00
11x14 Black and Whi... jrefer $45.00	Black and White Fea... PoorLittleLamb $9.50	Cuff Bracelet Polym... PolymerPlayin $18.00	SALE Needle Felted ... sendsunshine $69.00
Pyramid Shaped Cloc... CyberMoon $17.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Tip of the Day Image Transfer Collage

 I have recently started making collage art. I have been incorporating it into my art clocks and wall organizers. I find it very enjoyable. I have been transferring images by spreading gel medium on the image and pasting it to my surface and rolling it with a barer roller to get bubbles out. Let it dry for a couple hours and spray with warm water and loosen the back of the paper with your finger and remove the back of the paper. Image Transferred.

Tip of the day is you can use any type of gel medium as long as there is polymer in it. Spread it with your finger it works better.

Also with this technique if you make a mistake and don't like something you have done just go over it with paint and another paper collage or image transfer..

Have Fun!

A New Direction! There seems to be a season for everything.

  I've been quite busy with my Etsy shops Coolstuffartgallery and Thevintagebirds my blogs for both shops, twitter, pinterest, emails, you know how it is and much other busyness. I use to hold an art class to home school kids but this season there has been changes and I will be taking a new direction with my CoolstuffartGallery blog. With the class I had a lot of art projects to post about which I will not have.

 So this season I will be focusing more on my art work. My clock collections seem to be doing well so I want to focus on clocks and functional wall art collections which I very much enjoy designing. My vintage shop Thevintagebirds is doing well and it feeds my love of buying, sharing and selling vintage. I love it because some items I also get to up-cycle, re-purpose.  

 The new direction for my posts I will be sharing my art more and also I thought I would have a tip of the day. Which would be pertaining to Art, DIY home improvement. My Husband is a carpenter/contractor and a lot of rehab and additions go on so I will be sharing helpful tips on how to DIY. 

Also places I've visited or any other topic I think may be interesting to share.

 I love color so I will be adding a post one day a week using mine or available photos to display the color hues.

Plus it gives me a change to show off my photos.
And always my Favorite Friday Artists.

 Social media takes much time so I think it's important for me to choose the ones I enjoy the most. I love Twitter, sharing mine and other artists and bloggers works and information, making friends. I also love Pinterest, Fun, Fun and Flicker because it's a great way to show off your items/photos with no advertising pop ups and it's simple and quick to use.

 I have a family and a miniature horse farm so things happen. I'm hoping to get on a blog schedule, but if not I will be posting. 

There seems to be a season for everything. I've never been afraid of taking a new direction, I just embrace it...

What does your season hold for you??