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Blissful Birthday
Birthdays to me are ususally, like whatever, no big deal.But I had the nicest most low key b-day yesterday, I thought I'd share.While being served coffee in bed by my Honey, I was greeted to birthday...
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Lessons Learned
We have all seen the lovely jewelry and altered art pieces which incorporate vintage typewriter keys. Having had the good luck of coming across two old typewriters cheaply, I thought..."What the heck,...
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Fun with Friends!
Yesterday I met my friend Christie Repasy in Redlands at the home of friends,Lori & Jamie Martin. Lori is a lifelong antiques dealer who has passed the passion for Vintage onto her daughter Jamie....
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Being Switzerland...
I have long admired Switzerland for their ability to maintain neutrality in an industrialized world that constantly commands we take sides. Whether those sides are religious, political, over oil or...
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Fresh New "Bling"
One More week until The Chateau de Fleurs sale in Fallbrook and my studio is a creative disaster.Just keep trudging onward and... But, my trays are filling up with Fresh Bling, ready to be...
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Ahhh Familia!!!
Family...Love em?Hate em?We are stuck with them.Okay, I jest. Family is where it is at in my world. They come before anything else. My Nana has always said "blood is thicker than water." and she is...
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Chateau here we come!
This weekend, Emily and I are heading to the Chateau De Fleurs Marketplace in Fallbrook.It is work, but it is also a few days spent with some of my closest friends who I adore.Been busy making new...
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Chateau de Fleurs...so much FUN!!!!
Emily and I had a wonderful time at The Chateau de fleurs sale.It is my favorite show.Christie and Rita put on a wonderful event and are like family. All of the ladies there are. It is a comfy event...
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Urban Barn this weekend...
Join myself and 20 other vendors at The Urban Barn in EscondidoFor their Street Faire. Friday and Saturday.Not only will I be bringing the standard Bling...There will be LOTS of super cool Vintage...
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It takes a Village...
Art is about community. It should be after all, that all though we are all unique, each of us is trying to ink out a living doing what we love. I have been fortunate enough to meet some really gracious...
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Dreaming while driving
Two weeks ago after I left The Urban Barn sale, I was dreaming about this mannequin...I have had her a few years. She is a shorter form, cuts off right at the top of the hip.Covered in tons of...
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Re-grouping
Sometimes you just need a break to re-group and that is exacly what I have been doing.Life had been a little stressful lately and I am kind of burnt out right now. I recently made the decisions to give...
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I am back on ebay selling LOTS of Jewelry supplies.And I mean a lot as well as "LOTS".If you are wanting or needing some funky Vintage jewelry makings supplies, check them out. I will be listing many...
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Urban Barn
Finally posting about my weekend. Well, it was over 100 degrees in Escondido at The Urban Barn's Grand Opening.Despite the heat, we had customers and many of my treasures found new homes.Thank you to...
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The Winged Muse
Visit my other Blog...http://thewingedmuse.blogspot.com/To see a post on these Killer lockers I got from Country Roads...Happy Wednesday!xo,Lisa
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Shoes and Chandeliers
I have always adored shoes and have owned some pretty wild ones over the course of my life.My love of shoes found it's way onto a Chandelier...yes, a Chandelier...or more likely a "Shoedelier" as I...
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Altered Couture
In my mailbox yesterday I was so happy to find copies of Altered Couture and Home, both of which I am honored to be published in.Of the three article I wrote for Altered Couture, my FAVORITE is "Ode To...
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Lita's Little Mermaid "Bling Baby"
A good customer of mine who LOVES mermaids and owns on of my Mermaid Necklacescustom ordered a Bling Baby. She gave me complete artistic freedom, onlyasking that I make her in pinks/aquas and...
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Happy Find
At the last show I sold at, I found this very cool and FuNkYHUGE floral tHiNgY~It was all gold and I just LOVED it!!Originally wall art, I believe...So, what to do? Well, in classic Lisa Style we add...
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Art is meant to be shared
Yesterday was my first official Bling Baby class at Gilding the Lily in Fullerton. This is a Vintage Jewelry/Millinery/Trim Girls Candy Store.If you haven't ever been there, GO! Nancy is the owner...
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PMC Certification
I had an amazingly fulfilling past three days.Friday, Saturday and Sunday was spent in San Juan Capistrano at http://dynastyartstudio.com/.There I participated with 6 other artists in a PMC Level One...
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Studios Re-Do
As many of you know and as is the same for many of you, my Studio is part of my home.For me, my studio is broken into three locations...my family room, one side of the garage and a tiny cottage in the...
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FINALLY Done...almost!!!!
I have been frighfully blogfully remiss or is itwoefully remiss at my bloggingness?At any rate, my world has been full of changes of late, personally, living space wise as well as professionally.I am...
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Going Carnie!!!
It has been re-do, re-do, re-do around here.Learning new techniques, turned my studio inside out,Gave my cottage which was basically overflow...(you know, out of sight, out of mind???)Well, no more....
View ArticleBye Bye Bling
I have decided to close out the business "Vintage Bling".Several friends have said they think of me as "Lisa Loria",not Vintage Bling. As I am shifting gears out of re-purposingVintage jewelry and...
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