I Heart Potatos, and I Heart Beth's House too!

You know a day has to be a good one when it begins with a heart shaped potato!  Now is that a good luck charm or what?

After scrubbing the lucky tater and tossing it in the crock pot with the roast, I went to see Beth http://bethleintz.typepad.com/ and give her the birthday gift.  She added this painting of Maddie to her shelf with the painting of Milo along with the Christmas ornaments I had painted their portraits onto as gifts last year. 

This is a little charm I made and tied to her package. I had made a dozen of these, vintage paper, an added word, some glitter and a pile of diamond glaze into an oval bezel that I soldered  jump rings to. This is the ONLY one that turned out! On the rest, the diamond glaze never set right, it is still milky. It has been months, I keep thinking it will clear up, maybe it will. I keep checking to see, and the words are slowly appearing like the message in a magic 8 ball.

These Marie Antionettish boxes were sitting next to Beth's computer. She has them listed on Ebay right now, and they are even prettier in person!

I love to poke around her house, she has the coolest displays.

We each bought one of these chalk ladies on a junk day together. I sold a couple and kept one in my bathroom to hang jewels on.  I wish I had bought more, there were a bunch of them for $10 each. Some were guys though, I only like the females. The males had hats.  And they were pilgrim hats. There is something not right about a naked guy in a pilgrim hat.

This is the mantel in Beth's living room, she has such deep, rich colors.  We painted a gold and bronze faux finish over the china red walls, I don't know if it shows up too well on this picture, though.

I'll give you a sneak peek at her tiara. I wanted to add lipstick to the glass head, but we had other things to do.

My tiara is not nearly as far along as hers. I need to glitter it up and add the fooferific stuff.

I'm always touched to see things I painted years ago on display in someone's home. I gave this to Beth a few Christmases ago, along with a bunch of home made fudge (my specialty).

After messing with the tiaras, we went to Mission Road Antique Mall to redo Beth's booth, that once upon a time, we shared. I miss working on it with her, so she lets me come and play sometimes. I'll show photos of it later, we did it in a red, white, and blue Americana theme. 

This photo is of Terry's booth, she ships over containers of wildly expensive and beautiful things from France.

We had to go and visit my old booth there and see if the floor was still the way I left it painted. I miss my 'garden stone' floor.

Well, time to check the crock pot and see if the heart shaped potato tastes as good as it looks.

Don't forget to enter the charm drawing by leaving a comment. And check out the last post if you are interested in a magazine article of your home.

Comments

[MaryB]

What a lovely house, I can see why you like to hang around there, I had to go back and look a 2nd time. I love all the paintings you've done..
The subject of diamond glaze came up on another group I'm on, they say the metal reacts to the diamond glaze, and to prime it first before using the glaze.......I've never used diamond glaze, so I'm just passing on what I read.
Stop by my blog if you get a chance, I'm having a small give away.

[becca]

Beautiful post, as always!
:)

[Mrs.Staggs]

Only you Karla, could make a potato look this good! LOL! I've never seen a heart shaped potato before. It certainly was a sign of good things to come. What a nice day you and Beth had together.
You give very special gifts.
Beth's house is lovely.
I love your stone floor!
The tiara's are looking like they are going to be very special.
Take care.

[Mizsmoochielips]

Wow, so much wonderful eyecandy! Oooh, I love how you've wrapped the tiara/crown in fabric. Magnificent!
You both have so much beauty-full things in your worlds- that's so marvelous! It must be such fun to just snoop through your homes :) Heh hehe!

[Karen Young]

It sounds like you had a wonderful time playing with your friend yesterday. The gifts you made for her are exquisite and I enjoyed being able to share in all the beautiful eye candy.
Loved the heart shaped potato

Also, thank you for your encouragement.

Karen Young

[Renee]

Oh my gosh I love your painted tile floor that is beautiful. Good Job!

[shabbyinthecity]

I'm so laffing over how you 'heart potatoes' awww thats good. So is that floor. Come over please and bring your paint set :)

[Heather ~ Pretty Petals]

Hi Karla!!! I am so glad you liked your fairy girl...I know it was a few posts back...just got back from vacation.

I LOVE your pretty floor and all of the other gorgeous photos you have shown...love visiting your blog!

Heather

[Gumbo Lily]

Looks like the two of you had a fun time together. Cute doggie pics.

~jody