I went to an estate sale in Jackson yesterday with my friend, Tammy, who likes to frequent such events. She thought I should go since there would be art stuff as an artist lived there. The house is in one of the older Jackson neighborhoods which used to be quite nice called Alta Woods. It was nostalgic for me since I'd spent some time there during my childhood, going to church, then later on I'd dated Warren, whose grandmother had a house on the boulevard there, then he'd rented an apartment there that I'd wanted after we'd broken up, as a gesture to try to get us back together; it didn't work, but I digress. It was cool to drive around the neighborhood and reminisce while waiting for Tammy to arrive.
I didn't find much in the way of art supplies other than a box of willow charcoal. I scored a couple of great old squeaky toys to use for a still life in art class though. But Tammy, lucky girl, found this great old valentine, and later that evening she and her family were over and her five year old daughter asked if I would make a collage with it for her daddy, Larry, for his birthday. Here's the collage below. I apologize for the poor photo. My camera is broken and I had to get my spouse to take a photo. He does not put the care into taking the photos that I do, but I took what I could get. Keep in mind also that it's made under pressure from a five year old who's more than a little precocious (I say that in the sweetest way).
Materials: Mat board, toile tissue paper, paper heart doilies, pearly craft beads, vintage valentine, heart, love and butterfly stickers, rubber stamping on torn tissue, mailbox numbers, decorative metal heart thingymabobber, crown saved from some broken ponytail holder, unidentified thingy I don't know the proper name for.
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