Reconstructing Beauty

St. Ansgar , Home of the Albino Deer. We were lucky enough to set up our first ever booth kiddy corner from the Albino Deer Showcase and main street. Which was a double bonus because there was live music there too! It was a beautiful day and a great way to start our first booth, because that is my home town and my parents have everything we ever could have wanted in their garage: A Zima tent, rusty nails, tables, chairs, hammer, etc. All the things that we wouldn't have thought of before we were there. Another bonus of doing it in my parents town. A free babysitter! A couple of weeks ago, Andy and I went on a bike ride where we found a "Free Pile" Not only did we find a mini wheel barrel for Josiah, our neighbor friend. But also two doors. So Andy and I painted them up to look oldish, with some crackle paint and used them to display some of our work. This was an Iowa City community tent. Jenni had some of her work (mixed-media, greeting cards, journals, etc. But also...

recontruct: to construct again; rebuild; make over. Something has always intrigued me with the idea of turning trash to treasure. Being the youngest of 3 girls, I always managed to get the hand me downs of my two older sisters. I never seemed to mind. In high school I would get some of my favorite clothes from Goodwill or Garage Sales. I still have one of the coolest glitterly Honda tank tops that I got at a garage sale for a dime! In the past I've changed other peoples old clothes to my new clothes. Over the past few years, I now incorporate that in my art. I incorporate used items together in order to make something new. This passion started shorty after I learned some basic jewelry techniques. Andy's grandma and my Grandma Delores gave me some of their old jewelry. Most of which was broken. So I took some of those beads restrung them and WA-LA! The old is gone, the new has come! Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!...