Asian Pagoda Box

The time to begin buying again is now!
The thing to buy is handmade art that supports independent artists. We've had our business plans in place all along--
we know hard work pays off and we're not giving up!
We re-invent our work and ourselves ----we do not quit!
We're not looking for a bailout.........
We're working hard for our sales by making quality work!
We make some of the last things "Hand Made in America"!
We are the fabric that creates our culture.
Am I passionate about this?
You bet I am!
I'm an independent artist!!!

My Asian Pagoda Box is kindly being featured on etsystalker! A fun way to be linked to another great site for exposure. My handmade cherry box measures 6 1/4" wide and 6 1/4" deep and 10 1/2" tall (15.87cm x 15.87cm x 26.67cm ). An elegant box with cream and gold feet and adorned with whispy red eyelash trim. The top opens by way of a wooden lift off lid utilizing a bamboo handle. On the top and edges there is red trim accented with hints of gold detail. Inside, the bottom is lined with sultry black velvet. The inside rim is painted with gold and on the inner lift off lid an array of graceful gingko leaves.
This handmade box beckons to be set upon a mantle or bookshelf and shyly listen to the compliments it will get in your home or office!
My boxes are quietly making their way into esteemed collections around the world.

On etsy:
95.00

Patricia

A tribute to our road family.......

This is a brief tribute to those of you who look after us while we're on the road.
You call us, email us, leave messages on Facebook, or hug us as we
wallow in disappointment
clean up after a rainstorm
are grateful our work and tents and display are not damaged.
You pray for us
and hold us in your thoughts
on our travels
for our sales
in our despair and in our achievements.
You are our re-connect to the world going on outside our 10'x10' booths.
The world of inclement weather,
of flu pandemics
of hope.
You gave us pause to realize
this is what we do
in the face of very uncertain and scary times
Because this is who we are!
You travel the unknown roads we travel
and journey with our own fragile selves as
we do what calls us.
We create.
We make art in a fragile economy.
We make art in our fragile selves.
We are are fragile
We make art.

We appreciate you.
Thank you!


Patricia

Permission to Commission!

This box was completed and mailed to it's new owner. It's going to live in Florida! A commission through etsy.com.
I love doing custom work, so if you have any ideas that need a box to wrap around them, let me know!
These boxes are handmade with a lot of love and help support 2 artists who make their living being artists!

Art feeds the soul!
It feeds yours when you buy something handmade
and it feeds mine as the one who has made the art.
Art is one of the last things made in America!
Seriously.
As a nation, we import just about everything.
That needs to change!
This is your oppurtunity to make a shift in your life.
If you seldom buy handmade things - begin.
If you already do - continue.
The economy needs to move back into gear and this paradigm shift begins slowly.
The important thing is that it begins.
A shift in focus, in priorites, in passion.

I believe that is what art is all about!
P a s s i o n .
It takes passion to create it.
Passion to buy it.
Passion to use it and appreciate it.
Without passion..........we are shells of human beings.

Without passion, we lose direction and miss the subtle taste of colors of a sunset.
The hidden notes of gardenia or jasmine in the wind.
The gentle touch of a ladybug landing on our arm.
The sound of spring rain splattering across the last crunchy leaves of winter.

We miss more.
We miss the deliciousness of life.

So with passion and zest..........buy something handmade!
This diligent effort keeps viable the life of artists and the culture of art
this country so daringly needs.
Art is the lifeblood of what is good and important.
It's not a spreadsheet or a bottom line.
It's THE lifeline that connects us to who we are.
~The rain that feeds our souls.
~The passion that lets us become our best selves.

Wishing peace this quiet afternoon.

Patricia

༺ Altered Art Long Tattoo Dream Box ༻

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(¸.*´ (¸.*`¤~ Featured today is my Altered Art Long Tattoo Dream Box ! This wonderfully long box measures 13 1/2" wide and 4" deep and 5 3/4" tall. It has a detailed gold latch opening and painted two tone feet. Olive on the top with teal on the bottom and black fringe. Inside, the bottom is lined with sultry black velvet. Emblazoned with wonderful altered art images, artists stamps, butterflies, crows and women.
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On etsy
75.00

Have a great day!
Patricia

Altered Art Box by TattooDreams

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(¸.*´ (¸.*`¤~This box is my ༺ Altered Art Box ༻. This upcycled
cigar box measures 4 1/2" wide and 6 3/4" deep and 6 " tall. A cute little box with dotted feet! The top slides open allowing for full access. Inside the box, the bottom is lined with lucious black velvet.

A box a day all this week!
If you have to have this one,
with its most sexy dotted feet (a first) let me know!!

It's yours for 40.00 +8.00 shipping

Happy Tuesday!
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Pat