Author: Leigh Garrett

How to sell Junk at the flea market

I am lucky to have several flea markets close to me. Both are open year around. One is the only one around that is open on Tuesdays. You can check it out here https://www.farmersmarket-fleamarketnc.com/. The other is open on Saturdays and Sundays. If you are interested in setting up at one I would plan to […]

Happy Funky New Year!

Where does the time go? It is true that it moves faster the older you get. I guess I make the same resolutions every year. Eat better, lose weight, exercise more. I hope to do all those things. I also hope to spend some more time with family and friends. Hopefully too I can take […]

Life is short take the road trip.

I am not sure why I was feeling the urge to take a road trip. Maybe wanting to experience something new and just get away. Dionne Woods the Turquoise Iris announced she was having a paint party to celebrate the printing of her magazine The Turquoise Iris Journal. You can check it out here https://www.theturquoiseirisjournal.com/. […]

Happy Funky Halloween

I have always liked to dress up for Halloween. Sometimes I would be the only person at work that would dress up. I always jumped at the chance to do something different. I dressed up last night for a costume contest at a bar we were going to. I was the only one in our […]

Create Wearable Art

I am creating a few pieces of wearable art as a part of DIY Paint Challenge put out by Dionne Woods The Turquoise Iris https://www.theturquoiseiris.com/. I like a good challenge. I have got one piece completed so far. I found a hat a a thrift store that I wanted to paint. DIY Paint is pretty […]

Mini Art Monday

On Monday of this week I made some mini pieces of art out of some things I had on hand. I have lots of scrap wood. I took some of the small pieces and painted them white. Then I took some napkins that had little vases on them and decoupaged a single vase to the […]