Terri Brush in the House......

I am so excited that Terri Brush is coming to my home on May 14th & 15th for two awesome classes....I tried last year but our schedules seemed to have clashed...but now we worked it all out and she will be coming...YEAH! We have a couple of spots left if anyone is interested just follow the link to see the pics of classes and to sign up. Terri's classes are always fun, the attitude is calm and I have met so many wonderful ladies through her events and classes.


I met Marianne and Barb (above) at Terri's Fall Art Camp and Marianne so graciously asked me to come stay with her at her home in Arizona for Terri's class in January. Her home is simply amazing (but that's a whole other story...

Karen and CeeKay also attended this AZ class.

All these sweets ladies that I can call my friends now.....



There is just nothing more SEXY that women with tools...right????

If you have been wanting to learn tips and tricks for soldering this is your chance....

heres the link: http//www.terribrushdesigns.com/News.html

BAG LADY.........Now for Sale *SOLD

I have been dubbed by some as the "BAG LADY" and rightfully so......I love bags...handbags and totebags of any kind, I just can't get enough! So in preparation of my upcoming trip to Roundtop Texas for some great junkin...well I had to have a shopping cart......right? Of course that crummy old plastic liner that they try to sell you just wouldn't do for me, it had to be cute, it has to be vintage, it needed a ruffle and of course my signature flower........my mind went to work and this is what came out.......I LOVE IT!















All set and ready to fill with wonderful treasures....................................




Now this was my proto type I had to practice on some fabric that I had just in case I mess up. But it turned out perfect, so I will be making one for me out of some really cute vintage looking fabric that I purchased. Of course I told a few friends..and I have orders for a few already...but you can have one too! Just contact me and let me know what colors or fabric you would like yours made from and I will be happy to make for just for you! Happy junkin...........Note: This is now listed on my Etsy site click here to see: http://www.etsy.com/shop/joykcampbell *SOLD*you can email me if you might be interested in one as I have a few under construction!

Our Sweet Chase......

That time to make that oh so hard decision had come for us .......our sweet Chase who was diagnosed with cancer on Christmas Eve was just not doing too well and I knew the trip to the vet was not going to be good news. We tried some meds which did help for a bit..but at what point does it become selfish to keep him suffering? At times he seemed happy ..but lately he just paced around , I think trying to get comfortable ...it is just so hard to know what they are feeling they try so hard to please you ..even in the end...

Our sweet boy passed on Sat. February 5th.....

You will be missed ...by all of us!

Creamy..Dreamy....

I had some requests for some cream/white tone on tone bags....SOooooo this is what I came up with.....

Creamy vintage lace and hand stamped flowers with a beautiful vintage rhinestone brooch.

A little hard to see the difference in the textures and fabrics in the pictures but the white on white bag is a wonderful textured white upholstery fabric on the base and the flap is made out of a beautiful white on white damask print that I found in a vintage shop. I added the tan trim for a little bit of color.

The tan and cream bag is another find of a creamy damask fabric with a tan upholstery fabric base and tan trim, along with vintage laces and hand stamp flower.

I just loved how they came out so creamy...and dreamy......

Both these bags are sold.....but I am working on some more. Stay tuned!

A New Year...A Better Year...

Sorry about not posting for a while now ..but all I can say is GOOD BYE to 2010...so ready to see you go! Guess you can figure out it was not the best of years for me. Don't get me wrong I had some great things happen, and I attended some awesome events in 2010....but also had some sad things and frustrating things too! I am not one to post the sad things I deal with in life but sometimes you just need to share with your family and friends and I consider you bloggers to be my friends! On that note my husband and I spent part of Christmas Eve (till 2 am Christmas morning) at the Animal Hospital ER with our adopted lab Chase. After our evening with 20 of our family members he just couldn't get up and I just knew something was wrong....he stayed till late Sunday night and the tests results revealed cancer, which is what they had suspected. So I have been kind of out of things just dealing with all of this and taking care of him and all the meds he needs. Of course they can do chemo but very..very ..expensive ($15,000and up) and of course no guarantee it will cure. Seems so cruel to have to make a decision like this but all we can do is love him and spoil him for the time he has left........you just get attached so quickly and he really has been just the perfect pet. But for now I am in crisis mode for awhile....



So for me I am ready for a new year of new adventures and events, and I am starting out the new year with my first trip to AZ next week for another one of Terri Brushes classes...this time I will be making a bracelet. I will be staying with one of sweetest gal I met at Art Camp in the fall , Marianne. Her and her sister in law Barb were just the sweetest ladies, and Marianne invited both Karen and I to come stay with her for this event.....so I will be on my way next week. As for Karen she will be driving and staying with one of her good friends there and both of them will be attending Terri's classes. What I great way to start off the New year..Oh and I will get to see my sweet friend Maija there too! YEAH...AZ here I come!

Begining to look alot like Christmas.....

I spent the last TWO weekends getting my house ready for Christmas....I mean cleaning and dusting and getting out the Christmas Decor , putting up lights and the Christmas Tree....phew! Yes I have an artificial tree, but I love it since I don't have to worry about fire! It takes hours to fluff it just right and then put up the ornaments takes another couple of hours, I so wish I wasn't such a perfectionist..but can't change that now! I decided to do simple this year, well my version of simple anyway. I only put out about half of my decorations...and focused on some new ones, white and silver, tatter and torn is my inspiration! see for yourself.....

Simple torn books tied with twine add alittle glitter "JOY" a wreath and candle for a cute vignette.

A table scape of white and silver.....................

This tray I purchased at the Three Speckled Hens Antiques Show in Paso Robles is a new favorite of mine....made out of and old cabinet door. Picked up the silver candle holders at Goodwill for $2.99 each, added a mercury glass one that I had and my cute little soldered box that I made at one of Terri Brushes classes.

This is a silver tray scape of white pitchers that I keep on my kitchen island that I added some holiday decor too..alittle sprig of greenery and my cute little girl image inside of the chicken wire cloche.

Place simple vintage Christmas trees inside of silver aged cups and creamers. The littlest one with the green tree is my silver baby cup , hard to see but it is engraved with my name "JOY" perfect for the season.....

I love my cute galvanized buckets that I picked up at an antiques shop and stenciled with the numbers "2" and "5"............

with that I got the idea to stencil the number "25" on my bags that I made to hold my ornaments for an exchange that I doing...I think they came out cute!

Close up....

Last but not least...my latest purchase of a pair of old ice skates that I placed at the base of my mantle along with a poinsettia.

Thanks for looking...and Have a Merry Christmas!

Missing in Action......

You know we all have times that we just go MISSING IN ACTION ......from our blogging! Well I have been MIA, but for good reasons! I have been busy with a couple of projects. One I am still in the process of finishing up and will post real soon........(don't you just love it when people do that to you....he...he) but the other one ...well check out the picture below. I finally DID IT!!!!! I sent some of my handmade bags off the Stampington submission for Haute Handbags. YIKES...........we will see what happens! It came to be when Beth Livesay (Managing Editor, Stampington & Company)saw my sweet friend Kim Caldwell carrying one of my bags and she asked her about it...well the rest is history. Keep your fingers crossed!