Category Archives: Crosses

Blue & Yellow

Blueberry Quartz and a Yellow Flower on a copper wire cross frame Deep in the Heart of Texas there are Bluebonnets and Yellow Roses it’s the The Lone Star State with Canyons Plateaus Prairies Hills Coastline Dessert Piney Woods These are just some of the things that I thought about while making this cross It’sContinue reading “Blue & Yellow”

broken pottery turns into a piece of art

Reclaiming broken dishes and ceramics can turn chunks of broken pottery into pieces of art, and that gives me a reason (like I would need one?) to keep things that other people would just through away. It’s hard for me to toss something in the trash just because it’s broken. Where some see the endContinue reading “broken pottery turns into a piece of art”

a wall of crosses

What a  fun day we had.  Mr. Rust and I were up and ready to go Saturday morning.  The one thing we wanted to get done over the weekend, was get my cross collection up off the floor.  When we began the den redo back in November, we removed everything from four rooms.  I hadContinue reading “a wall of crosses”

weekend goals

This is how I stage a wall collage, it’s the only safe place in my home. Yes, I suppose most people would use the floor, but then I would have eight paws and two wet noses in my way and crawling around in the floor, moving things here and there, just isn’t as fun asContinue reading “weekend goals”

itch’n to create

Restless & Stressed Nope it’s not a new soap opera, it was how I felt today. Chocolate didn’t even help…although I gave it a good shot and put a good dent in the Ghiradelli milk chocolate chip stash. I couldn’t concentrate on work no focus. no productivity. It finally dawned on me what was wrong.Continue reading “itch’n to create”

31 Days of Before & After ~ Day 13 ” The Order “

Sometimes I get carried away with my love for rusty, galvanized metal, industrial treasures, vintage dishes and just plain junk, that I forget to share another side of me. Another side of Rustique Art. The side that started this obsession with rusty + antiques + beads + wire = Rustique Art. My little business isContinue reading “31 Days of Before & After ~ Day 13 ” The Order “”

rusty wire, a focal & the finished design

I really wanted to create something wonderful today So I gathered some rusty wire a lovely focal bead and whipped up this  little cross my camera didn’t want to play today, so my finished design was photographed with my iPhone, i guess it’ll do in a pinch. just some wire and a stone a littleContinue reading “rusty wire, a focal & the finished design”

St. Patrick’s Day Brings Out the Green In Me

Are you supposed to wish someone a happy St. Patrick’s Day even if your not Irish? it’s possible that there is a drip of Irish blood in me…that’s what was overheard in my youth, but it’s never been confirmed. So there’s not much excited around our home on this “lucky” day. But I do loveContinue reading “St. Patrick’s Day Brings Out the Green In Me”