Filling the Shop, Custom Orders, a Bible Study and a Room Redo

Hello cooler temps, pumpkins galore and football!  Pinch me, I must be dreaming, because when all those events begin to happen, that means we are in my favorite season of all…Autumn! This also means, I get to wear my jeans and sweaters, make big pots of chili with a side of chips and queso and

Patriotic Pick’n Americana Style

Rustique Art salutes America and wishes her a Happy Independence Day Click on the photo and check out these wonderful Etsy shops…betcha can’t resist doing some pick’n!  peace.love.rust

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.

31 Days of Before & After ~ Day 20 “Layer & Texture and Out the Door”

It was 5:00pm and I had nothing ready for tonight’s before and after. I had to leave my house at 6:00pm and drive 1 hour to see my son kick the football a total of 4 times. Drive home while listening to the Ranger game on the radio…you know that takes talent to drive and

31 Days of Before & After ~ Day 18 “Boing-Boing Clink”

2:30am. That’s what time this idea popped into my head. I suppose I was dreaming. Or maybe I was thinking in my sleep. None the less I was awake and as usual up for awhile. After Jotting down the idea that robbed me of my sleep, I pour a glass of milk, cuddle up next

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 is

success comes to those who try

I could have gone out and bought the chandelier I desired to have, that is if I could find what I wanted.  And that’s really the whole point of DIY isn’t it, besides the satisfaction of saying; “I did it myself” or the part about saving a lot of money by going the DIY route. 

I’m Going On a Picnik…Wanna Come Along?

It’s been said time and time again…“A picture is worth a thousand words.” And for me and others who sell products online it’s the difference between selling a design or keeping it in your inventory. I love to take pictures and that is a good thing because in order to sell anything online you really

Click, Crop, Fill’r Up!

Finally uploaded all of my wall cross and other Rustique Art pictures onto my flickr page. It only took me….hmmm 4 hours!!!! That was just uploading, tagging and sorting into sets. Which by the way is so amazing. Love it….it’s like organizing your underwear drawer. 🙂 I just want to keep going back and looking

And The Award Goes To…..

I’m so flattered! *blush*I promise my speech won’t be long…I would like to thank crochethoughts for the sweet kindness she has bestowed upon me by awarding my blog with the “One Lovely Blog Award”Isn’t she a sweetheart….you’ll never guess what she does…I can tell you she just doesn’t think about crochet, she creates wonderful designs.