Warratahstree Art and Creative Inspiration

   I am planning a series of posts in April about my very first experience with a Market stall.  Before, I start the blog posts on market stalls, I thought maybe I should introduce myself and give a bit of  background about where I came from and how I got to this new venture of mine in selling my art, photography and handmade items. Why G.R.I.T.S.   First, why G.R.I.T.S.?  The acronym comes from the book  "Grits (Girls Raised in the South) Guide to Life" by Deborah Ford.   I found this book while on one of my travels back to my home state of NC, USA.  This book is a great read. Grits also happens to be my favorite breakfast food.   So, now you know I am a GRITS, but I have lived in Australia for 29 years. I often miss the food I grew up on, NC BBQ being the all time favorite and grits.  Until recently, when I moved to Melbourne, VIC Australia, 5 years ago, I could not buy grits, Fritos, Diet Dr Pepper, Diet Root Beer, ...

    I thought I would share one of the display cases I made for a Market stall I had on Sat 23, March 2013.    I wanted to display my jewelry in a vintage case but could not find the appropriate case for displays.  All the vintage cases my family and I found were more than I could afford.  So, I decided to paint my own vintage, Paris themed display case.    I made this case using a paper mache case I bought at a local craft store.  I first sealed the box using Modge Podge. Then I painted the entire case with a black base coat of Jo Sonja paints.  Then I used a thin coat of metallic white glaze. The images on the case are stamped images, using the Stampin Up! Artistic Sketches stamp set.   I think it came out nice.  I used fishing line to create clothesline effect for displaying the jewelry.   I was originally going to put my "Choose your own Greeting" cards in the display box, but on the day of th...