Wonderland in Carmine

Seriously, I have never dabbled with drugs, but one may suspect so when they look at my work! Nothing is as it should be, instead, surprising, silly, unncommon, and full of wonder. Yes, there is a Wonderland here in Carmine. Kinda like Alice in Wonderland!! Wonderland in Carmine, where butterflies are navy blue with neon veins............. and all the birds are blue, with "happiness" inscribed on their wings.............

and fish seen swimming in the ponds have scales made from smashed tin cans..........

Could this really be true? I WONDER!! In the Carmine wonderland, all bikes have wheels with big puffy bows and roses on them...........

and last but not least, every home has a big colorful heart hanging in a prominate place, that says, SO HAPPY TOGETHER!! Now that's my idea of a wonderful wonderland, and it really exists here in Carmine!!

the perfect day

Richard and I just ended a "perfect day" here in Carmine. With temps around 65, 0 humidity and sunshine, things started to really come together behind the scenes here. People have been knocking on the front door to the store, even though there is a CLOSED sign, i guess they are curious as to what is inside this funky turquoise building!! Only 100 feet away from a locked door, here we are working like hebrew slaves in the back yard, unnoticed! We are having fun creating and piling up fun unnecessary stuff for you!! To all you who invest in RUST, thanks!

ADIOS HOLIDAYS!

Adios to the Holidays! We survived a wonderful and successful time here at the store. We are grateful, thankful and excited about the coming year! But what to DO with the VOID between now and spring!!?? How should I decorate the store?? I thought, considered and contemplated! I just was not sure!! So I decided to play it safe! LA VIDA LOCA!! WELCOME 2011!

Spring and Summer designs

Holiday production ended weeks ago, so what's next?...can you believe that Monday morning we began working on our spring and summer designs?? Due to popular demand, many shapes will be returning, however we have lots of new ideas on the drawing board. So this is how our "research and development" goes....I might draw out a prototype and say to Richard "do you like this"? He shakes his head NO and I say "let's go with it then". We laugh and begin to make 100 of them!! It sure helps to keep one's sense of humor through all the ups and downs of this thing and it doesn't hurt to be proud of being TRASHY!!

winners!!!

The Mayers from Brenham are the latest winnners of $50 free merchandise!!

worn out wonderful wagons

watch the waywe transformthese wonderful worn out wagons!!!!!!!!!!!!

glo-molds

This year we incorporated a lot what some call "glo-molds" into our holiday wreaths. This was a particularly fun wreath and will have a new home when it gets auctioned off soon in Round Top to benefit the Historical Society. Thanks Elizabeth for letting us participate.

Leon Collins

Today I met Leon Collins, a folk artist, a character, a nice man. The most fascinating thing about Leon is that he creates art with his 20 year old daughter! He does some pieces, she does some pieces and some are a collaborative effort. I came back to the store with 14 pieces.

it will be here before you know it

HEY, i apologize!!

To my thousands, possibly millions of followers and fans, I can only apologize for being a slacker when it comes to blogging! Have I lost my touch, or am I losing my mind??!! The approaching holidays are having a strange effect on me.

International Quilt Show

Texas Trash at the Quilt Show, hmmm sounds like a oxymoron, however you spell that, just didn't seem like the two would go together. Well it turns out that quilters love anything handmade and appreciate whimsical and "different" stuff!! So to sum it up, we loved the people and the show AND alot of trash went to new homes and gardens. A perfect weekend.

Rosenberg trash seekers

The Peddler show in Rosenberg this past weekend was a fun and profitable time, thanks to all the trash seekers!! Thank you from the turquois building on 290!!

Get your Holiday on!

here is a preview of our soon to be released Photo Notecards!

 Photography by Deb Taylor. 
 Art by Linda & Richard Hamilton, Deb's Trashy friends and neighbors!

Fall Fun

watching the gentle wind knock the leaves off the branches has given us our latest idea. we are having fun this fall.

run run Rudolph

For years we have been wanting to create a reindeer. Well we finally took the time to do just that!! Made 100, and they all "ran off". That means they SOLD. So here comes another 100. Run run Rudolph!!

THANK YOU!!

Thank you to all my trashy followers who came out to buy trash from us in Warrenton. see you in 6 months.

FALL

it's the most wonderful time of the year