a FuN fUnKy FoLk ArT sToRe!

Journey along with self-employed artists, Richard and Linda Hamilton, peek into their lives... full of the daily challenges and drama of owning and operating Texas Trash and Treasures!

Saturday, August 14, 2010

T for Texas T for Tennessee


Richard and I are closing the store from Aug.15 till Sept 1. We are headed for the

Folk Fest in Atlanta, where we will sell our goods, and then on to the beloved state of

TENNESSEE!! Good ole Rocky Top..........there we intend to pick up some TIN like you see on this great Tennessee barn, do some junkin' and a lot of reminiscing. A lot ! Last stop will be Lake Lure in North Carolina where Richard will do a triathlon. We will be back and ready to open on Thursday, SePt. 2. At that time we will be unveiling fall and some Christmas!!! Looking forward to seeing or hearing from you all , until then I will keep blogging!!

Thursday, August 12, 2010

cool blues














































hopein' to cool things down alitttle, i did a blue thing.........cooool blues.

Monday, August 9, 2010

mystery man


all i can do is apologize for cutting off the head of the guy who made our week here at the store!! Mr Hill purchased "The Herd" and "Blue Cow" for his lovely wife for her birthday. Thank you so much!!

Saturday, August 7, 2010

cow country




Carmine is cow country. On any given day I witness 30 or more stock trailers crammed full of cows, going by the store. I don't know what the cowboys actually DO with the cows. Do they just take them on a joy ride, maybe move them from one pasture to another, or maybe they "trade" cows. Anyway, a couple of cows ended up here..............

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

castles and ice cream











there are grand castles and there are "grandboys". ice cream is sweet but these boys are sweeter. our latest field trip to the castle in Belleville and the creamery in Brenham.

Sunday, August 1, 2010


WOW!! August in Texas.....a challenging time of the year to be in top production mode preparing for the holidays, but we are! While some vacation, laying on the sun soaked beach, you know who you are, here at Texas Trash and Treasures we are hard at it !! Just doesn't seem fair....you know who you are.........does it !!??











Thursday, July 29, 2010


out of 300 jackfaces, i chose to paint 25 pink! my loving husband LOVES them, a surprise to me. sometimes when i do something weird like this he says "well, we will be keeping those awhile." of course, we never KEEP anything, someone with a weirder sense of humor than ours picks all that stuff up and boy am i glad, because the more i think about it.............PINK PUMPKINS????

Tuesday, July 27, 2010


aren't you glad these don't just come in orange??!!!

Waco Tri


He swam, biked and ran in Waco, and all in one hour twenty-four minutes!!


Finished10 out 17 overall in his age bracket just minutes behind the others. Not bad since he just started training for triathlons recently. Go Richard, you rock!!!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

"The Wheel"











We have fun here at Texas Trash and Treasures!! Everyone who purchases from us gets to spin our "wheel". There are 6 places to win free merchandise, and believe me, we give away alot of stuff! It's our way of saying thanks, while practicing giving, not just receiving. It is so much fun just to spin the wheel, and when someone wins, the house goes wild!! Come join in the fun we are having in Carmine!!







Thursday, July 22, 2010

Freak out-Flip out meltdown


Chained to the table, my jokester husband pulled this stunt on me , a payback for my meltdown. The other day he had gone to run errands, post office, etc., and was gone a little too long, or so I thought. You see, Richard is the nicest man in town and always takes time to chat with people, and chat and chat! He is easy going and laid back. I am the opposite, unfortunately I hit the ground running and never get as much accomplished as I think I should. I hide from people cause I don't think I have time to talk , and the daily production goals I set are often unattainable. (God is still working on me people.) So anyway eventually up strolls Richard, smiling, Richard is ALWAYS smiling, and at that moment he witnessed my freak out-flip out meltdown. "Why have you been gone so long?" I said. "How are we ever going to get this all done??!!" and on and on....Right before I burst into tears, I looked up and noticed he had chained his foot to his work table. Instead, I died laughing. But Richard never looked up, his head to the grind, he said to me, "I am not allowed to go anywhere until I finish my work, and I won't be eating lunch either today". Thank God he has a sense of humor. And NO, we didn't complete all the work, it will never all be done, isn't that great...........the more people buy, the more we create!!

Saturday, July 17, 2010


Little People

One of the perks of our recent move back to Texas, is the "little people". Recently Richard and I took our grandboys, Lofty and Lawson to the downtown Austin Sheraton for a slumber party. We had a great time, ate greasy overpriced hamburgers in the hotel dining room while the boys watched Nascar, shopped in the hotel giftshop like we were tourists, played I-SPY from our 16th floor room, and swam until we were waterlogged. The next morning we dined at the buffet and laughed at the boys as they marveled at the piles of bacon and eggs etc. And lastly, we sugared them up real good right before the hand off back to their parents. Gosh if I'd known grandkids were so much fun, maybe I would have had them first!! Love the little people.










Thursday, July 15, 2010

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Tin for fall and christmas designs


The tin arrived !! This mess of metal will be turned into pumpkins, wreaths, christmas trees, stars, hearts,reindeer and who knows what else. Stayed tuned.........and all in the next 5 weeks!!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Fickle Pickle


My name is Linda and I am a Fickle Pickle. I'll prove it. The other night I went to bed in tears because the store was so slow and today we were so busy I couldn't eat lunch, finish the floor, or even dash to the bathroom. And guess what I did... I started to complain. Linda the Fickle Pickle. Yes, I actually started griping because I couldn't step away from taking people's money. Go figure. Human nature is a funny thing, and pickles are sour. Linda, Linda, the Fickle Pickle. How I wish I was a sweet popsicle!!!