black and pink round poodle commission case

Fun photo-self portrait of suitcase artist and her friend

The suitcase artist got her own bill board!

Yesterday while on facebook I uploaded a new , well it was an old pic of me because I was considering changing my profile pic. I choose one that was black and white of me while I was n Mexico, I always thought it had a vintage feel, like I was the typical 50s tourist, My friend and artist Victoria Pandora quickly but on my wall this art worked photo version of it. Then a few days later she created the image that you see on top, I have made it my desktop background. I have dreams that the realities created by Victoria Pandora are alternative and attainable .

Catherine Reinke Suitcase artist photo by Victoria Pandora

Here is am image that her husband made for her, she is elegant magical and saves the world each and every day . I love her . We have been friends for years, in fact we lived together as co-families while in Sedona Arizona during some very trying times for myself . It was fact that brought us together. I had signed up for a REIKI class, I wanted to get my mastership in one of the most notable alternative health centers in the USA, we were looking for affordable room and board and came across Victoria's room for rent. Our children , her two girls and mine , hit it off.

These are two other works she made for me, my husband and I and my first born daughter Cassy when she was 6

A year and half later we moved with our Winnebago from Wisconsin and parked in her driveway and lived there for about a year before finding our own place.  Victoria, then as now, is an artist, in fact it is she whom I first learned the fine art of decoupage from. I tried my hand at it while there, and found myself clumsy at best. She created beautiful breathtaking furniture, musical instruments and stained glass. Victoria s work can be found at her newly opened etsy store here

The Goddess Victoria Pandora

Newest project vintage shell lamp

Little mermaid NIGHT LITE

Finishing up jewelry boxes

added paint , glitter, and thinking of adding these shoes, I like the idea, but I need to doll up the shoes first

finished, added a few gems, pearl around the base and pretty vintage button

I am thinking of adding a fork , remember how the little mermaid used a fork to comb her hair and how she loved to collect things from the mans world.

work in process and I will up date as I go around.

Newest Suitcase day at the circus FREAK SIDE SHOW

I love the circus and lament the side shows of the past, loving the canvas art and the side shows. 
Vintage clowns....on rare wood and leather 1940s vintage suitcase that has been altered into a Circus freak show traveling luggage bag. Images from the 1800s FREAK shows are distributed threw out , the fat man, sad clown , Siamese twins and others, pencil man and Dog Face Boy. I used a lot of sparkle and sequins with a splash of vintage clown faces .

Marylin is hidden within the images again on this one, she likes to go to the circus,

Here is Marlyn!

Marylin goes to the circus SUITCASE here

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The inside is finished off on this one.suitcase here elaborate trim, a strip of zebra fabric all with the original lined fabric from the case.

that is a stain that is orginal to the interior of the case. Black stain embroidered fabric is on bottom.

size:
24 x 13 x 6 1/2

taking a completely ruined card table and springing into new life

Getting ready to create !

 Putting on my DALI face, this is what this poor table looked like

faithful mod podge , applying the first layer, these are art papers

 My husband helps out, painting the exposed edge with metallic blue, then a glitter combination is applied

Added a Rhinestone peace sign per my daughters instructions

Finished table, very pretty, and spring like,

Dreamy Magical recycled vintage suitcase GREAT TAROT CARD CASE

I love making suitcases for holding your tarot cards and other personal magical items, such as crystals, wands, incense and cherished books. This one is a great size as it is medium. I love the blue.

♥Blue Dream Tarot card medium hard shell vintage recycled suitcase

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Ancient alchemical images with Astrological signs and Rider-Waite tarot cards have been used on this Mid size hard shell 1960s blue vintage suitcase that has been recycled into functional art.

INSIDE FINISHED ON THIS CASE ! I used some of my favorite stiff 100 % star cotton print fabric on the inside and found the prefect image from an alchemical book and added the words, THE BEAUTIFUL glass beaded silk wraps around the image.

DREAM

Walnut made in Japan KITSCH recycled jewerly box

♥LITTLE ESKIMO KITSCH walnut jewelry box

Had such a great time making this box.When I was with my son and his girl frined delivery the sushi table and chair to his dorm room, we went thrifting  and I found several vintage dolls heads including this one. I had been holding on to this precious walnut made in Japan wood box and the colors of the head just seemed a prefect fit. I had no preconceived idea going into this piece, it just happened as most of my work does. It really has that 1970s feel with the fall color pallet I chose.

 

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I love how her eyes look off to the side!

rabbit fur and vintage leaves

glitter and butterflies, vintage leaf pendant and lace

vintage belt buckel

Antique lace and vintage string beads

Too cute

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Walnut wood vintage jewelry with gold glitter velvet lined drawer has been up cycled into this kitsch funky box. I found this doll half head on the road side, cleaned her up and made her into a Eskimo princess (that is real rabbit fur) with plenty of gaudy plastic jewels, string gold and pearl beads a vintage button and vintage metal enameled leaves.

I added some of my cherished antique handmade lace to the edge with a beautiful vintage tortoise shell belt buckle as a center piece.
Size: 10 x 6 x 6 walnut Himark of Japan vintage jewelry box with internal music box, missing key to wind it up (on side)
See more of this piece of art at my blog