The Rosary, Mary, and Medjugorje

A gentle word to all who see with the eyes of their heart....Please spend time each day in Prayer. Communicate with God. Have a relationship with Him, so you can see the great things He does for you each day. Read the Bible--even if just a few verses at a time--and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you to what He wants you to know.

If you are Catholic, Pray The Rosary, go to Confession at least once a month, do penance, and try to give up something--anything--for the Reparation of Sins, Conversion of Sinners, and all the Souls in Purgatory...Give up one of your favorite tv shows...stop watching unnecessary programming on tv...give up goodies, etc....make sacrifices for the Immaculate Heart of Mary so she can present our humble ways with Love to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

It is in these ways that we can: Live Heaven on Earth; Help Mary Triumph with Her Son's Return in Glory to earth some day; Help bring Souls to Heaven; Bring the Light of Jesus to everyone He puts in our path; Lessen the chastisement the Good Lord may be planning because of the Godlessness in the world today.

Mermaid BUBBLE Wish

Mermaid BUBBLE Wish....

• Wooden Shadow Box measures 9 x 9 "
• Mixed Media Art by Sherry Candy Lane
• Prism/Magnifier Plastic Pane highlights the Bubble Scene
• Same mermaid--two sizes--of Mermaid with Wand
• Vivid Lipstick, nails, & BUBBLE want invite the viewer to look into the box for a closer look
• What is she, the lovely mermaid, wishing for? How do you blow bubbles under the ocean blue? Who can see them?
• Two rainbows --one is a dynamic bow set in an earring frame--the other is on a round rainbow button & extended with acrylic paints in the background

A mermaid blowing bubbles

Neath the ocean blue

Dreaming ends of rainbows

Ribbons reined in Hue

A mermaid blowing bubbles

Casts a charming bait

Bending ends of rainbows...

Hooking sailors' fate.

By Sherry Candy Lane (c)2008

Prism Shell Mermaid

Prism Shell Mermaid

• Small Mixed Media Art Sculpture by Sherry Candy Lane
• 3 1/2" x 4 1/2"; metal/glass 3-sided --1-side open Footed Box
• Found at an estate sale--the lovely porcelain Mermaid now sirens atop a turquoise & brown seashell,and amidst starfish, seaglass, metal fish, miniature shells, sand, mylar roping
• She is having a profoundly quiet ocean moment...but will accommodate your viewing if you remain unobstrusive & blend in with the reef life.
• Especially interesting--looking thru the prism glass to the extorted waterlife setting
  
  
  
  

Incognito

Incognito Shadow Box

• Mixed Media art
• Includes 1980's card of the intriquing woman wearing the seductive hat
• Hat netting embellishes the frame--echoing "incognito"--she is especially interesting because only 1 eye is unveiled
• A 1980 Floral, Black Pin
• A very old beaded Parisian style butterfly broach
• Overall, an Art Deco ambiance
• Artist: Sherry Candy Lane
  
  
  

M 55 Bird

M 55 Bird evolved from a challenge I made to myself to create a similar Anthropologie version which is definitely out of my $ range.

• Bird is carved resin material. I have added the sculptor's glass eyes & re-painted the body
• Tail has been extended with a copper plate (re-used from a scripture booklet my niece gave me
• Embellished with 1 seahorse multi-metal earring; an intricate butterly pin; a silver & etched bird (perched on top of the bird's head)pin; and with cuckoo clock metal & wooden parts
• Twig nest
• Mary Engelbreit metal cup base
• Wooden, orange croquet ball from my childhood days at the farm on M 55 in Michigan
• Wreath wire

M 55 Bird is sure of himself, jaunty, & ready to wend his way wherever the teensy cuckoo bird prompts him.

Remember: 2 birds in a cup are better than 1 in a shrub.

Coral Plate, Castle Dish

Coral Charger Plate frames Castle Dish...A large Coral Plate, unmarked, makes a great display frame for the 'Haddon Hall', English Ironstone Dish. The muted goldish-green floral border enhance center scene--Haddon Hall Castle--Romantic England, Derbyshire (11th Century Castle)...J & G Meakin mnfg.

Fabulous estate sale find--metal, ornate scroll shape Wall/Plate Hanger blends this lovely vignette.

Portugal Cake Stand & Persimmon Fruits...

Bold, Bright Red Cake Pedestal...
...Embossed Floral Border Cake Pedestal made in Portugal by Pinheiro
...Centered is a charming ironstone plate, 7", "RED RIVER", 17th Century England Repro., made in Engl.
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Anthropologie Floral Shade perks a Goodwill lamp base...
...in shades of cream, vivid oranges & sage green

...Metal, stunning colors of persimmon red & citrus lemon, large fruit decor displayed on plate prop

Shepherd

Shepherd Plate & Shepherd Figure

...& Porcelain Hand w. Little Child

--Plate is a Franklin Mint Heirloom

--Figure is a remembrance for 'The Lord is my Shepherd'...23d Psalm

Matthew 19:14-15...

Jesus said, "Let the children come to me and do not stop them, because the Kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

He placed his hands on them and then went away.

McCoy Boy & Girl w White Winterberries

McCoy Boy & Girl w White Winterberries...

...1940's Boy & Girl McCoy Vase/Pottery found in flowershop basement--left behind & all mine now

...McCoy handled, green, scrolled urnlike pottery--1940's

...Wooden, embossed Shabby white Tray w vivid Cherry Sprigs

3 Hands and an EGG

3 Hands and an EGG...
Part of a 'Hand and Old Floral Platters' Collection..

• McCoy Pottery 'Hand'
• Green Glass, old, Hand--Fostoria (?)
• Avon Hand--pin holder
• Reproduction Glass, milkglass iridescent EGG
• 1940's Depression Green, footed plate
• Floral Platter--1950's--Vernon Kiln--California
  

Shabby & White Chic Angel

Shabby & White Chic...

Splendid Angel guards Wooden Birdhouse.

She is very 'cement' heavy, which adds to her strong presence--protective, secure, confident that God will find a home for every feathered friend.

Matthew 10:29-31

For only a penny you can buy two sparrows, yet not one sparrow falls to the ground without your Father's consent. As for you, even the hairs of your head have all been counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!

Bird Gatherings...

Mantle....Bird Gatherings

• Centerpiece--Striking Bird Cage Wall Hanging found at Anthropologie


• "Bulbs & Seeds", green metal, lidded box (used to hold my 'craft & art' 'to do's)


• Shapely red/gold vases from Marshalls


• Wanderer--black metal silhouette-figure


• Pink Cake pedestal holds Black metal Magnifier stand (taken down occasionally when I sew)--item from Anthropologie


• Two handled bins of artificial grass

Mammy Fox's Poppy Bowl

Mammy Fox's Poppy Bowl

Grandma Pearl's Mother named Ida Fox was my Great Grandma. My mother Betty gave me this bowl to "keep" (more like sacred)...it is from early 1900's. There is an iridescent glaze to it..unbelievable how vivid the colors are, after all these years, on the poppy design.

Real BlackBird Pie Steamers, vintage 1940's, perch in front of the bowl.

Opalescent pedestal vase--milkglass--1930's or 40's found at an estate sale.

Topiary Lullaby Muse

Lullabye Topiary



Play a lullabye (esp. Billy Joel's)...and muse....

...Dragonflies alight tall huckleberry vine topiary...wire satin ribbon anchors the muted green pottery base

...Picked from the garden & dried Hydrangea in a creamy white country vase w. quaint floral transfer cartouche

...Clear Round Bowl encases a metallic Finial

Dream of the Greens o'er a Gossamer Pond

Dragonflies, Cattails, Ferns and Frond

Glide past ripples, Willows, and Beyond

Lullaby Nature with your Lily Pad Wand.

(c)Sherry Candy Lane 2008

This dragonfly found on Google Image Search.

Toad Conjectures

Toad Conjectures

This toad perches atop a Seashell picturebook. The Antiguan seashell competes with Toad's marvelous skin design....bumps, lumps, no slime. Toad is a lidded creature; so a glass marble is under the box lid--when it rolls around a throaty noise emits. A starfish would be green-eyed for that patterned skin...good for summer reef-wear.

Halloween Decorations

Happy Halloween! Witches and Goblins await the scary midnight hour of October 30th..Bring on ghosts, ghouls, ugly pumpkins, cute costumed characters, squeaky gates and creepy doors...run fast past cemeteries and gobble up the goodies!

• Wooden ornament created by Sherry Candy Lane, artist... from an original moon/round mirror inset wall piece...re-done into a Halloween ornament with old, vintage sheet music..folded fanlike..cupcake toppers..a Hallmark 'Happy Halloween' sparkled with silver glitter..re-strung fake candy corn..eyes originally purposed for wooden sculptures..highlighted with a light coat of orange & black craft paints. The witch and the moon acquired a new eye too.

• Folk art 'Boo' Box-Carved Pumpkin..created from styrofoam pumpkin found at 'Tuesday Morning'...carved out (with a big mess of styrofoam bits)..inside padded w. iridescent orange sheer fabric & pinned with black-headed pins to keep it in place & add interest to the outside border..dangling pumpkin + jingle earrings..miniature pumpkins, cupcake toppers, fake corns (saved from tag sale finds)...backdrop of the fascinating Hallmark "corduroy" moving picture card re-cycled for this art whimsy (the pumpkin on the card) gets taller like it's growing when the viewer moves past the image)..with base of orange-colored box found at Marshall's decor dept...a fun teeny handled-pumpkin clings to the lge. stalk.

Cherub Pair with Golden Egg...

• Antique Plate...8" diameter...Found at Flea Market...Limoge style dish
• Plate has pastel pink border
• A pair of sweet cherubs...one holds a golden egg--elbow resting on blue cover..the other swathed in a red draped cloth...both mischieviously atop celestial clouds

Floral Ironwork Wall hanger displays this enchanting vignette.

Bess & Ted Milkmaid

Milk Maid-Egg Dish....

• Early 1900's- Plate found at an antique shop in Brooklyn, Michigan. Marked on back in gold title--"Bess And Ted. 1902." Haviland France. Gold embellished border.
• Egg Dish-Flea Market find--Early American Glass

Beautiful Milk-Maid poses from her busy work day--clad in a Victorian Floral Hat...deep pink, puffy-sleeved dress...white farm apron..one arm resting on her shapely waist...the other gracefully holding the milkpail. The 'deviled egg dish' finishes the farm theme...unseen in this photo is the floral-worked metal wall easel that displays this vignette.

Bird Song Plate Trio

Bird Plate Trio

• Yellow & Grey Floral Border Plate with enchanting Song Bird
• Pure White Majolica Leaf-Design Border...Wedgwood Bone China Plate
• Haeger USA #3317 Turquoise Large Round Plate--Ridged outer border

This dramatic Vignette...3 plate trio...rests on the living room coffee table. The bird plate was the inspiration...found at Anthropologie..new. The other two plates are vintage.

Kresge Cupid & McCoy Heart

Kresge Cupid, McCoy Heart,and Meakin
Platter Vignette

• Kresge Vase, vintage estate sale item
  (titled from the old Kresge stores) .It is charming in every aspect...from the light-haired cupid walking among the cattails, while a little puppy looks up...wild iris, stems, and large upper floral shaped design...porcelain...shapely base..soft blues and greens, pearly white, gold-lines
• Alfred Meakin, English Platter...Medway...arrayed in splendid floral pattern...butterflies...yellows & purples on pure white background...curvy outer rim...vintage
• McCoy Green Heart...draped with plush, embossed roses & foliage, deco style base..patterned on both sides

All items acquired in my travels to flea markets, estate sales, antique shops. Displayed with a "hand" collection in a 1940's hutch.