The Steampunk Robot Family

 Meet Bop, the bell hop ... don't you love the bell on his cap?  Me too .... Let me tell you how Bop came into my life ...

 Once upon a time, Mr. P and two of my sons, Son B and Son S ... ran in a 5k called, 'Hale Freezes Over' ... a benefit for our local community theater ...  The Hale Center Theater ... After the race ... in which my husband took first in his age group (Although it was a very old age group :-))  ... they had a drawing with lots of fun prizes ...

When he won Bop ... he was very happy because he knew his wife would love Bop ...

 Because Bop was made by the artist that made the robots above, robots that sold at flea.o.logy a couple of summers ago...  In fact the elegant lady to the far right, stayed at the flea.o.logy house when all of her robo friends went home ...

Though I did buy another robot at the following flea.o.logy, it was a childbot, riding in a fantastic space vehicle ...  so our elegant lady was still pretty much alone with not one to talk too ... now she has Bop, but unfortunately she cant't talk to him anyway ... because ... well, neither of them have mouths ...  :-(  Don't you think she looks like an opera singer?  You know with the wings and the breast plate looking thing?  I like to imagine she is world famous, on some other world, and she goes to a new hotel every week as her opera travels ... and then she falls for the kind Bell Hop, Bop ... ah such a lovely love story!

The artist who created this little family and many others is Penny Jones, Penny just happens to also be the scenery painter at the Hale Center theater.  I just can't believe my luck in having my husband win Bop in the drawing.  Really, what are the chances?

Steampunk Valentines Wreath!

 In the Facebook group I belong to, Reclaimologists and Other Craft Chics, we received a request to make a Steampunk ValentinesWreath ... I have always thought that the wire wreath frames looked sort of steampunkie when naked, so I set off to make one.

Of course I dived into my piles of cool metal stuff, and came up with a 'love plaque' that I quite liked.  Then I found some loose elements and wanted a bit of a charm bracelet look, and made up the top embellishment.

This is the result, though I must admit I thought it looked a little bare.  The customer thought so too, and asked that I fill it in with deco mesh ...  I had seen the stuff, but didn't know the name of it.

Shannon, our prime Reclaimologist,  told me where to buy it, and I checked out a couple of tutorials on line, and voila!  

It has since been tucked into a specially made box and is on its way to New Mexico ... Enjoy!

Steampunk Decor Ideas

Wow, its Wednesday again?  Time to record more of my recent wanderings.  If you read my blog about the Acorn Antique Show last Saturday, then you have probably been looking forward to seeing Marci's Amazing Steampunk booth for yourself!!

As you see, I have not been stingy with pictures.  Everything was so amazing I just kept taking more and more pictures.

As you can see she has really outdone herself with old clocks, gears, machinery bits, and antique reinventions.

The eye examine chart to the left is typical of the celebration of a period of time when inventions and innovations grew exponentially.

The charming antique books stripped of their covers and tied up with hand printed and hand died ribbons, each with a gear or other element added, were just charming.

Other inventions from the time of invention, like the phonograph and typewriter are of necessity included in any Steampunk display.

This little typewriter may be later than the Victorian period Steampunkists extol but it is charming none the less.

In addition to Marci's talents, others from Vine Street Antiques in Salt Lake City, were also represented.  The lamp to the left was made by another talented dealer.

There were also amazingly handcrafted jewelry and photo frames compliments of our favorite Steam Punk Diva.

And what SP display would be complete without a huge antique toolbox full of old gears and wheels.

I told Marci that I am thinking about Steampunking my library.  I can't think of another room in any Victorian house that more closely abides by the loosely woven tenants that are Steampunk. She even said she would come down and help!

I hope you enjoyed steaming along on our Steampunk adventure.  I am not sure it will ever be mainstream, but Marci has a way of making it just delightful!!  Thanks Marci for sharing your talents with all of us!!  You are definitely the Jules Vern of Decorating!!

Trash to Treasure - Springtime Steampunk Birds

Thrifty Thursday Craft

For our thrifty Thursday I decided to go with a nice cheap green craft.  I had made my two plaster birds, using the same simple plaster casting that I did a few weeks back.  Then I went to our local Habitat for Humanity 'Restore' to find some kind of weighted base for the cool shabby green spindles I found a couple of weeks ago, and which I planned to use as bases for the decoupaged birds.

But while at 'Restore' I ran into these uber cool sprinkling system pressure gages and thought that a little Steampunk might be just what my colorful little birds needed. 

They were different heights and were nice and stable due to the heavy bases!  Yeah!

After choosing three papers I liked together, I decoupaged them onto the birds with clear Tacky Glue.  I love how they turned out and I am still trying to decide where they should live.

Have a lovely 'green' spring!

P.S.  I found a great 'junk crafting' site and I am linking this post there.