May First Friday Art Trail! I am so stoked!

Here is the gorgeous promo poster my sis designed for Therapy for the Lubbock First Friday Art Trail in May!  I am so excited I just cannot wait!  

Here are a few other new pieces:

An ecru antique tablecloth gets a new life as one of my Gypsy Cowgirl Dresses! 

This dress is made from a skirt I found at a resale store.  It was so plain and boring.  Now it's anything but!

Goddess Devine long jersey knit dress.

The collar was a former western button down.

1:1 Upcycled Fashions from Therapy

Here is a little preview of what I'll be showing at the May First Friday Art Trail in Lubbock!  This is my first go at the monthly Art Trail and I am so excited!  I've been hard at work over the past few weeks and all the hard work is paying off.  I'm so please with the pieces I am creating.  I've been in this creative state, a buzz really, over the past month.  I hope it never goes away! I took a much needed break this past weekend and headed to Dallas with my sister Val and my hubby Jim.  Jim had a conference, and I had the urge to get outta' town, away from work, and just do nothing for a few days.  Incidentally, I started reading the book "50 Shades of Grey".  Oh. My.  Thinking of naming a new piece after one of the characters or perhaps the book itself.

Here are my new pieces!  

Gypsy Cowgirl Tunic

This sweet little dress is made of an antique linen tablecloth and lace tablecloth.  I am so pleased with the results!  I'll be sportin' this sweet little number all summer!  Looks fab with a belt, cowboy boots and chunky jewelry, or even just flip flops.

The Micaela Dress

This pretty little dress is made of a beautiful yellow linen tablecloth.  The gorgeous eyelet border of the tablecloth is now the hem of the dress.

The sassy little bow makes it even more chic!

The Micaela Dress

I fell in love with this fabric at the fabric store!  I bought all they had and alas there was only enough for one dress.  This will be the only one in this print.

Easter 2012

It is springtime.  Nothing welcomes spring more than Easter.  Such a beautiful time of year.  So full of promise and optimism.  Here are some pics of our little bunch and what we were up to this Easter.

Easter morning.

William is showing sis that the Easter bunny did in fact visit and 

there are treats on the front porch!

Easter bunny left baskets with goodies!

 Will

My sweet dad, Will, and me.

My mom, Tay, and Will Pie.

Jim and I.

This rosebush lives on the side of our house.  The sprinkler system is not set up to water this part of the yard.  How this flower found a way to bloom in spite of the drought is  a good life lesson.

Grandma and Tinkerella.

Sweet little ponytail.

Daddy and the babies.

Easter egg hunt!

Our Easter dessert, s'mores!

Our babies.

Sante Fe...

Our friends and us took a much needed getaway this past weekend.  We went to Santa Fe and enjoyed a weekend filled with good wine, delicious food, cool art, shopping, and flamenco dancing!  Here are some pics of a few stops we made.

Holy Spirit Espresso, the best coffee in Santa Fe.

Post cards from around the world adorn Holy Spirit's coffee stand.  Going to try to remember to send them one from Lubbock, TX!

Is this europa or New Mexico?

Beautiful gardens surrounding La Sena where we had brunch.

La Sena

My sweet hubby and I.

The group!

Our sweet friend's Barnard and Darby.

Thought this storefront was so beautiful!

Burro Alley Cafe.

Adios Santa Fe!  Muchas gracias por un viaje muy bonita!

Chic Chevron...

So much has happened with Therapy in the last few weeks!  Not only has my concept of upcycling changed my mindset it has also changed the design and creating process of my business.  Over the past few weeks I've given a glimpse at what I've been working on for Therapy; upcycled clothing.

So far one of my most favorite things has been my Upcycled leather clutch.  They were made from this awesome tobacco colored leather jacket I've had since the 90's.  The worn leather is so cool and it's one of those pieces that you can wear with just about anything.  My sis Val saw how crazy everyone went with the new Therapy pieces, particularly the leather clutches, and decided that she too would donate recycled items to my cause.  Not only did she give me her awesome tobacco colored leather jacket, she also gave me a bag full of awesome clothing items to be upcycled.  I was so grateful to her that I decided to show my thanks by making her a bag.  A few weeks ago Val suggested I do some bags in a chevron print.  I picked a few out and let her decide which she preferred.  She decided on a black and white chevron print that was just darling.  Here is a little peak at sis's purse and a glimpse of bags to come...

Sneak Peak at 1:1 Upcycled Fashion

Here is a little sneak peak at my new Therapy venture: 1:1 Upcycled Fashion.  Each piece is made from a recycled item of clothing.  Old becoming new!  Most pieces are still in progress.  But, I so wanted to talk about it and show what I've been working on!  So excited!

Turquoise collar was a crochet shirt.  Bottom band of skirt is black eyelet- a former skirt.

 Bib was formerly a crochet shirt

 This dress is so comfy and has pockets!

 Turquoise knit dress with tribal print bib.  Bib was formerly a silk shirt.

 All bibs are attached to dress and tie in back.

Back ties for extra support.

 This will be beading on bib.

Be looking for more 1:1 Therapy items at my etsy shop!