Books into Purses and More!

I found this amazing shop that recycles used books to make the most wonderful purses! How do people come up with these ideas? The BusyBeeHive also has very pretty pillows and this amazing stained glass creation!

*Where are you from?
Born and raised in Northeast Ohio. Tell us a bit about yourself. I was a florist for 20 years. I have been a crafter since childhood with my mom and sister. I started creating stained glass as a hobby with my sister. As you can guess, stained glass is a very expensive hobby. Thats when I realized I could get creative with fabric as it comes in an array of colors and patterns and it was much more forgiving than glass!
*How did you decide on your shop name?
The shop was named the Busybeehive because there is always something going on here.You will never know what your going to see.I have friends and family that are also artists that I am sure I will have some of their creations listed.My son is a Pin Stripe artist and his fiance is a Graphic Design major. So there is creativity everywhere.

*What types of items do you have?
An abstract stained glass panel, art quilts, vintage linens recycled into designer pillows and lots of recycled book purses.

*What’s your supply addiction? I am a known fabric-holic.I am always looking for dog and cat fabric. I make quilts with a dog or cat theme and donate them to the local rescue to use a fundraisers. I currently work with 2 rescues. Also recycling old books and linens into new treasures.

*Do you have a blog?The shop has a facebook page and I blog on that. Please become a fan. I will be having frequent give aways on this site.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-BusyBeeHive/366561171206?ref=ts

*What do you do when you’re not being an artist?
I am always creating something. Quilting is a big hobby for me. Volunteering for the local dog and cat rescue, and anything to do with classic cars and drag racing. My hubby is a drag racer.We are definitely car fanatics.

EFA artists helping animals - A collection of artists on Etsy.com who love and help animals, many of whom donate a portion of their sales to animal rescues. Search "team efa" and First Friday Art Walk on etsy takes place online globally on the first Friday of every month. To list, or find items by participants search tag: "firstfridayartwalk"under all items in etsy's search. Let your fingers do the walking and shopping!

Also I volunteer for 2 animal rescues. Roses Rescue Rootstown Ohio www.rosesrescue.net and PAWS Public Animal Welfare Society Cleveland Ohio - www.pawsohio.org
If it gets one dog or cat adopted it will be worth it.

*Which item in your shop did you enjoy making the most and why?
The abstract stained glass. Glass will always be my first love.

*Are there other places on the net we can find you?
Busybeehives facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-BusyBeeHive/366561171206?ref=ts

This is my personal facebook page, where you will see a lot of dogs and cats up for adoption. That is why I started that page:
http:www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=642581570

A lot of past quilts and other items are on flicker.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmdogluver/

What I love about the Netherlands!

About 23 years ago I spent one year in The Netherlands, through a Mennonite (not the dress wearing, head covering or buggy driving kind) Youth Work Exchange program. It was on of the best years I'd spent doing anything! The first 6 months I worked for a company that grew & shipped flower bulbs worldwide. I saw flowers I'd never heard of and lots of Tulips :) On weekends I got to see quite a bit of the country & meet many wonderful people. The Netherlands has some of the nicest people!

One of my favorite places to see was Keukenhof in spring when all the flowers were blooming. Keukenhof is like a huge 80 acre park full of every kind of tulip & many many other flowers. It's truly a beautiful place to see! Here are some photo's taken from their site. These are all photo's that people have taken on a tour of Keukenhof then Uploaded to the site.

I wish my yard looked like this - until I realize how much work it would be :)
HAPPY SPRING!

Wordless Wednesday

Teaser Tuesday - April 6, 2010

This is my first week joining Teaser Tuesday. I LOVE to read and thought this would be a good meme to join so I had to take time to read every week. Don't want to have a teaser from the same book 2 weeks in a row!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

* Grab your current read
* Open to a random page
* Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
* BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser:
" She walked out to her car, taking in the strangeness of this night. Five hours ago, she had thought Emerald's death was probably a suicide after all."
~ P.192, "Trashed" by Alison Gaylin

I just started reading the book - so this is a teaser for me too :) This is the first book from this author that I've read. I also have the next one in this series at home.

**If you are joining Teaser Tuesday, don't forget to go to Should Be Readingand add your link!