floor stain!

oh my.........i have spent the weekend staining the concrete floor in our new studio!i love it!i can't be prouder of this floor.......here are a few pics.

this is before.......the floor had this carpeting that was glued to the concrete so we had to get all of that removed.

it was not that easy to remove all the glue and old paint so we got a few pros to do that job and this is what the floor looked like once all the glue and paint where gone.

and this is what they look like now.........after tony and i stained them.

i love them so........
i'll start painting thursday morning with my new paint colors..........i'm sure i've changed my mind on colors at least 20 times.
we will have to move our grand opening to april 1 and that is "first friday" in april. we had way more to do than we thought and are also working around electricians and plumbers and floor scraping........oh my!
we will still have our doors open for "first friday" in march so come by and see our progress!
have i mentioned how excited we are?...........

shop update

resin head pins now available here !

resin head pins........

i'm making resin head pins this weekend and if you'd like to pre-order them just email me with your order
zoaart@yahoo.com.

i've had lots of interest in these little guys lately........you can find more pics of them in my shop.

update

we are working hard at the new studio.there is so much to do but things are moving along. i've had a few snags with paint colors and have quite a few samples on the walls..........that is really hard.......there are so many colors that i love! arrrrrrrrr......we are getting close........

here are a few pics from my photoshop playground.

tony............

me...........

and one more of kassi & ashleigh

more on the new studio soon........

toggles......

getting ready to add these into our etsy shop.........

these are really great toggles! i hand make them from sterling silver.please be sure to check them out at zoaart.etsy.com.
and here is a picture of my baby and her youngest baby..........kassidi & ashleigh...........

oh how i love my girls..........aren't they just beautiful?

a few new things........

here are a few new pieces i'll be putting in our bigcartel and etsy shop.........

find the necklaces here at zoaart.bigcartel.com.

                                                
the hearts are solid shibuichi (top) and silver (just above).these are tony's designs.he hand formed each of them in wax then cast them.are they not just beautiful? you can see an example of how i designed one of these in a necklace here at zoaart.bigcartel.com.

birds and paint samples.......

first.......i just marked all of my bird pieces at 30% off so be sure to check them out at zoaart.etsy.com .

i have been going a little crazy trying to pick paint colors for the new studio.......but with a little help from friends i think i've got it.
i just love these colors by martha stewart.

the sharkey grey is so beautiful! i'm on the way to get my samples now.........