Vote for Me Please!

Hey all!

The voting for "Best Dressed Art Teacher" is on.  Please go to Cassie Stephen's Blog (aka already the World's Best Dressed Art Teacher) to vote for me, Melinda Flinchum.  And if you don't vote for me, no hard feelings (I'll just sic Mugsy on you when you least expect it).  Enjoy the wonderful outfits of the crazies educating your young ones.

 Remember folks, in addition to the thrifted outfits above, I've donned some funky handmade costumes in the past (see below)...

 

 Remember these bad boys? My Specials teammates and I glue gunned the daylights out of a bunch of cardboard for our Pac Family costume.

 

You can never go wrong with a little Magritte.

 

 Thanks for voting and have a rockin' weekend!

Artfully yours,
Miss French Fry

Super Succulents and Shoppin'.

After my recent Spring Break trip to The Land of the Cholla Cacti, I've been on a major succulent kick.

I can't get enough and the hubs was so tired of hearing me talk incessantly about succulents and saying the word succulent again and again and again, that he said, "Why don't you get your own succulents?"

So I did.

I picked up all of the pots above at my local Goodwill.  The milk glass one is super cool (because of course I love all things milk glass) and the teeny pitcher was made in West Germany.

Snagged these super succulents at the Home Depot and repotted these bad boys in the thrifted vases.

These days my house is starting to border on crazy plant lady, but nothing beats a little extra oxygen, especially after a day of inhaling Sharpie fumes.

Also picked up a couple of these thangs below:

My inner Dane comes out whenever I see blue and white china...eeesh. 

This little bronze music box was a super cool find.  It works really well and definitely has a Curtis Jere vibe about it. 

 And of course, more milk glass and wood boxes.  I can never pass those up.

That's all for now Arties.  Happy Thrifting to you!

Goodwill Towards Men (and Art Teachers).

I am a thrift store junkie.  Amanda Byne's got plastic surgery and I've got Goodwill.  My family doesn't understand my pure absolute bliss while digging through overly Febreeze-d clothing and hunting for knick knacks that probably came from a deceased old lady's mantle, but I cannot get enough.  At least part of my daily wardrobe is a thrifted item, which as an art teacher makes sense, because you just never know when a student will drop an ENTIRE container of glaze in your lap (did I mention the container was open too?).  Here are my finds from this weekend:

Clothing: One old man sweater complete with elbow patches and a gorgeous linen French Connection dress

Books: The Cooking of Scandinavia and Pippi in the South Seas by Astrid Lindgren

Accessories: Brand new canvas backpack from Target (Christmas present baby!)

Schtuff: Vintage picnic basket to store my sewing supplies, two teacup sets, and of course, a mason jar

The teacups are going to be used as Christmas gifts for some colleagues at school, so stay tuned!

Oh and I'll leave you with this tidbit from today:

Kindergartener: Miss French Fry, why are your legs yellow?

MFF: Well, I was really hungry this morning, so I ate A LOT of mustard for breakfast.

K: GASP

Let's see if that earns me any phone calls tomorrow or forever deters children from enjoying bratwurst's favorite condiment.  Until next time, eat your mustard Arties!