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FLOWER MERMAID
8" x 16" $225 Ingredients: Board from Joanne Licardo's old shelves that she took apart because she was moving to Portland; beads also from Joanne; very small beads from Tamra Willett-Johnson of Omaha, NE; flowers from Jenny Fillius in Seattle; leather chord from Joanne or Ramona Otto; pull tab from Kitty and her cat food, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)
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LET US PLAY (dog with his lady)
9" x 14" $200 Ingredients: board is a tray from a Puzzle shelf from Claire Thrift Store in Santa Monica, which was going out of business and is now gone; wire, pearls and letters from the Yucca Valley Swap meet; scrabble trays from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica; eyes from ebay; my old toothpaste cap (or it could be from Max Daniels at Harvard), love, as always from Shari SOLD (thank you Susan Sarris in Riverside, CA, you can see many of her collection of my works in her pet grooming store in La Jolla, CA)
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| HOW 'BOUT A HUG?
5.5" x 6.5" $110 Ingredients: Board from the streets of NYC; dowels from Hans Riecke of Maui, HI; eyes from ebay; string from crafting and the variety mart in Bellport, NY; block from Bianca Juarez of LA, CA; bead from Joanne Licardo, who now officially lives in Portland; sequins from a Joshua Tree Thrift Store, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Chris Myung)
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DOG BLESS AMERICA
16" x 13.5" $260 Ingredients: board from Joanne Licardo of LA, CA, who moved to Portland, part of the shelving unit her friend Peter built for her; flags from Susan Kuhlman of NY;rulers from Bargain Bazaar Thrift store in SAnta Monica (and from another thrift store); wood (nose) from a yard sale; bead (nose) from Bianca Juarez of Los Angeles, who cleaned out the garage; pearls from the Yucca Valley swap meet; refridgerator letters and eyes from Suzanne Jenkins of MD, other letters from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica; pull tabs from Kitties cat food, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Thomas Garrick, and Patti Neighmond in Los Angeles, CA)
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THERE IS PEACE IN THE VALLEY
24" x 18" $325 Ingredients: board, powder puff, things and game letters from the yard sales of the desert; my Lady Comp broken coil; bees from the Boys and Girls club thrift store in Yucca Valley, CA; wood frame from Hans Riecke of Haiku, Maui, HI, (I am so sorry to let you know about Han's dear wife Elvie passing away in July and send much blessings to Hans and his family); my old paint stir stick; flowers, beads and yarn from Joanne Licardo of Portland, OR; old nails from the old wood I find; eyes from Ebay; things from the ground; my old drill bits; harmonica's from a long ago yard sale in San Francisco when I used to live there, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA) Note from Shari: As I was finishing this up the other night, I could hear the song "Peace in the Valley" from out front of Ralph Gorill's Joshua Tree Music Store, his friday night music playing buddies were singing some Elvis songs for the passing cars on the 62 Highway through Joshua Tree. That's how this piece got named.
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WELCOME FISH
5.5" x 10" $60 Ingredients: board from Teri Romano and her chair cushion project; salsa lid from our ARt Queen Rockstar party in MAY; buttons from Meredith, Stuart Watson's fiance; eye from Ebay; pull tab from kittie's cat food, love and blessings from Shari love from Shari SOLD (thank you Cousin Joyce Davis in Culver City, CA)
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BUTTON FISH WITH BUTTON NOSE
9.5" x 18.5" $60 Ingredients: board from Teri Romano and her chair cushion project; salsa lid from our ARt Queen Rockstar party in MAY; buttons from Meredith, Stuart Watson's fiance; eye from Suzanne Jenkins of MD; pull tab from kittie's cat food, love and blessings from Shari SOLD (thank you Laurie Zieden in Prospect, KY) |
MY THREE DOGS  7.5" x 16.5" $225 Ingredients: board and beads from Joanne Licardo, who's moving to Portland, OR (from LA, CA) next month; eyes from ebay; pieces of brooms left over from Ramona Otto's great bed that was in the Craft and Folk Art Museum in LA awhile back; child's building blocks from Biance Juarez and her garage cleaning project; rubber tire things from Big-O Tires in Yucca Valley (the parking lot); pom poms from the YV Swap meet; pull tabs from Kitty's cat food, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Valery Levine my gal pal Val, in Bellport, NY)
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THE JOY Of JOY! (DANCING WITH GOD, me and god)
12.5" x 14" $120 Ingredients: frame from Ramona Otto of Santa Monica; scrabble board, glitter, sequins, angel faces and brass wire on back from the sales and swap meet of Yucca Valley and the desert; beads hand made of sculpy by Tamra Willett-Johnson of Omaha, NE, (that was a lot of work!); little old craft supply faces from Pam's estate sale in Yucca Valley, CA; Kitties Trader Joe and health food store cat food lids added for more sparkle and zip, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Heather Hood in Orange Beach, Alabama)
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DOG BLESS AMERICA
9.5" x 15.5" $240 Ingredients: board from Joanne Licardo of LA, CA, who's moving to Portland; flag and corks from Susan Kuhlman of NY and friends; pearls and scrabble games from the Yucca Valley swap meet (Judy Wishart of JT also gave me some letters and a nice white crochet bottle poodle last night at Pappy and Harriet's); eyes from Suzanne Jenkins of MD; pull tab from Kitties cat food, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Tim Carter in West Palm Beach, FL)
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MERMAID OF LOVE
4.5" x 10.5" $120 Ingredients: board from that hardware store in Culver City, CA; corks from Susan Kuhlman and friends; beads from Joanne Licardo who is moving to Portland very soon; thread from a thrift store in JT, CA; pulltab from Kittie's cat food can; turquoise from Tobi Taboada in Yucca Valley, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Barbara Arienti in Laguna Niguel)
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| I AM THE STAR OF MY LIFE
9.5" x 16" $225 Ingredients: my old and used up writing tools and those I found at sales and that friends gave me; board from Joanne Licardo who's moving to Portland : ( , pull tabs from Kitty and her kitten's cat food cans; glitter and brass wire from the Yucca Valley swap meet; lots of pretty beads and necklaces from Tobi Taboada of Yucca Valley, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Wavey Davey Garner in Sacramento, CA)
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LET US PLAY
9" x 7" $160 Ingredients: board from a hardware store in Culver City, CA; yard stick (frame) and bouncing ball and pearls from the sales of my life; glitter and eyes from ebay; twisty from my new drill; pull tabs from the ground, love and play from Shari SOLD (thank you Marilyn Green and Rosie the art-lovin' Cat in Menlo Park, CA)
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IT'S GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS
8.5" x 8" $125 Ingredients: Board from Art Queen storage; my old painting towel; old glove from someone; watchbands from Ramona Otto; eyes and eraser from the thrift stores of Joshua Tree; wire from the YV swap meet; scraps of wood from my collections love from Shari SOLD (thank you Devon Susholtz!)
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WISH FAIRY (with purse full of magic she wants to share with you)  8.5" x 7" $140 Ingredients: board yarn and aquarium rocks from the YV swap meet; tin foil from a long ago thrift store in Yucca VAlley, ca; little plastic tabs from the marques letters that Brady Vest of Hammerpress in Kansas City, MO, gave me and which William Guilky removed the tabs from, pull tab from a can, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Deirdre O'Neil in Atherton, CA) |
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THIS WAY TO THE FUN 
18.5" x 10" $250 Ingredients: board and beads from Joanne Licardo, who's moving to Portland, OR (from LA, CA) next month; glitter and eyes from ebay; scrabble game trays from Ramona Otto and the sales of the desert; twisties from the organic carrots I get for Blade and Princess at the farmer's market in Yucca VAlley; cap from something; pearls from the YV swap meet; felt from a YV estate sale; pull tab from Kitty's cat food, love and fun from Shari SOLD (thank you Dr. Kelli Austin in Kansas City, MO, Kelli is a gal who knows how to have fun! We used to play Scrabble at Coffee Girls when I lived in KC) note to Kelli: I can't get an email to you,
they keep bouncing back
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BUSINESS MONKEY
9.5" x 18.5" $350 Ingredients: board from Joanne Licardo; corks from Susan Kuhlman and friends; pearls from the Yucca VAlley swap meet; eyes from Suzanne Jenkins of MD; pull tabs on back from Kitty's cat food; cut off hem from leather skirt (boots); other wood from a sale; Nico Lemoal-Polumbo's cut off pants from her school uniform; felt from a YV estate sale; cut off velvet skirt hem (mine), love and blessings from Shari SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke in Haiku, Maui)
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GLITTER PUSS
5" x 5" $85 Ingredients: board from a hardware store in Culver City, CA; spool from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; eyes and glitter from ebay; pearls from the yucca VAlley swap meet, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Joyce Deep in Los Angeles, CA)
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BLESS OUR GARDEN
12" x 12" $225 Ingredients: board from a hardware store in Culver City, CA; beaded bee from the Boys and Girls Club thrift store in Yucca Valley, CA; butterflies, beads, pins, earrings, beach glass, flower bobby pins and necklaces from Joanne Licardo of LA, CA but moving to Portland; pull tabs from Kitty and her cat food cans; brass wire from the swap meet in YV; newer wiggly eyes from Sandy Crouse of Ohio; turquoise from Tobi Taboada from Yucca Valley, CA; scrabble letters from the swap meet and Judy Wishart of JT, CA, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Michael Hall in Boston, MA)
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WISH FAIRY POODLE
7.5" x 4.5" $85 Ingredients: wooden picture frame from Teri Wallace of Landers, CA; cut wooden dowel piece from the ground somewhere; pom poms from Pam's estate sale in Yucca Valley, CA; beads, too; eyes from ebay, love from Shari
SOLD (thank you Hans Riecke in Haiku, Maui)
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OH HAPPY DAY
12 x 12" $240 Ingredients: board from a hardware store in CUlver City, CA; beads and necklaces and jewelry from Joanne Licardo; glitter from ebay (Kansas city); pulltabs from Kitty and her cat food cans; brass wire from the yucca valley swap meet; old nails from those old boards I find; eyes from sandy crouse of Ohio; old paint brushes also from Joanne Licardo, who, as you heard is moving to Portland next month (let's all go visit her!); pencils from estate sales and friends, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Devon Susholtz, her dad always said that) |
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FISH
5.5" x 10" $55 Ingredients: wood from Art Queen storage; tennis ball can lid; bread things from Jan Hamill of NY and Harriet Ratner of Santa Monica; pull tab from can and jewel and button from Suzanne Jenkins of MD, love from Shari
SOLD (thank you Laurie Zeiden! hey, here's something fun, the other person who wanted this is Andrea Zittel, my friends with Z names want this fishie today!)
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STOP THE MADNESS
5" x 5.5" $85 Ingredients: board from that hardware store in Culver City, CA; spool from SAndy Crouse of Ohio (see her at Folk Fest in Atlanta this year!); eyes from Suzanne Jenkins of MD; bead from Joanne Licardo, love from Shari SOLD (thank you Joyce Deep in Los Angeles, CA)
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