09/01/2026
When I was little Tracie, one of my best friends, had a transparent music box that played Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head. I think it was my first experience at ever seeing how a music box worked and I was absolutely mesmerized by it. I am still in awe, watching the little tines pluck out the tune. And, although the little music boxes I have don’t play the same tune, I still find myself drawn to them and why I am really enjoying using them in my recent pieces of assemblage art.
Along with the music box, other items that went into making “Greta” are a metal Ge**er lid to a vintage baby food jar for her face, earrings for her eyes (with a black rhinestone added to each eye), a metal piece from some jewelry item for her nose and a glitzy mouth charm with another black rhinestone added for a sexy little mole. 😂The brass back to her head was a vintage bell with the leather strap that kind of resembles a ponytail in an abstract way. I wish I knew the history behind that bell or even remembered where I got it!! Oh, and her hat was once part of a sprinkler from my yard!! 😂😂
Her large golden “collar” was once a brooch and a golden earring was added to fill space and give more support to the head. I was recently gifted some jewelry items and these arms were among those pieces. They worked perfectly for Greta! She has a black bedazzled strip around the bottom of the base that was part of a bracelet. Her fancy purse is part of a former keychain.
Her legs are one large connected metal piece that used to be some sort of jewelry item. Then, for her shoes, I used a couple orange pieces that were once part of a necklace, topped with some more black rhinestones for some sparkle to her shoes. I needed something to set her on and I found this very unique vintage container that was the perfect size. (I wish I had taken a picture of it before I attached her to it!) I weighted it down with a bunch of chains from necklaces (I have a lot of those for some reason 🤪😂) and attached a baby food lid to the top that I covered with mod podge and a napkin. Then I found the perfect heart for her and there you have it. The story of how Greta came to be! She was quite the problem solving project!!
$54 + s&h