Rustique Art     


Sometimes you talk to someone for just a minute and immediately know that you like them.  The same thing can happen on forums, blogs and the like.  I met Cindi when she posted a comment on my blog.  I immediately knew that I liked her and wanted to feature her on my blog.

Cindi loves to garden, sew, embroider and cross stitch, which she has been doing since she was a child.  She just recently taught herself to crochet and is loving the new found hand work.  Blogging, photography, reading and crossword puzzles are also things that she enjoys.

A North Texas resident virtually all of her life, she is mother to 5 and grandmother to 9.  Add to that her husband of 25 years and 2 dogs and she is a busy person!! 

Cindi's love of Christ is obvious in her Etsy shop.  Her shop is full of lovely handmade crosses and the Christian symbol, known as ichthus.  She belongs to 2 Etsy groups, CAST (Christian Artists Street Team) and Team CAC (Christian Artists & Crafters).  Please check out her Etsy shops:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/rustiqueart
http://www.etsy.com/shop/justasimple
http://www.etsy.com/shop/muggseyandmae

button cross

Sometimes I take on projects that are more time consuming than they are worth while. Being a person who hates to say quit, I either put them back and never finish them, or in this case, persevere until I finally finish it.

This cross started as an idea that I would do several of them because I have so many buttons and thought this would be a good way to use some of those buttons. WRONG!! It took so long to wire the buttons on that I will never do another one! But, I was pleased with how it turned out.

The cross is made up all kinds of buttons. They are all used buttons. There are mother or pearl buttons, work shirt buttons, rhinestone buttons, just all kinds of buttons. There are two wire crosses, one covered in buttons, the other covered in white ribbon with gold wire wrapped around that. The gold wire is really picked up by the few buttons that have 'gold' around them. There are several large buttons glued on the center of the cross.

This cross measures 6 1/2 x 9 inches. It has a wire hanger on the back. The cross can be purchased at: Jack Rabbit Flats