A LITTTLE STEEL & WOOD AND YOU HAVE ART!

This is a work of art made from a person that loved to work with iron and steel. This staircase I can proudly say was created by my husband and I when we had our business called Creative Iron Works. Using equipment this outdated and with his own hands he built it and we both designed it. It had a wooden handrail to top it off. My husband weighed about 150 lbs and me about 100 lbs. but as a team we built, bent the steel and set it with no help. My husband and I took a dying Iron Company and built it into a small family business that was the most sought after Iron Company in the Kansas City area for 10 years. We had staircases that were in The Kansas City Home and Gardens magazine for best steel staircase of the year. Two creative people, an idea and by using the medium of steel, copper and other metals took the worn out tools of the old iron shop and created success. We went on to create a unique collection of one of a kind iron furniture as well! To be an artist is great and to waste a talent is a sin. Never turn away from beauty and talent because if you do it will turn on you. CREATE!

A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE CUPS AND SAUCERS

Elegant Antique China-Cup and Saucer

This elegant and delicate cup and saucer is another part of a collection of unique pieces we collected in the 100 year old home.

Antique Cup and Saucer

Catching the colors of the inside of this cup has been a challenge. It is very beautiful and trying to capture the pearl finish has proved challenging. This antique cup has a saucer with the same design.

Antique Cup

China Cup

China Cups and Saucers

This cup is very ornate and the color changes with the light of the day. The unique painting caught my eye with the gold trimmings along the edges. It also has a pearl finish on the inside of the cup. It is hard to tell here but it has a blue-green tint on the outside. I have 3 sets of these cups but this is the only one without a saucer. It has Safton China on the bottom of the cup and says hand painted with a number on the bottom. This series of cups came out of an old house that was over 100 years old. There were many antiques that were in good condition from this house. I am want to capture the blue tint so more photos will follow.