tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54765830935809237132012-02-16T13:18:41.276-05:00The virtual home for the best all girl band in metalsmithing and their extraordinary friends. A place to remind yourself, in the words of M.True, "You're a damn hot woman! Start acting like it!" ........Glitter up!Melissa Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036217786163719095noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476583093580923713.post-72355510785145557822008-09-19T11:22:00.000-04:002008-09-19T11:24:19.784-04:00Cowgirl Wisdom-<br />sounds a bit like Slot Machine Wisdom:<br /><br />"I could've raised a family, but I decided to raise hell" -Pearl<br /><br />"We took to makin' trouble much like most women take to makin' biscuits" -Cattle Annie & Lil' Britches<br /><br />"I ain't afraid to shoot good an' I ain't afraid to look good neither" -Lulu Parr<br /><br />"In the East a girls' gotta have charm. In the West all she needs is a rifle, charm can come later."<br /><br />"Sometimes I hold a gun, sometimes I hold a man. Either way, I'm livin' dangerous-like" -Jennie Metcalf<br /><br />"I didn't mean to shoot 'im. He just sorta leaned into my bullet" -Josie<br /><br />"I always wanted to be Mrs. Wild Bill. Reckon I'll settle for just bein' Wild" -Calamity Jane<br /><br />"Watchin' for rustlers don't leave me much time for watchin' for a husband. More fun watchin' for rustlers" -Sadie Austin<br /><br />"I ain't afraid to love a man, I ain't afraid to shoot one" -Martha Maxwell<br /><br />"Someday I'll probably marry a cowboy, but first I wanna be one" -Calamity Jane<br /><br />"A woman with a husband can't just go and do as she please. A woman with a rifle ain't got that problem" -Calamity Jane<br /><br />"When I shoot a bear I am a hunter. When I stuff a bear I am an artist." -Martha Maxwell<br /><br />"When I need some money I rob a stagecoach, Heck the boys do it all the time!" -Pearl<br /><br />"Made friends with a rifle a long time ago." -Martha Maxwell<br /><br />"I wear a skirt, I carry a gun, I do as I please. I've got a good life"-Martha Maxwell<br /><br />"I can hit what I aim for. Some men I know would do well to remember that." -Annie Oakley<br /><br />"I reckon a girl can be anything she sets her mind to"-Annie Oakley<br /><br />"I figur if a girl wants to be a legend she should just go ahead and be one"- Calamity Jane<br /><br />Check this out: <a href="http://www.lipstickranch.com">Lipstick Ranch</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5476583093580923713-7235551078514555782?l=theslotmachines.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissa Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036217786163719095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476583093580923713.post-59524372605170384032008-05-06T17:10:00.003-04:002008-12-08T23:51:02.909-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/SCDRSzLipJI/AAAAAAAAAms/oeIAgMREqdw/s1600-h/danceontabletops.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/SCDRSzLipJI/AAAAAAAAAms/oeIAgMREqdw/s320/danceontabletops.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197384090892018834" /></a><br /><br />I know what archetype the Slot Machine is.....<br />she's the Wild Woman!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5476583093580923713-5952437260517038403?l=theslotmachines.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissa Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036217786163719095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476583093580923713.post-86442182975361703672008-03-19T23:19:00.003-04:002008-12-08T23:51:03.052-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R-HaVVB1EuI/AAAAAAAAAk0/hO7nPkG4asU/s1600-h/L%27Imperatrice-The-Empress.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R-HaVVB1EuI/AAAAAAAAAk0/hO7nPkG4asU/s320/L%27Imperatrice-The-Empress.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179661106409706210" /></a><br />So.... I am involved, so to speak, in a collaborative art project right now. I was invited to join 12 women who are all movers and shakers in the collage world, to do a collage/assemblage round robin. We mail our object with 12 pages in it to the next person on the list. Each month we work on a different Archetype, the Teacher, the Healer, the Crone, the Muse, the Empress... you get the idea. So which archetype is a Slot machine? The Empress? The Lover? The Warrior?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5476583093580923713-8644218297536170367?l=theslotmachines.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissa Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036217786163719095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476583093580923713.post-86725148656570503772008-03-11T09:24:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:51:03.491-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aILzK6SOI/AAAAAAAAAkA/gejA-PMpxe4/s1600-h/slots%26Richard.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aILzK6SOI/AAAAAAAAAkA/gejA-PMpxe4/s320/slots%26Richard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176474558004873442" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aIMDK6SPI/AAAAAAAAAkI/lDNFKQHzr5Q/s1600-h/SLOTZ.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aIMDK6SPI/AAAAAAAAAkI/lDNFKQHzr5Q/s320/SLOTZ.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176474562299840754" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5476583093580923713-8672514865657050377?l=theslotmachines.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissa Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036217786163719095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476583093580923713.post-81685992697745242112008-03-11T09:11:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:51:03.813-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aFNjK6SMI/AAAAAAAAAjw/lHj_h2IhUMM/s1600-h/Sugarfire.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aFNjK6SMI/AAAAAAAAAjw/lHj_h2IhUMM/s320/Sugarfire.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176471289534761154" /></a>She rocks!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aFNzK6SNI/AAAAAAAAAj4/X1woDL-xxwc/s1600-h/Sugarfire%26Richard.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aFNzK6SNI/AAAAAAAAAj4/X1woDL-xxwc/s320/Sugarfire%26Richard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176471293829728466" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5476583093580923713-8168599269774524211?l=theslotmachines.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissa Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036217786163719095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476583093580923713.post-69475406082808841722008-03-11T09:08:00.000-04:002008-12-08T23:51:03.945-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aEnzK6SLI/AAAAAAAAAjo/OJxujVPqOy4/s1600-h/blondies.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9aEnzK6SLI/AAAAAAAAAjo/OJxujVPqOy4/s320/blondies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176470640994699442" /></a><br />Some vintage Slots images coming your way.... Halloween '05<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5476583093580923713-6947540608280884172?l=theslotmachines.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissa Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036217786163719095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5476583093580923713.post-1557344702148906802008-03-11T00:55:00.002-04:002008-12-08T23:51:04.089-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9YRaDK6SKI/AAAAAAAAAjc/HO45Qwg-Vkc/s1600-h/burningchair.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_W7Mjaqdj6iE/R9YRaDK6SKI/AAAAAAAAAjc/HO45Qwg-Vkc/s320/burningchair.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176343960934303906" /></a><br />You just gotta burn some of your past.....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5476583093580923713-155734470214890680?l=theslotmachines.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Melissa Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036217786163719095noreply@blogger.com0