Under the Sea and Mermaids!!

Hello Friends!

I think that for my last post of August,
an "Under the Sea" theme is in order.
And, I have just the thing to share with you!

My adorable goddaughter recently had a baby girl, Zoe.
No pink or prissy nursery for Zoe,
Tricia wanted ocean blues and an "Under the Sea" theme.
Love it!

Similar to my "oui" banners,
I made a "Zoe" one:


And, digging around in Michaels' end-of-summer clearance bins,
I nabbed this wooden "Z" for 25 cents!  It's about 6" high.



It was painted black to begin with,
but I covered the whole thing with book papers,
then decoupaged ocean-y paper on top and embellished with a tiny starfish.

And my favorite is this blossoming box:

 
I have made several of these boxes and blogged about them here.

It's like a scrapbook in a box; when you lift the top,
the box falls open to reveal 20 "pages" where you can put photos, etc.



There is room in the center of the box for mementos.

I can't wait to see this box filled with pictures of Zoe!!

Friday freebie time...let's stay in the under the sea mood:

  

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Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.

 

Thanks so much for visiting, and have a great weekend!

The PINK Days of Summer!!

Hello Friends!     Welcome White Wednesday partiers! This post is a little to the pink side of white ;)
I can't believe how summer has just flown right by!!
There's still so much more relaxing and fun-having to be done!
Still more pink lemonade drinking, strawberry ice cream eating...
Let's call these last days of August the pink days of summer:   Don't forget the SPF30!     And the Dramamine :)      This COULD have been me:   Soooo cute!     I want to go there now! 
Pretty towels...

Mmmmm....

Relaxing...  

Pink lemonade drinking...

And a beautiful sunset...sigh

OK, yes, these are all from my pinterest board ;)

I hope you all enjoy your last pink days of summer!!

And a freebie:

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Lots of links to lovely whites at Faded Charm Cottage!

Thanks so much for visiting, and have a great week!

Oui, oui!!

Hello Friends!

Ah, another Freebie Friday and Pink Saturday.
Hope you are all keeping cool,
with all the heat waves across the country.

I do have a couple of projects to share with you.
First up is a "jeweled matchbox and altered domino set"
that I made for a swap in my Marie group:


I layered a couple of metal ornaments and embellished with
crystals and rhinestones and a porcelain rose. 
I think I've been holding onto that porcelain rose since the 1990s, lol,
but I think this is the perfect project for it.
I used glossy accents on both images.

And here is another OUI banner I made for a
swap in our Paper Soiree group:

I love making these banners out of bits and scraps,
and they make up pretty quickly using the Sizzix banner die.
Some pink glittered letters and silver fleurs de lys, gems, tulle, lace,
and crinkled seam binding!! 
Our meeting is Wednesday so I'll have some bits to share about that!

Here's a couple of freebies with a little bit of a bug theme going on:
ladybugs and dragonflies!
Speaking of bugs, I sure do miss those summer lightning bugs/fireflies.
What do they call them where you live?
We just don't even have them in So California.

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Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.

Party on at a very pinteresting party at Tutus and Tea Parties!

Thanks for visiting, and have a great weekend!

Urban Barn Flea Market and Freebies!

Hello Friends!

I have been keeping busy,
and I will soon have lots of craftiness to share with you,
but I will wait until my swap partners have received them before I post about them.
Don't want to ruin the surprise :)

I do have a few pictures of my trip to the Urban Barn Flea Market yesterday.

A little Boho chic:

I want this garland made up of vintage millinery flowers!

Here's your vintage freebies!!
Something summery is in order I think:

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For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday!

Lovely, feminine things at Pearls and Lace Thursday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!

Party on at a very pinteresting party at Tutus and Tea Parties! And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!

Have a great week!