Over the Rainebeau

April! Airline Destroys Shadowbox! Fabric Collage! Snippets! Freebies!

2015-04-21T15:17:00.001-07:00

Hello Friends!

April showers!!
Well, not really here, it is San Diego, after all!

This next piece is something I've wanted to blog about for awhile,
but wanted to make sure it got safely in the hands of it's recipients first!
My nephew married a delightful young woman last December,
they had a beautiful Christmas themed wedding,
and I wanted to make something special for them--
a shadowbox using bits of their wedding invitation along with
pictures of them during their engagement,
leading up to the wedding.
And I wanted to hand deliver it to them
at their rehearsal dinner.
I should mention that we live on opposite coasts.
I thought I would be safe in hand carrying it in
my onboard luggage.
Well.
Our connecting flight was on a smaller regional jet,
and hand luggage is stowed in the baggage compartment as you board the plane.
Well.
They unload the baggage compartment,
and send it up in a little elevator to the gate for you to pick up.
Somehow, some way, lucky me,
my bag got caught between the elevator and the shaft,
it wouldn't open, it wouldn't close,
the only way to dislodge it was to send it back down
and let it drop 30 FEET!
They claimed they tried to catch it...

I wish I had a picture of the suitcase...
But I do have this...
This is what the shadowbox looked like when I packed it:

This is what I received when I finally got my baggage:

They (the airline personnel) were very apologetic,

but I had worked long and hard on it,

and I had so wanted to give it to them in person at the RD... :(

But...

there is a happy ending!

After begging for bits of the invitation from various relatives,

I pulled myself together to to try recreate it,

which was a bit tricky,

now that they are married,

and I needed to work the wedding in.

Well, I did,

and the happy couple just happened to come to San Diego last week,

and I was able to give them this:

in person!!
They loved it,
and we had a lovely time together!

Catching up on some other projects...
I was in a snippet roll swap earlier this year.
I had wanted to do one of those for a long time,
and had so much fun making them!
They are quite addictive!
I love the idea that you can take bits and pieces of fabric and lace
and add to it and make something so lovely!

This next is a 4 x 6 fabric collage sampler

which I made for my partner in

Swap for All Season's monthly fabric sampler swap.

I made this very vintage lace butterfly the focal point,

not realizing but delighted to find out my partner loves butterflies!

Some Spring-y freebies for you:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Vintage Marketplace, Hungry Caterpillar Birthday and Easter Freebies!!

2015-03-27T14:46:00.001-07:00

Hello Friends!

Well here I am, trying to get in a blog post before the end of March.

And it has been a busy March!
My adorable little grandson turned one,
and I had lots of fun creating for his
Very Hungry Caterpillar birthday party!
I made this little accordian photo holder with a picture
for each of his first twelve months:

This is just the first six months showing.

No, I didn't make the cake, but isn't it so cute?!

I did make this welcome wreath for the front door:

My daughter and the birthday boy:

Here he is vigorously removing the birthday crown that I had made him,
made of felt:

I knew when I made it that it wouldn't last long, lol!

And a little banner I made,
using half of a honeycomb ball for the caterpillar head:

One year already, and you can see he is a little boy,
not a baby anymore...
But so so much fun!!

My friend Pam is expecting a new grandson this month,
so I made a scrappy little photo book for her,
all she need do is add pictures:

The cover:

And a few favorite layouts:

Made from those cute little We R Memories 4x4 books,
I just love those!!

This is a little bunny favor I made for our Paper Soiree gathering this month:

Made from a painted peat pot, he's designed for the rear view,
see his cute little bunny tail, made from fluffy felt?

Sigh...Vintage Marketplace was fantastic this spring:

Aren't these so funny?
Farm animals made from vegetables!!

I was enchanted by these umbrellas, cups and coffeepots hanging in the trees:

It was a lovely morning,
we were glad we got there early
as it got much hotter later in the day.

Here are some freebies for you,
thanks for visiting and sticking with me through this looong post :)

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

It's Still February! No It's Not!!

2015-03-01T13:35:00.002-08:00

Hello Friends!

Sooo, did March come in like a lion or a lamb where you live?
It came in like a lion here in San Diego.
Rain!
Wind!
Temperatures in the 50s!
Actually, that's kind of fun for us :)
My best wishes for you all dealing with
the crazy cold and snowy winter this year!

I had wanted to get this post out while it was still February,
as I still have a few pretty Valentine pics to share.

The fabulous Vignettes hosted a wonderful event
for Valentine's Day,
Fifty Shades of Pink!

Vintage Valentine boxes:

Look at this altered book!

Pretty pink dresses:

Fabulous bling:

Look at the fabulous bodice on this dress,
created from vintage rhinestone jewelry!

I would love to have this Eiffel Tower
(it lights up!).

Because this shop is literally a few blocks from the ocean,
they incorporate sea treasures in many of their creations:

Yep. Jaw-droppingly gorgeous!

For our Valentine's Day, we took naps and stayed up late to watch
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Not exactly a rom com date movie.
But so good!

The next night we went to the Hard Rock hotel
to babysit our adorable grandson
while his Mom and Dad went out for date night.
They made a cute Valentine for me,
which I can't find right now,
and brought us gold-dusted macarons from a fancy OC bakery:

Next time I'll have some new creations to share with you!

And freebies...
I wish you cloudless skies and happy hours:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Blogging Again and Happy Valentine's Day!!

2015-02-13T17:25:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends!

I feel like I'm sending a signal out to the vast unknown...
like I've lost touch...
It's been so many months since I've made a blog post,
I really did not intend that to happen.
But
I'm still here, I'm still creating...

And
I'm not going to try to catch up
all in this one blog post :O

I am in a yearlong swap project hosted by Linda
of Swap for All Seasons,
which is a monthly sampler/fabric collage.
I am loving it!! These are so much fun to make!
This is my January swap:

I wanted to incorporate a heart into it,
since she didn't actually received it til February! :)

And this is my February swap:

I just love combining all the fabric and lace bits
we all accumulate along the way.

This is a little altered heart box that I made for
my Paper Soiree group's February swap:

It's so hard to put the glitter away when Christmas is over :)

Just a couple of cute projects,

some cute images,

and best wishes for a Happy Valentine's Day!!

I will be back next week, so please don't give up on me :)
Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Halloween! Matchbox! Freebies!

2014-10-24T12:23:00.001-07:00

Hello Friends!

Well, I've been down for the count for the last week
due to a cold that came on like a lion.
I think it's finally moving on,
but I had to share a bright spot in my week last week,
my swap from Tami, my partner in JoAnne's Matchbox Swap.

If you read my post last week, you may remember
that I said that my partner and I were a perfect match?
If you didn't read it, :O
or don't remember, :(
you can scroll down
or click here.

OK, if you don't want to click,
here is an excerpt:

"I made this altered matchbox for a swap at Vintage Dragonfly:

There is more texture and color variation to the matchbox
than you can see in this picture.
My partner prefers Fall colors and not too creepy,
so we were a perfect match!"

Well.
Imagine my surprise when I opened my box to find this:

Mine:

Hers:

Yes! We used the same frame!!

If matchboxes had sisters, they would be sisters!

So, that whole perfect match thing...

But a little bit spooky, right? :)

It is really a lovely matchbox, and Tami filled it with wonderful

seasonal goodies, thank you, Tami, I love it!

To get even more mileage out of this matchbox swap :D
I took photos of the presentation.

Here is my card...

...clear away the cobwebs (figuratively) :)
to find this:

Due to the cold, I had to miss my Paper Soiree meeting, :(

but I did manage to make little favors for everyone:

Some washi tape wrapped around an inked spool, some baker's twine,

a skeleton hand hot glued into the hole,

and some Tim Holtz Halloween tickets.

I wish I'd taken a pic of them all together,

they were pretty cute.

Fall and Halloween images!!

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Halloween! Swaps! Owls!

2014-10-17T03:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

Well, Halloween is almost upon us!!
I did not do as much Halloween crafting as I did last year,
but I did get a few fun ones to share:

I made this altered matchbox for a swap at Vintage Dragonfly:

There is more texture and color variation to the matchbox
than you can see in this picture.
My partner prefers Fall colors and not too creepy,
so we were a perfect match!

These little shadowboxes were samples for a swap in my Paper Soiree group:

I never did post this altered paper mache coffin box I made for last year's Paper Soiree:

Side view:

Stuffed with fun Halloween goodies of course!

We made these tags for our make and take:

I altered the images from Paper Whimsy to give them an edgy, eerier look.

Time for some Halloween owls:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Black and White Halloween! Freebies!

2014-10-10T03:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

I love the idea of a black and white Halloween,
so I thought I'd have a little fun today
and challenge myself to make this a (mostly) black and white post.

Starting with this little spoolie doll I made last year:

This is a pic I took last year of NYC Anthrolopologie's October decor:

From my Pinterest board:

I took this photo last Fall in a mystery book store in New Hampshire:

From last year's NE trip:

Ironic and spooky!

From my Pinterest board:

and

and

Mini marshmallows, pretzel sticks and white chocolate!

Last Fall at Vignettes...Halloween Chic:

I just love these ladies,
there are so many possibilities:

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Have fun!

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

October! Halloween ATCs! Freebies!

2014-09-26T11:40:00.001-07:00

Hello Friends!

I am playing in ArtJoyStuff's ATC swap,

the theme of which is "Masked Beauty".

I love Art Deco Halloween images

and thought this one would fit the theme just right:

I used some spidery paper as the background and
edged the card with washi tape.

I made each one a bit different, just cuz.

Yay!

It's October!!

Another reason I like October is because it is my birthday month!

And that means guilt-free shopping all month long ;)

Here are some Art Deco freebies for your own use:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great week!

Haunted Computer! Halloween Card and Tag! Freebies!

2014-09-25T09:30:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

My computer is haunted.
No, really.
I am working on a matchbox for
Vintage Dragonfly's matchbox swap,
and thought it would be cute to make a little
label for it that says "Magick".
OK, it's actually not my computer that's haunted,
it's my Paint Shop Pro program.
Which I will never give up, never!

But every time, and I mean every time
I type Magick into the text box,
it shuts the program down.
Every time.
Spooky, no?
I type Magic into the text box,
no problem.
I purposely misspell other words
to see if that's the problem, but no.
If anyone out there has PSP7
could you please try this and let me know what happens?
Many thanks.
Meanwhile, it's "Magic" for me,
but it's just not as cute.

Enough.

Here's a little card and tag I did
for a swap at A Swap for All Seasons:

Yeah, I'm not a creepy/gory Halloween kind of girl.

And some freebies for your Halloween crafting:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Nature's Blessings Art Journal! Freebies!

2014-09-12T03:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

I am delighted to be participating in the
"Nature's Blessings" Art Journal Swap,
hosted by Karla Nathan of "Karla's Cottage".

We were to make a four page layout
with any nature theme,
with plenty of space for journaling and doodling..

I chose "birds" as my theme.
I think this page has lots of space for journaling:

I added the bow and trim for texture.

Pages 2 and 3.

There is space on page 2,

and when you lift up the top page,

there are a couple of blank pages underneath.

Page 3 is a page ripped from

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady,

with a glassine envelope

filled with tags for journaling.

Page 4 has two pockets for tags
and space around the page for journaling.

And here are all six of them,
ready for mailing.

I'm going to miss them! :)

Well, can you guess the nature of today's freebies?

Yep.

Some of my favorites!!
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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend my friends!

Vignettes! Altered Postcard! Maui Sunset!

2014-09-05T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

I do want to get in a few summery pictures
before we head into Autumn.

These are from the fabulous "Vignettes" shop
in Ocean Beach, San Diego.

Everything there is such a yummy treat for the eyes!!

And here's a little altered postcard I made with a vintage summer theme:
And here is Summer's last hurrah,
a beautiful sunset pic from our Maui vacation:

Freebies for you:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Paris! Freebies!

2014-08-29T04:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

OK, just a few tiny more pictures of Paris,
and then we'll move on! :)

I found another pic I had taken in my fave Mathilde M. boutique:

Here at Chez Odette you can get mini-cream puffs in several different flavors,

each represented by it's own adorable vintage French girl:

The beautiful fountain in the beautiful Jardin du Luxembourg

(Luxembourg Gardens):

A sentimental picture...I lived in this building once upon a time!

It was so fun to walk around the old neighborhood!

Beautiful fountain:

Notre Dame on a beautiful summer day:

Well, this looks a lot like Anthropologie:

But it's not!! Just a lovely French housewares boutique!

The beautiful department store, Galeries Lafayette:

There is no denying the French do things beautifully.

I do love Paris,
and I was already planning our next trip there as soon as we got back!
(More Paris and Provence pictures here and here.)

And I do have some more creations to share with you:

These are two ribbon and lace paper dolls I made for a Paper Soiree swap:

And I'm really a novice at jewelry making,
but I didn't let it stop me from making this bird's nest necklace
for a swap at Marie Antoinette:

I weaved the "nest" using lace and fabrics
which I stitched to buckram. The chain is made up of a few
different pieces, old and new. And I added some birdies and sparkly gems.

I wanted to come up with a fun presentation that was quick and easy!

So I just laid down various washi tapes onto the lid of a jewelry box.

And added a chalkboard sticker.

Hope you all are enjoying the last days of summer.
Although I don't know why I say that,
there's still technically almost a month of summer left,
and it's in the 80s during the day here in San Diego.
But the nights are cooler, it's breezier,
and it just seems that the Labor Day weekend
is more the mark of the end of summer.

Freebies:

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Enjoy your holiday!

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

More Paris!! Window Shopping!! Creations and Freebies!!

2014-08-24T17:11:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

Well, clearly I can't be trusted.
In my last post I promised to post more Paris photos
in a few days...

And it's been a bit more than a few days!!

But here I am!

I thought it would be fun to do a little
window shopping in Paris.
Which in French is called lèche-vitrines.
Which literally translates to "window licking" :D

Let's start with something yummy:

Look at this cute bridal shoppe window with mini wedding dresses:

Somehow my I-phone slipped into sepia mode,

but I think it suits these wedding dresses.

How cute are these I-phone cases:

Art gallery window with mosaics:

Time for a treat:

Baccarat crystal vase with giant paper flowers:

Pierre Frey fabulous fabrics:

Love the look of these falling stars:

Mmmm...boulangerie:

This store was filled to the brim with KITTY handbags:

Ladurée!

The sweet thing about Ladurée is that there are multiple locations but each shoppe's

windows are decorated differently:

Another gallery window:

My new favorite shoppe in Paris, Mathilde M. :

Hmmm, this warrants a closer look:

Okay, must go inside this one:

What a beautiful shoppe,

everything is shades of gray and white

with vintage images abound!

OK, time for a little something:

Aah, yes.

Love, love, love sidewalk cafés!

Time to share a few creations of mine:

Might as well stay in French mode.
I participated in blissfulART's August "I love Paris" swap,
which was a card and ATC/tag swap.

Paris themed ATC:

The July swap theme was Red, White and Blue. French colors!
I created this tag and card inspired by French General's fabrics:

For some reason the colors are off in this next picture,
and the contrast is very sharp here
but much softer in person:

Ooooh, just one more little shoppe!

Wouldn't you just love to pop in here the next time

you had a craving for a macaron or sorbet:

OK, some Paris freebies:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

France! Provence! Freebies!

2014-08-03T15:30:00.003-07:00

Hello Friends!

EEK!
Has it really been almost three months since my last post?!
Let's just call it my "Summer Recess" ;)

I have been busy...
creating, traveling, and some yucky stuff too.

Let's start with my looong overdue trip to France.
We started in Avignon, in Provence.
I had never been to this part of France before,
and I LOVED it!!

In the 14th century, this medieval city in the South of France was the seat of the papacy.
It was moved from Rome to Avignon
because the newly elected French pope did not feel secure from his Roman rivals.
This Gothic beauty is the Palais de Papes (Palace of the Popes),
beautifully lit up at night and there are
restaurants on the square for dining al fresco with this spectacular view:

Let's tour around the town a bit:

The Hotel de Ville, which is not a hotel at all,
but the name of the city government building:

The Petit Palais:

Avignon, being a medieval city, is full of little cobblestone passageways like this:

An amusing fresco on the Theatre of Arts:

Inside the marketplace:

Look at all these wonderful herbs and salts!
Even rose petal salt and lavender salt!

Artichoke hearts, sundried tomatoes, capers and hearts of palm wrapped in prosciutto:

Yum! How I'd love to go marketing here every day! But it's definitely expensive...
those large capers on the stem (delicious) cost approximately $17.50 per pound!!
And the tomatoes are ~ $27.50 per pound! :O

This is a charcuterie, selling all kinds of cured meats...
ham and in particular, many, many kinds of sausages:

Some charming doorways:

Fabulous teas:

A lovely little shoppe near and dear to my heart,
lots of French papier, fabrics, trims, gifties:

I cannot restrain myself from taking pictures of beautiful food,
these are of a fabulous dinner we had at our hotel, La Mirande:

Oh, how I wish I could remember what the dishes were, lol!
But they were fantastic!!
And after a few glasses of the wonderful Cote de Provence rose,
I forgot to take pics of the beautiful desserts!

Let's tour around Provence a bit.
The beautiful village of Roussillon:

And Gordes:

Gordes is where they filmed the movie "A Good Year"

with Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard,

a terrific movie...if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend!

This brings me to...The Lavender Fields:

What surprised me was how many of them there were.

There were the large lavender fields,

and I didn't even get to the largest ones,

but there were lots and lots of smaller ones spread out all over the province.

Well, that concludes our little tour of Provence.

From there, we took the bullet train (TGV) to Paris,

which takes only 2 1/2 to 3 hours!

I will be posting my Paris pics in a few days,

so please check back.

Thank you for sticking with me, I realize how much I love blogging,

and how much I missed it!

And your reward you for sticking with me through this looong post:

Freebies!!

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

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Have a great weekend!

Mother's Day! Cards and Tags! Freebies!

2014-05-06T10:14:00.002-07:00

Hello Friends!

Just a little post to share with you
the cards I made for Swap for All Seasons April swap.
The color this month was peach,
and the theme was Mother.
Now peach is not a color I work with very often,

so it was a fun challenge for me.

I sewed the images to lace and fabric then layered them onto the card and tag.

A beautiful mother and child.

These cards and tags went to Deb.

This Mother's Day will be special because it will be my daughter's first as a mother!

Here are some freebies to use for your own Mother's Day cards:

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Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms!

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

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Baby! Vintage Necklace! Freebies!

2014-04-21T19:30:00.002-07:00

Hello Friends!

Hope you all had a lovely Easter!

Spring is here, but arriving a bit more slowly to my house
than to the rest of San Diego.
I admit...I am not an earth mother.
I am much better at buying garden tchotchkes than gardening.
Or making flowers out of paper and fabric than coaxing from the earth.

Wait a minute!

How did that cute little baby picture get in there?!
Clearly my 6 week old grandson has figured out how to hack into my blog
and feels that there are not enough pictures of him!
Well there he is, little aviator and future world explorer.
I guess I will have to change my password :)

My dear friend Terri, who also has a new baby grandson,
sent me the most wonderful surprise!
My heart skipped a beat when I opened her package
to find these lovelies from her:

She created this beautiful necklace, taking a picture of Colton from a previous blog post
and put it inside of a vintage watchface:

And this beautiful card,
Terri does dimensional like no one else:

I am so touched by her generosity of spirit.
How wonderfully thoughtful and beautifully executed.
I will wear this necklace often and proudly, Terri, thank you sooo much!

It seems to be baby season, so perhaps
you may like these freebies:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great week!

Peat Pots! Nests! Freebies!

2014-04-11T08:49:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!
Flowers are blooming, birds are singing...
Yes, it's Spring!!
Actually there have been some days here lately when it's been more like Summer!
I'm not complaining...but okay, I am a little.
I am not ready yet to start wearing summer clothes!

I have been busy this Spring, creating and swapping. I created this peat pot for a swap I was in at Vintage Dragonfly.

My partner was Mercedes, who makes such beautiful and feminine things,

and I wanted to make something I knew she would love,

using beautiful lace, vintage flowers and a vintage rhinestone button.

And, as the fates would have it,

we were on the same wavelength,

as Mercedes also had the idea to make a bird topiary!

I love the soft colors, vintagey materials,

and the adorable little felt birdie which she created from felt and vintage fabric:

Thank you Mercedes, I love it!

I joined a card and tag swap at

Wendy's Blissful Arts group,

and the theme was "Spring Nest".

This litttle fairy image is one of my faves,

and when I saw this Nest and Eggs graphic,

I knew what I wanted to do with it:

I stitched it onto a fabric piece and onto the card, with a few vintage flowers, lace and moss.

This nest is made with some fine kraft paper shred

which came in a gift basket I received long ago...attached to a

branch cut from a die that I've had for years
and I think this is the first timeI've used it, lol:

I like the fresh look this touch of moss lends to them:

They went to my partner Kimberly, whose work I love also.

In return Kimberly sent me these lovely cards and goodies:

Very sweet and Spring-y!

Thank you, Kimberly!

Here's some Spring Birdie freebies for you:

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Bridal Shower! March Card and Tag Swap!

2014-04-02T07:00:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

The themes for the Swap for All Seasons swap in March
were Spring and yellow.

I don't use yellow much in my crafting, but I love this image
that has just a splash of yellow.
I love the spring-y background and her wistful look.
I wanted to keep the card simple
and let the lovely lady be the star.
A bit of vintage lace and vintage millinery flowers:

And my tag:

They say April showers bring May flowers...

I was hoping the showers would wait until my shower was held...
I hosted a bridal shower at my home
for my daughter's lovely sister-in-law last week.
The sun was in and out but no rain!
The décor was organic, garden-y,
with a bit of herbs, yellow, burlap and chalkboard. :)
Her sister and sister-in-law were the real hostesses,
I did the décor
with a little help from the bubble girls
(flower girls who blow bubbles).

Nine year old Ainsley made the favors herself,
homemade bath salts (below).
Don't they look great?

I love how these champagne glasses look

lined up on the burlap ribbon:

One of the hostesses made these lovely little tags

with a different herb for each one

and the trait that the herb stands for (above).

The caterer made a beautiful table of delicious food:

I had fun making this photo op

with a French garden shop look :)

OK. Now I'm ready for April showers!
We dearly need them in Southern California.

Some sunny freebies for you:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

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Have a great weekend!

Le Poisson d'Avril! Happy April Fool's Day!

2014-04-01T02:11:00.000-07:00

Bonjour mes amies!

Ah, the French...who knows why they are the way they are...
Who knows why they what they do...
Who knows what thought processes went into
celebrating the first of April
with a FISH!
Le poisson d'Avril!

Well it is 2014 and we never have to wonder for very long,
thank you Wikipedia:
"In France, Belgium, and French-speaking areas of Switzerland and Canada, April 1 tradition is often known as "April fish" (poisson d'avril in French). This includes attempting to attach a paper fish to the victim's back without being noticed.
Such fish feature prominently on many
late 19th- to early 20th-century French April Fools' Day postcards."

OK, well there you are...
Watch out for paper fish, and
enjoy good luck all month long!

And Happy April Fool's Day!!

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Baby! Vintage Marketplace! Altered Peat Pots!

2014-03-22T19:08:00.000-07:00

Hello Friends!

Life has been very exciting around here!

The much awaited, anticipated Baby Colton is here!

Not without some drama and scares,

but Baby and Mama are now doing great!

They live about 1 1/2 hrs. from me,

so I have been going up about twice a week

to feed the parents, tidy up and revel in my new grandson!

Boys are new territory for me,

having had two girly girls,

but my heart is so full when I'm with him:

I know!!

He is a such a good baby as well!

Loving the whole Grandmother thing.

The fabulous Vintage Marketplace in Southern California

was held the first weekend in March.

I love it, it's so inspiring, a great shopping opportunity,

and a chance to catch up with some favorite vendors.

Here's a brief tour:

A closer look at the lovely ladies:

Fairy garden magic:

And of course it was a lovely day.
Looking forward to the June show!

I have been involved in a number of swaps lately, as well!
Here is an altered peat pot I made for my Paper Soiree group:

Covered the pot in a little French text papers, a little lace and a little burlap.
The bird is a wood shape which I covered in text,
on a wood birdcage, which was stamped in brown ink with a text stamp.
I was not able to attend the meeting, but I was delighted to receive
this adorable peat pot created by Michelle:

I love the fabric wrapped wire, and the twig with the birdie on it,
thanks so much Michelle!
I have another peat pot to share,
but I want to wait til my partner receives it,
plus more swap fun to share with you,
so please check back soon :)

Hope Spring is making its way to you,
especially to those of you who have suffered a harsh winter!

Some cute Spring-y images for you:

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Thanks for stopping by,
wishing you all a lovely week!

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

World Traveller Baby Shower!!

2014-03-06T10:45:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends!

My wonderful daughter Jackie and wonderful son-in-law Sean
are expecting a new arrival any day now,
and a shower in their honor was held Jan. 25.

Being world travelers themselves,
and as that is the theme of the nursery,
they wanted a world traveler/airplaine theme for the shower.
I had so much fun making these decorations for them!

This wreath created from vintage maps, paper yoyos
and a chipboard wreath form I got for a song
at Michaels' after Christmas sale:

This collection of giant rosettes is about 4 ft. x 2 ft.
A festive photo op. :)

An OH BABY banner created from vintage maps.

The letters are on circles which are on pleated rosettes

which are on flattened cupcake liners

that I ran through the Vagabond and cut with a scalloped die.

The dessert table:

We found little airplane cookies on Etsy,

and little globe chocolates on Amazon.
A friend of my daughter's made the "globe" cupcakes
and chocolate Eiffel tower pops!

This is a group photo of everyone...

Does it look like a nice sunny day in Southern California?

It was in the 80s! Jan. 25th!

You can see my pom pom garland in the background.

I had a rope and attached the pompoms with ribbons,

as well as some paper lanterns and paper fans and honeycomb orbs.

Also hung some ribbon streamers.

This was actually more work than I had thought it would be,

and that rope got really heavy once we hung all the stuff on it.

I had wanted to wrap map garlands around it

as well and attach some map circle streamers,

but it got late and we were tired, and just called it good!

Me and my two darling daughters:

My adorable younger daughter Alison came from NYC

to take part and share the joy.

For favors we gave these little plantable seed bombs

that look like little globes.

Well, if you squint your eyes...;)

They are made from a pulp and seeds,

so you can plant them and they will grow into wildflowers.

Packaged them up pretty and put them in this little suitcase
with a Thank You banner.

Wish I had more pictures, the food was lovely and fit the international theme:

spanakopita/Greece, egg rolls/China, meatballs/Italy, gazpacho/Spain, and lots more.

It was a wonderful day with wonderful people!

I am so proud of Jackie and Sean for doing all they had to do

to make their dream (baby) come true.

Here's your freebies...baby-themed, of course :)

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Swaps! Destash! Yellow!

2014-02-28T03:00:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends!

I have a wee bit of catching up to do,

as I have received some lovely things from my swap partners this month.

This beautiful tag is from Marti,

made for a fabric and lace tag swap in the

Marie Antoinette MailArt Group:

Isn't it lovely?
Thank you Marti!!

My swap partners from the monthly A Swap for All Seasons swaps
continue to delight me!

This lovely card and tag for February's RED swap
is from Linda:

And her sweet red destash items:

March's swap had a yellow/Spring theme.
My lovely card and tag from May:

And look at all the fun goodies from May's yellow destash:
Thank you so much, ladies, what fun!!

I will post my March creations once my partner,
who just happens to be Marti ;) receives them!

These next three ATCs I made for a swap hosted by
Kimberly of artJOYstuff.
The challenge was to use ONLY vintage materials.
Sooo these were made with vintage photographs,
vintage postcard and flowers cut from vintage greeting cards.
The backgrounds are made with vintage ledger paper (1850!),
vintage letters and music paper.
Buttons, vintage tatted lace, seals, millinery flowers
and random bits were used to embellish the cards.
I really had a lot of fun dipping into my stash to create these:

Since I have been working with yellow this month,
here are some sunshine-y yellow images for you:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Surprise! Baby Shower! Valentines! Freebies!

2014-02-21T14:13:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends!

Hope you all are thawing out out there in the East and Midwest!
We have been having some embarrassingly ~~warm~~ HOT weather here,
I feel like we've been stealing the sunshine!
But things are getting a bit more normal.
Which is to say, 70 degrees and sunny :)

I had the most wonderful surprise last week!

You may know that I am in a local craft group...

Our meeting last week was supposed to be our

yearly Valentine's party,

which is always a fun one, with pink and red and hearts, etc.

So I made my item for the swap,

which was to be a Valentine's Day banner:

And a sweet treat,
pink Rice Krispies hearts with an arrow:

And just cuz it looked so cute,

Caprese Salad with heart shaped mozzarella cheese:

BUT, when I arrived.
instead of pinks and reds,
I was met with BLUE!!

SURPRISE!!!

My wonderful friends surprised me with a lovely

Grandma's Baby Shower!!

I hadn't suspected a thing,

although it was more than a month in the making!

Look at the wonderful decorations by Marti and Pam!

These adorable pinwheels:

This lovely banner which says "Welcome Grandson":

Look at these adorbs little boats:

Marti even enlisted the help of her husband and daughter

in the making of the banner and boats :)

There was champagne...well, to be honest, there's always champagne ;)

and the food was marvelous!

Chicken pot pies:

Cupcakes:

More cupcakes, pasta and cheese, ceviche, salad, fruit, cheeses and more!

I am sorry that I didn't take more pictures,

but I was quite overwhelmed!

Ooooh, and there were gifties!!

A Grandma's brag book, and all the most adorable papers and embellishments

I could ever want!

And...

how adorable are these little baby shoes

that they made for me:

Crafted with paper and embellishments,

aren't they the cutest!!

It was a wonderful evening,

♥♥♥ thank you, lovely Ladies, so much! ♥♥♥

Baby is threatening to make an appearance any minute,

so my daughter is on bed rest.

This is my first grandchild,

who has been eagerly awaited for several years.

Very exciting!!

Here's some freebies for your crafting pleasure :)

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday.!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!
Seasonal tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!
Amazing things at Amaze Me Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

Sweet and Simple links at Sweet and Simple Friday!

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Have a great weekend!

Valentines! Freebies!

2014-02-07T17:43:00.001-08:00

Hello Friends!
Valentine's Day, yay!
I just love everything about Valentine's Day!
So of course I signed up for a number of swaps!

This card and tag I made for my Swap for All Seasons partner, Debbie:

I sewed the little banner on, and the "LOVE" is washi tape.

Debbie and I share a love of kitties, so of course I had to make her a kitty tag:

I went very red on this altered candy box for my partner Kris
in a MAMA swap:

Of course it's stuffed with goodies!

I made this tag for another swap in my MAMA group,
a fabric and lace tag:

I don't know why, but it looks more tea-dyed than it actually is...
the colors are much subtler in real life,
and the girl is bluer...
and I can't retake the pic because I already sent it to Terri :)
I'm enjoying incorporating sewing into my paper projects,
I will be doing a lot more of that this year!

These are my valentines for my partners
in a MAMA Valentine Swap which I hosted:

Instead of an envelope I slipped them into a glassine bag
and sewed it shut with some little bits of fabric, lace and tape trims:

Soooo, that's what I've been up to,
aside from being on call for my very PG daughter. :)
I went to a Newborn Baby Care class with her and my son-in-law.
I have to say, things have...not...changed a whole lot.
I did learn a few things, though.

Here's some cuties for your last minute valentine crafting:

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Have fun and stay warm!

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!
Anything Blue Friday at the Dedicated House!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Check out the DIY Sunday Showcase at VMG206!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥

Have a great weekend!

Swaps, Swaps, Swaps and Freebies!!

2014-01-28T17:25:00.000-08:00

Hello Friends!

Noooo, it's almost the end of January
and I still have Christmas posts to catch up on! :O

I just love the swaps in my MAMA group,
they are so fun and the people are wonderful!
This is a Douze Jours de Noel
(Twelve Days of Christmas)
swap
where we made gifties and gathered vintage/French-themed goodies
for our partner.
These are my handmade gifties:

A closer look:

Marie Antoinette chandelier crystal...

Hand-dyed seam binding...

Handmade tags...

Altered matchbox....

Embellished snowflake...

Charlotte clothespin doll...

Embellished Eiffel tower...

Bottlebrush Christmas tree in salt shaker...

I received gorgeous gifties from my partner Lisa,
which I will post next time.

This is a Bingo card pocket stuffed with goodies
that I made for a swap in my Paper Soiree group:

And this is an altered bottle I made for a friend:

And these little houses kept me VERY busy in December:

A pink one for my friend Brenda:

Whew!!
It's always hard for me to let go of Christmas each year...

But this year I had another big event
to keep me busy in January, which was
MY BABY GIRL's BABY SHOWER!!
Well, she is not exactly a baby :)
I will soon post pics of that wonderful event.

I am enjoying the Swap for ALL Seasons swaps;
January's theme was "Thinking of You", and the color blue:

I was very excited to finally use that little wooden
"thinking of you" tag that I've had for years :D

We make a card and tag to fit the theme,
and send color-themed goodies along with:

And now let's get on with the Valentine's Day crafting!

This is an altered candy box I made for a swap:

I'm still not up to date,
I have more pics of what I've made and received,
which I will post shortly!

Here are some images that I hope you will like:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday.!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

♥♥♥Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great week!