Vintage Papers

My friend made a fabulous haul the other day , scoring a lot of various vintage papers ! And as always she was soooo very generous and shared some with me ! Heaven ....so I hurried home & created a few things !! Melissa has a shop on Etsy where she sells many of her fabulous finds , you can click here to go to it ! Found On The Prairie is her shop , I love all of the Letterpress goodies that she has !!

Some of the paper goodies I got ....even included a pack of Student Pass ,how crazy is that ! Ledger papers of all kinds , and some wonderful long envelope's of some kind ( not sure what they were used for )  ! A box of the sweetest little files also , so I made an altered book using the files , fun , fun !!

The long envelope things , which really are not an envelope were also fun ( I know ... I don't make any sense ) ! One side in a pink and the other in a green !!I made a large tag out of chip board , and covered it with various papers so you could write sweet notes on either side !!

My little Altered book has the files with added other pages such as old postcards, and other interesting papers, that I inked, stamped , some I gave texture to with folders that I ran through the cuttlebug !

And tape... love tape ! Would it be considered an ok obsession  "paper" !!

Well ok or not , I got it !! Old paper , new paper , love it all !!

Thanks for stopping by , take the time to leave a comment , I love them !!

Have a wonderful & creative day !!

Postcard Journal & More !

Sorry for so long in between posts !!! Life , some days I think I will catch up & boom ...something happens to put you behind again ! I have been working on my taxes ..........ugh , will say no more !I have been working on a lot of projects , will share some of them with you today !  I have a new kit on Altered Pages , an altered "book" with a Paris Fashion Theme ( above photo )!!

 This is a little journal I made , very quick little journal to make using Postcards from Altered Pages , I love the postcards , they are heavy enough to use for a journal page and large enough to journal in , yet not super huge ! I think it would be great to use as a "card" for someone , dual purpose I guess ! I will post directions later on how I created it !

                                                          A tag I made the other day !
Came across a new site ( to me at least ) that has a lot of various craft supplies !  Click on the link and I get rewards for when you also join & make a purchase !!! If you have time check it out !! A girl can never have too many supplies on hand !
Have a wonderful & creative day !!

Vintage Postcards !!

Stopped over at the Graphics Fairy the other day and saw this post ... Swoon is right ! I love old postcards ( found here), thanks so much Graphics Fairy for posting them !! So of course I had to print them off !! I printed two sizes on cardstock. I already had some tin cans waiting to be altered into something much better !! So I got various papers and treasures to embellish with. I distressed the edges of each postcard with my Zutter , makes it so quick & easy !

I like how it gives a distressed look on the edges , I also used some chalk on the edges before I put the postcard on the can . I added different little embellishments , some were little rolled edge flora , very easy and quick to do

When I was all done with my cans I used a hammer and my trusty little awl to make clean holes on the sides and attached wire for handles. I also used some grungeboard on some of the tins , vintage papers, and various brads.

So I am linking with The Graphics Fairy today on brag Monday ! Hope you have a fabulous & creative day !!

Flying By !!!

Is it just me or anyone else seems as though the days just fly by & poof, only so many hours in a day & only so much accomplished !! With summer here it is always more time needed for yard work , which I could be outside in my yard all day doing some project if I had the time ! One of my son's moved out of town so that was a lot of work to pack up his house , sad to have him move but he travels so much with his job that this was a good move for him to make his life a little easier! As mom's we have to learn to let go all the time , and I will admit , Iam a big baby when it comes to that ! So with all that life dishes out I would like to order up some extra energy & a few more hours I guess ! Love my little dish I purchased at a yard sale , the little birdies are just too sweet ! Sorry for the bad photo !

I also wanted to share some pic's of my wonderful goodies I received from Starrydeborah ! Be sure to visit her blog here and she also has two shops on Etsy , her French & Shabby Chic shop and her other shop with tussie mussies , eclectic creations and wedding treasures ! She had a giveaway awhile back & I was lucky enough to be a winner of one of her boxes of treasures !

The sweetest little frame to use in a project , and my all time favorite, buttons ! Never can have too many of those !! and look at those tins, just too adorable ! The little bottle will definitely get altered ! And poker chips , what fun they will be to work with !! A vintage wood "basket" that will hold some treasures !Gotta make some time now to go play !

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend !

Altered Art Dolls

Good Friday to all & I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend ! I have been busy creating , so I thought today I would share a photo of some of the things I have been working on !

Altered Art Dolls ! I used a copy of a vintage family photo , I have put names above them , but one is of my dad ... who is 98 now !!! How is that for longevity ! I love taking little pieces of lace,junk, wire and photos and creating something !

Creating

I hope everyone is having a wonderful long weekend, after this it will be chaining my foot to the studio and making myself stay on task ! I am doing a craft sale in my home town in October( which I have not done in many years ) ! So I need to get a lot of things created! I have way too many things I want to make and it always ends up .... not enough time !

I have created a pile of altered journals , larger ones and mini size.I have used paper, vintage paper,fabrics, and whatever else I find in creating these ! So will share a photo of some of them and get back to creating !

Have a fabulous & blessed weekend !

Altered Art Bottle

Altered art bottle I created using an old vintage bottle. I covered it with papers , vintage photo of my brothers in an old wagon ! I added some embelishments of vintage tatting , buttons , ect also . Then covered it with beeswax. I traded with Partyhatgirl on Flickr , love that site ! So many neat things on it !!! So I have posted the bottle I sent Jacque ( Partyhatgirl ) and the one I recieved from her ! It is the cutest little vintage bottle ( love the shape ) with glitter ( every girls favorite ) and beads ! It is always fun to get something in the mail !!!

Just Added !!

I have just added a guest book , so if you stop by for a visit please sign it !Sometimes not everything shows up on my page ,( the text and comment link ) it is blogger, if you hit refresh button sometimes it shows up !If you want to leave a comment please use my guest book , as the little comment things are gone !!!

Thanks

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Altered Art

I checked out some Thrift stores and found several treasures I have already transformed ! Two little wooden shoes , Snips & Snails and Sugar & Spice ! Vintage photos of a little girl and boy in the inside of shoe, covered with diamond glaze , embelished and hangs from a french wired ribbon. The other treasure is an old wood pear , for The Perfect Pair !!! Vintage wedding photo and other embelishments. Iam working on more things !

Altered Art Jewelry

I spent the weekend working on different jewelry pieces to list on Etsy. I get lost in my work room when I do this ! A great way to forget lifes cares. My work room looks like a tornado swept through ! Will take some time to regroup !! Pictures of latest items. I cannot understand why my latest posts dont show up , the photos do but that is all , so I hope it gets fixed !

Little Fairy House ...made this one last summer ! I have more in the works !!! Need to get at so many projects !