Lovely Flower Girl

I love collecting antique postcards and using the images in my artwork. Today I have one of my favorite images to share with you! Isn't this little flower girl precious. Her expression is so innocent and vulnerable. Feel free to copy this image and use her in your own personal artwork if you'd like to. I've had a super busy day of errands so I haven't had time to do anything crafty, but tomorrow I'm saving time to start on some Spring projects. We've been having beautiful warm days and things are starting to bloom here in Charleston. This is my favorite time of year!! I hope you'll enjoy my little gift of this image and have a wonderful day!

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Etsy store up and running!

I finally got my Etsy store up and running! I'm really excited about it. I only have about a dozen items up for sale right now, but I'll be adding more soon and I'll be listing them on Ebay as well. Here are a few pics of my items. You can check out my store if you want to see more--the link is right here on my blog. Have a great day!!

Vintage School Days

Hi! I've been gone from my blog for a while but I'm back again because I'm determined not to give up on this. I'm still hoping for the day when I'll meet new paper crafting friends here to share ideas with. I'm sharing a photo of my 'Vintage School Days' set of tags that will be available on my Etsy store when I get it up and going. They're very prim and perfect for so many uses. I'm using a set in the mini album I'm making for my grandaughter(she started 1st grade this year!) Well, that's all for me for today. I'm working on some Halloween projects so I'm off to craft again!

Mini Album Page

Hi! I haven't posted in several days, mainly because I'm the only one who visits my blog, and I already know what's going on with me....BUT....just in case I DO get a visitor I don't want you to think my blog is a ghost town, so I'm going to keep plugging away at this. Above is a page from a mini journal/album I made for a very dear friend. I just love the image of the little boy! He is just too cute!! The mini had kind of a travel theme to it, well, mostly travel. It was a little eclectic, which happens to me sometimes despite my best intentions to stick with a theme. If you're reading this feel free to leave a comment. I'm begging and pleading with you to leave a comment:-)) I hope you're having a great day!!

Wonderland Post

I'm baaaack:-) I just have a quick share today---a close up of a tag from the project I posted yesterday. I made it super distressed because I wanted it to look as though it had been found stashed away in a forgotten hope chest. Well, it's off to Church for me! I hope your day is the best ever!!

More from the World of Wonderland!

Hello and Happy Saturday! I love Saturday--it's my favorite day of the week!! I love Friday night too because it's the night before Saturday. It seems like anything you do on a Friday or Saturday is more fun than if you do it any other day of the week. Well, it's another super hot and humid day here in Charleston. Since it's way too hot to be outside I'll be spending the afternoon happily creating in my craft room:-) I have another project to share today! This is another Alice library pocket and tag set I listed on ebay a while back. I used Graphic 45 papers (love them so much!), handmade embellishments, distressing, stamping, and collaging. I filled it with tags and tons of Wonderland ephemera. I had so much fun with it! I hope everyone's having a great day and doing whatever you love best!

Vintage Tag 'Believe'

I wanted to share a project with you today! This is another vintage tag that I made as a little gift for a dear friend. For the background I embossed plain cardstock with a cuttlebug embossing folder, then glimmer misted in cranberry and olive vine. I ran a Tim Holtz distressing tool over the edges then inked with vintage photo and walnut stain. Next I went lightly over the top of the embossing with Rub-n-Buff in antique gold. The image is from an antique postcard that I scanned and printed, cut out, mounted on chipboard, and inked the edges. I added some prima flowers and pearls, and some lace trim that I distressed and glimmer misted. I stamped and distressed the word 'believe' and attached it across the flower with glossy accents. I mounted the whole tag onto chipboard to make it more sturdy, then topped it all off with some coordinating fibers and a cross charm. I hope everyone reading this is having a wonderful afternoon! Thanks bunches for stopping by!!