10 things~

Every month on the 10th I will be joining a blogging event called 10 Things~If you are familar with my blog ~ you know I love all things vintage~so that will be what I focus my 10 things on.  This month I have taken 10 photos of my studio showing you some "vintage flair"~enjoy!

Old fashion scales and  pretty salt shakers~

An old citrus crate made into a small cabinet~I keep jenni in this!

Old books and "wisdom"~

All kind of goodness~

More old books and spools~

Pure inspiration~the trunk belonged to my dad's mother~it was headed for the trash until I pulled it aside~

More spools and ribbon spools~

Handmade vintage tool chest~favorite find of mine~

Vintage match box holder ~I have vintage crystals in it~

My people~

I hope you enjoyed my studio tour~If you would like to follow more blogs~head over to Shimelle's and pick up more blogs to visit.  Thanks for stopping by and I will see ya soon!!



Craft Crossing~Bo Bunny mini acrylic album

 This Saturday at Craft Crossing we will be making this beautiful acrylic mini album~If you haven't signed up and reserved your spot, give Pam a call!!!  This will make a  great gift or make it for yourself.  I used Bo Bunny/Gabrielle patterned paper~also available is Bo Bunny /Time Piece.

This would make a great Father's Day gift!!!

Here is the inside pages.  I did the album on all of our Spring critters~cardinals, skunks, deer, turkeys ~ just to name a few!!  I put the KI Memories pockets in it to hold the journaling and extra photos. 

I used Helmar Professional Acid Free Adhesive mixed with glitter to add a little sparkle to the butterflies.

The class is Saturday, June 12 at 10:00.  Give Craft Crossing a call and reserve your space.  See ya soon!!

Try it Tuesday~material flowers!

Is this not the cutest flower ever~so much fun to make~so welcome to Try it Tuesday!!! We are going to make flowers, using Glubers as our base and material! 

First you will need Glubers by Cosmo Cricket and material strips 2 1/2" strips wide by 44" long.  I don't sew ~ so I hope that is right.  This is a quilters round of coordinated fabric.

Fold the strip of material in half and sew a loose running stitch all the way down the fabric. 

As you get to the end of the fabric start gathering it up~it will look like this ( so easy and fast) and did I say fast~ love that part and cute~love that part, too!!!

Then you are ready to start wrapping the fabric around the largest Gluber (3") until the Gluber is covered.

The  last thing I did was add felt to the back of the Gluber.  Then you can sew a button in the middle or what you like.  I ended up making three and they all turned out different sizes~so I think that the size depends on how tight you gather the fabric. 

My niece wanted hers for her hair~so I sewed the bobby pin on the back, Sis is going to use hers as a pin and I'm putting mine on a tote.  So give it a go and have some fun!!  See ya soon!!

Get your glue on with Helmar in June!

It has been a super fun week over on the Helmar blog. We partnered with Lawn Fawn for the week and got to use some awesome stamps!!  This week we are kicking off our June Challenge ~ so get your glue on and come join us over on the Helmar blog!!  This is the layout I created using the awesome sketch by Lydell Quin/Helmar design team.  To see more examples head on over here!

Use the sketch to create a layout, card, mini album or canvas.  You must use Helmar adhesives.  There is a list of retailers, listed by state, on the side of the blog. When you have completed your project post it on the Helmar blog!!  Try it Tuesday is up next~see ya soon!!!

Love bird wreath~Darkroom Door.

Having a lazy Saturday and that is nice for a change~I have gotten some much needed computer work done and leaves me with a smile on my face!  This is the wreath that I did for Darkroom Door with a birds nest~super cute!!  I added this after I had sent my work off but wanted to give you another version of the "love bird wreath". Thanks again to Darkroom Door ~I had a blast using your awesome products!! See ya soon!!!

Darkroom Door ~ It has been a pleasure!

I have had an awesome week.  All of my work has been showcased on the Darkroom Door Blog~I love their products and loved working with them. The stamp sets are incredible!!!!  They stamp clean and crisp and the images are darling!!  They carry not only red rubber stamp sets but really cool, vintage looking graphics ~which are great for cards  or scrapbooking!

I'm posting some of my favorite work, I did for Darkroom Door on my blog hoping if you have not visited their site you will go take a look.  They have a list of stockists on the side of their blog~ for local people looking for Darkroom Door products, Craft Crossing carries a nice selection of products.

You can check out Rachel's blog here.  She is the owner.  If you love vintage you will soon become a fan of Darkroom Door!!  Thank you Rachel for the awesome product to work with ~it was a pleasure!!

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see ya soon!!!!

Ready, Set, Create June/July issue is live~

The new June/July issue is live~You can get it here.  It is filled with tons of inspiration!!!

This is a layout I did for a past issue of Ready, Set, Create.  The pattern paper is by Echo Park and the stamp set is by Whimsy Stamps.  Very cute stamp set and stamps clean and crisp!!! Just what a stamp set is supposed to do~

This is a quick card I did using the same supplies!  I added a Tim Holtz charm clip to the side of the greeting label. Love how it turned out.  I'm really enjoying using stamps as my embellishments~Super cute!!!

Thanks for stopping in and take a look at Ready, Set, Create~good stuff!!!!  See ya soon!!