It's April! Fairy Jar! Freebies!

 Hello Friends!

It's April!



Yes!
 And my across-the-street neighbor's front yard looks like this:

Flowers everywhere!

Even window shopping at the mall:

 

Yes, I have been doing a little creating as well as window shopping.  :)

Spring is peak season for fairies, as they are out and about in the garden.

I have always wanted to capture one and keep her forever in a jar. 

But that wouldn't be nice.

So I made this little fairy in a jar to keep me company:

 I used a mix of mosses, papery flowers, mushrooms, butterfly wings
and a Dresden pink crown.  And lots of fairy dust!
I covered the jar lid with some burlap trim to keep the woodsy look.
Added more moss and a nest and little birdie on top.

Here are a few freebies with an April Showers theme:

 

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Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.

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

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

Altered Frame, Altered Matchbox Chest of Drawers

Hello Friends!

I have a couple of projects I made for swap partners in
my Marie Antoinette Mail Art group to share with you.

Both of these projects were ventures in new waters for me.

First up is a vintage frame which I bejeweled
with charms, jewelry bits, some fired clay flowers,
and some "antiqued" charms that I love,
which I bought at Vintage Marketplace.
I loved the shape and antique brass look of this frame,
and wanted to keep the embellishments "toned" down,
so as not to take away from the frame, but enhance it.
But I did want a few bright sparkly bits :)
Along the bottom of the frame is a chain with alternating rhinestones and pearls.
 

I will show you the beautiful frame I received from Laura next post.

This next project is a chest of drawers made from 10 matchboxes!

I have always wanted to try my hand at making one of these ever since

I saw the beautiful ones Laura made for Alpha Stamps.

Here's the 360 tour: 

My partner for this swap is Lisa, and I happen to know that peach is her favorite color,

so I thought this paper was perfect, with coordinating papers for the drawers.

The drawers were the trickiest part. 

The drawer pulls were made by threading a rhinestone drop on a loop pin,

threading through a beadcap and through a tiny centered hole in the drawer front,

 adhering to the front with a little dab of E6000

and threading a silicone pierced earring back to pin in the inside of the drawer

(also with a dab of E6000).  Whew!

The little perfume bottles are made from beads, so fun!

The picture is not of Marie Antoinette, but rather Mme. de Pompadour,

a great beauty and mistress of Louis XV.

I did love making this project, but it is a lot of steps

 and working with some teeny tiny pieces.

I may make a few more as I do love the finished product,

and finding tiny things to put in the drawers was so fun!

Spring freebie time:  

Ooh, and a last minute Easter one:

  

Click to enlarge, right click and save! Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday. For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by Blissful Whites Wednesday! 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!   ♥♥♥Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥ Have a lovely Easter!

Spring! Bunnies! Chicks! Freebies!

Hello Friends!

It's Spring!!

I’m so ready, we’ve had a cold and unusually wet winter here.
Yes, when I say cold I mean in the 50s, but still.

But, cold outside means staying home and getting some crafting done!

I love making these exploding boxes,
really a scrapbook in a box!
When you lift the lid off, the sides fall open to reveal the pics inside!
They're such great gifts, I've given them with the pics already pasted inside,
and also with the insides empty for the giftee to paste in.
My BFF Brenda's daughter recently had a baby girl, Emma,
and I made this box for  her:

Hope she likes it! :)

Altered egg cartons are so much fun for Easter!
I made a few last year,
and again this year for a swap I was in.
I decided to go with a garden theme:

I used burlap, moss, a minature garden glove, a bit of fencing,
paper flowers and butterflies, crepe paper,
and a small clay pot that I painted white and then sanded down.
I forgot to take a picture of the inside :(
I had so much fun making this!

And I am in a Fairy/Children Tag Swap
hosted by JoAnne of Vintage Dragonfly.

I've also been making some Easter Whimsies and Collage Sheets

for my Etsy shop:

Hop on over and take a peek!  :)

 

Also want to leave you with some freebies for your Easter crafting:

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Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.

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

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

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

MORE Fifty Shades of Pink and Freebies!

Hello Friends!

Are you ready for more pinkness?

As promised, part deux of my photos of the
fabulous Vignettes' "Fifty Shades of Pink" Valentine soiree:
 
Fabulous metal wings:

 Oooh, those shoes:

 



   

Ooooh, time to say "au revoir".
And pay up ;)

Since we actually went on the day before the fete, we had to miss out on Kaari Meng, who was appearing the next day.
And the champagne.  :(
But it was so, soooo lovely.   A dear follower has told me that although she doesn't speak French she has been to my blog enough times that she now knows the words to my first song and can sing along! I thought that was so cute!
  Je ne veux pas Travailler by Pink Martini   The lyrics:  

Ma chambre a la forme d'une cage

 Le soleil passe son bras par la fenêtre

Les chasseurs à ma porte

Comme les petits soldats

 Qui veulent me prendre

 

Je ne veux pas travailler

 Je ne veux pas déjeuner

Je veux seulement oublier

Et puis je fume

 

Déjà j'ai connu le parfum de l'amour

Un million de roses

N'embaumeraient pas autant

 Maintenant une seule fleur

 Dans mes entourages

 Me rend malade

 

Je ne suis pas fière de ça

 Vie qui veut me tuer

 C'est magnifique

 Être sympathique

 Mais je ne le connais jamais

 

Je ne veux pas travailler

 Je ne veux pas déjeuner

Je veux seulement oublier

Et puis je fume.

 

The translation:

 

My room is like a prison
The sun's rays shine through the window.
Hunters are at my door
Like little soldiers
Who want to take me away.

I do not want to work
I do not want to have lunch
I just want to forget him
And so I smoke.

I already knew the scent of love
A million roses don't smell as sweet.

Now a single flower in my presence

Makes me sick.

I am not proud of of this life

which is killing me.
It is wonderful to be nice, friendly, cool

But I’ve never know how.

 

Interesting, yes?

My apologies for the font changes,
I have been on this computer FAR, FAR too long this morning
trying to fix it.
And it was scary at times...
I lost everything on my sidebar!!  :O
I got it all back,
but I did lose all the comments so far on this post :(
so now I think I am just...going to...leave it as is :)
 

 Next week I will be going to the Vintage Marketplace in Rainbow, CA, and will have more fun pics for you!

Freebies!






Click to enlarge, right click and save!
 

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.

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

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