More Alice Tags!

Hey, all you crafters out there that participated in the
Alice tag book swap, I have made some new ones.
If you are interested in swapping a couple more tags,
let me know I have 3 pairs to swap. I will be sending
two new ones to Karla over at karlascottage.typepad.com
for her very hard work in putting together these wonderful
little tag books. She made about 8o covers and put at
least that many together, then mailed them out to everyone.
She is a jewel.

I just got kind of caught up in it all and just wanted to make
more tags for my own book. I happen to have a ver very old
Alice in wonderland book that was my mother's when she was
a young girl.
It is so worn, with an insect hole in the back that bore right into
many pages. I love how differently it is illustrated. (true victorian
fashion) with the colors all being Lavender and violet hues.
The other little circles come from a sheet I bought digitally from
Petite Paperie in their Etsy shop. They are wonderful, so I had
to do something with them as well.
The bottom picture is the Tag book I recieved from
Karla and I have added the extra tags that I made.
If you are interested in swapping two more, just let me know
via a comment here. You can also visit my other creative blog, by clicking
on the button at the top. I am posting this in both places.

Tiffany's Apron

I made this apron for my beautiful daughter-in-law for her birthday.
This one does not go into the Etsy shop. I was so excited to give it to her.
It is hard to see, but at the top of the bib, there is an antique doily. Her smile
says it all. Love you Tiffany and Happy Birthday.

Who will swap with me for May Day?

I wanted to do a swap with someone for
May Day. I came back from my daughters
home in logan, Utah where she just had
her first baby. I was gone for quite a while,
and I had not been posting or visiting blogs.
I found everyone was swapping. I was not
able to get in on some of these swaps, so I
decided to do one of my own. I decided to
fill up this cute ceramic cottage instead of
a petite basket. This one has so many surprizes.
But I am selfish, and don't want to just give it
away this time. I want a great little vintage
goodie basket myself. So I am petitioning all of
lovely blogging friends who have not participated
in a swap for may day yet. Leave me a comment
if you wish to participate and if I get a few by
Saturday, April 24th, I will draw, and if I just get a
couple of responses, I will just pick. I am confident
that I will find someone soon, who has some cool
things to send me. Included are: vintage store stock
items from Germany, a doily with ribbon rose in the
middle, Antique buttons, old kilt pin, old fan, velvet
ric rac, soap from bath and body works. handmade
paper medallion with bird, and more, not to mention
the cute ceramic cottage with lid.

It is all wrapped up with celophane and a pretty ribbon
Won't you swap with me?

My new Venture!

I have been having lots of fun with this new found craft. I have been remaking jewelry into fun shabby vintage look long chokers. I have crafted about 12 of these necklaces in the last couple of weeks. I have been having so much fun gathering old pieces including 1 leftover earring, pendants, charms etc. I lay it all out and rework chains and then I will do some beading too. I can't get enough of it. I have had fun looking in antique and thrift shops for old pieces of jewelry, and have come up with some really neat looking stuff to keep, give as gifts and list in my Etsy shop. I would love to hear some feedback on this stuff. I don't know if my pricing is good, but I kind of went by the time put in, how old some pieces were, and the amount of findings I had into them also. I might be changing the pricing a bit. I will see.
These first two pieces are the ones I will keep. Both of them have sentimental value in them.

Some Thrift store treasures

While in Utah, I was able to go to 3 different thrift stores. Here are some of the items I found
1) a sweet clock, I may change it up a bit,
2) a cute ceramic vase. (same on both sides)
3) an old book that I will use the pages out of for paper crafts
4) inside the old book this cool quote about MUSIC!

I found other things, but these were the most significant

Happy Easter Sunday!

When I was in Utah this past week, I
stayed at my friend Carla Morris' home.
She had Easter bunnies at every turn.  I
really got into the Easter mood with
staying there. She was such a lovely
hostess, I felt like I was in a wonderful bed
and Breakfast. Thanks so much to Carla!
Here are some of her bunnies.