Welcome to our home sign change

Welcome to the Askeroth Home framed sign is seen right as you come in the door to our home.  Back in 2004 I received this old old frame from my Mother-in-law and decided to make it into this to welcome everyone who came through the door.  

It needed an update and since so many things are getting a new French look, I took it all apart and re-did it in more bluish hues, and painted the frame.   Below is what it looks like now!

 This welcome sign is surrounded by all my seven children's wedding photos.  I love looking at this gallery wall.

This welcome sign is surrounded by my seven children who are married on their wedding days.   I love looking at this gallery wall.  

My paper crafting blog 100 followers giveaway

100 followers at my paper crafting blog  "Special paper Projects'" has arrived.  Well, I did hit 100 and then one left me.  So this is cause for celebration.

To be able to win these lovely items you must
1.  Be a follower on both of my creative blogs.  Special paper projects and Something Special.  You can click back and forth between the two of them.
2.   Leave a comment to either blog about this giveaway.
3.   For a second chance, do a little advertising about it on your blog.  Either on your sidebar or in a post and leave a comment telling me you did so.  Thanks so much!
                                                           The following is up for grabs.

two French Pillows will be given away and one beautiful card.

This cute  "Let's celebrate card"

close up of the details and. . . . . .

also this sweet French themed pillow with vintage doilies

and for the runner up. . . . .this sweet little crown pillow below

the drawing will be held on June 1st to welcome in the start of summer!

This weeks finds!

I am so lucky, and spoiled.  I dear friend of mine, had me for a swap partner at a retreat to Fairview, UT which I was not able to make it to this weekend.  We drew names long ago.  She included in the basket of goodies, this beautiful Mercury glass vase.  I couldn't love it more.  Inside it had my favorite dk chocolate.  Thanks so much LaRae! 

And the following are items that were snatched up a yard sales yesterday in the vintage form.  

This is plastic, and I imagine it comes out of the '70's'  

I am sure this will get painted and distressed and find it's way on one of my walls

check out this wonderful gravy boat and oval plate.  I couldn't resist this one.

I am sure they aren't vintage, but these square trays are going to become something wonderful

and then this way cute linen cross-stitched doily!

Have a wonderful Spring week!

CDV Altered ancestor swap

Here are my 5 altered ancestor CDVs for the swap that JoAnne at Vintage Dragonfly 

is hosting.  It was a challenge for me, as I had never seen these done up before.  

I hope I did mine up okay!

 I thought he looked like he should be a young king, so I call him George, and when I looked on the back of this one,  It reminded me of royalty in an Eastern Europe country.  (below is the back)

I wanted this one to be more three dimensional. and then on the back it says why 

she looks so sad. . . . 

Her anchor brooch led me to believe that she loved to sail, so I gave her

"Anchors Away"

I kept her what she did best evidently and that was being a photographer.  

Added some texture to this one and a little feather to her cap.

Nursemaid Jane

On the back it says. . . .(above)

She was 'Full of Charity' and I hope you have enjoyed seeing my mixed media altered art!  I really had never done any of these before, so didn't really know much about altering them.  

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What's new around here!

Much happenings, around here.  Tea parties, and playing with grandkids.  Projects completed and new displays.  I have been working in my yard, trying to get it back in shape.  It is lots of work here in the desert to make it presentable.   Come along with me in this post and see what I have been up to in the past week!

The centerpiece for our day together. I have added the soft shades of pink.  A tea party with this little cutie pie Evelyn below!

Every time she comes to Grammy's house, she wants to put on the princess crown and the dress I made for her for Halloween!  (we keep it here so she won't wear it day and night)  She will be 4 this month and lives just 3 miles from me.  

Our Tea Party was with Waffles and strawberries and orange juice!

Remember the vintage Avon perfume bottle I found at a yard sale?  Well I found this clock image online and glued on the front!  Then I did my little mercury glass treatment on the lid.

Another faux mercury glass treated project.  This was a plain white ceramic frame from the thrift store.

I painted this cast iron finial white and I love the contrast between these two antiques.

I have been collecting more lonely salt and pepper shakers that are not matched up, for glitter, beads etc.

 I finished this wall over the weekend!  The prints are from the Graphics Fairy, and I mounted them on some patterned paper and re-covered one layer of the mats with antique German bible pages, then distressed the frames after painting them white. And the mirror was purchased at a yard sale for $5.00 and was gold, and I painted it white and gave it a coating of glaze.  This wall is by my front door!

Before I changed them!

  Love these French chair images.  

 I have to show off this adorable little flapper girl which is my youngest grandchild right now.  My daughter-in-law gave this to me a few days ago, so I found this vintage frame, also from a thrift shop and painted it.  I think it is perfect for the photo of little Claire!  She is so darn sweet and those eyes can just melt you! I could just cuddle with her 24/7, but she lives two plus hours away!  I love my life!

We love our spot here in Southern Nevada, and this is what I get to see most mornings when I look out my large picture bay window!  I have probably taken this picture before, but this one was just taken!

When we get up, we look out this window and this is what we see. . . . . .we open the door to smell the fresh air.  Lots of mornings it is crisp and has the smell of alfalfa hay!  It is always green in the spring and this pasture gets plenty of water as you can see!

My son took this picture a couple of days ago.  We feel as though we live on a beautiful pond.  It is irrigation water, but it is there 6 days out of the week.  There are mallards and Canadian Geese that usually spend lots of time there.  We love it and have named it "Lone Duck pond" lol.  The mountain in the background is called 'Mormon Mountain"  There are many white Arabian horses over there, and longhorn cattle.  I can't imagine living anywhere else!

Here is the large bay window we look out of!

Coleus plants are some of my favorites.

 

some flowers in my big pots out front!  Petunias work well until it gets really hot!  Then I have to replace them with Vinca which are very tolerant of the desert heat!

A close-up of the window boxes in front of the bay window!  Hope you all have a lovely spring week!

Won't change it again until Fall!

Here is my newly arranged teacup shelves and dining area done up for summer.  I won't change it again until the fall.  I have gotten so I must have and use my mercury glass each and every season or holiday!

I love my green transferware here.  Wish I had more of these pieces.

Some things I just have to use all year long.  Like the antique music medallion I made last December.  Hope you all have a lovely last week of April, and may all your springtime wishes come true!

Wait, just added these pictures to the mix, because I just made this over the weekend.

I spray painted an old frame with a mirror in it.  The mirror was in there to good and so just painted the over the mirror too.  I thought to myself, what could I mount on the front of it and I remembered this decorative spoon that a friend made for me and gave me years ago.  I think it looks really spiffy on this white frame, don't you?

 Remember the candlestick I got on Saturday?  Well I just sprayed it silver and did a faux mercury glass treatment on it.

A glass chimney finishes it off really nicely!