Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts

Saturday, January 28, 2012

{a birthday surprise and a money saver too}

Just when I resign myself to the fact that the days of {birthday woo-hoos!} are a thing of the past, my sweet daughter's surprise me with a very special gift. ...
... there is no end to the nice things that these three {young ladies} have done for me as of late. They have stepped in and taken over the most undesirable chores. They have goofed and joked and hooted until I have no choice but to hoot along. They have gone out of their individual ways to make me {smile} lately and I love them even more deeply for this. ...  
... for a long time now I have wanted this  - {see below}          
... a {kindle fire}. I am doing a major happy dance over here! 
I {LOVE LOVE LOVE}  to read and my {sweet girls} know it.
Of course they were kind enough to buy a cover to go along with this beautiful device, but upon opening it {they were as giddy as I was when it came to the unveiling} we realized that they had mistakenly purchased the cover for a {kindle touch}. Their collective thought was {bummer}. My next thought was {whew!} They had already spent WAY TOO MUCH on mom and I was happy to have them return it...
 ...SO today I decided to make one...BEFORE they could sneak off to yet another store to find another cover for me...
... you know I {LOVE WHITE} and {VINTAGE} anything, so I dug around my studio and found some fabric that was perfect for the job. Quilted. Antique white. Perfect.
... I ruffled four layers of antique gold tulle ...
...  added a layer of beautifully scrunched silky floral trim ...
... and a touch of looped vintage pink seam binding ...
... added some vintage eyelet ribbon for a tie closure ...
... I started this little project in order to save my girls a few dollars, but ended the day with a beautiful cover for my {reader} that I just adore ...

... and so it was a lovely birthday gift. A beautiful surprise. ...
... and a money saver too! ...
Enjoy!

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

{a color challenge}

Creating with color is always a challenge for me.

I {LOVE}white.


It is no secret...so when I fell upon a artistic challenge that required using a color, I was intrigued.

 Oddly enough the color we were to use in this challenge was {GRAY}.
I love gray...It is almost white...
...and gray paired with white is always nice...
...but when I stirred {BROWN} into the mix it was simply lovely...
...another part of this challenge was {STAMPING}...
...I don't generally stamp much anymore, and with this I realized the great and simple detail a good stamp can bring to a project...
...the pop of a {JET BLACK} ink brought life to the cards' otherwise simple palette...
...using scraps of gray to create a sweet banner adds charm & whimsy...
...there is always room for detail...faux pearls are perfect here...
...since this card was created using a brown paper sack, I took remnants of another and made a coordinating envelope...
...sweet vintage style...
...so a color challenge...
...something I thought would be difficult...
...turned out to be something beautiful!

{Linking this Girly Idea up Here}
Blue Cricket Design
{and Here}
 

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Super Sweet Cupcake Tags

 I know I am totally hooked on all the vintage books and papers I have been collecting lately, so here is another sweet way to use the papers. Using a chalkboard style cupcake tag, I cut pendants from a vintage children's book. Layering them with pop up dots really added to the overall dimensional effect of the banner. A touch of pink sheer ribbon for a tie and some vintage string for the banner, stamped goodness in white ink and these adorable tags were born. Enjoy!

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