tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67315792967514729252024-03-14T00:08:52.252-05:00Shabby, Pink and PrettyKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.comBlogger411125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-85944272615820231552013-11-17T18:08:00.001-06:002013-11-17T18:08:45.259-06:00Altered Matchboxes....<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hey Girls....</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I've been on a bit of a crafting streak lately and have been busy working away in my craft room.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Last weekend, I made two new altered match boxes. One of which I will keep for myself and one that I made for a family member who will receive her Christmas gift of cash wrapped up in a special and pretty way.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The match box I will be keeping for myself has my favorite colors of blue and pink...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And this is the one that will be used to hold a gift of money at Christmas time...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This weekend, I was busy altering some more wooden spools and I will share those soon in another post.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Until then... Take care.!!</span></em>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-74234420852670508902013-10-27T13:57:00.000-05:002013-10-27T14:48:51.101-05:00Random Stuff...<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hi Girls...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I hope you've been enjoying your weekend. It's been a beautiful Fall weekend here in Minnesota with temps in the 50's and lots of sunshine. A very nice change after what seemed like weeks of cloudy days.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The sunshine has made it much easier to get some good crafting done as the lighting is so much better in my craft room. This is a collage I made on Saturday...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I'm making a point to try and just use leftover scraps of paper in my collages before I start cutting and tearing up any new pieces. A good way to be frugal and get your money's worth out of your paper. I probably take it to the extreme at times. Someday, I'll have to show you my box of small scraps that I just can't get myself to throw away. It's almost embarrassing really, but I just never know when I may need that one small piece to add to a project I am working on. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And on a related note about frugality, I've been visiting some local libraries over the past few weekends that have been having their Fall book sales on the hunt for some super cheap and unusual books with foreign language text, unusual fonts and graphics whose inside pages can be torn out and used as backgrounds in my collages. A few weeks ago I found a paperback French/English textbook with lots of French script. It wasn't very old, but I was able to age it a bit using some of my favorite Tim Holtz Distress Ink. You can see in the photos above how I used part of a page from the book in this collage. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And my great find at another book sale yesterday was this vintage German/English readers book published in 1934. This book only cost me $1.00.</span></em><br />
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Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-45898593281056729962013-10-13T17:05:00.000-05:002013-10-13T17:05:10.393-05:00Pretty Crafting...<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Just popping in for a quick visit to say hello in hopes that you haven't forgotten about me. Something I can't blame you for if you have beings I've been such a terrible blogger lately.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I guess my heart just isn't in it as much as it used to be and I'm finding it harder and harder as time goes by to even find the motivation to put up a new blog post.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">But here I am today to share with you two of my latest altered canvas pieces which I made this weekend. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Take care...</span></em>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-3241554245067290102013-09-03T17:05:00.003-05:002013-09-04T05:52:37.788-05:00Inside Peaks Of My Altered Vintage Cash Ledger Book....<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hi Girls,</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Yes, it's been another long stretch of time since my last post, but I'm back for the moment to share a few inside pages from my altered vintage "Cash Book" that I shared in my last post.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Well, I can't believe that summer is almost over. I hope you've been enjoying yours as much as I have mine.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Take care and thanks for stopping by to visit.</span></em></div>
Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-55462323416424634932013-08-07T21:23:00.000-05:002013-08-07T21:23:07.514-05:00Yes, I'm Still Alive...<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">But I have pretty much lost all motivation for blogging. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Something that probably doesn't surprise you considering as how I've pretty much dropped off the face of the earth and haven't posted anything new in almost a month and a half.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I am fine however and doing very well. And I wanted to let all of my loyal followers know that in case you may have been wondering what happened to me. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I've been working, enjoying the summer weather and of course doing lots of crafting when I have time.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">These are just a few of my latest creations that I had photographed weeks ago but never blogged about.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">A shabbified 8x10 canvas panel using leftover scraps of paper from an earlier project.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And a smaller piece to which I added a chipboard dress form. I even dressed the dress form using the coordinating back side of the paper that I used as the background. I love this paper. Both sides of the paper had the prettiest patterns and colors and I was glad I was able to use both sides in this little project. I love how cute it turned out....</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And to close out this post, I had been on the hunt for months for some more vintage ledger books/journals to alter like the one I did last summer, which you can read about <a href="http://www.shabbypinkandpretty.blogspot.com/2012/07/altered-journal-project.html" target="_blank">here</a> , but I had not had any luck in finding any in the antique shops, so I went online and shopped both on EBay and Etsy where I found two that were in very good condition and were affordable. They both arrived in the mail on the same day. The one I purchased on Etsy even had a few extra treats tucked inside the book. That was a nice surprise.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I've already made a great start in altering the "Cash" book and I will hopefully share more about that with you in the not so far future. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">But that's a good thing I think because I have gotten so many great craft ideas as there is just so much inspiration out there when it comes to crafting ideas. YouTube is another great place to go for inspiration and tutorials.</span></span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My latest project is a Pinterest and YouTube inspired paper bag mini album that I made </span></em><em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">using paper bags and scrapbook papers. Six bags were used for this project. As recommended in several of the YouTube videos I watched, I chose to use the "Celebrate It" brand of paper bags from Michael's which are more a bit more sturdy than your standard lunch bags.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So without further ado, here is my first paper bag mini album from front to back...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I recently altered a small boring wood planter box that I purchased at the Goodwill store for $2.99 using some spray primer, Martha Stewart craft paint and some pretty coordinating floral patterned scrapbook paper which I adhered with Modge Podge.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This was what it looked like when I first started, after sanding the planter...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This was definitely another fun alteration project and I hope you enjoyed seeing how it went from start to finish.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">See you again soon!!!</span></em>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-71589875373436295572013-06-16T11:29:00.000-05:002013-06-16T11:29:35.231-05:00Yikes... I Did It Again..<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><em>Wow.. </em></span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I can't believe I let a whole month go by without doing a blog post. No excuses other than I was just pure lazy and had absolutely no motivation for blogging. It seemed that the more time that passed, the harder it was to get back in the blogging groove again.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Well, I gave myself a kick in the rear end today and told myself to get out my camera, charge up those batteries and take some new pictures.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So, here I am once again to share with you a few of my latest artsy creations that I've made over the past month. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">First are a few more of my post card size altered art pieces. These are the most fun, easy and fast things to make.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">All done using papers and embellishments that give them that vintage look I love.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I've been busy playing in my craftroom again, this time starting a new art/scrap journal, trying to use up more of those leftover scraps from previous projects.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I've only finished the first two pages so far, so I have lots left to go. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Here's a peak at the two pages I've completed so far (I hadn't finished modge podging down the last few pieces yet when I took the photos, but they are glued down now just as you see them in the photos).</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I'm going to try and keep the color theme similar throughout the journal, using lots of pinks, pale greens, light blues and so forth to keep it on the light side.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Well, I'm sorry for being away for so long, but I just didn't feel like I had much worthwhile to share so I kept letting more and more time go by without updating my blog with a new post. But I'll make up for it today as I have several different things to share today.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Haven't been doing anything too exciting. Just playing in my craft room making all sorts of new things. These are just a couple of my new creations.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My first copy of the Jeanne D' Arc Living magazine. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous magazine. One that I think will become one of my favorites, right up there with Somerset Life.</span></em><br />
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<br />A bag of lavender with a few lace trimmed vintage clothespins tucked inside..<br />
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A vintage sewing drawer.<br />
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Two vintage spools wrapped with more vintage trims..<br />
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A few more small flashcards to use in my craft projects.<br />
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And a darling market bag made from a vintage tablecloth and lined in pink polka dot fabric..<br />
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Junk Bonanza is definitely an amazing event and I am so glad that I live close enough to attend this event. I'm already looking forward to the next one in September.<br />
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See you again soon!!!!<br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Nothing too time consuming or complicated. I can usually finish one of these in about an hour from start to finish.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Just a bit of paper, ModgePodge, craft glue and any embellishments of your choosing along with some shaped chipboard or wood pieces and you can end up with pretty things like these..</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Start small like I did and when you become more comfortable with what you are doing, you will find more courage to expand your ideas into other projects.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I have to say that for me personally, Pinterest and even YouTube have been a huge influence in my crafting as I have found so many ideas of new and different things that I want to try. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I recently did some Etsy shopping after browsing the Etsy shop of Gail from <a href="http://littlebeachdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Little Beach Designs.</a> She has a wonderful shop filled with all kinds of vintage goodies.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">A few years ago, I was lucky enough to purchase the beautiful little wallpapered chest of drawers that you can see in my blog header and in my sidebar photos.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My latest purchase was a beautiful vintage cigar box that Gail had altered using vintage wallpaper and sheet music images.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She even added some beautiful pink trim to the small spools she used as feet for the cigar box..</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And how pretty is this sheet music image that she used to finish the inside? The script os gorgeous.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I'm in love with this latest purchase of mine and I know that I will enjoy it for years to come.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Besides showing you my latest find, I just want to let you all know that I have made a slight change to my Blogger comments setting. I've changed my comment setting so that it will require word verification for those of you choosing to leave a comment. I know that its a bit of a hassle and I really hate to have to do it, but over the past few weeks, I have been getting tons of anonymous spam comments and I am hoping that this will eliminate the problem. I hope you will still take the time to comment as I love hearing from all of you.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I love finding creative uses for those inexpensive and sometimes odd thrift store finds.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">A case in point being this odd looking wood piece that I recently found at the Goodwill store for just 99 cents. I'm not 100% certain as to what it is, but it looks like it may be a recipe card holder with grooves along the inside edges of the spools to hold the cards. As soon as I saw it, I knew exactly how I would put it to use..</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So after bringing it home and giving it a few coats of pale pink craft paint, I modgepodged on some torn up bits of some pretty new vintage looking scrapbook paper that I found recently...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So like I've said before, don't forget to keep your eyes open at the thrift stores for those unusual items that you can alter to suit your style and find a functional use for. You may just be surprised at what you find.</span></em>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-58176070109714856932013-03-18T16:19:00.001-05:002013-03-18T16:19:43.472-05:00Crafting With Old Stuff And New Stuff....<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hi Girls,</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">If I haven't mentioned it before, I love creating things that have a "vintage" look to them. An easy way to do that is to incorporate some real vintage items along with the new.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">A perfect example of this is the altered canvas I made over the weekend. I used both new and vintage items on this piece.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And the "vintage" being the vintage photo and trims...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And or course, throwing the word "vintage" in helps just a bit too..</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">They all come together beautifully to create another piece that I will enjoy displaying in my craft room.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Sorry I've been away for so long. I admit, I've just been a bit lazy and haven't felt like blogging much. The late winter blues seem to do that to me every year. </span></em><em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I am so looking forward to Spring and to finally being able to say goodbye to the snow, cold and cloudy gloomy skies.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The skies are gloomy again today which makes it very difficult to take decent pictures, but I wanted to pop in real quick to show you my latest creation.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I made this yesterday using up more of my leftover paper scraps.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Nothing too fancy. Just another simple wall hanging to add to my collection of too many. Sorry for the not so good quality of the photo and for the shadows as like I said, its very cloudy here today and the lighting is horrible for taking pictures. Plus, I took the picture using my iPod today as I didn't want to wait until I was able to recharge my camera batteries before taking the picture.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Well, that's all I have to share with you today. Hope all is going well with you in your world.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Take care and I'll be back again soon.</span></em>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-49906538717276990462013-02-24T15:35:00.000-06:002013-02-24T15:35:06.712-06:00Latest Crafty Project.......<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hi Girls..</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I'm here today to share my lastest craft project with you.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I've been trying really, really hard to use up some of my leftover scraps of scrapbook paper before I cut into a new piece, so I did just that for this project. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I dug into the drawer where I keep all of my larger scraps of paper to dig out some coordinating pieces that would give me the look I was hoping for.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And this is the end result....</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">It turned out quite nicely and keeps with my favorite vintage/shabby chic look that I love so much.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">For this project, I used a thin 8 x 10 canvas board that I purchased at JoAnne's when they were on sa</span></em><em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">le for 50% off last week (these boards came in a pack of 3) so this collage is larger than the one's I usually make. </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I sometimes have to laugh at myself when I think about how much scrapbook paper I buy when I don't even do any real scrapbooking with photos. I'm just addicted to pretty papers that I can use for making tags, mini-albums, journals and collages like these. I even tried my hand at card making several years ago, but I never really found my niche with that. I enjoy creating these collages so much more.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Well, I mentioned in my last post that I was going to try my first attempt at creating an altered match box, and today, you get to see the final results.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Not to brag or anything, but I must say, I think I did a very good job on this considering it was the first one I've ever made and I am very pleased with how it turned out.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I started by first buying some inexpensive match boxes at Walmart. These were only $0.89 and measure approximately 2 <span style="font-size: x-small;">5/8</span> x 4 <span style="font-size: x-small;">6/8</span>.</span></em><br />
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And for the front of the drawer, I added a leftover bit of scrapbook paper with text and a decorate pink button...<br />
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What a fun little project this was. I will definately be making more of these.
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As always, thanks so much for stopping by for a visit.<br />
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See you again soon!!!</span></em><br />Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-49579331581273961462013-02-13T06:00:00.000-06:002013-02-13T06:00:03.156-06:00More Creating...<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hi Girls...</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I know you may be tired of seeing the wall hangings I create, but I'm back with another one to share with you.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">This one I made going with my favorite shabby/vintage look, using more pale muted colors and vintage looking florals and distressing the edges a bit with some distressed inks.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And I added one of the small flash cards I had purchased at Junk Bonanza last fall, this one fittingly with the word "tattered" which I think suits it perfectly.</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Now for a little teaser. I finally jumped on the altered match box bandwagon and I altered one of these into something pretty..</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I'll show you the end result in a few days so stay tuned..</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">See you soon..</span></em>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878595376633988287noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731579296751472925.post-22712314863441609372013-02-10T11:00:00.000-06:002013-02-10T11:00:00.450-06:00More Of My Antique Shop Finds....<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hi Girls,</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I'm back to share more of my antique shop finds with you today.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I hit the mother lode of crochet and lace trims at a smaller antique shop were one of the dealers specializes in sewing related items and had her booth stocked full with all sorts of beautiful trims. Most of them priced ridicuously low (no complaints from me on that..).</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The trims were all neatly wrapped around peices of cardboard. All but one of the bunches of trims below were $3.00 or less. The only one that cost more was the cream crochet trim on the bottom right. And that one was only $3.95.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">And let me tell you. There is a lot of trim on these cardboard pieces. There is no way you could buy this amount of trim in the craft or fabric stores for such a low price. I paid just under $20.oo for all of the trims you see above. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">A girl can never have too much pretty trim to use when crafting so its always nice when I find some in the antique and thrift stores at such reasonable prices. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I took a few days off from work this week and spent yesterday visiting several antique and occasional sale shops and I found lots of fun goodies.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">My best find of the day was this sweet mini dress form mannequin that was unbelievably priced at just $7.00. I couldn't believe the price and the fact that no one else had snapped it up before me. It is a perfect addition to my craft room.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I was also keeping my eyes open as I wondered about the shops looking for something that I could use to hold my rolls of decorate craft/washi tapes and would also make for a decorative display piece. I wanted something that wasn't too big or bulky and I lucked out and found this awesome vintage bulk thread spool with a wide cone shaped base that was loaded with some boring gray thread which I removed before taking my photos.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I plan on modge podging some pretty scrapbook paper onto the tube piece to pretty it up and then it will hold some of rolls of craft tape that have the larger center holes.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">It works perfectly for what I was wanting and I was thrilled to find it. And even more amazed that it was only $1.00. I wish they had had more of them as I would have like to have had two or three of these, but this was the only one they had.. </span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I found some other great stuff too, but I'll share those with you in my next post.</span></em><br />
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<em><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Even though I don't sew myself (something I hope to change someday), I love all sewing themed things and I've acquired quite a few sewing themed rubber stamps to use whenever the mood may strike.</span></em><br />
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