More Of My Antique Shop Finds....

Hi Girls,

I'm back to share more of my antique shop finds with you today.

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..).

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.

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. 

Here are some close up shots of some of the trims...

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. 

All in all, it was a very lucky day in the antique shops for me.

See you again soon!!!

New Finds.....

Hi Girls.

Happy Friday to all of you.

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.

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.

And I've added to my collection of scrabble tile letters with these newest ones spelling out two of the things I love the most.

I also purchased the scrabble tile holder which was already painted a pretty pink color. Seeing the painted ones now has me wanting to paint the other ones that I already have to more suit my favorite color palate. 

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.

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.

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..

I found some other great stuff too, but I'll share those with you in my next post.

Have a great weekend !!

Pretty Pastels.....

Hey Girls...

While many of my fellow blogger's love the more neutral colors like creams and tans, I am and forever will be, a lover of pastels.  The soft and pretty muted colors are always the first to draw my eye.

And they always put a smile on my face.

And today, I hope they put a smile on yours.

Have a great day!!!

More Views From My Craft Room....

Sharing some more of my favorite things with you today......

 

Including some random word that make me smile....

Including some that I found in rubber stamp form here .....

Hope you all have a lovely day!!!

A Sewing Themed Wall Hanging....

Hi Girls...

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.

I recently made this small wall hanging which I first covered with scrapbook paper and then I used one of my many dress form stamps to stamp on it.

And of course, a sewing themed wall hanging just wouldn't be complete without some trims and buttons and  a small chipboard needled which I painted with some craft paint to match the color scheme I chose for this little project.

And a few flat back pearls to  make it complete.....

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.  Have a wonderful day!!!

Because We Can Never Have Too Much Pretty....

I thought I'd share some with you today.

Have a wonderful day!!

Quick and Easy Crafts...

Hi Girls...

If you're anything like me, you sometimes need a simple craft project to get your crafting mojo flowing again.

After completing my altered composition notebook project that took me about three weeks to complete, I hit a dry spell and needed something that was a bit less involved and time consuming to get my crafting mojo back again.

So this afternoon, I went into my craft room, pulled out a plain, unfinished chipboard heart shape and turned it into this...

 

 

I just need to add a ribbon to hang it and it will be done.  Not too bad for just an hours work.

 

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

 

See you again soon.

 

Altered Composition Notebook - Part Two .....

Hey Girls...

I'm back to share more of my altered composition notebook project with you.  In my last post, you got to see how I altered the inside of the notebook.  Now it's time to see how I altered the outside.

I wanted it to have a shabby/vintage look to it, so I modgepodged scraps of some shabby/vintage style scrapbook papers to the front and back covers....

I added one of the new fabric flowers I had recently purchased at Michael's in the corner..

Then I painted the black spine of the notebook with some pale pink craft paint and covered it with some wide lace trim I had in my stash, adhering it with my hot glue gun....

I also added a strip of some vintage looking velvet crochet trim to the edge....

I love how it turned out and even though it took me longer to complete than I first thought it would, it was a fun project to work on.

All that's left now is deciding on what type of closure I will use for the notebook.  I'm thinking I will punch small holes in the front and back covers to thread some ribbon through to tie them together for a simple and easy closure.  And later, I will probably add some bits and pieces of other small embellishments and images to pretty up the inside pages even more.

Well, that's all until next time.  See you soon!!!

Altered Composition Notebook.....

Hi Girls...

 

Whew... I finally finished the big part of my latest craft project so now it's time for you to see what I've been up to lately. I started this project about a week or so before Christmas and just finished it yesterday. 

It all started with this $1.oo composition notebook that I bought at the dollar store.

 

I wanted to create another scrappy altered art journal/book similar to the one I made last summer using a vintage ledger book.  You can see that post here.

 

Following the same steps that I did with my first altered journal, I started by first tearing out about one third of the pages in the notebook to thin it out a bit (you'll see why later...), then I went through the notebook modgepodging sections of three pages together throughout the notebook to make them thicker and more sturdy.

 

Then came the fun and somewhat messy part which was modgepodging small scraps of scrapbook paper in a random patchwork pattern throughout the notebook. 

 

These are some of the finished pages.

 

With a few little oop's along the way when some of the pages would stick together and the paper would tear in spots as I pulled them apart.

 

By the time I was done with this part, the notebook had nearly tripled in thickness (hence the need for the earlier removing of about one third of the pages before I started) and I had gone through nearly a full 16 0z. bottle of Modge Podge.

In my next post, I'll show you how I altered the outside of the notebook. 

 

Stay tuned......