more wreaths and flower pins too!

I just love old sheet music! I have collected lots of it from my various thrifting and yard saling adventures. It's great to use in projects. Often, I use lots of it on my cards.



I think it looks great on a holiday wreath too! And...this green is a great green too! Not just any green will do!!



And...love this fantastic red!



These wreaths are all vintage! Old sheet music, ribbon, lightbulbs, Santa, candy canes, and birds! I love old stuff as you can tell!!

Santa looks so much better "old school style" don't you think? Ever looked at the old children's books and cards? They are fantastic happy/jolly colorful illustrations! Fabulous!

But, switching gears....



These cool felt flower pins turned out good I think! They can be a hairclip or a jacket pin! They really would add some color to your day huh?



And...check out these hairclips/pins made from old tee shirts!



They are a little wilder! I just love red!

Have a great weekend!

holiday wreaths

I thought I'd share with you a couple of wreaths that I just completed! I was so pleased with how they turned out! Hopefully my customers at the craft show will like them too!

For this one I used vintage Christmas items. Don't you just love Santa and the snowman?







And, for this wreath I used a mixture of ribbon flowers and burlap to give it great texture. This wreath is holiday without being too Christmasy (is that a word?)





I had to add some bling...

My 30th Birthday!!!

Saturday was my 30th birthday. Can it really be that I am 30 years old? Surely that's not the case?!?! Well, I am. Just typing the two numbers seems odd to me. I guess I thought I'd never leave my 20s. And, when I was 20, it seemed like 30 was light years away. My dad always told me that time would fly like this. He was right. Sometimes, I wish I could just stop time.

Dynamo brought me flowers for my birthday!!!!! Aren't they beautiful? And...I LOVE pink!!!

In addition to flowers he got us tickets to go see John Mellencamp!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait!!! I've been dying to go see him (for years)!!!!!!!!! It's going to be awesome!!

My parents celebrated with us over dinner, which was special. On my birthday day, I got to go to the Bellwood Flea Market and Uno's (for pizza, which I love)! I've been wanting to check out the Flea Market, so it was the perfect time to do so. A little cold and windy, but I found a couple of goodies!

Mr. and Mrs. C sent a package to me! I LOVE getting mail! Inside the package was a lovely card, an ornament, a colorful Florida gecko for my wall, and another awesome surprise! Mrs. C. knows how much I LOVE vintage stuff, so inside the box was a pile of old letters from Santa that Dynamo had received when he was a child. They were from the old J.M. Fields Department Store. And, oh, they were beautiful! They don't make things like that anymore. I got all teary eyed over them! It was so special that she saved them from over 30 years ago and then shared them with me. And, to add to the surprise were a couple of old pictures of Dynamo when he was little! It was a great birthday surprise!!

You know...I don't feel any older. I don't think I look any older (hold your comments for now please on that one). But....I am older. As for you, my friends...when you see grey hair you better let me know. I'm headed straight for the bottle. (...of hair color that is!)

I'm grateful for another day. Another day with my family and friends! Another day to create and learn something new! Another day to try to be a better giver! Another day to experience life. I Love you, my family and friends! Thank you for celebrating with me and for loving me!

Been busy crafting

I've been working pretty steady at crafting Christmas related items over the past several days. I'm thinking about participating in a craft show in early December. I'm just thinking about it...not committed yet! I'm a little nervous because it would be my first ever. I really do wonder if anyone would buy what I've created. I always think everyone else's work is better than mine, so it's hard for me to judge whether or not mine is good enough.

So, I'm still thinking about it! In the meantime...here are some photos of the projects I've been working on...

A Santa collage.

And, sheet music ornaments.

And sheet music stockings.

And, more paper bows and boxes.

Thanks for stopping by! I'll post more projects soon. Been working on holiday aprons too! They are fantastically frilly!!!