Vintage Flair

Hello and bye for a bit....

I am headed out of town on business and I am bummed that I have to leave on Sunday afternoon.  I have meetings bright and early on Monday and when you leave in Fayetteville, Arkansas you can't get to many direct flights anywhere.  I hope my husband can man the fort while I am gone.  My kiddos want me to go to Hoboken, NJ where Cake Boss is filmed so I can meet Buddy.  They are too funny.  It is about an hour from where I am going to be so that is a bit to far for me to go get a photo with Buddy.  Anyway, enough about that..... I was cleaning my craft closet before I needed to leave and it was so jammed packed full of stuff, I couldn't walk in there.  I really need a larger space....that is a entirely different post, I am rambling...sorry.  I had this lovely pile of pale blue satin lingerie bags and trim just sitting there so I had to snap a quick photo.  If you are wondering what I was planning on doing with them, I am going to make journals out of them.  Next week, I am headed back to Michigan for a family wedding and just hanging out up north (that is what you say when you are from MI and you go to your cottage or lake house in the northern part of the state).  I can't wait to see everyone and OH...I AM REALLY EXCITED to spend my $100.00 gift card that my Sister-in-Law gave me for my birthday a couple months ago.  Not to shabby uh?  I can't wait to walk around the streets of Birmingham.  Anyway, I will be back in a couple of weeks, hopefully my husband will stop at all of my favorite antique shops along the way.  I have to beg and plead, he really HATES antique shopping.  I am not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing?  The good thing is, he is clueless when I buy something and that is worth it weight in gold!  So long for a bit......

I love Pam

Whenever the fabulous Pam Garrison  lists anything in her Etsy shop, I always have to take a peek.  I am going to sound a bit like a stalker but she is truly my favorite artist and she was one of the first blogs that I ever read.  A couple of years ago, I had no clue what mixed media art was and once I saw her artwork, I was immediately hooked on her and the art community.  So, needless to say when I saw this listed I knew I had to have it.  I hung up on my inspiration board on my craft closet.

Look how she wrote my name on the package....I wish I could do that.  She really needs to write a how to book on her lettering and doodling techniques.  Isn't that a good idea?  I would buy it...wouldn't you?

On another note, the girls went back to school on Thursday and here is a photo of them getting ready to leave.

Sweet little Lucy wanted to join in on the fun.  I think she felt left out....

 
 
 

Work in Progress

 

My vintage baby

I bought this sweet little jumper for Lucy at the resale shop a couple days ago...isn't it the cutest?  Once she has outgrown it, I will just use it in my art.  It is way to cute to sell or give away.  Don't you agree? Happy Saturday!

 

Little piggies

My girls wanted to paint Lucy's toes purple the other day....so sweet!

Tackling Photoshop

This is my new banner that I created myself!  I have to say I had some help with a few questions from Mendy (she really is a pro at Photoshop).  I bought a book that I referred to (Teach Yourself Visually Adobe Photoshop Elements 7, author:  Mike & Linda Wooldridge) and it was great to have a book that I could look at vs. read like a manual.  I am not sure what the heck is going on with my columns, they are now off centered.  I am not sure how to fix them? I have clicked on every button in Typepad and nothing is working.  Oh well for now, but I am just proud of myself that I created a banner from scratch and uploaded it.  That to me is a feat on to itself.  Don't you agree?  I want to create some custom buttons but I think I need to figure out how to get my columns centered and equal on each side.  Have a great Sunday.

~Love~

 
I have to say that I have not been creating much, I have been battling a soar throat and just really busy with life in general.  I made this last night when everyone went to bed and it was so nice to have all of my vintage papers out and scraps of lace.  There is nothing that makes me happier (except my family).  I bought a large bag of vintage Barbie clothes quite some time ago and I finally used one of them.  I think it was clothing for an entire bridal party and this was the bride's dress.  It was definitely a fun purchase for only a couple of dollars.  I decided to make a paper doll out of the dress and I like that she is holding a banner that says love.  I will have to make more collages with the remaining clothing.  I think this is going to be the collage that I am donating to Silver Bella for a door prize.  Well, Miss Lucy is calling me from her nap....Got to go!

 

New antique shop (to me at least)

Bryanna gave a hot tip on a new antique shop in Arkansas (True Treasures, Bentonville AR.  Their claim to fame is that Sandra Bullock shopped there once when she came to town and spent $2,000 there.  Funny uh?  I think they tell every customer that story) and it is right down the street from my office and I had no clue it was there.  I pride myself in knowing where all of the antique shops are and Bryanna moved here and said have you been here or there and I think to myself....where, uh?  I guess I don't know where they all are....it is nice to have friends that like the same stuff as you.  It seems like every antique shop I go into lately really isn't an antique shop, it is more like a hodge podge of junk.  Don't get me wrong, I love to sift through the junk, but sometimes you want to walk into a shop and have everything right in front of you and enjoy how it is arranged.  That is what this store is like, everything is arranged and organized.  The only issue is, these well organized stores are not always the cheapest and that is why I really do love my junk stores.  I went there at lunch today and I thought I would share a few of the photos with you.  Enjoy.