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Dress Form Party
I decided to join Carol over at The Polka Dot Closet for her Dress Form Party. I am a little late to the party but I always say "better late than never" so here I am Carol.If you are not following...
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Finding Vintage Dress Forms and a Painting Project
I joined Carol's dress form party a few days ago and have been visiting and commenting on some of the posts. Over and over I see people saying that dress forms are hard to find and expensive. I...
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New Blog Look and Valentine Whimsies
Bet you all thought I was dead. huh? No fear I am still here mucking away. I have been spending a lot of time on Facebook recently so if you would like to link up there, go here and send me a friend...
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Walking While Black and Trayvon Martin
This morning when I logged on to my computer, the first story I read is one that resonated with me and has left me seriously perturbed. This post is not going to be pretty so if you are looking for...
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Some painting projects
I bought this cabinet/display case recently from here, The Thrift Collection in Lantana, FloridaThis thrift shop is an amazing place that opened a few months ago in East Lantana. A lot of the pieces...
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Faerie Swap book pages...
Fairy Book Swap is still open over at Karla's. Pages are not due until September but for once I am way ahead of the deadline this time. I used old lace,antique German book pages, old buttons and trims...
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Goodies from Michaels
These scrapbooking embellishments are from Michaels. Usually they are 3.99 but right now they are at a promotional price of 2.39, although there was no sale sign up when I saw them.They come in a pack...
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Faerie Book Swap and another new old doll
I picked up this beautiful doll recently for a few bucks. Usually it is very hard to come across things like this around here but this was my lucky day. The lady who had this had a ton of other stuff...
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Fabric Book and Button Floozies swap
I love the fabric books that everyone has been making lately so I decided to give one a try. The front cover has lace, vintage millinery flowers, vintage buttons and old lace. It is still not finished...
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Creative Projects
I have taken pictures of some projects but not all because frankly taking pretty pictures for blogging is not easy for me -- too much darn work, so I will include pictures of those projects I still...
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Out of Photo Storage space on Blogger
<Upgrade storagePhotos are stored in your Picasa Web Albums account and are included in your 1 GB free quota for photos. Additional storage you purchase is shared between several Google products and...
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Altered Art Pages and Blogger Storage Dilemmas
I am having a problem with blogger telling me I was out of storage space on Picasa web. I did some research and apparently I have used 1.6 GB of my 1 GB storage space on Picasa. It is my principle...
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Playing with boats and glitter
Boats have caught my heart so I made some little ones and put them in little heart tins They were supposed to be ready for Valentine's Day so I am only a week late.I made the sails with wire, lace and...
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Bella
Sharing my black dress form, that my son named Bella years ago when I first got her. I missed Carol's party over at the Polka Dot Pixie but Bella was all dressed up and I just loved what she was...
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Mystery Caravan Swap
The Mixed Media Art Group on Facebook had a recent Mystery Caravan Swap that I joined. You had to create a caravan with a scene for your partner.I used a cigar box base, painted it and added a little...
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Valentine Swap
Shelly at Bungalow Bling had a Valentine Swap that I recently joined.I made these chenille angel ornaments using pink bumpy chenille:They have little hanging loops made from the pink tinsel garland...
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Fabric Book in Progress
Fabric Book I am currently working on in blues. This is the front cover:I love the vintage fabric used to tie up the book.First page:I adore this little girl. I downloaded her from Flicker I think. The...
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May Basket Swap
Cerri at the Litte Pink Studio had a May Basket swap recently that she was kind enough to let me join at the very last minute. My partner was Sheila. Sheila makes wonderful mixed media jewelry among...
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Christmas Ornament Swap
Would you like to join a Christmas Ornament Swap?It would be a one-for-one swap, so for every ornament you send in you will get one back. You can make them all the same or different. Ornaments will be...
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Fabric Book Extravaganza
I remade the blue fabric book from a few months ago and added some lace and embellishments. You can see the original pages here.I remade the blue fabric book from a few months ago and added some lace...
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Little Charlotte Box Ornaments
These are some ornaments I made last year.I bought two bags of tiny unfinished papier mache boxes from Joann's in their after Christmas 50% sale and made these ornaments.The boxes are very small maybe...
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Birdhouse Ornaments
I also made eight birdhouse ornaments during the holiday season in 2013. I got the idea from similar vintage ornaments I have seen online and decided to make my own.I used reproduction German scrap,...
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Reopened Etsy Shop
I reopened my etsy shop today after a loooong hiatus. I made up quite a few kits because I know that crafty people like to make their own things. However all of the actual items are available for sale...
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Jewelry Experiments
I have been making some jewelry lately inspired by a host of wonderful artists like Debby Anderson and Diane Cook.I have been soldering and wire wrapping and putting to use a lot of vintage components...
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Christmas Ornaments 2014
Although I have been creative throughout the year and have been making a number of things, mainly in jewelry making, working with metal and glass enamel, I have not been very diligent about sharing...
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