Autumn Leaves, Tiny Dancer Cake Box, and Freebies!

Hello Friends!

It's Autumn!!
Does it look like this where you live?

 

 

Yeah, me neither.

 

It's been a long, hot summer and I look forward to

a crisp, cool nip in the air. 

But leaves changing color is just not going to happen here in San Diego,

I will have to seek them elsewhere.

 

Our swap for the September Paper Soiree

was decorated cake boxes, and of course

I was all over that, I just love making these little boxes!!

 

 

And it gave me a chance to use some craft supplies

that I love, like the ballerina, the circle of pearls,

and those tattered roses by the yard

that are so cool, but don't always fit in with my projects.

 

 

So, let's continue the ballerina theme with some freebies:

 

  

Click to enlarge, right click and save!
 

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.

 

For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday!

 

Thanks so much for visiting, and have a great weekend!

Valentine Pink Saturday, Altered Tins and Freebies!

The dog ate my homework!
Well, actually, Blogger ate my blog post!
Last Pink Saturday, I posted about my altered tins,
Friday it was there on my blog...
and Saturday it wasn't! Gone!
In truth, it was probably something I did wasn't me!

So, I will do a quick recap, plus more Valentine goodies!
I made this tin for Wendy for her
Hearts and Flowers Valentine Tin Swap.


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The heart is the bottom half of an Altoid tin.
Yes! I knew they made special heart-shaped tins for Valentine's Day,
and I searched for weeks trying to locate them!
I lined the inside rim with Tim Holtz tissue tape.
I then glued on some pretty background paper and onto that
a crepe paper yoyo edged with vintage silver glass glitter.
Also glass glittered the rim of the tin.
Adorable image from Debrina Pratt and butterfly wings from Paper Whimsy.
Made a cupcake with chipboard from Maya Road.
Glued on a glitter heart and xoxoxo.
Outside rim edged with Tim Holtz tissue tape,
then I glued red ruffled satin ribbon on top of that.

And voila the very lovely tin that Wendy made for me!


Doesn't it look cute hanging on the Eiffel Tower?
Thank you, Wendy, I ♥love♥ it!!

I was having so much fun making valentines
that I found it hard to stop! I made this LOVE banner


for a special little 5 year old, my niece!
The banner fits inside the box,
which is an altered Russell Stover candy box.
My friend Marti had the idea for her altered tin,
and I wanted to put a "juvenile" spin on it.

And since I was into the kiddie valentine thing,
I made this altered Altoid tin:



And inside I tucked in some bon bons made of buttons:

I was just loving working with all that RED!

Here's a couple of kiddie valentine freebies for you...

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Thanks for stopping by...
You may like to stop by Pink Saturday
for more pink and red inspiration!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Pink Saturday and Back to School Freebies!

It's the waning hours of Pink Saturday,
but I am going to get this post in today or bust!

My monthly *aRt*pArTy!! swap last month was to alter a cigar/pencil box.
Due to summer vacations, we were but a small group,
but had so much fun swapping boxes, sipping Skinny Margaritas
and eating Mexican fare at our potluck!

I made this little box:



I used Tim Holtz's "Ornamental" die with a 4x6" patterned cardstock to make the frame. Then glued butterflies upon butterflies to give it more dimension.

The side view:



I received this lovely box from Rosa:



These are all the boxes. Oddly enough, they are all the same size,
but you'd never know it from this picture!



Some kind of trompe l'oeil with perspective. :/?
I love the embellishments Vicki made for the turquoise box.
And Ginger's Wizard of OZ theme was just so fun and cute!

Since next week marks the end of summer with a return to school,
I tought I'd share a couple of my favorite vintage School pix:

*aRt*pArTy*!!

This post is a bit overdue.
Our art party meeting this month had a "Royal Wedding" theme:
the swap was an embellished bridal shower favor box:

(all of them)

(the one I made)

the food was tea party tidbits:



and the make and take was altered crowns. Sorry no pic :(

It was so much fun...
kind of made up for being left off the royal wedding guest list :P

Freebie Friday

Ah, Valentine's Day weekend...
Just in case you are still working on your valentines, here's a cute little freebie you might like:
Click, right click and save!
I still have a few projects to finish up...here are a couple of gifties I've been working on:


This one is for mon amie, Marti. I made the roses out of the comics pages and glimer mist!