Surprise! Baby Shower! Valentines! Freebies!

Hello Friends!

Hope you all are thawing out out there in the East and Midwest!
We have been having some embarrassingly warm HOT weather here,
I feel like we've been stealing the sunshine!
But things are getting a bit more normal.
Which is to say, 70 degrees and sunny :)

I had the most wonderful surprise last week!

You may know that I am in a local craft group...

Our meeting last week was supposed to be our

yearly Valentine's party, 

which is always a fun one, with pink and red and hearts, etc.

So I made my item for the swap,

which was to be a Valentine's Day banner:

And a sweet treat,
pink Rice Krispies hearts with an arrow:

And just cuz it looked so cute,

Caprese Salad with heart shaped mozzarella cheese: 

 BUT, when I arrived.
instead of pinks and reds,
I was met with BLUE!!

SURPRISE!!!

My wonderful friends surprised me with a lovely

Grandma's Baby Shower!!

I hadn't suspected a thing,

although it was more than a month in the making!

Look at the wonderful decorations by Marti and Pam!

These adorable pinwheels:

 

This lovely banner which says "Welcome Grandson":

Look at these adorbs little boats:

Marti even enlisted the help of her husband and daughter

 in the making of the banner and boats :)

There was champagne...well, to be honest, there's always champagne ;)

and the food was marvelous!

Chicken pot pies:

Cupcakes:

 More cupcakes, pasta and cheese, ceviche, salad, fruit, cheeses and more!

I am sorry that I didn't take more pictures,

but I was quite overwhelmed!

Ooooh, and there were gifties!!

A Grandma's brag book, and all the most adorable papers and embellishments 

I could ever want!

And...

how adorable are these little baby shoes 

that they made for me:

Crafted with paper and embellishments,

aren't they the cutest!!

It was a wonderful evening, 

♥♥♥ thank you, lovely Ladies, so much! ♥♥♥

Baby is threatening to make an appearance any minute,

so my daughter is on bed rest.  

This is my first grandchild,

who has been eagerly awaited for several years.

Very exciting!!

Here's some freebies for your crafting pleasure :)

Click to enlarge, right click and save!

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!  

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday.!  

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!
Seasonal tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays! 

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!
Amazing things at Amaze Me Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

Sweet and Simple links at Sweet and Simple Friday!

  ♥♥♥Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
 Have a great weekend!

Altered Frame, Altered Matchbox Chest of Drawers

Hello Friends!

I have a couple of projects I made for swap partners in
my Marie Antoinette Mail Art group to share with you.

Both of these projects were ventures in new waters for me.

First up is a vintage frame which I bejeweled
with charms, jewelry bits, some fired clay flowers,
and some "antiqued" charms that I love,
which I bought at Vintage Marketplace.
I loved the shape and antique brass look of this frame,
and wanted to keep the embellishments "toned" down,
so as not to take away from the frame, but enhance it.
But I did want a few bright sparkly bits :)
Along the bottom of the frame is a chain with alternating rhinestones and pearls.
 

I will show you the beautiful frame I received from Laura next post.

This next project is a chest of drawers made from 10 matchboxes!

I have always wanted to try my hand at making one of these ever since

I saw the beautiful ones Laura made for Alpha Stamps.

Here's the 360 tour: 

My partner for this swap is Lisa, and I happen to know that peach is her favorite color,

so I thought this paper was perfect, with coordinating papers for the drawers.

The drawers were the trickiest part. 

The drawer pulls were made by threading a rhinestone drop on a loop pin,

threading through a beadcap and through a tiny centered hole in the drawer front,

 adhering to the front with a little dab of E6000

and threading a silicone pierced earring back to pin in the inside of the drawer

(also with a dab of E6000).  Whew!

The little perfume bottles are made from beads, so fun!

The picture is not of Marie Antoinette, but rather Mme. de Pompadour,

a great beauty and mistress of Louis XV.

I did love making this project, but it is a lot of steps

 and working with some teeny tiny pieces.

I may make a few more as I do love the finished product,

and finding tiny things to put in the drawers was so fun!

Spring freebie time:  

Ooh, and a last minute Easter one:

  

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 Blissful Whites Wednesday! Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday! Party on at a very pinteresting party at Tutus and Tea Parties! And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!   ♥♥♥Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥ Have a lovely Easter!