Mother's Day! Cards and Tags! Freebies!

Hello Friends!

Just a little post to share with you
the cards I made for Swap for All Seasons April swap.
The color this month was peach,
and the theme was Mother.
Now peach is not a color I work with very often,







so it was a fun challenge for me.

I sewed the images to lace and fabric then layered them onto the card and tag.

 A beautiful mother and child.

 These cards and tags went to Deb.

This Mother's Day will be special because it will be my daughter's first as a mother!

Here are some freebies to use for your own Mother's Day cards:

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Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms!

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!  

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!  

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

Lovely things to be found at

French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

 

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

Marie in a Teacup and ATCs!

Hello Friends!

It's another Pink Saturday!!As promised, I am sharing the very lovely teacup that Kris made for me in the Marie's Teacup Garden Party Swap.
It's sooooo beautiful!! And Limoges!!Isn't Marie cute with fairy wings?

I love the color combination, aqua and lavender.

Thank you so so much Kris!  I had so much fun with this swap,searching for the right teacup and creating my little vignette.And then to receive such a lovely teacup garden partyin return is the icing on the cake!! OK.I think I must share the Marie Teacup ATCsI made for our monthly ATC swap at MAMA.They're not atually teacups,but they're pretty cute.I must confess to a flight of whimsy on these :)

and...

Soo much fun to create! And now, since it is May, and lilies-of-the-valley are the flower of the month,I'd love to share some lovely images of this sweet flower with you.Also called muguet in French,they are part of a charming custom in France.Every May 1, one would take a little bouquet of lilies-of-the-valley,available from the many flower peddlers on the street,to all the important ladies in their life--mothers, wives, aunts, girlfriends, grandmothers, etc. I have always loved this flower,my grandmother had a huge bunch growing all along her back fence, where it was shady and moist. So here are some muguets for you, dear readers:

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Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.
You will find more lovely teacups at Martha's Favorites and Artful Affirmations!

And, for lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday!

Lovely, feminine things at Pearls and Lace Thursday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!

And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!

Have a wonderful May!

Time for tea...

May Basket Swap!

Happy May Day!



I finally get to post the pictures of the basket
I received from my partner Karen in the May Basket Swap that Kari hosted.

I posted about the basket I made for her here.

I was very fortunate to be paired up with a kindred spirit who loves the same things I do, who was very generous and gifted me with lovely treasures, gathered and crafted.



Look at this beautiful burlap sachet filled with lavender:



Vintage millinery and a beautiful Marie tag:



A study in blue:



Sooo dreamy...



Vintage lace and I love the felted rose pin:



Thank you so much, Karen, it was soooo much fun!

Pink Saturday!

Well I do love Pink Saturday!
Today I'd like to share a photo of a beautiful flowering tree


growing in the patio of the El Adobe Restaurant in San Juan Capistrano.
We went up there to meet my daughter and son-in-law

at the beautiful mission church for Easter

and then on to a terrific Mexican brunch buffet on the El Adobe patio.


This has become our Easter tradition,now in it's fourth year.

You might notice that there is not the normal clear blue California sky in these pictures...it actually RAINED on Easter Sunday here!



April showers...May flowers...it's all good!

Treat yourself to more pink loveliness at How Sweet the Sound!

Freebie Friday -- Happy Memorial Day!!

I hope it's a beautiful weekend where you are, it certainly is here in sunny Southern California! Here's an appropriately patriotic (and cute!) pic for you this Memorial Day weekend:


I must say that watching the Pacific series on HBO has given me a renewed respect for those who have given in service to our country. So have a great weekend, and remember to remember them!

Friday Freebie!!

Sheesh, has it really been two weeks?
Here's your Friday freebie, isn't she sweet?

Flower Purse

I took a class with Paula Nelson-Hart a couple of weeks ago
and made this darling little purse.

Actually, Paula constructed the purse and
the class was learning how to make the various fabric flowers.


Paula is a very generous and talented textile artist and has worked on the costumes for "Dancing with the Stars". So now I'm over the moon about making fabric flowers,

will post more of them soon.

May Basket Swap

I recently participated in a wonderful swap at my fave online altered art group, Paper Whimsy. I made this triptych
and received a lovely triptych from Heather Corn in return.

I am also participating in Kari Rangstrom's May Day Basket swap, here is my basket for my partner Gabrielle. Kind of a Spring-y, girly, frenchy, pinky theme! I made the banner and fairy slipper, the organza roses on each side of the handle, and the WISH crown. And the little birdie pencil. I'm also including a page from a Book of Days from the late 1800s,
the page from May 1. I've scanned it for you to download

and perhaps include with any May baskets you may make to deliver on May Day. I digitally added the robin. I remember making May Day baskets when I was little and hanging them on neighbors' doorknobs filled with violets, forsythia twigs, and lilies of the valley. It's the custom in France to give a little bouquet of lilies of the valley (muguet) to the women in your life on May 1. Unfortunately, in Southern California, violets, lilies of the valley and forsythia are scarce to be found. Of course we have plenty of flowering plants and bushes, but I do miss those lovely spring flowers of my childhood. Lilacs...sigh.