Halloween! Swaps! Owls!

Hello Friends!

Well, Halloween is almost upon us!!
I did not do as much Halloween crafting as I did last year,
but I did get a few fun ones to share:

I made this altered matchbox for a swap at Vintage Dragonfly:

 There is more texture and color variation to the matchbox
than you can see in this picture.
My partner prefers Fall colors and not too creepy,
so we were a perfect match! 

These little shadowboxes were samples for a swap in my Paper Soiree group:

I never did post this altered paper mache coffin box I made for last year's Paper Soiree:

Side view:

Stuffed with fun Halloween goodies of course!

We made these tags for our make and take:

I altered the images from Paper Whimsy to give them an edgy, eerier look.

Time for some Halloween owls:

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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!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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!

Black and White Halloween! Freebies!

Hello Friends!

I love the idea of a black and white Halloween,
so I thought I'd have a little fun today
and challenge myself to make this a (mostly) black and white post.

Starting with this little spoolie doll I made last year:

This is a pic I took last year of NYC Anthrolopologie's October decor:

From my Pinterest board:

 

 

I took this photo last Fall in a mystery book store in New Hampshire:

From last year's NE trip:

Ironic and spooky!

From my Pinterest board:


and

and


Mini marshmallows, pretzel sticks and white chocolate!

Last Fall at Vignettes...Halloween Chic:

I just love these ladies,
there are so many possibilities:

 

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Have fun!

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!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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!

Halloween Swaps!! Tinsel Trading Company!! Freebies!!

Hello Friends!

Hope you are having a lovely Fall!

I returned from my New England leaf peeping
to find these lovelies created by my swap partners waiting for me!
This bootiful spoolie doll and tag were created by Kimberly of artJOYstuff:

Look at this beautiful tag:

 

I LOVE them, thank you so much, Kimberly!

I received this lovely matchbox stuffed with goodies
from JoAnne of Vintage Dragonfly.
This is a picture of the top only:

 

I love this embellished skeleton hand!!

 

Thanks so much JoAnne, I love it all!!

My annual trip to Tinsel Trading Company

yielded a big disappointment this year. 

I knew they had relocated to a different part of the city,

and I was looking forward to visiting them and see what's new.

Well, I almost walked right past them,

they have totally downsized :O

 

A shadow of their former self... whoa... that's pretty spooky, no?  ;)

Now, that is not to say that I didn't find anything to buy there, LOL!

 

But click on the following picture to go back to my post

from my 2012 trip to see how fabulous it used to be :(

 

 

OK.

Enough whining.

 

So....

The last week before Halloween, are you ready??

Here's a few more images for use in your own

handmade Halloween:

 

 

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Crafty creations abound at Make it Monday!
For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by Blissful Whites Wednesday!
More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!

 Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday. 

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

 

 

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

Pink Saturday and Vintage Marketplace!

Last weekend was the Vintage Marketplace at Rainbow CA.
This is a wonderful market held four times a year,
lovely vendors, beautiful things...
a great place to find inspiration, flea market finds,
handcrafted lovelies,
and vintage goodies with which to craft.

Remember these little pink kitchen appliances? Soooo cute...


All grown up now...




Dreamy delicates...


And I got to meet up with my friend Karen,
who was my swap partner in Kari's May Basket Swap.
We're going to do a Halloween swap!




I have lots more pictures that I'll post for White Wednesday.

I'll leave you with a couple of sweet little girls:

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And I will have Halloween freebies all month long in October!

Take a look at Pink Saturday for
more pink loveliness!