Vintage Marketplace! Freebies!

Hello Friends!

I think I will wait 'til next post to post my
"Les Douze Jours de Noel" aka
Twelve Days of Christmas gifties
to give my swap partner a few more days to open her gifts.

Meanwhile I shall dazzle you with my photos of
"Vintage Marketplace", held Dec. 5 & 6 in Rainbow, CA:

This was the photo op:

Love these adorable stockings:

A true vintage aluminum tree from the 60s:

So pretty and pink:

Stay tuned, I have more!

And some freebies for you:

 

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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!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it 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!
 

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

November! Birthday swap! Leaf Peeping! Anthropologie!

Hello Friends!

It's November!

I really need to make this blog post today
to keep my hands busy
because I'm home...
all alone...
with the leftover Halloween candy!!  :O

I recently participated in a swap
for the first time at Swap for All Seasons.
It's a monthly swap, with monthly themes and colors.
You make a card, a tag, and a bag of themed goodies!

This month's theme was "Birthday"
and the color was November Brown!
What a fun challenge!
The card I made:

And my tag:

I just received my package today from my swap partner,
 and I will post pics next week.

Just a few pics from my leaf peeping trip to New England:

These pics were taken in Lexington, MA.

I was afraid we would miss the peak season again,

especially since we went later this year than usual.

But no, I think we hit it just right!

Peak foliage is a complicated mix of summer rainfall, sunny/cloudy days,

daytime/nighttime temperatures, even windy days.

Last year there was a big rainy, windy storm just before we arrived,

which pretty much shook all the leaves off the trees. :(

But this year was sweet. 

Then a stop in NYC for a few days.
Anthropologie, I love you, but wha???

These "rocks" are sculpted paper and painted:

I guess it's their riff on the Natural History Museum, but...

The ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center was up and running:

 And, I risked getting reprimanded by taking this pic of a Marie Antoinette era
dress at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

 Like I'm not going to take a picture of that!
Its not super clear because I had to act fast! :)

Your Friday freebies:

 

 

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Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday! 

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!
Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.

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

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

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

 

 

♥♥♥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!

Whimsies and Freebies!

  Hello Friends!

I'm still here!  I didn't really mean to disappear. 
I'm just slowly getting back into the swing of things...
a little thrifting and a little creating.

I don't have photos of my thrifty finds yet, but I do have pics of my newest creations. Now, you may or may not know that I sell collage sheets on Etsy.
See my little shop over there on the right? :)
So I designed a few new collage sheets,
and then I started playing with them,
and then these little cuties came to life!

   So I thought, hmmm.. I haven't sold any crafty things on Etsy or Ebay for ages, maybe I'll just give it a try! I'll be adding some new ones later in the week, if you'd like to take a peek :)   I just love vintage valentines, especially the whimsical ones from the 20s and 30s.    
I also like the corny phrases on them as well :D

I think this is adorable:

 

I love these traditional romantic valentines as well:

 

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Then go make some hand made valentines!! :)
  Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday. For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by Blissful Whites Wednesday!   Lovely things at Pearls and Lace Thursday.   ♥♥♥Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥ Have a great week!