Finally finished, I love it but it certainly took more time than I thought it would.

new camera

Lots of learning ahead

Design for Shabby Apple

This is the dress design that I have drawn up for Shabby Apple Dresses & their "dare to design" competition!

I am still crazy about stripes so I knew right away that my design would include bold stripes. I named the design "the lady" as the concept is strong yet feminine. 

Would you wear this dress??

Planning a welcome home party for a special person. 

A world adventurer. 

I drew up the invitations by hand.
It took a few concentrated hours but everyone is doing the evite type invitations lately so I decided to be different & actually send invitations in the mail of all crazy things.

I created some cup sleeves from some salvaged note paper with colored lines but made the sleeves to have horizontal stripes rather than looking like note paper. I will have them all written on before being attached to the cups.

The menu is planned out.

I crafted some bunting from an old map.  I'm absolutely in love with it.
This idea came from various folks online including Please Note.

I think I'm getting a bit better at party planning, I still have lots to learn but at least things are going to look pretty!!

I'm pulling out the paints again. I want to make something with movement...with the feeling of swaying tree branches...something pastel & dreamy...oh & something big, I'm tired of tiny canvas...

hurray for upcycling!!

A few of the bird themed cards that I made this weekend. I thought it was a good idea to have some thank you cards on hand.

I finally got my act together I added the final touches on the this project for the bedroom. I actually mixed the gray paint up from some left over cream colored wall paint & some black that I purchased for another project. The red is actually some acrylic paint that we had since forever ago. I sprayed it with a high gloss protector spray.
Yay! another project finally completed!

one pink, one blue

And for the the small price of $1 a piece. How I love garage sales :)

beads. my one long lasting passion.

This MADE tutorial is going on my to-do list.

The fifth day of spring

 Right now I'm bombarded by lovely spring-like pictures. Blossoming trees, floral dresses & sun. Well I too have beautiful things to photograph these days...just of a different sort.

The wind has been nasty, hence the hoar frost only on the one side of the branches.

The rabbits must be having lots of fun after dark as there are bunny tracks all over. Their fur is changing from white to brown which surely is a sign that we can expect the snow to be gone soon & leave us with....brown grass!

Courtesy of Paper Pate Plane.


So cool. Just using a random date or perhaps using the birth date of the occasion that the gift will is intended for...

First I found this amazing way to transform a globe light with paper strips.

Then this one which is actually wax paper circles sewn together to cover an old wire fixture.

 And finally...

The middle one was actually a rendition of this gorgeous one. This one uses strips of ribbon & I must say that the idea of sewing them together instead would save a huge portion of the money for the project. I will have to look for a circle cutter before embarking on this project.

Taking a few old gold colored picture frames & making them beautiful! I'm so excited to frame some of my own art work. I have been picking up old frames from rummage sales & finally getting around to doing their makeovers!

glitter & feather fun