According to my calculations, there are 24 more days until the official start of spring. Good enough for me to start breaking out the spring and Easter decorations. I have two cloches that I switch out depending upon the season/holidays. For Valentine's Day, I used my pink one but spring calls for this pretty robin's egg blue one. I actually keep this nest out all year. It sits on a vintage typewriter in our corner...
I had an extra box of these tin stars I got from Ikea before Christmas. I wanted to add a Valentine's Day touch to them so I headed over to The Graphics Fairy for these wonderful French pierrot clown images. I printed them out onto cardstock and used Glue Dots to stick them on. I'm debating on whether or not to add red tea-stained seam binding or leave the twine. I kind of like the...
I was able to get a few makeovers in this weekend. First up is this little cloche I scored for $4 at a local garage sale. I knew I wanted to do something Frenchy to it, and this Paris postmark was the perfect fit: I'm pretty sure the image is from The Feathered Nest. I have so many random images saved onto my computer that it's hard to keep track sometimes. After giving the base a...
In between the beach and a bridal shower this weekend, I was able to hit my local Goodwill on Sunday. It's not as good as the one near my Mom's but I got some goodies to share. My 7 year old picked out the plate. He wants to use it this year for Santa's cookies. How could I refuse - especially when I saw the Paris postmarks on there! I swear I was just about...
The boys are off from school this week so I haven't had much time to blog, much less craft. I managed to steal a little time earlier today to make these cute, mini sheet music envelopes: I found a great template here. I just printed off the size I wanted (4x6) onto cardstock. Then I traced the pattern onto my sheet music and cut each one out. Glue along where a store-bought envelope would be...
I've been a bit under the weather this week. It's been a germ-fest over here and I have not been immune. Still, I worked up some energy last night to give a French-y makeover to this metal bottle holder I got from The Christmas Tree Shoppes last year. I bought the great Paris postmark from Etsy (graphique.etsy.com). I simply printed it out on regular white paper and distressed the edges. I mod podged an image...
