Lucky me! There was a garage sale this morning a few houses away from the boys' bus stop. It was billed as a crafters' dream - and it was! Look at all the loveliness I grabbed for $10. Vintage lace, doilies and appliques. Seam binding. I was in heaven! And the creative wheels are already turning. Some items will also land in my Etsy shop. I bought this whole box of Mason and canning jars for $3. Score!...
Inspired by Petite Michelle Louise. Happy White Wednesday all! Jeanine ...
First let me say I have not started decorating for Halloween. =) I am busy making pieces and playing around with how I will display them later this month/early October. This is a Pinterest-inspired project. Lucky me, I had everything I needed! I have a ton of these wood candlesticks. I had painted and used them for other projects. When I tire of them, I simply give them a fresh coat of paint. This trio...
Have you seen the great Halloween banners my sister, Kathy from Creative Home Expressions has in her Etsy shop? She had some last year that I loved but they sold out quickly. Rats! (She has since added more!) So, over the summer I picked up a canvas banner from Hobby Lobby so I could copycat a Halloween banner for fall. I purchased the skull images from Graphique (my fave digital download shop!) on Etsy, and...
Even thought it was a sweltering 90 degrees here yesterday, I started putting out some autumn touches. The kids went back to school and I just couldn't help myself during some work down time. An autumn flash card to dress up one of my vintage typewriters. And pumpkins galore! I didn't realize I had so many. They are on vintage scales, under cloches and in peat pots. Some I made and some I've bought through...
I couldn't find any vintage Halloween-ish flash cards on Etsy or eBay that I liked. Some were too expensive. Others didn't have the exact words I was looking for. So I made my own. I did a search for vintage flash card fonts and came upon this one called UglyQua. I downloaded it to my computer and started using it in a simple word document. Of course, I examined some vintage cards first to get...
