Fab Finds

Purple and gold chandelier pendants! Treasures that cleaned up remarkably well. Poor things were pretty sticky (don't ask). I made it through the entire box of vintage trim that came from Granma and Auntie out in California. I have to say there must be hundreds of yards and no I am not exaggerating. It has all been washed and divided and is hanging all over the house to dry. Poor, poor hubby; this is what the house would look like if I ever wore pantyhose! I did get two pieces into the USI Student show. Two out of three, I will take! I believe the opening is the 5th, I will have to follow up on that. I have also committed to a "One Woman" Show; no point in going by half; life is too good

Christmas Cards

Here are some of the belated photos of the hanging cards I made for Friends. Naturally they haven't received them yet (leaning toward a "Christmas Month-kinda like "Birthday Month"). Good news or bad, not sure, but these three girls aren't blog followers, so posting them is a OK! I went to a yard sale several years ago and bought this great plywood boxes, they sold the whole group to me. I think there were 25 or 30 in all. The boxes had lids and sometimes my boxes don't need lids and naturally I couldn't just throw them out. So I made these little hanging plaques-I actually like them. There are vintage buttons, old lace pieces, velvet ribbon remnants, pieces from vintage cards, old sheet music and lots of gold and silver paint! Funny enough, I thought that a two dimensional piece would be easier or should I say faster to make. Silly me, I still had to find parts....LOL! Have a Creative Day!! S