Halloween! Swaps! Owls!

Hello Friends!

Well, Halloween is almost upon us!!
I did not do as much Halloween crafting as I did last year,
but I did get a few fun ones to share:

I made this altered matchbox for a swap at Vintage Dragonfly:

 There is more texture and color variation to the matchbox
than you can see in this picture.
My partner prefers Fall colors and not too creepy,
so we were a perfect match! 

These little shadowboxes were samples for a swap in my Paper Soiree group:

I never did post this altered paper mache coffin box I made for last year's Paper Soiree:

Side view:

Stuffed with fun Halloween goodies of course!

We made these tags for our make and take:

I altered the images from Paper Whimsy to give them an edgy, eerier look.

Time for some Halloween owls:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!  

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!  

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

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

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

Vintage creativity at Vintage Inspiration Wednesday!

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

Beautiful greys at Grey Dey Thursdeys.

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French cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

 

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Have a great weekend!

Swaps! Destash! Yellow!

Hello Friends!

I have a wee bit of catching up to do,

as I have received some lovely things from my swap partners this month.

This beautiful tag is from Marti,

made for a fabric and lace tag swap in the

Marie Antoinette MailArt Group:

 Isn't it lovely?
Thank you Marti!!

My swap partners from the monthly  A Swap for All Seasons swaps
continue to delight me!

This lovely card and tag for February's RED swap
is from Linda:

And her sweet red destash items:

 March's swap had a yellow/Spring theme.
My lovely card and tag from May:

And look at all the fun goodies from May's yellow destash:
Thank you so much, ladies, what fun!!

I will post my March creations once my partner,
who just happens to be Marti ;) receives them!


These next three ATCs I made for a swap hosted by
Kimberly of artJOYstuff.
The challenge was to use ONLY vintage materials.
Sooo these were made with vintage photographs,
vintage postcard and flowers cut from vintage greeting cards.
The backgrounds are made with vintage ledger paper (1850!),
vintage letters and music paper.
Buttons, vintage tatted lace, seals, millinery flowers
and random bits were used to embellish the cards.
I really had a lot of fun dipping into my stash to create these:

Since I have been working with yellow this month,
here are some sunshine-y yellow images 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!  

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

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

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

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Have a great weekend!

Halloween! Party! Treats!

Hello Friends!

I'm back!

Halloween fervor has taken hold,
and I've been on a roll,
making another spoolie doll
for my friend Rosa's birthday:


The images I use on the doll and coffin
are from Paper Whimsy,
I think they have just the right mysterious look for Halloween!
Plus I "gothed" them up a little with dark circles under the eyes
and burgundy lips ;)
The little BOO banner I got on Pinterest
from the Witch's Larder. 
Right click on the banner to save for your own use:



Here are all the coffins from my swap group:

And a close-up of Pam's over-the-top graveyard vignette:



These next photos are of our spooky treats:

Pam used edible food coloring and stamped right on these wonton wrappers:

 

 

OK, here is my dubious attempt to make Jack-o-lantern faces

on some pumpkin macarons:

 And look at this sweet and simple Halloween packaging:

 

There's still plenty of time for Halloween crafting,
so here are some more images for you:

 

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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!

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

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!

 

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Have a great week!

 

 

 

 

October! Halloween! Spoolie Dolls!

Hello Friends!

OMG, It's October!
Where does the time go?
Well, at least I can say, in part,
some of it really did go into my Halloween crafting.

This is my sample for a spoolie doll swap I'm hosting in MAMA:

 

Made from a large wooden spool on the bottom, festooning,

tinsel trim, a rosette, a skewer to support my little bat girl,

assorted embellishments and a cocktail umbrella!

 

After looking through my partner's beautiful blog,

Art JOY Stuff,

I challenged myself to make her spoolie doll in whites, creams, and black:

 

I think the ripped netting behind the girl contributes a sinister look, don't you?
Hope she likes it!

In another swap I am in,
we are trading altered, embellished paper mache coffins:

Of course we are stuffing crafty goodies inside!  :)

This is a matchbox I made for my partner, JoAnne,
who is hosting a swap in her Vintage Dragonfly Matchbox group:

Again, crafty goodies inside!

One of the four handmade goodies we were to create

in addition to the matchbox is this little top hat box:

 

They are so fun to make, and, confidentially ;)

they are made from toilet paper rolls!! :D

 

I'm so behind on posting freebies

so here are some fun ones for you:

 

 

 

Don't these children look like they've just seen a ghost?  :D

 

 

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I will be back with another post next week!

More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!  

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.
Be inspired at Inspired Sunday.

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

 

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Have a great weekend!