Showing posts with label butterfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butterfly. Show all posts

Sunday, September 15, 2013

A Room of Her Own in the Land of Pintrest

Last year my darling daughter and her family bought their “dream home”. She had me come over and help her “move furniture and hang pictures”. We started with the down stairs, living room, kitchen, family room...moved up stairs to the kids rooms. Turquoise and Lime Green for my granddaughter and Diamondback Base Ball of my grandson. The last room on the list was going to be a room for my DD. You know the kind, for reading, crafts...a real get away just for her. 

We start working on her room this summer. She picked out great colors...Turquoise and Persimmon with some taupe. 
 Her husband found her a awesome chair to curl up in to read. We just got lucky that the cat matched the room. She had picked up the old window yeas ago and add the fun rag banner. Of course every ladies room need a chandelier. 

 The window valences are made from vintage embroidered dresser scarves that I had gotten from Tucson Sister.
The day bed adds an extra place to sit, take a nap or for overnight guest. We covered pillows in the “theme” color fabric.
  DD painted the dresser and picture frames turquoise. One frame is a mirror, the other two she removed the pictures.
 One empty frame has a painted initial...

and the other has a framed vintage handkerchief ,


Persimmon color butterfly that she had found at an auction years ago.
This is the point where we should have been bringing in shelves to store all kind of crafty treasures and large craft table to create all those cool Pintrest projects...










  
In all this planning we never figure that someone else had a different idea for this room...a surprise baby girl who should be here any day...
 so instead of a big table we added a crib with a turquoise and persimmon bumper. 

Saturday, April 28, 2012

The Olde Curiosity Shop

I love  exploring  antique, thrift, "junque" stores...how every you describe them, nothing is better than  finding cool junk!  Those one time  discards become your wonderful treasure.

 The Graphic 45  "Olde Curiosity Shoppe" patterned paper reminds me of the wandering through the perfect antique store. How to use such a imaginative paper line, chip board die-cuts and of course  "Wild Honey" Distress Ink...?  
Create a antique store mini album!
The cover of the album is the "front window" of the Olde Curiosity Shop...with a glimpse of the fascinating bits and pieces waiting to be discovered.
Layered on the "window" is a pewter Bee...
Opening  the cover to  the first pages  shows some of the  fantastic oddities. Best of all...a flying pig!

 Stepping further into the shop we find butterflies and bees...and a mysterious lady with a copper key.
Turning the page we notice  a rare butterfly collection...
What clever oddities will we spy next? A peacock feather and a "flying" shoe!
We have poked in ever nook and cranny of the shop and now have come to the end...

There is always something fascinating to happen upon in the Olde Curiosity Shoppe

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Hidden among the flowers

The butterflies on this page came from the Websters Pages "Life's Portrait" patterned paper "Light the Way". It has a garden trellis look.
I liked the little butterflies clustered together at the bottom of the page
The tag is hidden in among the flowers and smaller journaling tag.
The "Life's Portrait" frame was cut from the "Love Yourself" patterned paper.
I had completed these pages...and a few days later found the clock in the bottom of the embellishment drawer...it was the perfect finishing touch.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Butterfly, Bird Cage and Bling

I'm sure you can tell by now I did a lot of cutting out of the different images on the Websters Pages "Life's Portrait" patterned paper. The green flower on this page was a piece of Webster's Pages ribbon...they call it "Bloomers"
This time the hidden tag is on a corner...
Soft yellow velvet ribbon... amethyst rhinestones and pearls...
and of course a lot of Stickles!