What do you do with a bunch of doilies?

I have been collecting doilies...

a lot of doilies...

a whole big bunch doilies...I enlisted friends and family in this search...

An older lady at one of the thrift stores I stop in a couple times a month while on my  search  calls me her "doily lady". She would ask me how many I had found...I have no clue, I had never counted. I just knew I was going to need a lot for all the project ideas I had. 

I finally got the time to work on a banner/garland for my Darling Daughter...

I hung the doily banner on the front window at my house to take these photos. The window in her house is much larger than mine, so I draped the ends on either side of my window, then pulled up on parts of it to create some swags.

I created scrunchy bows out of crinkled seem binding ribbon and placed one between each doily on the banner...

DD hung her  banner up on her window, looks pretty good. Now I need t come up with some other creative ideas for all those doilies...yes, I'm still collecting.

Birthday, Wedding and a Shower

It's "tag" time again...

This Birthday tag is a bit on the Shabby Chic side...using patterned paper, a vintage image, ribbon and rhinestones.
This Tim Holtz "Sewing Room" die cut was fun to play with. This tag was designed with a Wedding Shower in mind. A dress form with the beginning of a bridal gown

After the Shower comes the wedding, this bride and groom were "Just Married"

I'm teaching these tags next week at Scrapbook Barn. Tuesday the 10th 5:00 to 6:30pm and Wednesday the 11th 10:30 to 12noon.