Snow Days in Tennessee.....

...and Juju is loving it! We had a few inches early Monday
morning and maybe it will start to melt today. Juju hops
in the snow like a bunny and really has fun. Me...well I
am ready for Spring!

More swapping photos.....

The glitter is finally settling as I continue to pack up
my holiday decorations. So, I have a little free time
to share some of my Silver Bella swaps. This is
the wonderful altered bottle that I received from
Renee, and it is beautiful! Filled with rose
petals and her "hands" are rose buds.


The details are so lovely. She will stay on my creative
desk, so that I can enjoy her everyday.




This is the bottle that I made and my partner likes
pink. I am not an expert with sautering, but had
fun with the top of the bottle.

I used a rosary chain to hang the pretty pink bling.


My bella bag from Heather. I had requested blue,
off white and lace.....Heather got it just right!

I really like my tulle/lace flower with pearls and rhinestone

button. I love it!

My partner had no special requests, so when I scored

this beautiful barkcloth at the flea market.....I just

had to use it for the bag. I believe this new bag

used to be curtains....I do like to repurpose items.

I also used vintage lace and gathered silk ribbon for

a flower and pinned in on with a pretty rhinestone

brooch. I really enjoyed making and receiving both

swaps!

Happy, Happy 2011!!

Wishing everyone a wonderful new year, full of health,

happiness and lots of creating!

Swapping Fun

I participated in Joli Pacquet's stocking swap with Kelly.
This is the stocking that I made her.

She wanted pastels colors, so I tried to go on the softer
side with the image and lace flower.

This is the beautiful stocking that she made me. I wanted

blue and vintage....this is just perfect! I like it so much,

that it will stay in my creative room during winter.

A closer view of the image....a lovely snow couple.

I also participated in Cristina's vintage paper swap. She sent

all of my goodies in this vintage Christmas wrap package.

About 26 of us participated and I love all of my goodies.

I love the vintage images, music paper and wall paper.

A close up of some of the clever packaging!

This is from Cristina and I love her glassine package!

Cute snowman music paper...and in my favorite shade

of blue!

Speaking of blue, I thought I would share a photo of

my blue packages. Mostly blue and silver.....it was

very pretty and my family really liked it! My

daughter loves penguins, so I had to include them

in my wrapping.

I also love to print vintage images onto card stock to

use for gift tags.....a little stickles glitter and the tags

are perfect. Happy Wednesday.

Merry Christmas

....to all of my blogging friends. Hope everyone has a
wonderful day spent with family and friends!
And maybe we can all enjoy a long winter's nap
after the festivities!!

A Blue Christmas

We decided to decorate with blue and silver this year.
Veering away from the traditional red and green.

Ohhh and I think I love it. The blues of Christmas are lovely!

I have been adding to my collection of vintage

decorations.

I made this Rebecca Sower inspired Christmas cigar

box vignette. I especially love the Jingle Bells paper.

This is my suggestion when glittering Christmas balls. So

nice of the lace to hold the decorations while they dry.

I have several photos on the tree and this is one of my

favorites. This Santa came to visit us when we lived

in Birmingham. He played with the kids, took their

Christmas list and then posed for photos.

Now for the tree. This was a swap from Silver Bella 09.

Blue snowflakes with silver tinsel trim.

This beautiful snowman looks great on my tree. He

was from Silver Bella swapping in 09.

Cute little snowman trimmed in blue!

Another cute little snowman.

The big guy even got a little blue trimming and tophat.

And yours truly....at my grandmother's house many moons

ago. Don't you just love the hat and hand muff??!!

VintageFest with Jenni Bowlin

VintageFest was once again a wonderful event! We were in
Lebanon, Tn this time and went antiquing the first day, and
then to Jenni and Jerrod's new home. This is the lovely
old door to her studio.

These pretty glass containers are more beautiful with
vintage Christmas balls inside.

Jenni has just the right touch when it comes to decorating
with vintage items and this little display is awesome!

I love her organization of supplies. Vintage cigar boxes

have such pretty print on them and make great

containers on a shelf. Notice how Jenni uses the

Dennison labels to organize....nice!

This is the make and take project we did in her studio. I

absoutely love it!

Jenni is giving directions for our project. Notice her

pretty inspiration board on the wall. And yes, that

table is such a pretty faded green shade...all things

vintage in her room.

These lovely ladies are the ones who make JBS happen,

behind the scenes, with packaging our orders and other

office details. Melissa is in front, then Renee, Terena and

Doris.

We had a small group for the weekend and that was nice.

Cheryl, Gloria, Jenni, Louise, Davean, me, Tracy, Sylvia,

Melissa and Cathleen.

Our wonderful hostess and host. Their new house is

beautiful and all of the old/vintage accents make it

just about perfect! Jenni's studio will be featured in

an upcoming "Where Woman Create", so everyone

will see more details soon.

Someone wrote this on the board and I agree! Thanks to

JBS for a wonderful artful weekend, full of friends

and making new projects. Check back for the

projects soon.