DRIED MINI ROSES

I do love me some dried mini roses.

I purchased this very large bouquet on clearance for $5.00 several days ago.

I have the best luck drying the mini roses.  I do not think the large roses dry very good, not before they seem to get mold on them.

I do love the small roses because I get to use them in my art work.

I have just finished up some stick pins for a swap and I used some of my yellow mini roses for that.

I just love all the buds here that didn't bloom, those will be so nice to work with don't you think?

Besides getting to use them when they are dried out,  I also get to enjoy them around the house in my little antique bottles, a little bit here and a little bit there.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

BOUQUET OF FLOWERS

This tag I am calling a Bouquet of Flowers.

I used one of my images from my Harper Magazine of 1856.

I have made other tags using Harper Magazine images, you can see those here and here

I love creating with these images, not only are they 157 years old they make such a nice backdrop for a collage.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

WEDDING SEASON

The wedding season is fast approaching.  Well now, actually the summer months is not just the wedding season anymore I guess.  I notice there are a lot of fall weddings now, that would be the time of year I would have a wedding if I were a new bride.  

This is a copy of a large photograph of a very antique looking bride, look at that bouquet of flowers will you....

I will get around to making a collage with this photo, stay tuned for that.

I have a small collection of vintage wedding and shower vintage greeting cards, I just love these cards.

The silver on this card is glitter actually.  I don't give these little gems up very easily.

I love the soft colors.

This one here is a money holder.

A cute little shower card, precious indeed.

Do you collect vintage wedding and shower cards??

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

MORE FAIRIES AND FLOWERS

I am creating fairy tags again.

These fairy and flower tags are for a swap over at Roses On My Table.

I made fairy tags several weeks back for a different swap you can see those here.

I have had these fairy cards for quite sometime and I do admit they are precious and they have come in handy indeed.

The little wooden letter beads I found at JoAnn's, they were beige colored so I dyed them purple, red and burgundy.  I love how they came out

I love creating tags, gives me a chance to use up all those tiny pieces.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

STICK PINS, KINDA ADDICTING

I have been busy creating some stick pins.

This is the first time I have tried my hand at this, kinda addicting you know!

I started off with something like the second one down on the right.

If you know my style, you can see I just could not stick to beads and stones and such.

I just had to get out my scrap pieces of vintage lace and trims, oh and the burlap of course.

I do love the way these turned out.

I have joined a stick pin swap over at the Flying Unicorn for this group I will be sending three stick pins to four different gals or guys maybe!

I also will be sending off three to another gal in the Altered Paper group.

This pin here on the top of the picture is a dried rose.

I really like using a flower of some sort of the top.  

I could possibly make these all day long.  

I think they would make nice wedding corsage items and such, do you?

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

AN ENVELOPE

I received an envelope a few days ago, the contents shall be used to create something.

This envelope is from my swap partner at Altered Papers.

I sent my partner an envelope with goodies but forgot to take a picture of it.

I will share with you what I create with my stash when I have finished.

What do you think I should do??

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

MORE NEW NEIGHBORS

Look at this guy just strutting down the road.

Just over that bank is the lake.  I can't say I have seen signs of beavers on the beach front in the past, he is probably just looking around.

There he goes, he looks to be a pretty good size don't you think?

One never knows what we will see around here, I enjoy this.

Do you have beavers walking down your neighborhood roads?

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele