PREPARED TRIMS AND SUCH

I thought I would share with you some of my prepared items I use in my art.

If you follow my blog you know I love rustic, nature, earth tones, rusty shabby, lace and trims of all kinds.

I love the old and tattered look.

I have tons and tons of vintage lace and trims, trims from wedding dresses galore.

I scored big at a yard sale a few years ago, a woman that was in the wedding dress making business was going out of business. I purchased a contractor size plastic bag half full, yup half full of scraps and trims for $5.00, yup I did say $5.00.

I love to stain some of these trims with coffee and tea, sometimes I use Tim Holtz sprays and sometimes I use chalks, and I have been known to use shoe polish as well.

I grunge up a lot of trims at once so I have these on hand when I want to use a piece or two in a project.

I also create a bunch of tags using copies of old photographs from my stash.

I just love to tuck a tag into a pocket on a project or I have one ready for a gift I am giving.

I also love to include a nice tag along with my swap gift for my swap partners.

I love using old clothes pins in my projects, you never know where you may find one of these.

I purchase them from the dollar store, these are colored already, I add glitter.

These are regular pins that I stained with coffee then glitter.

It is helpful for me to have many items ready and available on hand to use in my projects. I also enjoy having these items hanging around to look at.

Do you have items ready for creating, what are some of your prepared goodies?

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele