MY TREASURED VINTAGE VALENTINES

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!I wanted to share with all of you some of my most treasured treasures.

These are vintage valentines that were given to my dad when he was a small child.

I LOVE these!!!

I think this one is my favorite. I think this one is pretty sweet, too.

FUN...

Each and everyone is fantastic.

Notice the little puppy??

My Aunt Cindy and Aunt Gail gave to me a scrapbook full of my dad's vintage cards; Valentine's Day, Birthday, Get Well, Christmas, Baby shower cards and more.

I will treasure these cards always, and probably show them off often.

I have linked up to the following blog parties. Be sure to go on over to have a look around, you just may be inspired!!

I want to thank all of the hostess's for hosting.

Have a sunshine weekend.

COMMON GROUND

FRENCH COUNTRY COTTAGE

FROU FROU DECOR

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

Free Hugs in Sondrio, Italy

I loved this so much. I wanted to share this with all of you. Take a look and turn up the volume really loud..... Thanks for stopping by. Have a sunshine day. Michele

FRENCH/SHABBY CHIC/PARIS INSPIRED BAGS ON ETSY

I finally finished up with the rest of the organza bag dying process.

(see earlier post)

I used wine red, bright yellow, and purple dye. The bags are so white and see through that they didn't come out in the shades as I intended. These are more like pastel colors, pretty though.Using scraps of vintage lace and trims from my stash. I started out by sewing with my sewing machine a strip of lace or trim along the bottom of each bag.

I then glued another piece of lace or trim along the top of that.

Cutting out many pieces from my stash of trims and lace and a stash of vintage wedding dress scraps I glued to the bag.

Using vintage buttons, cubic zirconia post earrings (a stash from my dad) and some other miscellaneous babbles and bling I glued randomly on some of the bags.

These bags are now available in my etsy shop.

I have grouped them in lots of four, in four colors, white, yellow, red and purple (pastels).

I have many more to post on etsy, this was a good start for today.

What did you do over the weekend?

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

AUCTION HOUSE FIND AND NEW ETSY ITEMS

I have been a busy beaver.

I have made and I am still in the process of making some decorated organza bags.

Here are a few I have assembled so far.

Using vintage scraps from wedding dresses and vintage lace and trims I have embellished these bags.I will be posting these in my etsy shop in next few days. Some ideas I have for these little bags are; gift bags, jewelry holders, altered art, journaling pages, collage projects and more. Fill with what ever goodies you can think of.

I have used these bags several times in some of my art work, see pics below.

I am still in the process of making more bags.

I have been dying some of the bags, a beautiful scarlet red.

A yummy port wine color...

Can't forget the purple.

A spring or Easter yellow.

I visited our local auction house last Saturday. I purchased these two very old sewing machine drawers. I love these drawers and have been waiting for a couple of them to surface and they did, SOLD!!

Here is a holiday item I made using one of the organza bags. This bag is filled with holiday goodies, a toy solider, rusty bells and other goodies.

I used one of these bags for a Halloween swap I was in. I filled the bag with fun spooky items.

This book cover collage has a bag, the bag has a tag, glitter and some buttons. So as you can see you can use these little bags for just about anything.

I will post the dyed bags once dried so you can all see how they turned out.

Thanks for stopping by.

Michele

STAY AT HOME DAY

It is a very snowy/wintry day out there.

I thought I would stay home today and do some crafting for two blog swaps I have signed up for.The lake froze over last night. The lake is in the distance, past the trees. There is ice everywhere around here!!

There is even winter animals mulling about.

Look at this little guy sitting on a limb stump.

His belly is either full or he is kinda cold, probably both...

It is time for a hot cup of tea. I love to have tea in my craft room with me.

I joined this swap "THE WINTER SWAP"

We create one small 5x7 collage. For more information on this swap go to visit Linda at

A SWAP FOR ALL SEASONS

The deadline to join this swap is January 15th so you have a few more days if interested.

I can't wait, I LOVE a good swap!

I also joined this swap

"HEART FROM THE HEART SWAP"

For more information on this swap go visit Debbie at

mosaicmagpie

I am not sure of the deadline for this swap. (just ask Debbie she will fill you in.)

I can't wait. As I said, I LOVE a swap!!

Yesterday I worked some on my heart.

I am almost ready to send my heart off. I will post my heart and the collage when the time comes, so stay tuned.

Thanks for stopping by.

If you live in New England, maybe you are having a STAY AT HOME DAY with all the wintry weather going on.

Michele

Welcome to "THE ARTFUL BAG CHALLENGE"

This challenge is hosted by Anna at Frosted Petunias

If you would like, you can join in on the fun, create your own bag or just go over to Frosted Petunias to see what other bags have been created, could be alot of fun!!~!

This is the bag I made.

Glued to a template made of cardstock I covered the bag with vintage dictionary pages.

Covering the handle with purple tule type fabric (the camera did not pick up the shine). Using a piece of vintage lace trim from my stock, I glued to the bag.

The roses are cutouts from some vintage wallpaper.

Finishing off with a piece of beige colored ribbon and two buttons.

I enjoyed making my paper bag for the bag challenge and much look forward to looking at all the other bags made.

Next month will be another bag challenge and I can't wait. Thanks for stopping by. If you like bags, stay tuned for more. Michele

GOODIES TO DECORATE WITH

I hope your holiday was wonderful and all wishes were granted.

I wanted to share with you a few goodies that I received and a new item I made from an old item.

Can anyone guess what this is??

Well I am using it as a candle holder, it is so wonderful. I love, love the ember colors.

Have you figured it out yet?

Well it is a light fixture, part of an old vintage fan/light we had in the livingroom. This light/fan fixture came with the home when we purchased it.

Of course it sits upside down with the candle inside.

What do you think? Figgy and hubby purchased these vintage picnic baskets on line and at an antique store for me.

This smaller one is from Figgy, it is made of tin.

I can't wait to decorate with it. What do you think I will do??

This one here Hubby purchased, this one is made of wood. It is quite large (can pack alot of lunch in here). I am still thinking of what it is I want to do with this one. Lots of different ideas floating around in my mind. How well do you know me, what do you think I will do with these baskets?

Leave a comment letting me know what you think I will be up to.

I am linking up to the following, and I would like to thank all hostess's for having the parties;

(please go on over for a visit, there you will find a ton of inspiration)

COMMON GROUND/Vintage Inspiration Friday

MY ROMANTIC HOME/Show and Tell Friday

FRENCH COUNTRY COTTAGE/Feathered Nest Friday Decorating Inspiration Party I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

See you in 2011

Michele