A few Vintage Street Market projects

Hey friends. Hope your week is off to a good start. I realize how much I was enjoying the warm sunny days we've been having, because today was cloudy and a bit chilly and my ambition went right out the window.  My day was not near as productive as I was hoping it would be. I think it's supposed to be overcast again tomorrow.. so here's to a new state of mind. lol    Here's hoping for a bit more productive day:)

Luckily I have a number of projects from my better days, that I can share here. lol

These projects were all done with Vintage Street Market Goodies..

  Dimestore Vogue line

Sometimes simple is the way to go.  A little dressed up brown lunch sack.

and some Chocolate of course. 

I also created this little book for my desk, using one of  the NEW  Bingo Craft Cards  on the front cover.  I've been needing a little book to keep a list of my different website passwords, and other computer things.  This will work perfectly.

I now have it put to good use, and it's coming in quite handy.

Did you all have a nice St Patricks Day?   We were just here at home, but we did have a swig of green beer on the deck when Dan got home from work... and enjoyed some Corned Beef and Cabbage for dinner. That was about it for us.  Dan was working his long weekend so he was asleep by 8pm Saturday night.  I know.. we're just party animals around here arent we? lol  

I had to share this next picture with you, because It just makes me smile!  My long time friend Marianne lives in PA and is an animal rights activist. She had asked me some time ago if she could use this photo of Molly for some of  the demos she organizes.   I was smiling big.. when I saw her post this photo on facebook for me to see.   Makes me happy!     Every dog we have ever had has been shelter dogs, and that is all we will ever have.

As for tomorrow... sun, clouds, wind or rain... there is going to be some creating going on. ( and a load of laundry or two.. hopefully) lol

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Danny layout with Fancy Pants "Childish Things" line

Happy St. Patricks Day!  Top O the Morn'n to ya! and all that other good Irish stuff.   The corned beef and cabbage is in the crock pot and starting to smell pretty yummy already.    It's another gorgeous, unseasonably warm day there, so I have the windows open and I'm enjoying every minute.   Dan has to work today but maybe I'll have a green beer with him on the deck when he gets home :)

Well, speaking of Danny boy... the layout I'm sharing today just happens to be able him.  Isn't this photo of him when he was little, wearing this hat cute?   This "Childish Things" line from Fancy Pants, has just got to be my favorite all time Fancy Pants line. SO adorable!

I have a Tutorial here on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog on how to make this fringe border.  If your interested.

I'd love to have you pop over there. 

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Thought I'd share a few photos from ART group yesterday at my sis Jan's house.   She always sets such a pretty table.

She is quite the hostess.

We always enjoy a little sharing of crafty goodness.

We chatted alot :).. AND created a bit also.   We made these cute little Easter jars.

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Okay .. one more thing to share.   Weston ( our oldest son) was testing out his new GoPro camera on his motorcycle the other day.   It's pretty fun, although the Nebraska country side is pretty bleak this time of the year.  It makes me laugh because he actually gets pulled over by the State Patrol... which freaked me at first but it's because he has true "vintage plates" on his bike, and the officers didnt recognize it at first. (ummm.... by the way Wes works for the State Patrol, which makes it even funnier).    Anyway... thought I'd share .. fun way to take a motorcycle ride "virtually".

 







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A little Easter Fun

Hi there friends!  Hope your week is off to a great start.  I had a really nice day today.  I got to spend time visiting with my dear, long time friend Pam.  We I don't get to see each other that often anymore..and it was so great!    There are just physically more miles between us than there used to be, so our visit arent daily like they used to be when we worked together...   But we always stay in touch.. and nothing ever changes :)   You know those friendships were it doesn't matter how many miles are between you, or how much time passes between visits, it's like you never miss a beat, and just start in talking right where you left off.  Some serious chatting and lots of hugging! Nothing better :)  Love ya Pammy

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Time for some Easter Projects.   I used Crafty Secrets  Single Sided  Easter Creative Scraps and Papers from the "Creating with Vintage Illustrations CD" from Crafty Secrets.

ps.  the Single Sided Easter Creative Scraps are on sale right now and marked down from $3.50 to $1.99

Oh.. how I love these little ducks.   The wood dowels, discs, and other wood pieces are all found in the "woods" isle at Hob Lob.

darling images

Oh.. and here is the little chipboard frames I've been using.

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Okay, I also wanted to let you know last night I added some more things to my Etsy.  I finally even got some Shadowbox dies cut and added. 

They will vary, but I did some in Florals

some in Brights

                                                        and some in Neutral prints.

Oh.. and some vintage goodies too.  Decided I will start sharing some of my flea market finds.

Now that I've washed them and soaked them in Oxy Clean and they are all fresh and sparkly white... they are even harder to give up..but I guess I can keep it all :(

 A couple other fun new aprons also.

Well, here's to whats promising to be another beautiful sunny day  here in Nebraska.  yay!
Thanks for stopping by.  Hope your day is great!

A new ArT JouRnAL

Another weekend came and went.  It was a fun one, but as always it went way to fast.  I have some photos to share of the weekend but ..  projects first :)   I thought I'd share another one of the projects I did for AccuCut for winter CHA.

This Album die is so diverse.   Instead of cutting my album cover and back from paper and chipboard, I decided to cut it from fabric and chipboard.   Using spray adhesive to attach the fabric to a piece of chipboard and then cutting them at once, makes for such a nice neat edge.  It's so great... no trimming and sanding trying to get that smooth edge when your using paper, or in this case the fabric is cut with no fraying at all.

Gotta love the creative freedom that comes with art journaling :)

It's one of those things you can just keep adding to.

I really enjoyed doing something a little different.  It was fun to dig into my stash and find little things to add to the pages.

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Well, if you look at this pile of stuff here on my table and  chair, you might guess what my sister and I did again this weekend. lol.. yep.. just so happened there was another flea market pretty near us.  We took in the flea market, and two other favorite spots we frequent.  I got some fun stuff  and good deals... and that makes for a good day in my book. yay!

(below) This is a upstairs of one of our favorite places.

and let me let you.. they have any kind of chair I think anyone could ever want.

Saw some cool things at the swap meet.

Really loved this paint set too..but it was $37 so it did not come home with this girl. lol

I have plans for a few of things.  Some are just for crafting, and others are going to see a new coat of paint, but I'll share as I go, so you can see the end result :)

After our "girl" day had come to an end, we met back up with the guys, and the four of us had dinner at a very cool place we had heard about, but had never been to.  Crazy because it's in a small town, only about 30 minutes from us.  It looks small from the front.. but check out the photos from the website. .. HUGE

Ponderosa Saloon and Opera House in Weston NE.       The owner gave us a tour of the entire place. The upstairs has a party room also, and on the back is a huge outdoor balcony area.    The owner was telling us about the history of the building and it was SO interesting.  It had been an number of different things over the years, but it was originally a Saloon, and the upstairs a brothel.  He was also telling us they had paranormal activity. (spoooooky:) , and that later that night after they closed there was a "paranormal (ghost hunters)" coming to stay the night.   (Like I said.. INTERESTING).

Oh... dinner was yummy too!

ps.  some of you might know, .. we have a son name "Weston". The funny thing is 29 years ago when when we named him, I'd never heard of the town "Weston".  Strange I know.  We didn't live where we live now..but still you'd think we would have at least heard of it.  But ..trust me , it's a REALLY small town.  I'm talking .. a main street that is about one block. ha

I have just a couple more photos to share.   I have to show you my cute little grand pup Riley.. wanting to go home with me, when I stopped by Jarad and Kate's.   You can see, .. I'd been hauling stuff. Backseats still covered with an old blanket :)    Isn't she a sweetie face?

One of the things I was hauling was this old window. It's from an old farm place.  It was setting in an old out building..and boy was it filthy.   Dan took one look at it and questioned why I would want "that".  Well, it took me quite a bit of time to get it cleaned up..but I'm really liking it now.   Can you believe the man would question me on this?? lol

I hope you all had a great weekend. 

Thanks for stopping by!

   

Book print on Eggs

Yes.. I know, it's true.. I do have an obsession with book print when crafting.  I admit it.  That's just one of the many reasons I can get enough of the "Artsy Banners" stamp set from Crafty Secrets.  ( you can see the entire stamp set  below the project photo).

I had these eggs already. I'm not sure, but I think they were clay.  They were on a garland of raffia, and were panted in really light pastel colors.  I loved them but the garland was quite heavy, so I decided to redo them so that I could put them out in big metal tray I have.  I was just going to cut them apart, but then I got carried way. lol   Glad I did, because now I like them even more.    I decided to add a bit more color to them by using Tattered Angels Chalkboard paints.  I chose three colors.  Sprout, Decadence, and Peacock.  I sprayed it on them, then let it dry just about 30 seconds and then wiped the excess off.   I was lucky that these eggs already had a crackle on them, but you could easily crackle coat yours before hand also, if you wanted.

After they were totally dry, I used the text  stamp from  the set below and Versafine (Vintage Sepia) ink and randomly stamped around the egg.( using different areas of the text, so you arent just repeating the same text pattern).  I didnt try to continuously stamp the entire stamp, I just stamped short segments onto the egg randomly. I held the egg with my finger and thumb at the top and bottom of the egg as I stamped, so I didnt smear the stamped area before it was dry.  It drys pretty quickly..then you can stamp where your finger and thumb were.  I didnt shoot for perfection by any means..but stillI love the outcome.

Yesterday I was out and about , so I picked up a candle and a clay pot, that I plan to try next :)

Artsy Banners

 

While I was out, I decided I'd check at Hobby Lobby and see what they had for eggs there, that could be used in this same way.  Bingo!  Found a number of different ones that would work.   Sorry for the ..not so great photo them, but I just took them with my phone.  I found these, in a container like this and individually, in the Easter isle ( where all Easter things are 40% off right now btw).   But I'm sure you can find similar ones to these at Micheals, JoAnns, ect..

Then back in the other "paintable" clay and porcelain things, I found more.  In two different sizes.

And in the "wood" shapes..... you guessed it, EGGS!    I'm sure you could find paper machae eggs in different sizes also, I just forgot to check that.  The only things I think might not work well, are slick porcelain eggs, or something with a very uneven coating.  So if you stay away from non porus and/or bumpy.. I think you'll be fine:)

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Okay.. time to share photos from the day. It was SO nice here today. Unseasonably warm for early March, so since it was Dans( and Westons) day off, we decided to take lunch to the cabin and meet up with Wes.
Molly dog came along of course.   After lunch we took off for a little hike.

That dog, sticks by Wes's side, no matter what.

We started out here, right behind the cabin by the river...but ...

we decided to head up and hike on the bluff.  ( This is in front of the cabin)

Our "short" hike, suddenly turned in to a much longer one. lol    It doesnt look that high..but trust me, it's further then you think ,when your hiking.   Below is looking down towards where the road and the cabin is.  ( lol.. not the shack lol...but way back .. you can kind of see blue buildings).

We saw lots of cool things along the way, like this old wagon.

Hey, even Wes looks poople, by the time we got to  the top.  Can you see the river in the background?

It felt so good to get out and get some fresh air and sunshine.  Might need some Excedrin tonight..but really great day all the same :)

Here's to a good day

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