Two for One!

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This week I get a Two for One! I get to share my December Monthly Craft Challenge AND share my craft at Vintage Thingies Thursday!!

I LOVE vintage postcards! There is something about them that inspires me. Although I have never been lucky enough to come across originals, there are many great sources online to find copies of the originals. These days I've been using them in my crafts.

For Christmas I created a wall hanging using my favorite Vintage Christmas Postcards. I printed them on card stock, added a little bling and antiqued the edges. I attached them to thin green satin ribbon by using mini library clips (Heidi - *wink* *wink*). The hanging is in my front room. I have a big empty white wall. I have some ideas for it (my husband's idea, an Elk head, ah, NO!) but until I figure out what to do with it, it has come in handy for my crafty creations. Enjoy!



My three favorites...

October Craft Challenge

With Halloween being one of my favorite holidays, I couldn't wait to get busy on my craft for this month's Craft Challenge!

I decided to make some wooden block art to frighten all by saying BOO.

First I started with a piece of scrap wood (good thing my husband is a carpenter!) and with his help I learned to use a skill saw and cut the wood in thirds.


I then sanded and spray painted them black.


I choose some Halloween paper from my current stash (yes I have lots!) and cut them into strips.


I LOVE
vintage Halloween postcards. I just happened to have a sheet of Halloween paper that was made from vintage Halloween postcards. I picked my favorite images and covered the front of each block. The strips of paper I used to cover the sides of each block. Once the paper was mod podged on, I embellishment with card stock stickers to spell out BOO, the ribbon I won from Heidi is tied in a bow on top of each block and a craft wouldn't be complete without a little bling.


Close-ups




I hope you like them! I'll be making another craft or two or three inspired by Halloween and Fall, my favorite season (well, it ties with Spring!) :-)

Monograms...monograms!

This month's craft challenge from Heidi @ Blue Eye Blessings is Monograms. Although I love the look of monograms, I haven't really monogrammed much. I am sharing a scrapbook page I created months ago, but it is one of my favorites and one of the only monogrammed crafts I have (been too busy to create something new).


"G" for Grace... :-)

I made the "G" using blank chipboard and patterned paper. I added glue to the chipboard, put it face down on the patterned paper and then cut it with a craft blade.

Ribbon...ribbon...

You would almost think I only have this blog to make postings about Heidi's Craft Challenges! I really do intend on blogging more! Anyway...

Heidi's monthly craft challenges do inspire me to be crafty. This month's challenge was ribbon. I LOVE ribbon and use it often on my scrapbook pages and in Grace's hair. However, I am going to show you some simple ways I have used it in the girl's bedroom decor. AND you get a little sneak peak at the changes going on in Jilian's room. I'm almost done and am excited to share! Until then, here are my crafts...

Grace's curtain in her room. I made a simple white linen curtain and then tied it up with wide pink satin ribbon.

Jilian's new curtain in her room. Similar to Grace's however I made the curtain from cotton fabric with little pink and brown birdies and used wide brown satin ribbon. I was low on ribbon so I didn't make bows, even though I didn't plan it that way, I like how it came out.

Lastly, for Jilian's room I made this sweet little bird (birdies are my new phase!)which I will be hanging over her crib, with thin brown satin ribbon. I've made two so far and will be making a few others.

Please excuse the poor photo quality. My camera is at the camera doctor, I had to use Grace's to take these pictures! :-)

I've been crafty, again...

Hi there! This month Heidi has challenged us to use buttons (again one of my personal favorites). I'm in the s-l-o-w process of changing Jilian's bedroom theme, from sea to land. So, for this month's craft challenge I decided to create a button tree for her room. I need to add some brown or blue ribbon so I can hang it on her wall, but other than that, I'm done. Hope you like it!

The Tree

Close-ups of the buttons