I started with an old wooden berry picking box...

 ...laid it on it's side and started embellishing. {it was already painted white}

First I added white cheesecloth and then an angel graphic from The Graphics Fairy. I glued lace around the edge of the angel photo and then I added a feather, tag and tiny vintage ornaments.

I LOVE the wonderful patina that is found on old Christmas ornaments. You just can't get that in new ornaments.

I thought for a sudden burst of creativity that it turned out pretty good.
What do you think?

First time around I added a candle {and I even lit it}, but that was before I added the feather and I really didn't want my home going up in flames, so I opted for the vintage ornaments instead. You could use a battery powered votive though and I think it would work just fine. I see all kinds of possibilities with these embellished with holy cards and candles etc.  I hope to work on some more after the holidays.

GIVEAWAY for White Wednesday

I have been so blessed lately to win several giveaways in blogland and it is past time for me to have one so here we go.
What better time to celebrate 630 followers {wow!} and also to celebrate the spirit of the season.

The winner will be getting this beautiful rose pin made by Erica over at Meadowstreet.

An 8 foot long vintage gold glass bead garland.

A lavender sachet made by yours truly.

Three little stars embellished with tinsel glitter and paper banners.

A glass glittered mitten ornament made by yours truly as well.

A soldered *holly* charm with white ribbon so you can use it as a necklace or anything you choose.

A beautiful gold glass candleholder and a pair of candles embellished by moi.

A couple papers that I hand stamped with Merry Christmas and carte postale.

This *believe* sign that has been painted white and glittered.



and...this beautiful wall plaque that I picked up at the Christian bookstore over the Thanksgiving weekend.


To be entered in the drawing just leave a comment on this post.
It is that simple.
{Sorry , but this giveaway is open to US and Canada residents only}
A winner will be chosen and announced next Wednesday on my White Wednesday post.


By now you all  know the drill.
Visit Kathleen over at Faded Charm for more beautiful White Wednesday posts.



Seeing stars...Jeanne d' Arc style again :)

I am cheating today and putting up another quick post for White Wednesday. I have been working on these Jeanne d' arc style stars and just didn't want to wait until next Wednesday to show you all. However, maybe I should have waited because the lighting here today is terrible to say the least!! Gloomy day so I am sorry for the not so great pictures. Hopefully you will be able to see past them and just look at the pretty stars. :)

stars...

stars...
{this bead bling is way too long so I need to shorten it up a bit}

and more stars! :)

I added earrings to some and other bling to others.

Thought they turned out pretty neat for starting out as plain wooden stars. I did use the Martha Stewart tinsel glitter on the sides of the, but it is not showing up well in the photos at all.

Hope you don't mind that I cheated a little and added another White Wednesday post!!

Happy day!

Angel wings now available!

I have been working on more Jeanne de' Arc style angel wing ornaments and have finished a few.
The large ( 6 inches in length) will be 8.50 each and the small (4.5 inches in length) will be 5.75 each.
{plus shipping charges}


Family...8.50

Hope...8.50

small fleur...8.50 {this one is SOLD}

small wings with buttons...5.75 each {these are now SOLD}

Destiny...8.50

cross...8.50 {this one is SOLD}

large with button...8.50

large with button 2...8.50

large with button 3...8.50

large love...8.50 {this is now SOLD}

small with hearts...5.75 each {these are now SOLD}

large fleur de lis...8.50 {this one is SOLD}

I hope to get some listed on Etsy one of these days, but not sure when. In the meantime if you see something you would like to purchase just give me a shout out. :) I ship to US and Canada only at this time. Thank you!

Jeanne d'arc style angel wing ornies...{update}

I purchased an assortment of angel wings at a garage sale this summer and a few of them were already in the giveaway pile until this past week when I had an Ah-ha moment. Do you ever have those?   Look and look at something that is just plain ugly and all of a sudden an idea pops into your head?  Then later that idea actually comes to fruition? Love it!  I quickly yanked them back out of the pile and started creating.

I must say from almost giving them away to having them turn out like this...I am very happy.

Several angel wing ornaments hanging out together makes me smile. :)

In true Jeanne d' arc style,  I added a cross to this one.

These will be for sale soon. Not sure if they will land in my Etsy store or if I will just sell them off my blog.

I tried really hard to save this post until tomorrow, but I just couldn't do it. :)  However, I will be joining Kathleen over at Faded Charm for White Wednesday this week and I hope you can join us too. There is always much inspiration to see. I am off to try and find some more angel wings...


Update: Imagine my surprise when I was looking at these photos again today {Tuesday} and realized that I stamped the script on most if not all of them UPSIDE DOWN! Oh my goodness...I really need to pay more attention to what I am doing.  Still love them though...:)

Walking in a winter wonderland

One kind word can warm three winter months.

~Japanese Proverb

Winter storm here in Michigan so what did I do? Ran outside quick and hung up three vintage ornies

so I could take pictures of them in the snow!

It was interesting trying to get decent photos with

the wind blowing, but somehow I managed.

Praying you have a peaceful Sunday.

blessings~