Key to my heart

What do you think about my latest candle

makeover? This one was so simple and fun

and it will not be going to my booth. It is staying

at my house. lol.

I purchased the cardboard keys at Michaels

a few weeks ago and picked up the metal embossed

heart somewhere in the past because I just knew

I would find a use for it eventually.

I started with a tall glass candle from the Goodwill that I spent 1.00 on.

and then I took one of these vintage lace sleeves

out of my *stash*...

...slipped it over the candle...

...and finished it off with ribbon, string, heart

and the key. Love how it turned out and the

best part is when I get tired of it I can change

it up because I didn't glue the lace to the candle.

I will be linking up with Kathleen over at

Faded Charm for White Wednesday tomorrow.

Blessings~

FOUND: new fun items to create with {& sources}

I just can't believe that I finally got a post up today.

I was about ready to give up...really I was.

First two times I tried, blogger uploaded my five

photos at least six times on one post.

That is 30 pictures. So I had to go through and delete,

delete, delete. Didn't think you wanted to see each

photo six times! lol

Then the whole page got messed up and after TWO

attempts I gave up and just brought up another page and

started over. Success! yay!

I know I am way behind on this since most of you

probably already do this, but I had so much fun today

making crinkled seam binding ribbon!

love, love , love it!

You can get the tutorial here {from Lori at

Katies Rose Cottage} if you haven't already.

Like I said she has had this out for some time

so you are probably way ahead of me...but

just in case you aren't...you have to check it out!

I did everything like she does except I put mine in

the oven instead of out in the sun.

{not much sun here in Michigan today}

After it got partially dry, I took the rubber bands

off and just left it loose on the pan and continued

drying it in the oven. Every little bit I would take

it out and check it and scrunch it up more and turn it

over. Love the results!

I will definitely be using this a lot!

My next fun item is my new fringe scissors.

You could be way ahead of me on these too. lol.

I had heard of these, but didn't have any until a couple

weeks ago. Oprah had Martha Stewart on her show one day

and at the

end of the show they said the viewers could go to Oprah's website and print out a coupon to Michaels

for anything MARTHA for 50% off. You better believe I took advantage of that.

Stopped by on the way home from my daughter's that

weekend and this was the last pair of these scissors they

had. SCORE!

{the coupon made them 6.50 instead

of $13}

I haven't used them much yet, but have great

plans when I start my Christmas goodies for the

booth. Now to see if it actually happens.

I just grabbed this and made a few cuts to show you

what they do. I know it isn't perfect at the top where I

made the cuts, but you get the idea.

Found this little cutie applique in the bag of lace that

I purchased at the garage sale last week.

Oh yes , one more thing. IF you don't already know where to get

a bulk supply of seam binding ribbon then here is where I get mine,

OR you can also get it here. They are from the same company,

but one is their store and one is on ebay. Jeff (the owner)

has always been great to work with. I have purchased it off

of both sites and he always combines shipping for me. Last I knew he could ship four or five for the minimum shipping.

Great go to source to have on hand!

Happy Thursday everyone...now get busy and start creating! :) Blessings~

Vintage Hanky Vases

Wednesday I made a quick trip up to my booth and

before I left I whipped up a few of these

vintage hanky vases.

I saw this idea in Somerset Life magazine although

they added handles to theirs and I didn't. They were fun and easy to make.

Just find yourself a jar ,

{for most of mine I used the jelly jar size}

and fold a hanky the size to cover the jar completely.

Next iron the folds, then wrap the hanky

around the jar, secure it with a rubber band

and tie a ribbon on top of the rubberband.

You now have beautiful vintage style vases.

I could see these being made with vintage jars

and all kinds of embellishments,

but as usual I was in a hurry so just whipped up

some very simple ones.

Have a beautiful Friday ! Blessings~

White Wednesday, Mason Jars & Marshmallows ~

Call this a

marshmallow wednesday

doesn't that have a neat ring to it...

I thought about my teeny tiny marshmallows

and knew I just had to post them today~ I am also loving anything silver these days with that wonderful aged patina~ I know, I know ridiculous to have so many photos of the same thing, but I just couldn't stop ~

I was also playing around one day with part of an

old bodice with lace attached that had

seen better days.

I made a snip or two and then glued it around

this pint size

mason jar~

Then I added some of the old crocheted lace trim at the top, along with some seam binding ribbon and wa la

a candleholder was born. I thought I might make some of these

to put in my Etsy shop,

but just haven't had the time yet.

one of these days...I hope ~

Stop over at Faded Charm and see more WW posts~

Blessings~

Christmas Past ~

I know Christmas is not here yet, {thankfully}

but I wanted to share my glitz and glam

from last year since many of you

have started following my blog since then.

I hope you enjoy ~

I have quite a collection of antique silver ornaments~

My skinny tree...I love it! We got it at Hobby Lobby two years ago on sale for $99 last one no box Now the same tree is $297! I draped the tree with vintage silver glass bead garland ~

I made a lot of my ornaments last year and

embellished them with

german glass glitter for

maximum sparkle and shine~

Mittens I made and embellished with

vintage millinery and glass glitter~

Just couldn't quit making them...

My little touch of

Christmas Past for you today.

Blessings~

More Altered Bottles ~

I just can't seem to stop making altered bottles! I love them and I never know

what they will end up looking like. I do love how these turned out~

I used genuine antique ledger paper that has

beautiful script on it for the background on the

CHERISH bottle. It is dated Friday, March 30, 1894 ~

I used an old music page from a songbook for the background on this

DREAM bottle~

Beautiful vintage buttons on top of the corks~ And I am loving cheesecloth embellishments as well. I have listed both of these in my Etsy shop if anyone is interested.

Please share YOUR new creations with me ~ Blessings~

Inspired Creativity ~

I rarely do two posts in one day, but I had a little inspired creativity going on today so I wanted to share it.

I got this idea from Notes From a Cottage Industry and I love it. In fact I loved it so much that I ran out and rescued these glass votives that I had in my garage sale last week before they were swooped up for 10 cents each! I used pages from an old french reading book, seam binding ribbon and vintage millinery flowers.

Tracey has a tutorial that you can use if you click here. These are so easy to make and are just beautiful! I pretty much made them as she suggested, but they would also be pretty with buttons , bling etc. instead of flowers. Your imagination is the limit!

Blessings ~

Altered Bottles ~

I have been working on some altered bottles and have had so much fun making them. I will be listing them in my Etsy store if you are interested. Love the colors and my favorite one is on the right.

They are embellished with antique earrings , antique glass beaded trim and wonderful bling.

This one is my favorite ~

Blessings ~