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What is a girl to do when her hubby gives her a gift card to Marshall's for Christmas?? {She found out right quick!} She heads for the nearest store and spends it! lol |
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I had seen these spools of ribbon and trim in TJ Maxx and Home Goods before Christmas and loved them, but did not purchase any. I was trying to be good and I am downright proud of myself :) |
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I also picked up this gray throw. With everything half off you can get twice as much.. WIN, WIN!! Blessings~ |
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I have been wanting to do a GIVEAWAY for awhile now and I finally got a kit made for one lucky winner. My birthday was yesterday so I thought what better time to share my blessings with you. I can't believe I am 55 years old! Where have the years gone? I am sure I don't know! HA! Enough about that...now on to the giveaway... |
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I painted a chipboard box in white and light gray colors and I filled it with pretty tresors. |
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When you open the box the first thing you will find is one of my very favorite tags. |
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Then you will open a vintage white hanky that is trimmed in luscious lace and embroidery to reveal all the tresors inside. |
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Lovely items such as: a rose pin a parchment rose and trim that I hand-stamped with script writing. |
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a Cinderella card |
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an enamel number and a glittery metal tag |
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A sparkly butterfly |
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A number tag that I made along with some vintage buttons and a script heart. |
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a few tags... |
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some vintage lace and trim on hand-stamped script tags |
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and finally more old lace on a handmade card. If you are interested in this kit and you have a United States address, please leave a comment on this post and you will be entered in the drawing. For an extra chance to win share this post on your blog, or on facebook. Please leave a separate comment for each entry or your extra entry will not count. I will draw a winner next Tuesday. Good luck to all who enter. UPDATE: I have made a new blog header as you may have noticed and the writing on it appears blurry to me. I have no clue why. This has never happened to me before. It looks fine when I made it, but now doesn't...please bear with me as I work on it. Taking a long break right now though. lol |
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I have been busy creating more one - of - a - kind garlands. Loving this pastel colored one. It is already sold...yay! :) |
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I just love the pretty colors. What a great garland for spring! |
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Here is another one in neutral colors |
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| I will continue to make these as time allows and I hope to get some listed in my Etsy store soon. |
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I saw a garland on facebook that someone had made and it gave me the motivation that I have been needing to make one. I have been wanting to do it for a few months, but just never sat down and started before this, so start I did and am I ever glad! I am loving the way it turned out! |
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The sky is the limit on these fun beauties! Any color, any fabric, trim etc. long...short...old...new... |
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A work in progress in my dining room |
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How fun would these be hanging outside in the summer just because... OR ...for a garden party, in a potting shed, on a porch ...anywhere really!! :) I do believe I will be making more. I want to make a soft pastel one soon and I can't wait to see how it turns out. A few of them just might land in my Etsy shop as well so be on the lookout if you are interested. Happy Sunday! |
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I have been trying to stay busy since my car has been down and I really haven't had the urge to go anywhere! That is a good thing since we are now on WEEK 3! Don't get me wrong, I do get out in the evenings once in awhile when hubby gets home from work, but I can't just hop in my car and go during the day because it is not here. lol I have been creating with old book covers and embellishing some cabinet cards. Above is a work in progress...not done, but trying to decide where I want to put the trim and buttons. |
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This is one of the cabinet cards that I embellished and it is already sold. :) |
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This one is an old book cover. I love the tiny green design on the background. This one is sold as well. :) |
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Meet SADIE! Isn't she adorable?? I have an old,old songbook that has the names of women for some of the titles. It is the strangest thing. It is a church songbook and the name has absolutely nothing to do with the song. I haven't a clue how that came about, but it is nice to find some neat names to use in my creations. |
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...and this is Elizabeth. I thought the names that I choose fit each person. :) |
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Have you ever painted a book?? I hadn't until I painted this one. It was an ugly yellow color. I thought it couldn't possibly look any worse with a coat of white paint so paint it I did! I really like it now. I added some seam binding ribbon,vintage lace and a clip on earring. It will go in my Etsy store soon. |
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These are wooden buckets that I decoupaged on. Not the greatest photo, but you get the idea. Well...there went my blog signature again. I get so aggravated when I accidentally push a key on the keyboard and WHOOSH...it blows it away *sigh*} Trying to keep busy... GOOD NEWS...we pick up the car AGAIN tomorrow. Did you read my post where we had to have the tranny rebuilt in Pennsylvania...our car stranded us? Well, on the way home it had a horrible clunking noise that just kept getting worse so we had to take it to another shop 1.5 hours away. Hubby kept telling me he just thought something didn't get tightened from when they did the transmisson and he was right!! They found a lose bolt. Strange how much noise a lose bolt can make, but my son informed me that it wasn't the bolt making the noise. It was whatever the bolt was supposed to be holding in place that was moving around and making the noise. Brilliant kid there!! I wonder where he got that?? lol Happy Thursday blog friends!! Blessings~ Sandi |
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...but we will go on a side trip before I share that realization with you. Remember my last post I told you about my sick little car. Yep...it is still in the great state of Pennsylvania being repaired. We have to wait until next weekend to go out and get it because that is the only time it will work out so...being stuck in my house day in and day out, I decided I better have something to show for it. At least a *little something* anyway. :) |
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One day this past week I noticed that one of my seam binding spools was empty so I decided to utilize part of it and make my own smaller spools to wrap some of my vintage lace onto. |
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I love how they turned out. One of these days , maybe I can get myself together enough to show you how I made them. I think they turned out pretty cute , don't you? |
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I grabbed some tags that I had punched out long ago and wrote on the back how many yards of lace was on each spool and then tied them with ribbon. |
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I have lace...lots and lots of lace...you could even say miles and miles of lace...:) |
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I also wanted to wish each and every one of you a very Happy Easter! Easter is what it's all about as we rejoice in the resurrection of our Lord and Savior. Now...back to the realization...man I really got lost there didn't I? Being at home day in and day out with no vehicle to travel around in, made me realize just how much STUFF I have in this small house and it is getting quite overwhelming. I wouldn't consider myself a hoarder by any means, but I have way too much so...if you notice off to the left of my blog I have listed a few things for sale and will continue to add things periodically. Something has to give and I thought I might as well share them with my online buddies if they so desire. Just email me if you are interested in anything and I can give you the details. :) Enjoy the Easter weekend!! |
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I have decided it is time to let some of my shabby chic items go to a new home as I have way too many pretties for one household. This is a gorgeous blue rose tablecloth that measures approx. 58 inches x 96 inches {including ruffle} I don't have the original packaging, but it is new. I think I put it over a table once just to take some photos, but it has not been used for an actual sit down dinner , so as such, it is in new condition. I think this pattern is called British Rose, but I am not sure. selling it for $29.99 plus shipping...let me know if you are interested. first come ...first served |
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beautiful blue roses and ruffles along with eyelet lace trim |
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These matches are the genuine Shabby Chic brand by Rachel Ashwell {Not the Target brand} Do you need a fun gift for the shabby chic lover in your life? Here is your chance. Brand new package that still has the cellophane around it. Perfect for the person who loves pink and can't get enough of the Shabby Chic look. $14.99 plus shipping |
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GENUINE Shabby chic item...{not from Target}... |
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This is the back of the match box |
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Two pretty Simply Shabby Chic {Target brand} pink rose napkins with ruffles. They measure approx. 20 inches square. Selling them for $ 10.99 plus shipping. Shipping should be minimal as they can go in a bubble envelope. **************** This past week I went to my sisters house in PA for a visit. Hubby doesn't like me traveling alone so he met my sister and brother-in-law halfway and then he went back home. We had the BEST time ever! That is what sisters do right?? YES! SO much fun, shopping, eating and all that goes along with it, but we wore ourselves out. :) I went out on Tuesday evening and hubby then drove out on Saturday to pick me up and we headed back home yesterday afternoon. Hubs and I were chatting and getting comfortable for the four hour plus trip. He told me that the car just purred along on the way out to get me and I swear it was no sooner than 2 minutes later , the car started revving up and would not drive...right in the middle of a busy highway!! Thankfully we got it over to the shoulder and it would do NOTHING! None of the gears worked {I think that is how you explain it} ...called my sister and her hubby and they came back and got us and took us to their house while a wrecker pulled our car back and parked it in their driveway. Brother-in-law is a pastor so he got someone else to preach for him that evening and him and my sister took us half way home and met our son to get us the rest of the way home. LONG story short. It has been towed to a mechanic in PA and we will get an estimate tomorrow. We are pretty sure it is the transmission so this will not be fun! I am thinking if I could get maybe two thousand people or so to each send me one dollar it just might cover the repairs. hee hee A girl can dream right?? :) Life throws us curve balls when we least expect it doesn't it? Sandi doesn't like curve balls. Sandi wants her life to just sail along and not have any of her sails ruffled at all, but I guess God sometimes has different plans. Praying this will all work out...would you say a prayer for us too please? |
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