Snail Mail Love ~

I have received a few labors of love in the mail lately that I wanted to share with you.

I won't tell you the names of the people who sent them...they can do that if they want,
but needless to say each one came at just the perfect time when I needed a lift.

God is amazing like that isn't He? He knows just what we need and when.
He LOVES to give us the desires of our heart!

I received two beautiful hearts just this past week. It was a joy to open the package
and see how lovely it was packed and with a beautiful note also.

I also received these beautiful rhinestone embellishments awhile ago. I inquired of a blog friend where
she had purchased them so I could get some and the next thing I know these arrived in the mail!

I love the handmade heart also. 

The timing on each gift was PERFECT.

My wish for you today is peace,  love and all the
 amazing blessings that God sends just when we need them!


Hugs~

Grey Dey Thursdey ~

I am popping in quick today to leave a pic or two for
Grey Dey Thursdey.

Isn't this holder the sweetest?
I found it a few months ago at Hobby Lobby.

There is a flurry of activity at this house today. I am trying to get ready for a garage sale
on Saturday and I have so much to do. Whoever thinks that garage sales are a piece of
cake hasn't had one. ha! SO MUCH WORK and I am exhausted already.

Happy weekend ahead!!

Creating altered bottles once again

I have been trying to stay out of trouble, so therefore I have been creating a few altered bottles again
and these are the result.


Remember the post about all the fabulous old lace that I found at a sale?  Now I am thinking that I may have
 posted that on facebook and not on my blog? At any rate, I found some gorgeous lace!

I am very frustrated lately at the lighting in this house. It is not good at all. So bad that I have to turn
on lights in the daytime. ugh. So to get any kind of decent photos at all , I sat some books up on a stand
in my living room and taped a white poster-board on the window behind it. Still not real great, but much
better than what I had initially taken. lol.

I love to embellish old bottles and have had fun making these. This one is in honor of
PARIS!

This photo does not show the true beauty of this old lace, but I did what I could. I love simple
bottles so I try not to adorn them too much. I also love to add the lace to the bottle in the form
that I found it...thus this one is a diagonal swoop??   {this bottle is now sold}

Beautiful bottle top

There are so many of us kindred spirits in blog-land aren't there? I know I don't begin to create as many
things as a lot of others, but I do love the kinship that we all share.

Another beautiful bottle top

Delicate old lace with soft netting on this bottle

...along with scrunchy ribbon.

The original cork stopper in this one. I tried to take it out to wash it and part of it broke off so I left it unwashed and
glued that part of the cork back on. A girl's gotta do what a girls gotta do right?

This will probably land in my Etsy shop soon.Thanks for taking the time to view my handiwork. I do appreciate each
and every one of you so much!!

Happy Thursday!

Treasures found ~

I have picked up a few treasures here and there in the past few weeks and thoroughly enjoyed  each
and every  moment of the *treasure hunt*.  Sometimes it takes a long time to find something
that speaks to my heart, but when it does I know it instantly.

Aren't these the greatest books ever?? I love them!!

I found several gorgeous pieces of lace and three of them had vintage rhinestones already attached.
I have never seen that before, but I love it! I also found spools for 30 cents each and picked out a
few. I may have to get some more...:)

I fell in love with this SILK ribbon instanty. It is so soft and the perfect color .

I love all the pieces together.

I couldn't go home without this Italian postcard. Isn't it sweet? 

I was in pure heaven when I found this chair at the Goodwill this past week! I was in line to
pay for a couple items, glanced beside me and there was this chair!!! I knocked a few people
over trying to get at it  grabbed it right away! Truthfully, no one was even giving it a second
glance and am I ever glad! It now resides in my bedroom. Perfection I say...:)

What have you found lately ?

Crowning glory

I have been working on a few more *peat pot* crowns this week and I am loving how each one turns
out and is so unique. 

Each one has different embellishments such as vintage or new flowers, swarovski crystals, vintage lace,
vintage rhinestones, etc.

I try to make the sides look as pretty as the front.

I am still a tad bit partial to white...:)

Which one do you like the best?

If you like aqua then this one is for you! 

Hope you enjoyed seeing what I am working on this week.
I did get these listed in my Etsy shop and you can click here to take a peek
if you are so inclined.


Linking up to White Wednesday hopefully! The last couple weeks I have had to
ask my daughter to do it for me.  Slowwww internet...:(

Antique lace, jelly jars and candlelight

I found a little time to create last week. I covered jelly jars with antique lace

and then added some bling.

Guess what girls? I finally purchased a new camera! I am still reading up on it, but I hope to use it soon.

{if I can figure it out...lol}

Have a wonderful Monday~