Mimi album

 Mini album using Graphic 45 ladies diary papers. This is my first  bathroom tissue paper roll  album, I saw several on other blogs and You tube so I thought I would give it a try.

 There are 6 Tp rolls, they make such a cute little album and they each have a ready made pocket for tags.

 The ladies diary papers are so feminine, it has such pretty fashion pictures of the 1912 era. 

 I used a bit of lace and seam binding ribbon for trim, and did some fussy cutting of the roses and the clocks.

 It is always good to add a bit of the french look, as every one is a bit of a Frenchmen these days.

 This features a couple of the tags, the black & white polka dot with the flowers is the one that goes into the tube, and the rose one goes into the little pocket made from the music paper.

More fashion pics, and the ever present cart postal card.
This was such a fun mini to make, I made another one that I will post soon.

For Dana

 My dear friend Dana is battling breast cancer, I wanted to make  something pretty for her to look at and to add her thoughts, pictures or anything she likes.
 The cover is a collage of vintage laces, silk ribbon embroidery, hand crafted silk flowers, a velvet strawberry, a pink vintage hankie and battenburg lace. there are some pink fresh water pearls and seed beads for accents

 The pages are paper ephemera from found books,cards and some bought paper.

 Dana loves roses, so I used them everywhere I could. The ones on the picket fence I fussy cut out of a beautiful paper from K.C. and company. I used vintage wall paper for the photo matt on the right side, and the dress form is a Tim Holts die called alterations.

 This gal ( she is a grand mother lol) loves Winnie the poo, so I did my best to include some Winnie, Tigger, and 100 acker woods.

 The page on the left is from a book I found at a garage sale. I made lots of pocket for tags, again I fussy cut the roses from a beautiful paper. The butterfly was also cut from a lager paper.

 A vintage lace pocket with photo mats, vintage lace trim and a hand made flower with a vintage button, and seam binding leaves.

 I used a Spellbinders nestable for the photo mat on the left, it is a pocket for the pink tag. The tea pot is a printable I got from pinterest I think.
The tablet on the right has pages inside to journal on or add pictures. I did the embossing with a Sizzix embossing folder called peacocks  and leaves.

More pockets, with cute tags, the left page is some beautiful rose paper, I can't remember where I got it. I used Tim holts vintage photo distress ink to distress the page. On the right is some fab wall paper  with big gorgeous roses from my vintage stash, and the bird is a chip board piece I have had for ages.
I love making this for Dana I hope it brings her a moment of joy.
TTFN

 My dear sweet friend is having a baby girl, so I made her this baby album from graphic 45 lil darling papers, and other papers I have had for a while.
This is the cover, I made the flowers and the velvet berries

 One of the inside pages, this one opens up to the right and has another page behind it. I have made tags, photo mats, and added other embellishments, like the little beaded baby shoes

 This was a fun page to make, I fussy cut the baby boy and the bunny, added a photo mat and some tags. I love the picket fence.

 More of the picket fence on the next page, this time the fence opens like a gate  so you can see all of the little girl. I fussy cut the roses and used them for a border and to hold the blue photo mat and lil darling tag.  I heard the new babies middle name is to be Rose, courtesy of her big brother Lukus. So I tried to use roses as much as I could.

 This is a special baby, so I liked the tag with the word special on it. More tag pockets, and photo mats.

 I really like this page with the cute animals, there is space behind them for photos, and I have a photo mat that you can pull out on the right side, you can see the pull tab in blue.

More of the cute animals and lil darling tags. A yellow photo mat is in the pocket behind the Giraffe. There are places to journal on all the tags and behind the photo mats
 This was fun to make I hope she enjoys it.

This is my latest swap. It was a jewelery onsome a necklace, bracelet and earrings. My swap partner was Sara from the UK.
She said she liked purple, so I chose amethyst semi precious stones as the focal point on the necklace and as the drops  on the earrings. the necklace is much longer than it appears I wanted it all on the display for the pic. On the bracelet I added some charms I made and I especially like the little tea pot charm, it seemed right  England, tea. It was a fun swap and I received a beautiful set from Sara in pinks my fav color.

 I was recently in a swap with a new group and we altered match boxes, the theme was a midsummer's night dream from Shakespeare. I chose a picture that I thought would resemble Tatiana, and then made gold stars, handcrafted silk flowers, wings and a key.






We filled the boxes with goodies and sent them to our partners. It was a fun swap and my first Shakespeare theme. 

 

Lil' scrap of heaven swap

 I recently participated in a swap at an on line group  I belong to.  LSH.  We were to decorate and fill a cigar box with goodies. My partner likes the Shabby look and likes the color teal. Here is what I made for her. I hand crafted the flowers and used as much lace and bling as I could.






I filled it with a variety of goodies and some hand crafted tags and such.






 This is how it looked
filled and ready to send.

  I  love steam punk. this is what Lana sent me, she did such a great job. I am anxious to start learning steampunk  design.

this is what she sent. what a  great swap.

Glamping in our 1977 Argosy

 This is the vanity in the bodiour of our trailer. I love this part I get to change out the decor with every glamp.

 One of the bird cages I got decorated for the Boho dinning room in our tent.

 This is the seating area behind the table. The peacock feathers are from a dear friend in Mississippi, her name is Marie Antoinette, for real.She is a great cyber friend.

 A close up of one of the place settings at the dinning room table, I dyed all of the table covers and the napkins.

 A night view of the Boho dinning room.

 Our Boho dinning room. I covered the "floor" with rugs and carpets. Put up dyed lace curtains all around the inside of the tent, and dyed the chair covers. I made the pillows on the chairs.

 My favorite part of the table decor is the fabulous pink gazing ball, I so love it. The roses came from my garden.

You can see the whole tent here, we have purple twinkle  lights surrounding the tent.. It was a fun glamp and I must say everyone loved the  Boho tent.