Monday, January 19
One World ~ One Heart Giveaway!!
Good Luck! Don't forget to leave a comment!
xoxo~
Abbie
Friday, December 12
Well needed break from the depths of the internet..
A few of my favorites from Etsy. I plan on taking a well needed break from here until after the holidays. I hope everyone has a fabulous holiday and enjoys it with their friends and family!
xoxo~
Abbie
Monday, November 17
The Lucky Lady!!
Monday, November 10
GIVEAWAY! Sweet Abigail and Sweet Sophia
As we photographed, clothing went flying, littering the floor of their mock studio.
There was also jewelry, gloves, flowers and hair to be done. Oh, it was just exhausting trying to keep these ladies composed.
Both dolls and all the outfits in these photos were printed from the doll kit pdf files. I wanted to test them before offering them to you. The details and colors are fantastic!
This is a lovely idea for giving Sweet Abigail as a gift. Print out the doll set, which includes the cover page and helpful hints, and tuck her into an embellished handmade envelope, folder or box. Wallpaper or scrapbooking paper would work nicely too.
What a lovely gift to give, or to WIN!!! This exact portfolio, the two dolls shown in the above pictures and all of their outfits are my giveaway prize! But don't fret, Sweet Abigail is available to purchase as a pdf from my Etsy Shop for only $5. Print her as many times as you would like, use her in your art and please give her away!
Recreating this Sweet Abigail paper doll has been a project on my 'to do' list for almost a year. Now that she is finished, I am almost sad. I enjoyed playing with her and, to me, the design work for the kit is the most fun of all.
I will be drawing a winner for Sweet Abigail and Sweet Sophia on Monday, November 17th. You may leave a comment here, on this post or on the original giveaway post. You may enter TWICE!! ( to do that all I ask is that you mention the giveaway on your bog/site.) You can post a comment on both posts if you would like and both entries will count.
Thank you for your patience!
xoxo~
Abbie
Tuesday, October 7
All Dressed Up..
Wednesday, September 24
The first day..
Off to enjoy more quiet time..
xoxo~
Abbie
Monday, August 11
Thursday, June 26
Friday, June 6
Saturday, April 12
Oooohhh... aren't these just dee-lish?? Minski was found on Etsy. Otherwise known as Minna, she creates fabulous button necklaces and brooches.
Below is a 'cute as a button necklace in Definitely Pink'. Oh, I just adore the pink!! Such a bright wonderful splash for the upcoming summer.. can't you see this on a model wearing a fabulous pink polka dot bikini?
Not liking pink so much? (or the thought of bikinis..)
Try this little number on.. 'Water Baby' is a little more 'down to earth'.
How about a little Italian Summer Time Brooch? Minna says
"The colors remind me of the beautiful buildings and oh-so-blue sea and sky in Cinque Terre, Italy, and how hot it was when I was there."
Some wonderful colors and a brilliant use of buttons to get your summer juices flowing!
Please check out Minna's Etsy shop and peek around, she also has some cute handbags and lovely pin sets..
Have a fabulous weekend!!
xoxo~
(I also posted this at my alter ego blog Button Floozies, come on by for great button love, meet the other floozies and just plain crafty goodness!)
Thursday, April 3
The Lovely Art of Paper Filligree and Quilling
Enjoy the eye candy! Please stop by and visit Paula at her blog, Give it a Twirl, her Etsy shop, Gem State Quilling, and her website Gem State Quilling. The website has some amazing products and ideas but I was unable to grab the images to show you! Right on her home page is a lovely oil candle lamp with the base wrapped in paper blooms and a dragonfly! Ahhh!!! It's perfect for spring!!
Thank you Paula for sharing these pics with me!
Monday, March 31
Button Fun! UPDATED!!
I discovered the button fun on Kathy's Blog and just had to join Sugar Sugar's Button challenge, even though I am a day late.. (ha! my husband is going to lol when he sees this as I am always late for everything!)
If you browse my blog, you'll find buttons all over the place, so I thought I'd share my most recent acquisition. This metal tin, when you first glance in it, appears to be filled with junk, but not to me!! Look at the lovelies that were buried inside! Glass, shell, metal, vegetable ivory..
My favorite is the one with the black velvet flowers and leaf.. how do they do that?? Alas, there was just the one. Now I have something else to hunt for!
For more button fun follow the above links or you can peek at Button Constructions, a wonderful Etsy shop filled with button love!
(my next post will be in response to the wonderful comments and emails I received this weekend! Thank you so much for all the supportive words, they made me cry!)
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UPDATE:
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Monday, March 24
Mr. Blue Bird on my Pitcher...
This pretty little pitcher was given to me this weekend.. isn't it lovely? It sits on top of my kitchen cabinets.. I wonder what he sees in there? A little worm perhaps? The plate is a summer plate. Something that is not coming quite fast enough!
Also this large, vintage (or antique) tomato cookie jar! Isn't it so much fun?! Just perfect for my red and white kitchen!
And this lovely birdie I purchased from Kathy. She has one little bird left in her Etsy Shop. Yes, the snow is still here.. you can see a glimpse of it out the kitchen window. We joked yesterday that the only way we could have an outside Easter Egg Hunt was if the eggs were left white and we just threw them into the snowbanks.
I hope everyone of you had a lovely Easter and enjoyed the time with your families!
I roasted boneless leg of lamb with garlic and rosemary. It smelled so fabulous cooking in the oven.. also we had a spiral cut ham, asparagus, homemade bread, carrots, salad, and scalloped potatoes. To finish off, we enjoyed a lemon meringue pie and coconut cream pie. I wanted to take some pictures but I figured my family would think I had lost my rocker!!
Friday, March 21
Tuesday, March 18
Hand Felting, Knitting.. Oh the TALENT!
Also, from my dear friend Anke (it was her birthday the other day!.. Happy Birthday!) a wonderful box stuffed full of Kinder Eggs, chocolates, tea and art papers!! Wooohhooo!! As some of you know, I grew up in Germany and miss it dearly.. one thing I missed most were Kinder Eggs! Milk chocolate outside, white chocolate inside, and in the middle.. a toy!! How cool is that? It's like Cracker Jacks for chocolate lovers! As you can see from the pic above.. someone else loved the chocolate as much as I did! I couldn't keep T's hand out of the chocolate long enough to get a picture without her in it.. Like momma like daughter!
Thank you for the fabulous response to the Spring Giveaway! I am starting to really like this "custom gift' idea a lot and think I will do it every month on my blog. But instead of having to leave a comment on a specific post, you can leave a comment on any post during the month to be entered.. what do you think??