Bridal Shower! March Card and Tag Swap!

Hello Friends!

The themes for the Swap for All Seasons swap in March
were Spring and yellow.



I don't use yellow much in my crafting, but I love this image
that has just a splash of yellow.
I love the spring-y background and her wistful look.
I wanted to keep the card simple
and let the lovely lady be the star.
A bit of vintage lace and vintage millinery flowers:



And my tag:


They say April showers bring May flowers...

I was hoping the showers would wait until my shower was held...
I hosted a bridal shower at my home
for my daughter's lovely sister-in-law last week. 
The sun was in and out but no rain!
The décor was organic, garden-y,
with a bit of herbs, yellow, burlap and chalkboard.  :)
 Her sister and sister-in-law were the real hostesses,
I  did the décor
with a little help from the bubble girls
(flower girls who blow bubbles).
 
Nine year old Ainsley made the favors herself,
homemade bath salts (below).
Don't they look great?

I love how these champagne glasses look

lined up on the burlap ribbon:

One of the hostesses made these lovely little tags

with a different herb for each one

and the trait that the herb stands for (above).

The caterer made a beautiful table of delicious food:

I had fun making this photo op

with a French garden shop look :)

OK.  Now I'm ready for April showers!
We dearly need them in Southern California.

Some sunny freebies for you:

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More Friday fun to be had at Fabulously Creative Friday!  

Lots of great ideas at Show and Tell Friday!  

Lovely blues at Anything Blue Friday!

Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday!

Creative living, decorating, and craft ideas at Inspired Sunday!

Lovely tablescapes at Seasonal Sundays!

Cute and crafty stuff at Make it Monday!

Vintage creativity at Knick of Time Tuesday!

Be inspired by Inspire Me Tuesday!

For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by Blissful Whites Wednesday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Nest Friday!

 
♥♥♥ Thank you so much for visiting and for all your lovely comments!! ♥♥♥
Have a great weekend!

Urban Barn Flea Market and Freebies!

Hello Friends!

I have been keeping busy,
and I will soon have lots of craftiness to share with you,
but I will wait until my swap partners have received them before I post about them.
Don't want to ruin the surprise :)

I do have a few pictures of my trip to the Urban Barn Flea Market yesterday.

A little Boho chic:

I want this garland made up of vintage millinery flowers!

Here's your vintage freebies!!
Something summery is in order I think:

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For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday!

Lovely, feminine things at Pearls and Lace Thursday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!

Party on at a very pinteresting party at Tutus and Tea Parties! And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!

Have a great week!

May Basket Swap!

Happy May Day!



I finally get to post the pictures of the basket
I received from my partner Karen in the May Basket Swap that Kari hosted.

I posted about the basket I made for her here.

I was very fortunate to be paired up with a kindred spirit who loves the same things I do, who was very generous and gifted me with lovely treasures, gathered and crafted.



Look at this beautiful burlap sachet filled with lavender:



Vintage millinery and a beautiful Marie tag:



A study in blue:



Sooo dreamy...



Vintage lace and I love the felted rose pin:



Thank you so much, Karen, it was soooo much fun!

Sweet and Sinister Swap

I have had so much fun doing Kari's Sweet and Sinister Swap this year! It's a private blog with lots of fun seasonal tutorials and also a swap with a black and white theme. We're to include at least one handmade item, one vintage item, one home decor item, something sinister and something sweet!
All in BLACK AND WHITE!
I just love themes and challenges, it makes you focus on things you may not have picked up on otherwise. I was assigned a sweet :) partner, Pam, and had lots of fun making, collecting and gathering things for her Sweet and Sinister package,
here's a peek at what I sent to her:

Just to be sinister and suspenseful ;),
I'll post the lovely goodies she sent to me...tomorrow!

Hatitude

Our monthly ATC/ETC club met this week, and the theme for this month was HATs! We decided to make a tea party of it and decorate our own hats, and what fun!! I don't know if there was something in the tea, but everybody got their creativity on! Here's some pix of our lovely "tea tasties":



Here's a picture of everyone in their hats:

I'm peeping out from the back row. : )

And here are some close-ups of my hat:




Constructed from 2 sheets of scrapbook paper, a paper plate, and LOTS of EMBELLISHMENTS! ; )

I think it would be fitting if today's freebie was of a hat nature, so here ya go:

Have a great weekend!!

Thrift Store Thursday

In general, I made but a modest haul at the thrift stores this Thursday.

However, I am over the moon over this hand crocheted handkerchief trimmed with a sweet little lady in bonnet and dress:


And look at this hand tatted lavendar lace trim:


Any day I can get my hands on hand embroidered linens and lace is a good day!!

Thrift Store Thursday

Scored a big fat zero at estate sales this weekend, but I did find some sweet things at thrift stores: