Supply Swap is here!

I can't begin to tell you

how excited I was to receive

my package

from

the 

Supply Swap

I participated in with

Elizabeth 

at 

Creative Breathing

I spent a lot of time obsessing over my box that I sent to her.

So much so-

that I totally forgot to photograph it!

Which I realized this morning when I looked at

my camera card!

Can I blame it on Momnesia?

On to the GOOD STUFF!

Lots of pics so get your coffee....

Look at this adorable box!
I am going to use it to store some of my son's
keepsakes in!
Vintage items for boys are harder to come across than for girls
in my opinion...so I LOVE this!

Look at the sweet little folder she made for the inside of the lid...
she tucked lots of Vintage cards into the pocket!

 Some super sweet fabric panels...

  When you see a Tiffany and Co. box you get all tingly right?
She was wonderful to gift me two of her original little felted characters..
I just love them!

Some Christmas and floral pick goodness...

I have been wanting one of these
little treat baskets for some time now!
The cute little candle holders we used to use when I was a kid!

Lots of fun!
Cupcake picks, flowers, milk caps...
I love the little mushrooms and the bunny picks!
Isn't the chickie with the balloons so adorable?

 

More goodies and then a panel in the bottom that lifted out

to reveal.... 

Lots and Lots
of her
signature style Valentine greetings
from yester-year...
So cheery and fun...
I don't have many of these - especially this type
so I was thrilled to get my hands on all these!

One of E's handmade Valentine's!

I really like the delicate line drawings of these
birds on these playing cards..
I already have a use for them in mind!

A second box!
I only have maybe 3 sheets of vintage wrapping paper...
I knew this box was going to be amazing!

More cute fabric 
and lots of cards and paper!

Such colors!

paper...

paper....

and 
more paper!
Just love all the illustrative details...

Look at all this Christmas fun waiting to happen!

I have to say that this was probably my most favorite swap I
have participated in yet!
I love all the others...
but this was fun to share things you love to create with and some
things you had created.
I probably gushed enough to Elizabeth that she's tired of my e-mails ;)
I either really get her or she has intuition she doesn't know about!
Everything was so exciting and perfect!
I ripped into the packages like I was a 6 year old at Christmas!
Hope you enjoyed a peek!
Thank You a thousand times again
to Elizabeth for hosting such a fun swap!
You should really take a peek over at all her
talents over at 
Creative Breathing
you won't be disappointed!

Also sending good vibes and prayers
to Elizabeth as she recovers from her surgery!

Have a Happy Monday everyone!

Little bit of age...thrifty finds....

I know I haven't done

many thrifty finds lately...

I am trying to sort out

a lot of my collections and decide what I really love 

and then

(gasp!)

sell the rest!

Going through another box from storage

I found this lovely clock

that I purchased last year I think....

I don't even know if it really works,

but I remember my grandparents having one.

I loved to wind it up just to hear the bell chime away...

This one has wonderful wear to the case.

 I think I paid all of $2 for it!
Then a few weeks ago I found the little
framed lithograph of Mary and Jesus in a favorite thrift store.
I couldn't believe no one had purchased it already.
They were only asking $2.98!
The frame is a bronze color with some definite ago to it.
I just LOVE it! 
Not bad for one item I already had and another new find huh?

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Vintage Illustration Love.....

Here I sit again

with my 

Creative Person Attention Deficit Disorder 

I should be getting myself

 and

Little Keeper ready to head off 

to a SuperHero party for a 5 year old...

What am I doing?

Worrying about my swap box for

Elizabeth at Creative Breathing ...

trying to finish up

a belated birthday gift for my sis...

and

window shopping on Pinterest....

I thought I would share some

beautiful and cheery colored vintage illustrations

I have found recently...

 

  Hope you enjoyed them...

I just loved all the mixtures of orange 

within a lot of the graphics.

Most of the time I think

we look at the color orange and find it hard to work with?

I especially love the last one..

Violets are my favorite flower and this was very unusual to me..

I have seen and collected a lot of violet images 

but have never seen one with the orange added - I think it is so beautiful.

Hope this gives you maybe a little visual inspiration

for some crafting or journaling over the weekend!

Happy Saturday!

The Awesome....

There was a time when you were a little girl, 

and you woke up full of awesomeness..... 

You were ready to take on your day full throttle....

 You knew you were amazing....

You were Wonder Woman in your UnderRoos...

 You loved yourself and didn't know any other way to be than just YOU...

You thought you were the most beautiful girl in the world....

 even when you had missing teeth, dirt on your clothes, messy hair and mismatched socks . 

You were the Queen of your backyard fortress made of blankets...

You were a treasure hunter with fierce skills...

You loved your body, and the things it could do. 

You knew you were smart and you were kind....

You were a dreamer...

and you knew you would grow up

to be the worlds most amazing artist

and you were going to swim with

the dolphins....

30 some years later...

YOU are realizing you should keep waking up this way

and 

that you ARE

the

Queen of your own Castle...

You are thankful for the talent you were given...

You are Wonder Woman to someone special...

You are learning to take care of your body and treat it right...

You are smarter than ever...

and you are taking back kindness....

You have your own kind of beautiful and you still like to get messy...

You  swam with those dolphins

and you are making your OWN dreams come true...

The Awesome is still there

sometimes we just need a little reminder...

I originally wrote this after reading something a bit
like it but it was only a few lines.
I customized it to try and let more women relate...
especially us artsy types...

Every now and then we need to remember
that we ARE Awesome
no matter what the world has thrown at us...

Celebrating my Birthday today with a little self kindness....

Thanks Everyone!

Pirates!

Hi everyone!

Just a little bit of Arghhh for today.

I discovered yesterday that someone or something

may have been using my e-mail account...

 most likely

spam pirates....

So if any of you I communicate with

through e-mail have received anything

weird other than our usual correspondance

SORRY!

and if you get anything with a link in it 

don't open it

just delete.

I don't know that anyone actually received anything

but I just want to make sure.

I have made adjustments and I will get back to you.

 Hopefully the only Pirates in my future will be this one

who loves donuts!