fabulous finds....at least in my opinion

well, where as the time gone! i had planned posting a few days ago, but our internet connection was quite slow. don't know what happened but it seems to be fixed now. i came down with a whopper of a cold yesterday so here i am on the couch, passing the time blogging and visiting friends. colds always slow me way down, so i doubt i get much done other than what i am doing now :).

i wanted to shared with you some of the things i found this summer. i found a bag full of these packages of crepe paper at goodwill for a dollar! as you can see some of them weren't even open. i have never worked with this stuff and i have to say that i like it better then the streamers i use.



i also found this book of music at goodwill for $5. i had planned on tearing it up to use on my projects but i say the copyright date...now it has a home on our piano.


...the picture is bleary but i think it says 1880...


the next couple of items comes with a story. my hubby and i went to an auction this summer that had quite a bit of stuff that i needed (or wanted) to get. on the auction bill it had said there was old postcards. well, when we got there i started to search for what i was looking for. the auction had started before i had located the postcards. 30 minutes later, they held up a shoebox full of postcards. no one was bidding so as they came down to $5, i decided that i could handle that price if there was nothing that i could use. i got the box and when i saw what was on top, i was disappointed. lots of newer ones...til i went there about 40% then the good stuff was there. i have already filed away the postcards that i got out of the box. about 30 of them. but these little cards i thought i would share. they have bible verses on them...and as you can see they are pretty small.


these autograph albums were in the shoebox too. the dates range from 1903-1911.
one of my favorites pages says,'when you are at parties and don't get home til late, remember it is bedtime and don't swing on the gate.' lol!


at lastly my favorite find of the summer. my daughter, i and my husband found these bird eggs along our driveway from june thru august. my hubby even found a whole one for my collection.



i hope everyone has a great day and god bless
alissa

time for creating

i want to say i am sorry for not posting all summer. i appreciate everyone that comes to visit and i feel like i have let you down. i am still try to get back to our routine since school has started. i have had time to create some things and thought i would share them with you.

here are a couple of plaques that i made to sale at an up and coming craft fair. they both have vintage wallpaper and postcards.





here are some banners.



this banner was made for a friend for her newly remodeled home. hi penny!



here are some charms that are waiting to be soldered. most are made from vintage wallpaper...the problem is that i think they are pretty just setting in the bowl the way they are, i don't want to do anything with them!



i did manage to get three soldered and made into necklaces. i had made on for myself, so emma thought that she needed one, and one for a friend of hers that celebrated a birthday. sorry for the poor quality of the photo. i am still trying to figure out my digi camera.



i still have some things to share with you but i will wait for another post.
everyone have a great weekend and god bless.
alissa

emma's birthday furniture

Emma has been wanting a 'big girl' room for quite awhile. She has had a hard time cleaning her room because of all the stuff and no place to put it. So earlier this summer we purged out everything that she didn't want. then, I started watching out for some pieces that I could customize for her. These were the pieces i found.

This first piece I found at the sidewalk sale at a near by town. It came from an antique store and I was able to get it for $15. I thought that was a steal, despite the water spots and damage to the wood on top.


this piece I was able to get for $10 at my favorite place to shop. Though there wasn't much to it, i thought it would make a nice shelving unit for all of Emma's crafting supplies.



This is how that look now in her room. I still need to work on the glazing technique for furniture, but i guess she didn't think it was too bad.



You can't see it in this photo, but I put some pink and cream toile paper in the back and I used vintage trim on the edges of the shelves. The cabinet above was a old medicine cabinet with the mirror missing. I used vintage wallpaper, music sheets and some scrapbooking paper for a collage look. It is the home for her Precious Moments figurines that my MIL gives her every year for her birthday.



She was excited to see 'pretty, big girl furniture' when see came home form school on her birthday.


Well, I have plenty more to share with you. Since school started 2 1/2 weeks ago I have finally been able to get some crafting done. Let me tell you it feels so good to get back to it. I have sure missed being creative. I will share those projects with you in a few days....plus a few of my favorite fun finds of the summer. Until then have a great evening and God bless.
Alissa