Vintage Halloween Cuteness!

Besides creating, what do you like to do?  I love to visit Lauren, have lunch with Dennis and with my parents, I love to read (zombies are a guilty pleasure), I love a vintage find!  I am in love with these darling pumpkin and black cat decorations.  Not exactly sure what they were, someone thought maybe a cake topper.  They are too big for a cupcake.   Well, whatever they were, I decided I would turn them into ornaments.

Some ribbon, twine, button, glittery black cat and star later (along with some fighting with the hot glue gun), I was perfectly happy!  This will make a nice addition to my Halloween decorations!  This little item was one of the Choux Box Kits.  A few other lovely ladies will be adding this cutie to their Halloween decorations, too!  

Hope you're having a lovely week and I'm so glad you stopped by!

Mom and Dad's Christmas Gift

Hi! I'm already busy working on my next show. Had to transition from Christmas to Valentine's and Easter! Yes, Valentine's and Easter already! But, first I wanted to share the Christmas gift I made for my mom and dad. The tree is from Kaisercraft. It is really awesome and easy to work with. All the pieces come apart so painting and papering is a snap! I used some Collage Press paper and painted the trunk and limbs velvet brown and sprayed it with Walnut Gold Tattered Angels mist. Instead of the wooden ovals that came with it, I used Tattered Angels frames for our pictures and finished it off with ribbon, vintage buttons, and a banner. I used some of my favorite pictures...that's Lauren on the top at about two years and then Lauren and Paul in Paris. That's my mom and dad's wedding photo to the left, my grandma and me (when I was little), another of Lauren (who's the favorite here, I wonder?), and then a wedding photo of Dennis and me. I'm really happy with how this turned out!