Christmas in July

My fun and ever so clever friend Jackie is hosting art meet up today in her art studio-if you've never gone , you should- it's absolutely free and always an inspired fun time. The theme is Christmas in July:::



I transformed one of those small round tins that are sold for storing beads and such into a vintage sparkle fest;)


coated the outside with Mica flakes, I am so in the mood for creating Christmas goodies, all the fun with out the rush to spoil the creative flow

My new obsession;)

I have always admired Deb's silk flowers- she makes them the best by far:::: she shared her technique with me and now I cant stop making them!


Deb also turned me on to this fabric, It is absolutely wonderful working with this type of silk, it has a sheen to it that is so vintage.

We played with some painters drop cloth and made a soft chain, this pretty little lady will be available at Paper Tales after the 17th of July- I plan to doll her up with vintage jewels and buttons , Thank you Deb for inspiring me so, you are a true Gem

Powder Room Pink

So I took the plunge, I had seen this amazing Magazine cover, a pink room with a mantle and above the mantel was a shell adorned mirror ::I dreamed of such girlie romance but didnt want to commit to an entire room of pink

Then , I stumbled upon this mirror at Vignette's I was instantly in love .

I realized then I could create my special place in my Master bath commode- a powder room fit for a princess with pink walls and all

Didnt realize that the color on the walls would capture the reflection of the petite chandeleir-

it's so calming, all I want to do is hang out in my bathroom;)

Cleaning out my closet

I know it's a little late for Spring cleaning, and although I was dreading it I tackled my

french armoir with a vengeance

I purchased stack able units from best craft organizer, they have super thin drawers that allow inserts to hold and sort the small stuff like findings and buttons

I also needed slots for fabric and such so I put up a rod and hung canvas shoe organizers- perfect for all my fabrics and felts;)
even the funky place mats I bought from pier one(to cover art journals) have a spot

Yarn and foam for future cupcake classes- wow do I have a lot of supplies or what?

I hope as I get deeper into this I find a space for my Dolly parts

I had ordered deeper drawers so they should fit

Up until now I have been storing all my vintage gen finds in this fun hat box-

cute but

not necessarily the best way to do it

I even felt encouraged to re organize my existing system that I use for scrap booking etc...

By adding the drawer inserts my collections of keys and found metal looks so much more inspired
As do my brads, after sorting through everything I think I deserve

some much deserved play time;)

Looking up

I spy a beautiful parasol, love taking my camera on a date for inspiration

How amazing is this collection of wooden shoes

( they probably arent called that)

upon seeing this I suddenly felt less guilty about my growing collection of vintage tape measures :: i do plan to someday have enough to wallapaper my entire studio with them

(tee hee)
I love wooden santos Dolls- this one seemed to be conducting the rest of the collections-

he is quite charming

I couldnt help myself

I know that I have been keeping it a secret but I have to share it's just been so fun putting these Giftee's together for all my favorite Sirens attending the retreat

I didnt realize How inspired i would feel with the beach seashell theme- it brings me back to the days when I was running wild searching for shells- never looking up;)

Art Trade

Time to make my trades, art trades that is. I immediately went to Julie's blog because I knew I would instantly be inspired. Her book Pretty Little Felts is absolutely adorable.

Everything sweet and tiny and happy.

Check out her blog for the "how to"

once you make one, you wont want to stop;)