Hi Everyone :)

Last week was a great week got some projects done. Went to my mom's Sat. and gave her the card I made her for her birthday.

This is a picture of my mom taken in 1983. I grayscaled it and then used pastels to color in the hair, cheeks, flowers and some things you can't see because of the flowers ;) The flowers are handmade by me :) Some of the doilies and laces are vintage and the paper was Colorbok paper from Walmart :) She really liked it and I'm so tickled that she did ;)

I bought a vintage secretary desk w/ hutch on top at Goodwill. It was regularly $199 I got it on half price day and I had a $10 frequent shopper card so I got it for $99. I was going to paint it white but after getting it in my room today I've decided that the dark wood helps show off my shabby chic stuff better.

I'm not going to paint it but I do have to fix some scratches and make some minor
repairs and then I will sand and re-stain:)

Still plenty of room to add more stuff :)

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see you again :)

Time sure does go by fast doesn't it? It's been a month since I posted and I really meant to keep up to date here. I shall try harder :)

I have been busy with different craft projects. In August I entered a swap over at myscraproom.ning.com the Vintage Shabby Chic box and mini album. My partner liked a Romantic Chic look and I think I did well in making that. She took the pictures after receiving my swap, guess it would have been hard for her to take them before she received it LOL, because I didn't take any as my camera was at my mom's and I didn't have a computer either. Thanks Bonnie :)

Here's the youtube video:

I made the box and mini album as well as the pin and bows :) I really like how it turned out :)

Then I started teaching myself to crochet. I made flowers, paci straps, headbands and a pin :)

Don't they look delicious?

Just the crocheted flower in the center did I make I added blushing and the vintage button :)
The rest is just to make the picture pretty :)

Lastly for today is the video of the Colorless Mini Album Swap I joined for Sept at myscraproom.ning.com :) This was a very fun Swap. The only colors were to be beige, cream and white. I think I did well sticking to the rules :)

Thanks so much for stopping by ;) Hope to have more entries more often :) Take care!

Toodless,,,^..^,,,Melissa

This is what I was working on while waiting for my new computer. Now that I've gotten it I've been learning the new programs :)

It's a wooden box from Michaels that I covered with paper and then on the top added foam and cover with material to make a pin cushion. I made the stick pin and the little crochet flower (I'm still learning crochet). Love it ;)

Well I have returned :) I'm hoping to get back to posting now that I have a new computer :) My old computer died a couple of weeks ago and my oldest daughter brought me a Mac that she didn't need. So I'm learning my way around it.

I have entered a couple swaps at My Scrapbook Room and have enjoyed those:) Will try to post pics of the various projects I have been working on :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Shabby Chic Pink Heart Box

I had made this for a youtube challenge realizing too late that I had missed the deadline by a day :) So I'll save it for future use :)

I painted a paper mache heart shaped box a shabby pink and then decorated with pink laces, eyelet and beads.

My meanderings today have me working with Paper Crafts and making a Mini Album :)

This Mini Album measures 3.5 x 4 and I'm really liking it :) It's my first time making one :)

The rose on the the left I made :) I'm trying to only use items I have or can make from what I have and not buy anything else :)

When you open the left side it has a place for a picture and then room to journal. On the right the little card is removed from the pocket ;)

Also the right side is a flap and behind that is a Vintage Letter K copy. The little rose in the lower right hand corner I made and is smaller then a pencil top eraser :) Love it :) The tag comes out from the middle :)

Left side is the back of the card :)

The back opened and there's a place for a picture :)

I printed off some vintage pics of the letter K and made them into decorative cards. I am wanting to send this to Kristina who is Hostessing a Giveaway on Youtube :) It's my first mini and first challenge I hope she likes it :)

Here's a link to Kristina's Challenge Youtube Video if you would like to subscribe and enter :)

Good Morning :)

One of my favorite things is old vintage pictures where the color was added to the actual photo afterwards. I just love how they look the texture and feel. I don't have color in my printer but my favorite printer is a laser jet that only prints black. I've been wanting to print pics of my gran-baby and decided what better for my Vintage Shabby Chic room then a picture made too look old style :)

This is just printed on card stock, next time I'll use a textured one, and then I shaded/colored in with chalk pastels. I love it and now I just need a frame :)