~Home is Where All Journeys Begin~

 

Hello Sweet Friends!

"Home is Where All Journeys Begin"

is one of My Favorite sayings.

You Might Recognize This Theme from my Fall Blog Header.

I Really Love the Art of Jessie Wilcox Smith 

and this Particular Sweet Girl is 

One of my Very Favorites of her Work.

I decided to Make her into a Journal.

It was Fun to Make  Envelopes with a Little Treasures inside. I added Mother of Pearl Buttons to the Book Marks.

I Had a a Botanical Artists Journal in Mind when I Created it! 

Hope  You Enjoy  the Journal and 

Maybe Even Find Something that Inspires You!

 

I am Linking Up with:

Thank You So much Debra!

 Thank you Very Much Courtney!

Thank You as Well to Karen
for Provided Us With Such Wonderful Images
to Be Creative with !

I Haven't had as Much time these Days to do Posts. 

My Father has been Not feeling Well 

and will Need to Have Surgery after Easter.

I am trying to Help as Much as I Can. 

Its Hard to see your 

Parents getting Older and Frail.

Thank You all My Friends. 

I Know you all Understand.

May You All Have a Wonderful Easter 

with your Dear Families and Friends!

XOXO

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Images from the Graphics Fairy 
You Can Find the Music Sheet Here,
and the Bird Here, Eggs Here, Nest Here

~ Simply Sassy~

Hello  Friends!

I Love this Image from Paper Whimsy!

Doesn't She Look Like 

a Little Miss Sassy!

Her Eyes are Quite Beautiful 

and that Cherub Face!

I am Sure she 

Melted her Daddy's Heart 

and had him 

Wrapped Around Her Little Finger!

She was Made with Different 

Printed Papers I Have Collected 

and then glued to a 

chipboard Tag as a Base.

I Embellished her with an 

Old Watch Face and a Vintage Jewelry Find.

Mother of Pearl Buttons of Coarse,

Seam Binding Ribbon,

& Butterflies!

I Think I got Carried away with the Butterflies!

She will Be going to a Dear Friend!

I Hope she Enjoys Her as Much as I Enjoyed Making her!

 I am Linking up With Debra For Vintage Inspiration Friday!
Thank You Very Much Debra!

And this is My First time to Link up with 

Courtney of French Country Cottage and Feathered Nest Friday!

Thank You Very Much Courtney!

 This Morning I recieved a 

Very Sweet Invitation From 

Laura of Decor to Adore

to Join Her 

Spring Craft Linky Party!

Thank You very Much Laura!

I am so Excited to be Linking Up 

with these Gracious Hostesses!

Happy Friday Everyone
and Have a Wonderful Weekend!!

This Sweet Image is From Paper Whimsy!

~Coronation Dress Form~

Good Morning Everyone!
I have been doing some More Digital Collage and
Playing Around with Layers for Backgrounds.
I Put these together to Make Tags for The Gypsy Store.
We Use them for Wrapping Seam Binding Tape Around.

You Know Me..Nothing can be Plain!
These were Fun to Make Using These Beautiful Images!

 I am so Happy to Link up to 

Karen's Brag Monday today!

I have missed Doing them!

Happy Brag Monday Everyone!

Hope Everyone Had a Wonderful Weekend!

Beautiful Images from

  Graphics Fairy and Cajoline Scrap !

Go Have a Peek!

~Some of my Favorite Things~

 These are a Few of My Favorite Things!

 I have Really Fallen in Love with 

Hand Carved Mother of Pearl Buttons. 

 Last Weekend I went to a 

Local Flea Market and Found 

all of these Lovely Rhinestone Pieces.

I Love to Visit with the Vendors 

to Find out the Back Ground 

of my Purchases. 

These Pieces came from a Woman Who Adored Jewelry!

Well What Woman Doesn't... But this Woman! Wow!

Her Dear Husband Loved Buying it for Her!

  Her Collection was not only Extensive but Beautiful!

She Had Passed some Years ago 

and her Dear Husband Couldn't Let Go of her Things.

He Passed Recently 

and Now the  Family was doing their 

Best with taking Care of the Estate.

It was Nice to Visit with Them 

and it Sounded Like their

Parents Adored Each Other! 

I Just Love That.

The Junkin Gypsies

Took a Trip up to a Little Town  named Corvallis, 

Just to North of Us. 

Lemay wanted  me to see a Little Used Book Store

that she has been Frequenting for Many Years.

This Place was PACKED with Used and Antique Books!

She said" OK! You have an 50 Minutes!"

"What! Thats Not Enough Time! Your Kidding!"

She wasn't...

She Told Me that there is 

Never Enough Time in this Store!

She was Right!

I did Find this Godey's Ladies Book!

Happy Dance!

It is So Amazing to Read and Hold in your hands 

something that was Written and Published  159 years old!

Charming and Sweet is what comes to mind 

when you Peruse through but...

Baby we Have Come a Long Way!!!Lol

 

~The Intercepted Letter ~

(Busted By Mom!)

 ~A Domestic Scene~

~Taking Tea in the Arbor~

These are A Just a Few of My Favorite Things!

What are Yours?

Linking Up with A Wonderful Hostess,

Debra of Vintage Inspiration Friday 

and  A Common Ground!

Happy Friday Everyone 

& Have a Wonderful Weekend!