~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

~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!

~Studio Inspiration~

 I Love the Garden Feel of this Studio.

This Studio is out of a Country Living Magazine . 

Isn't Her Work Lovely! I Love that she Surrounds herself 

with her own work for Inspiration.

 

I Love the Vintage  Boxes and the Labeling.

The Idea of a Caddy Like this is so Clever! 

You can take it and go any where!

This Butlers Pantry is Great!
I Love combining your supplies into your Display!

I am sure that Luggage Tags
are something you have all seen before!  I Found these in the Dollar bins
at our Local Michaels.
That is where I got the Luggage Boxes.
( 50% off! I Love Sales!)

This is a Little thing I came up with after Perusing the Local Thrift Stores. I kept seeing these Lovely Silver Pedestals for Chafing Dishes. They were Lonely Petunias with no Chafing Dishes to be seen. I am always Thinking Hmmmm... What Can I Make with this.

 

Well then I came across this Silver Relish tray with the Glass still in tact. Don't worry it wasn't the Prized Family Silver 

just an Inexpensive Silver Type Relish Tray ! Lol!

 

The How-to of it is really Easy! Just flipped the Tray over,

Center the Pedestal and used some 

E-6000 Glue to adhere the Pedestal to  the Tray.

Let Glue have time to set. 

Thats It! Easy Peasey!

Elevating my Collection of Bling gave me

more Space in my Tiny Little Studio. 

I Find Inspiration in seeing what I have to Work with.! 

This was another Thrift Store Find!

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Hope you enjoyed some of my Studio Storage Display Ideas! 

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Thank You Debra for another Inspiration Friday!

Thank you so Much for Being our Gracious Hostess!

Hope you Will all take a Peek My New Blog
and New Adventure with My Friend Lemay!
Hope you sign up for our Giveaway too!
Just Click on the Link Below!

Hope you are all Having a Wonderful Weekend!

~Vintage Altered Bottles~

 I Have to say that I Really had a Lot of Fun Making
These Vintage Altered Bottles for my Smitten Class with Nancy!
I felt Like I was
Dressing Cinderella up for the Ball!
I Have Fallen in Love With Re-purposing the Discarded. 
I am Looking Forward to my Next Project with Nancy!
Hope you all had a Wonderful Weekend!

~*Images from Blanca with Magic Moonlight Free Images, Karen the Graphics Fairy,Louise of Bumble Button, Catherine of Mud Bay Images , Paper Whimsy*~