O Christmas Tree & Some Wonderful News!

 I Know its not Quite Christmas Yet.. 

But I thought you Wouldn't Mind if 

I Shared These With You.

A While Back Jennifer Jackson

from Somerset Contacted me

 and asked  If I would Like to Submit 

a Piece for their Holiday Issue.

As My Mom would say..

' You could have Knocked me Over 

with a Feather!'

You see I have Never

 Had Anything Like this 

Happen to Me Before. 

Just a Couple of Years ago 

I would have Never Thought 

I would Be Published in a  Publication I Love 

or be a Guest Artist with Paper Whimsy!

 

 I am Still Pinching Myself and 

So Incredibly Grateful for 

All of these Opportunities.

 I Wrote this Article 

as a Tribute to my Dad.

My Love of Family, 

Tradition

& Christmas

Came from Him.

How I Miss Him.

~*~

These Are in My Etsy Store

For Anyone Who Might Be Interested.

~*~

Thank You For Letting 

Me Share with You!

Sweet Sisters

 

I think  these 

Altered Tins

are becoming one of my 

Newest Distractions

 in a Very Long List of them!

 Two Sweet Little Sisters

with a 

Feathered Friend

 and

The Moon 

Watching Over them.

These Little Bits and Pieces

 appeal to 

 My Magpie Heart

 ~*~

 I used Many Antique and Vintage Elements 

that just Happen to Be 

some of my Favorite Things!

  I will be Having More Fun with these!

Sweet Sisters is Available in my Etsy Store.

~ Somerset Apprentice

I feel so Very Lucky

 Every time Somerset says 

Yes to Publishing one of my Pieces.

It feels Like I have Fooled them once again!

~*~

They Even asked me to 

Write a Tutorial and 

Little Bit about the Piece.

All the While I was Thinking

 "Really? You have Not Seem my 

Grades from High School English!

Ha Hah! Once again I fooled You!"

~*~

Well Anyway... 

I Always Feel so Humbled and Grateful

 when others Like my Work.

~*~

My Friend Sharon Borsavage 

Beautiful Work Graces the Cover! 

Have a Look at Her Work Here!

Fidelis   

is one of my Inspire Pieces 

for Paper Whimsy.

Thank You for 

Letting me Share with you.

Have a Great Weekend!

The Poet

Reliquaries or Shrines Oh My!

 By Definition,  a  Reliquary 

(also referred to as a Shrine 

or by the French term Châsse) 

is a container for Relics. 

Their Contents are  

Special & Treasured Items.

 

An  Etching of a 

Lovely Young Woman, 

a Passage of Poetry,

Fans of Antique Book Pages 

and Paper Lace Doilies..

The Poet 

is my New Inspire Piece for

Paper Whimsy!

Gales has added a New Line of 

Reliquaries, Bird Cages and Tags 

with Accessory pieces

That are Divine!!!

This is Just the Beginning! 

Have a Look for Yourself!

~The Day Dreamer

 What to Do ..? What to Do with 

this Lovely Lass?

She has Occupied my Thoughts 

for Some Time....

Just Exactly What to do 

With Her..?

Many Pieces Start 

this Way for Me

 before they 

Become Themselves.

And its Funny How Some 

I Know Just Exactly 

What I will Do.

 ~The Day Dreamer~

She is my New Inspire Piece 

for Paper Whimsy!

 So If You Would Like to Learn

 How I Create Her for Yourself,

Have a Peek at my Tutorial!

Thank You Gale 

for All the Fun!

Have a 

Wonderful Weekend 

Everyone!!

‘A Cheery Hello’ Card Hanger & Cards

A Cheery Hello Friends!

Card Hanger & Cards Tutorial

Another 

Paper Whimsy Inspire Project

for You!

 

I Have to Say 

 I Had so Much Fun Playing with the 

 New Salmagundi Suite 

Images Gale has Made!

So Many Fun
 Little Bits and Elements
 to Play with For
Card Making, Tags,
Collage or Banners!

Go have a Peek if you would Like!

Hope you all are Having a Wonderful Weekend !

Studio Redemption!

 ~Lace~

Oh my...  

My Love Affair with Lace

 has been a Long Standing one.

 

This week I have been Sorting through it 

to reintroduce myself 

with the pieces I have Collected. 

This is just the Begininng

of my Studio Redemption..

  

 It doesn't seem like very long ago 

that my Studio was in Order.....

It was in absolutely Pristine Shape

for Karen Valentine's 

of My Desert Cottage

Where Bloggers Create 2011......

What Happened.....?

At Least I have 

Pictures to Prove it!

"Look Honey! See! Was Too Picked up!"

"Was Not.."

"Was Too!"

Well...for a little While anyway..

 This weekend....

Between Soccer Games 

and a Family BBQ..

My Plan...

 is to Restore it to 

its Former Glory!

What is on Your  Work Table?

~*~

Have a Wonderful,

Safe

Memorial Day Weekend!

~Belle et Douce~ Beautiful & Sweet ~

 ~Belle et Douce~ Beautiful & Sweet

 is made up with some of my 

Most Favorite and Treasured Pieces. 

 I Love that Each Piece 

tells a Story from the Past.

 I Look at the Beautiful Piece

 of Edwardian Lace

And Wonder about the Dress it Came From.

What it Looked Like when it was New.

 I wonder about Who sipped Soup

 from this Silver spoon

and the Woman who Wore this

Rhinestone Pin.

 I Love using Antique & Vintage Elements 

In my Art Work. 

I just Feel it gives them something Unique and Special, 

Making all a Truly One of a Kind Piece. 

By the Way...

 These Paper Whimsy  

Sweethearts

are So Lovely..

They were Inspiration in themselves.

~Belle et Douce~ Beautiful & Sweet ~

 is Available in my Etsy Store!

Have a Wonderful Weekend My Friends