Hiya!! It’s getting closer to Valentine’s day! Yippie!! You know what that means…. pink, pink, and more pink! :) Here is my latest birdhouse- made just for the occasion!
Such sweet Pinkness!!
Ahh.. my love affair with rhinestones will never end! Lol :) And glitter, and birds, and feathers, and posies… :) If you are interested, she’s for sale in my store at http://splendidlysweet.com.
In honor of love, I also made this card for Matt’s cousin, Kim’s, bridal shower.
Yes.. I know, not pink! But her save the date was in red and white, so I figured she at least *liked* those colors! :)
Originally, I had only had the felted swirls with the medallion in the center, but Matt said it looked too plain. I thought it was ok because I wanted the eye to be drawn to the medallion and the red paper is embossed… But then I saw those pearls peeking through my desktop (which I TOTALLY have to blog about at a later date!! I WON an EZ View desktop which I LOOOOOOOOVE!!!!) and I decided to do the 3 pearl deal. Um, and then I got carried away and hand-stuck (lol!) the tiniest pearls to the swirly parts of the felt!! You might have to enlarge the picture to see, but it looks really pretty :) I hope she likes the card!
I also participated in a Swirly Love Tag swap in my ArtHaven group. Now, this is Pink!! :)
And blue! My favs :)
Unfortunately, I had a little water accident and the rest of those paper roses like the on I used for this tag got ruined!!!! I was so mad at myself! That will teach me to have a glass of water on my desktop… One bunch of these paper flowers was only $1 at the dollar store, but I’ve since gone back and they don’t have any anymore!!! People are selling them online, but they’re going for like $2.50 plus shipping! I hope the dollar store orders more of these! So pretty!
And I FINALLY found the right sized match boxes to alter for the match box swap… it only took looking at like 5 different stores!!!! Lol- I thought I was going to have to order them online. However, I still haven’t been able to find a papier mache heart box that’s over 2”. It’s getting close, so I might have to settle for a big round one… :( I guess if I can’t find one by the end of the week… You know me; nothing like waiting till the last minute!!
I hope you are in the middle of a splendidly sweet weekend! Thank you for stopping by and enjoy your day!
Hello!!! I feel like I haven’t really posted on here in quite a while! I have so many new things to share… I just have to find time to take all the pictures I want and upload them! Today, I have two finished projects to show you :)
The first is a blue and gold trinket box I made for my friend, Teresa, of Maggie Grace Creates! This paper is so gorgeous… shiny metallic gold with pretty blue flocked birds and flowers! Of course, I embellished with posies, and also my favorite- lily of the valleys! And here is a view from the side:
Wouldn’t be complete without blingy rhinestones! Velvet blue trim and ruffled vintage lace complete the piece. Inside, which I forgot to take pictures of, is painted metallic gold and has blue felt lining the bottom. I filled this little box with some of my favorite treasures I’m guilty of hoarding like crazy!! :)
The next project is for a swap for the Yahoo group I’m in, ArtHaven. This is my Valentine Hangie Danglie :)
Isn’t the view from my porch gorgeous- NOT! Lol :) Oh well- it’s where I get the best light for pictures… For this piece, I used all my papers with roses or rose petals on them. Darn, I should have gotten some of those silk rose petals and made a background with them!! Ahh! Why do I always think of way cooler things to do *after* the whole piece is done! I’m not sure if you can see the “danglie” part in this photo, but be sure- it’s there! :)
Now I have to go and get started on some of the other swaps I’m in or going to be in as soon as I finish them :) Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!!
