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My daughters teacher is getting married. She is such a sweet and fun gal, so I wanted to do something special for her.
Of course, because I am the way I am I wait until the final moments to complete it. That works out okay I guess because since she’s already opened it I can share it with you!
In the continuing effort to use what I have…I decided to make a new wrap to go around this candle tin.
I got the candle a few years ago after Christmas on clearance…super deep discount that I couldn’t pass up. Especially when I realized that the ugly Christmas paper would come right off.
Sweet!
I used watercolor paper as my base. The background color was achieved with distress inks, dress pattern tissue and found text.
I sifted through some of my new stash from a couple of swaps. I’m sure some of you may recognize some of your stuff. I love new fodder. It can be very inspiring.
This is going to be a gift…I hope the recipient likes it!
Quite a while ago Elizabeth facilitated a swap between Patty and I. I was in need of a few more pages for my Quotes AB and Patty was thinking about possibly doing a chunky book.
Just look at the wonderful tip-ins that Patty created!
**I have been so neglectful in actually posting these.**
Sorry Patty!!!
This is a gorgeous piece. I’ve never been good with “white” but here it is done so well.
Such wonderful quotes were chosen.
“The universe sings to those who listen”
Love that…
And just take a gander at this one!! The colors are amazing together. The texture in the photo pales in comparison to the real deal.
The quote:
“Happiness belongs to those who are easily contented.”
~Aristotle
Patty has included one of her little nests that I admire so much.
Patty gave me free reign to do whatever came to me at the moment for the chunky pages.
Sweet!
I’m pretty random most of the time so that suits me just fine.
Since I forgot to actually take photos before sending them off to her…she was kind enough to photograph them for me.
And if that wasn’t enough…she sent a wonderful package of “goodies” to play with. Although it wasn’t planned…when I looked through the lens of my camera…look what I saw.
It was a gift from the heart from Patty!
Thank you my dear.
A few weeks ago I entered a Christmas giveaway hosted by mixed-media jewelry artist, Diana Frey. Low and behold…I was actually one of three lucky winners. The UPS man brought me a nice package yesterday afternoon while we were moving tons of snow off the roof and then again off the driveway and sidewalk… JOY. I knew as soon as we got done, that package was waiting..made me work a little faster.
Just look at the bounty that spilled forth from the box…
I had to stand up on my sewing chair to get far enough away to get it all in one photo.
Diana must have known about my love affair with pink or else it was just kismet… Lots of pink fun stuff to use!!
A while back my good friend Elizabeth sent me one of her wonderful sewn art journals as a birthday gift.
You can see the first set of signatures here and the second set here.
She lamented over and over about how much she hated the cover she made for mine. She even told me that I should try and fix it.
I love the inside covers as much as she did but the covers were over-sized. We talked about how I might be able to salvage the insides while doing the remake.
Time passed…I did nothing.
But now I’m really wanting to start a journal so I figured I’d better listen to Elizabeth and refit the cover.
I carefully cut the “spine” from the rest of the cover salvaging as much as humanly possible of the gorgeous inside fabric.
Since I seem to have a thing for denim, it seemed the natural choice for a scrappy cover.
As you can see I used Elizabeth fun hand-dyed fabric with pen pockets on the front inside cover.
And her even more impressive bird mono-print with pocket on the back cover.
I made a flower from the lace to cover the sewing of the closure strap and added a vintage button for interest.
Now time to get writing…
My next door neighbors are expecting their first child so I decided to make them a diaper cake. I received one at the baby shower my co-workers threw for me and thought it was really a cute idea.
Her shower is today so I can finally show my creation. The wrapped package behind the cake is the second set of diapers that came in the jumbo box.
So I called my friend Elizabeth this afternoon and interrupted her day to have her check her mailbox.
WooHoo… the package I mentioned has arrived!
Let me tell you…it was so much fun to be on the phone while she opened it.
I love making a gift geared directly for one person. Every little detail is specific to them or how they fit into my life.
It’s even better when the friend “gets” the altered art sort of thing. Such as the rusted piece of metal strapping I used. I picked this up on a walk with my nieghbor…who I’m pretty sure thought I was a nut job…but puts up with me anyway. :) Actually, she’s getting used to me stopping for odd bits of junk as we walk.
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