Library Night is BACK!

I have some great titles to share!

Love them all!

Enjoy!

Swap Hostess

I wanted to share with you a beautiful cuff bracelet that Leanne made for me for participating in her Young Victoria Swap. I was sooo surprised and delighted!!!

I believe the correct Miss Mannerly thing to do is to send your swap hostess a small token of thanks and here she did just the opposite. She is just the sweetest thing!!

 

She even included a note to tell me that the tatting was made by her great-grandma! You all know how much I treasure handmade items, especially if there’s a grandma in there!! And to share a piece of great-grandma is really special!

I really can’t thank Leanne enough!!

Summer Time Journal Swap

Where does the time go? I took a couple of weeks off and a look at my calendar shows months, not weeks (sigh).

And summer’s officially starting this coming weekend! I’ve been hard at work with a summertime journal. Pam hosted a lovely one-on-one swap. My partner, the Sea Witch. Here’s a few sneak peeks…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of white and pale blue, the PERFECT summer colors.

Would love to show you more, but Pam said “peeks” only….

Vintage Lady Tag Swap

I LOVE tags! Hosted by the lovely Malissa, I received my tag book I’m just a-lovin’! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s what I mean when I say I’m a-lovin’ tags!! Thank you Malissa for all the hard work hosting the swap!

Happy Easter

Works In Progress

Sorry I haven’t been social lately. I miss my blogging friends, but I just can’t devote some time to my blog right now. My “REAL” job has been and will continue to be very hectic and after sitting in 8-hour team meetings (meaning they actually expect you to (1) stay awake and (2) participate), I am thoroughly exhausted when I get home.

Here’s a couple of WIP’s (I learned that in my team meetings) and some links of inspiration:

This was a kit given to us at Silver Bella courtesy of Ann-Denise Anderson. Thank you Ann-Denise for the lovely photo tutorial, too. Isn’t she a pretty victorian scrap? She turned out beautifully, if I do say so myself!!

These came from Stampington’s newsletter, Creative Impulse. I used colored glass orbs and glued the brass filigree with E6000. It’s important to bend the edges up first, then slide the marble in, check the edges are lying flat against the marble, then slide it out. If you try to bend the edges with the marble in place, they will not lay flat.

These are courtesy of Sandra Evertson’s book, Fanciful Paper Projects. I had lots of fun making the vintage ladies, the paper maker box and especially the ballerina. Sandra’s book is awesome!  I still have more projects I want to complete, too.

So I have been able to sneak in some crafting. I have an ongoing Young Victoria swap and I’ve been working on two tutorials. Hopefully I’ll be posting them soon!

Have a lovely spring week!

7 Tags of Valentine’s Day

Following Tim Holtz’s 12 Tags of Christmas instructions and Linda’s inspiration on making 12 Tags of Valentine’s Day, I made my own version of Valentine’s Day tags but only made it to number 7.

Here they are:

Maybe next time I’ll make it to number 12!

Secret Admirer

I finally found my secret admirer! It was Sheryl Parsons from Mother’s Dream Artworks!

Those beautiful note cards I received are original artwork from Sheryl that she entitled “Roadside Roses”! How awesome!

 

I can’t thank her enough for being such a sweet Valentine!

Thank you again Christine for being a wonderful swap hostess!

Happy Valentine’s Day

Don’t you just love surprises?!

How about getting something in the mail from a Secret Admirer?!? I joined Christine’s swap for Valentine’s Day. I can’t wait to show you what I received but first I have to show my sneak peaks of what I sent so maybe MY secret admirer can figure out who sent her goodies…

I sure hope she’s a good detective!! I didn’t give too much away here…

And here’s my valentine from my Secret Admirer…

Isn’t it just TOO SWEET!! I can’t wait to find out who made this lovely Valentine just for ME!! And she sent some little goodies too!

Thank You Secret Admirer! I can’t wait to find out who you are!

And thanks again to Christine for hosting this lovely swap!!