Happy Valentines Day

Sharing a few of my favorite vintage Valentine images

 and a new swap announcement...

And signups are now open for

This gorgeous snippet roll was made by

Laurie Jackson.

Enjoy your Valentines weekend!

The Month of Love

I hope you enjoy these

Valentine images...

Swapping Val Pals

This has been a wonderful Valentine season

sharing the love with

my artsy swapping friends.

Just look at what they've shared with me!

 

Charming domino book....

Jill

 

Beautiful altered tart tin...

Kris

 

Gorgeous altered matchbox....

 Kimberly

 

Romantic fabric tag....

 Michele

 

This wonderful altered journal cover

was technically not a valentine

but definitely tugs at my heartstrings.

My talented friend

Kim

surprised me with it

(she knew I adored it!)

after being chosen as one of her giveaway winners.

Valentine's Day

isn't only for lovers..

I can't imagine my life

without the love of friends.

Happy Valentine's Day

Friends!

XOXO

Valentine Candy with Zero Calories !?!?

Calorie free & fat free

when you're talking eye candy!

And there's an abundance

this Valentine's season in the

Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group.

 

I was thrilled to be partnered with

Marti

for our altered heart-shaped

candy box swap.

 

This is the gorgeous creation I received from Marti...

(I borrowed the pictures from Marti's blog

as she takes wonderful photographs.)

 

She put all the luscious goodies

and trinkets

in little paper cups.

So sweet!

I love everything about it!

Merci Marti!

 

This is the box I sent...

 Lots of flowers, pearls and embellishments

 and a pleated trim for the side.

 

Here's a full view of the box

loaded with

 all the French-themed

vintage gifties

I could fit!

 

Thanks for stopping by.

A lot more valentines to come.....



Who Says Valentines Have to Be Red!

A special white valentine

for my swap partner

in the

Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group...

 It's a vintage heart shaped tart tin

trimmed in silver tinsel

white paper flowers

and white pearls.

The resin cupid centerpiece

holds a rhinestone and pearl heart.

I finished the ornament

with a fabulous winged charm

I found at Michaels.

The hanger is

vintage seam binding.

I'm linking with
Blissful Whites Wednesday
at
Timewashed.



For the Love of Dominoes

Do you find miniature works of art

enchanting?

I was totally mesmerized

the first time I saw

a book made from

two dominoes.

I've since made a few,

this most recent for a Valentine swap

at

An Altered Place.

 

I think it's all the fussy little detail required

working on such a small palette

that interests me.

(You can click on the photos

for more detail.)

 From The Heart

The cover is embellished

with tiny pearls.

The rose images are highlighted with

Stickles & Liquid Pearls.

 Inside of book

The images I chose are from

Lisa's Altered Art.

I used Stickles, Liquid Pearls,

tiny beads and bling

to accent.

Covers

I used a shabby rose fabric trim

around the outside

of the dominoes.

Probably the most difficult part

of making this

was adding the tiniest ever

pink pearls to the center

of each rose.

 

Pieces of vintage seam binding

serve as closures.

 

I have a few more Valentine projects

in the works

as well as some image freebies

and pictures of my antique

valentine collection to share.

I hope you'll stop back!



Happy Valentine's Day!

I don't do a lot of decorating for Valentine's Day but it's always fun and inexpensive to do a feather tree makeover.
I printed some Valentine images, punched holes and gave them tinsel hangers for quick & cute ornaments.
Some I edged with pink glitter.

The garland is a $1 spool of tinsel trim from the Dollar General and I wrapped some pink rosebuds from my stash on the branch tips.

I enjoy pulling out my antique valentine collection and admiring them as if it were the first time seeing them.
Packed away for a year, it's easy to forget how truly beautiful and intricate they are.
I display them on vintage mirror trays (love those things, always picking them up at garage sales!).

I hope you enjoy them. 

 

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day
my dear blog friends!

Sharing Some Valentine Love

In the

 Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group

Terri hosted another one of her fabulous tag swaps,

this one honoring Valentine's Day.

These are the lovely tags I will be making into a

very special Valentine tag book,

Lisa

 

Terri

 

Kris

 

My tag

 

The Valentine Spoolie Swap

in my flickr group was most definitely embraced by the participating artists....

This is the adorable spoolie I received from the sweet and talented

Erica

 

I grabbed a couple of others to share...

Lynn

 

Michele

 

If you'd like to see more of these incredible Valentine pieces,

you can visit the group's photo pool

HERE.

Wishing you all a happy

Pink Saturday!

A Special Kind of Valentine

We're swapping Valentine spoolies in my flickr group

and this is what I came up with for my partner

Erica.

I painted a large vintage spool white, then covered it with a pleated white satin.

The next layer is a gathered white swiss polka dot sheer trim,

then a pink twill xoxo trim.

I used pink pearl strands to trim the top and bottom of the spool.

Next was the challenge of creating a mixed media assemblage on top of the spool!

I used three red glittered puffy heart picks for the backdrop.

The image of the sweet Valentine clown is printed on heavy photo paper.

I trimmed the top of her hat with red tinsel, gave her some puffy angel wings

 and her own Valentine flag.

The top of the spool is edged in pink bling.

I love when a project involves different materials and the element of design.

This project did just that and was a lot of fun! 

 

If you'd like to see more Valentine spoolies,

look through the group's photo pool

HERE.

 

Thanks again to

Lynn...

the inspiration for this swap.

 

I'm linked to

Beverly's

Pink Saturday.

Wishing each of you a very happy pink Saturday!

 

Valentines a la Marie

My tags for a swap in the

Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group

(click on picture for more detail)

I added lots of fussy little touches for a soft, romantic feel....

as any self respecting French tag

 needs to have!

I'm linked with Beverly at

How Sweet the Sound

for

Pink Saturday.

A Glimpse of Valentines Past

Some antique valentines from my personal collection...
They really don't make them like this anymore..
layers of paper lace, German scrap..
and charming victorian imagery.
This book from the late 1800's is probably my favorite
with page after page of heartwarming pictures and verse.
Happy Valentine's Day!