Happy New Year!

Wishing each and every one

a very happy, healthy

and creative

2015!

 Please feel free to take

and enjoy

some of my favorite vintage

New Year images.

 

 

From My Holiday Home to Yours...

best wishes for a blessed Christmas

and a

happy and healthy 2015.

 

Let us keep Christmas,

 

holding it close to our hearts,

for it's meaning never ends

and it's spirit is the warmth and joy

of remembering friends.

Winter Wonderland Holiday Snippet Roll

I only participated in a couple of holiday swaps this year

but what wonderful swaps they were!

This is the snippet roll I made for my partner...

 

 

A big hug of gratitude to all the talented artisans

who swap in the

Vintage Dragonfly flickr group.

You certainly make my holidays happy!

It Isn't ALL About the Wrapping...

...but it counted in our

Vintage Christmas Embellishment Swap

that I hosted in my flickr group.

embellished picture frame ornament

handmade flower

handmade stickpin

all wrapped pretty

for my swap partner.



Fun Estate Sale Finds

Just in time for holiday crafting!

 Aren't these vintage picks

kitschy and fun?

I've decided to share the find

and listed some in my

ETSY.

.

White Christmas Button Book

What a fun swap this was

hosted by Laurie

at

Button Floozies.

It's a

White Christmas

Button Book Swap.

We were to make our partner a book of fabric, paper or both

and incorporate 30-50 buttons into the book.

 

I chose antique Christmas postcards as my pages...

This is the front cover

with a snowflake button enclosure.

(Clicking on all these pictures will give you much better detail.)

Buttons are incorporated everywhere...

These sweet Victorian girls are perfect button holders

and are a tri-fold on the inside front cover.

This wintry bird card is one of my favorites.

I embellished it with stickles and liquid pearls

and attached snowflake buttons

and frosty jingle bell trim.



I created a lace pouch for the back of the card

and made a vintage looking button card

to tuck inside.

 



The snow people, snowballs and flakes

are all buttons!

Another lace pouch

holds a handstamped cello envelope

loaded with holiday buttons.

Lots of lovely lace trims

adorn each page.

I hope my swap partner enjoys this.

Thank you Laurie for hosting such a wonderful

holiday swap!