Easter Sunday

A special thank you to Robbie and her family and to Rosanne and her family for spending Easter with us. We had so much fun. The food was delicious. I hope you all felt at home and hope to do it again. Watching Lily hunt for her eggs was so precious... Love my grand baby..

Rosanne thank you so much for the box of goodies, I can't stop looking at the things you gave me. Very generous of you. I hope that you too will also enjoy my gift.

Robbie thank you for your wonderful company. The deviled eggs were awesome. And thanks for giving me all your money! LOL!!! We played left right center and I won every one's money in the jackpot. It is always a pleasure when we get together. Hugs and love to you all.

Spring Time Stick Pin Swap

 

Here is my first stick pin for a swap. I have made several stick pin just not for a swap. I did this for the swap over at MorePaperthanShoes. The theme was Spring. We had to use the colors light green, light yellow, and white. The pin had to be two inches or longer. We also got to use bead caps. I used some silver ones.  Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day. Hugs to all

lace doily flower tutorial

These are some really easy and pretty lace doily flowers to make. Beginners can make them.

Here some close ups of two different flowers.

Here are the supplies.

Thread

Flowers centers of choice. Buttons, beads, old jewelry, small flowers

Pearl beads on a rope

Small crocheted lace doilies

Scissors

Hot glue and hot glue gun.

Bottle caps

I first tried it using the holders for cameo and decided I could use them for cameo's. Why cover them up. And Bottle caps work just great for this.

First you will gather a small knot from the center of the doily as shown in the photo below.

This is what will be glued into the bottle cap. It helps the flower looked more gathered when you turn it over. If that makes sense. Once you have gathered the center you will knot it closed with the thread. I would use white so it don't show threw.

You will then put some glue into the bottle cap and place the knot into it.  I quickly turned it over and adjusted the flower to my liking while the glue was still hot. Her is what the bottom of the flower will look like. The bottle cap also helps you glue the flower down on your project. Just refer to the two bottom photos.

Once your flower is glued into the bottle cap and you are content with the outcome. You will them hold the tip of the pearl string. Now you can use different size doilies. So here is where you will need to measure the pearl string after you make the flower as different size doilies will make different size flowers. I just hold the tip of the pearl string and then make a loop and hold it up against the flower to make sure the loop is not longer then the flower edge. Once I have decide the right size I then count how many pearl dots I will need for the flower I cut the pearl rope. You will need six of these loops.

Next you will glue and connect the loops and set aside. Once you have all six

You will then start to glue them to the center of the flower. Quick note.  Do not add a lot of glue to the center of the flower and then add your loops as the hot glue can make your loop come unglued. Just small amount at a time.

Once you have them all glued down. You can add more glue in a small amount to the center of the pearl loops and quickly glue you flower center of choice making sure your loops don't come unglued. And there you have a pretty lace doily flower. Hope you give this a try. Also try using different color pearls on a rope and different color lace doilies. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. Hugs to all.

Another croched flower

Another gorgeous crochet baby blanket I found at another one of my local thrift stores. This one had 42 flowers on it. and they are white and yellow in the center.  Below is a close-up of the flower. Thanks for stopping by.

Spring showers bring May flowers! March Inspiration Layout for MPTS

Made this layout for the March Inspiration layout team... I used My Minds Eye papers. My bloom cricut cartridge to cut the bird cage. WOC small flowers. Glossy accents for the rain drops. Flat back pearls from Joann's.  Marvy Uchida butterfly punch. Also a Recollections punches. The requirements were to make a Spring layout. Using a catchy title, A place for photos, and a journal spot. I added a tag behind the large flower on the left side of the layout. I just pull out the butterfly and it is connected to the journal tag.

Thank you for stopping by and please leave a comment even just to say hi. Always love to hear from you.

Hugs Virginia

Wonderful chance to win on of Anna Fearer's flowers

http://www.annafearer.blogspot.com/2012/02/giveaway-time-again.html#comment-form

You all have to stop by and give her some love. She is an amazing artist.  So hurry on over and take a look .

MorePaperthanShoes projects

This is the collage I made for Becky at MorePaperthanShoes. We were teamed up and got to chat with our swap partner and find out a little of what they might like. The requirements were it had to be no bigger than an 8 1/2 by ll. It also was to be an inspirational collage. Whether we wrote them a message, a quote, poems, or saying. Had a lot of fun making this. Hope Becky enjoys it.

I made these tags for my sister to enter at morepaperthanshoes image tag swap. She has been so busy taking care of my other sister. Just wanted to do something nice for her. They have such wonderful ladies there and really fun swap. So come on over and join the team.

These are my image tags I sent in for the Feb 2012 image tag swap at morepaperthanshoes.

For the inspiration team we had to make a mini/layout about Why I love thee. It had to have a hidden spot for journaling or a photo. I chose to do a tri-fold card/mini album.

Here is what the mini looks like closed.

Here it is opened up. And the first photo of the mini is laying flat.

I hid a journal tag behind the middle photo of my grand baby. The other journal tag is laying on top of a hidden photo on the left front flap. It is held on my a magnet. I used the Martha Stewart heart border punch and then added small tags behind them. I made all the flowers with the exception of the small white and pink. I used pieces of wedding trim from a haul. Made the tree stick pins. I used pink and white paper doilies. I used different papers. The dragonflies are from my local dollar tree store. The pretty lace trim is from Wal-Mart. The pink bead spray is from a local thrift store haul. I hung a clear heart from a piece of ribbon as a dangle from the side. I looked for several different tutorial on how to make the card. I followed some of the measurements and added a few of my own. The directions are below. Please forgive my drawing. If you have any questions on how to follow this let me know. The sketch below is of the card/mini itself and some of the mats for photos. The sketch below that one is for the front and back mats.

Here is my collage from Becky. I so love this. My request was anything to do with a garden and and shabby chic. I so love the quote she put on here. This looks so pretty in my scrap space.

Here is the tag for the "love is in the air" tag swap at morepaperthanshoes Feb 2012 swap. We had to use a button, lace, and a flower. I added the lace to the back side. We also had to cover the front and back. We had to use black, cream, pink, red, or brown.  #6 tags. The challenge item was some kind of charm.