Love is in the Air -Everyday- Photo Expression

 Hey Family- Enjoy the many expressions of love.

 Brings The Moon (8.5 x 11 watercolor print)  Copyrighted 2008 United States Library of Congress by Sunny Bower, all rights reserved

by ZenGarden   Etsy

Love you forever Grunge Personalized Portrait Picture

by MyMagicMe   Artfire

 Cupid Cubes with Airplant

by GreenlifeSavor -1000 Markets

 MAKE ME LATE SHOWER WEDDING PERSONALIZED PILLOWCASE 

by Photosintogifts-Bonanzle

 

 RAINA Peacock Themed Lux Wedding Programs With Monogram Wax Seal

by PeacockInvitations -Etsy © 2008-2010 Designs by Peacock Invitations

Working Wednesday- Rescued Invitation Cards

A year ago I bought these beautiful 10 pack of invitation cards from Bubbarye at Etsy..and never got a chance to use them. I gave them to my daughter to use for her sweet 16 this fall..but then my toddler got his hands on them and dropped the whole pack of ten cards into the toilet..and flushed!!

Luckily, I was able to grab only one loose card at the top of the pack quickly before the others were lodged into the toilet..needless to say the remaining cards were ruined..and I certainly wasn't going to dig them out of the toilet bowl to show you. EWW!

A single card was dry, clean & untouched..so I decided to make the best of it. I took off the ribbon and removed the pre-printed center. I truly loved the font style of the greeting phrase so I scanned and copied replicas of the greeting phrase and invite center and printed them on scraps of brown and teal blue card stock I had leftover.

Then , I went to the local flower and gift boutique and asked if they could find and order similar blue and brown polka dot ribbon.. My daughter truly loved the color scheme of these cards and I didn't want to change that. Luck would have it that they found some just a bit wider and in a more matte finish. YAY!;-)


I added these beautiful paper butterflies and more paper bag tan, white, and chocolate brown card stock scraps I had left over from my assorted card set project, put everything together and shortened them down to 3.5 x4.5" in size. What do you think??

Polka Dot Invitation Cards-Set of 10

I believe an honest crafter is the best crafter. Some would have tried to claim a old design as their own..I thought it was only right to give credit where it was due as I love what they did and respected that love that was put into the original project. I didn't want to let a great thing go to waste...just added a little eco-friendly touch of my own.

Now, here is the funny part..my daughter wants 20 of these but in purple, pink and black...sigh.
teenagers LOL!- Well, since I made a whole set of 10, I am adding these to my Bonanzle shop. I plan on making some more sets of different colors..and a unique style of my own of course;-)

Have you salvaged something and revamped or made something new with it?? Do tell!! if you blogged about it please share a link in the comment box so we can see. I love to read about it too;-)

Thanks for visiting.

Be Resourceful,

Ny

Crazy for Cards-Weekend Work Part II

Hi there, other than the new jewelry, I was also working on a boxed set of 24 assorted cards! The largest set I have ever made ! Woo hoo:-)

The first set I've made this custom Valentine card set for an Etsy client back in January 2009.






I was fortunate enough last week to receive a custom order of 24 Assorted birthday cards from a return customer in my bonanzle shop. I showed her the different paper and embellishments I had in stock at the time. The materials pictured she approved to be used in her order..However, she hasn't heard from her regarding her order yet so I will just post the "layouts" of the cards that I used.


I am so excited as this was my second custom order but my 1st box set for cards ever!. I want to show you so badly the finished product but I am waiting for her to review her package first;-) These just some of the layouts I used..just in case she may take a peek from my blog, but I used most of the colors papers.

As soon as I hear from the client I will post the finished cards tomorrow;-) I can't wait.

Be Crafty,

Ny

Lampwork Love

Hey Family, it's been a while since I posted but I have been busy.....crafting of course!


I have gone looney for handmade lampwork beads again! All my new earrings feature all new lampwork beads from Borosillicate to Raku Frit beads. I am just fascinated with all the different styles, shaped and textures these beads come in.

Pretty in Pink

These new square "pillow" beads are just adorable, hard to believe they are handmade!


With the beautiful green bushes outside I had to break away from that boring brown paper and take pics of them in a more natural element..which is frankly more my style anyway;-)

Marvelous metallics!

Fantastic florals!

These are just some of the earrings I have finished! Not enough time in the day to take all the photos and certainly would have made this a much LONGER post! .It's Spring, time for some COLOR!!

Stunning swirls

And mysterious mattes

I will be listing these lovely pieces in my Bonanzle Shop.



Thanks for visiting-Ny