Doily Lampshade

How are you doing today?  It's another hot sunny day here.  A great day to hide in my studio and create something.  A basket full of doilies and an old lampshade (with the silk barely hanging on by a thread) becomes a project.  I just ripped out the silk and dug through my collection of doilies.

I had no real plan, just layer on the pretty.

I found these lovelies out junking.  Just look at this sweet picture of a bride (I'm guessing circa 1920's).

A sweet piece of floral barkcloth nabbed for $2.50 and a set of rusty and crusty doorknobs with key plates just $2.00.   The framed bridal picture set me back a whopping $1.79

Hope you are surviving the heat but having fun.

xo,

Danielle  

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I Won

Something just arrived in the mail for me.

 A package for me?  How exciting!

I won this darling soldered necklace from

Lynn of Trash to Treasure Art

I love the image and the little seahorse.

This beautiful necklace even has tiny little seashells dangling from a branch.

Lynn also sent the most gorgeous

handmade card with it.

Look at the back of it.

It is wonderful Lynn.

 Thank you so much.

 I just love it.

Lynn is a talented artist and makes many wonderful things.

You should go check out her blog and her etsy where she sells some of her creations.

What are you waiting for?

Go check Lynn's blog out now.

xo,

Danielle

Life

A few wise words about life

from one wise woman.

"Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it."

— Mother Teresa

Happy Sunday.

Weighing In

I went to an estate sale today

and this vintage scale came home with me.

Perfect for weighing

my crocheted potholders.

Wow, I'm close to 1 1/2 pounds

of potholders.

Do you think I have enough?

Small little joys

make me a happy girl.

xo,

Danielle

How Are You Today?

Are you feeling . . . . .

How are you feeling today?

Sweet Find

I found this sweet little sewing box

at the thrift the other day.

It opens to reveal quite a bit of storage.

I just love the color blue inside.

I can't decide if I want to use this

to store my

doilies

craft supplies

jewelry

makeup

office supplies

or

just use it as a sewing box.

What would you use it for?

xo,

Danielle

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Roy G. Biv

Remember in school

when we learned about

the colors in the rainbow?

Red, Orange, Yellow, Green,

Blue, Indigo, Violet.

or

ROY G BIV

I wish you a

beautiful

colorful

embellished day!

xo,

Danielle

(image found here)

Happy Weekend!

xo,

Danielle

You Light Up My Life

My new lamp

It didn't always look like this.

 Here is the before

Cost of lamp $1.50

Cost of shade $1.50

Fabric scraps and buttons (I already had) to create lots and lots of flowers.

A few prisms. . .

... and I had a fun

new (to me)lamp.

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xo,

Danielle

Happy Fourth of July

Wishing you a wonderful

fourth of July!

Hope you are enjoying the holiday.

Will you be watching some fireworks?

Pretty in Pink

Petite pink roses

Pink milk glass

Pink little bird

All of which are

Pretty in Pink.

Happy Pink Saturday

xo,

Danielle