Thankful

Sometimes, the decorative paper speaks so well and all that's needed is a stamped phrase. That's the way it was with "Havana" by Prima Marketing.

How I made this:

I used a dark taupe-y green for the A2-sized card blank. I cut the decorative paper 5 1/2" by 4", making sure that the birds were facing the right way. I cut a small piece of the card stock and placed it in the upper left hand corner and attached three different sizes of coordinating enamel dots in a row. Then, I stamped the sentiment (Stampin' Up!) in Versafine Onyx Black.

Sharing with:

DL.ART: Thankful Thursday Challenge #247 "Thank You" 

Fonda's Fabulous Funday Finds #8

This is my fabulous finds NUMBER EIGHT. Fonda fun fact: Eight is my favorite number. I don't know why exactly. It could be that it's the number of the earliest house I remember. 8 Summit Court. It was a short street with a cul-de-sac — back then, they called them courts. There were probably less than 10 houses, from what I can remember. From that house, I went to preschool, kindergarten, first and part of second grade. 8. It's also the lowest house number I've ever had. 8. It's a round-y number. 8. It's my birth month. August. Those are all good reasons to claim 8 as my favorite number.

Now...on with the finds...

All of these were found at my friendly neighborhood Family Thrift. These were from the first trip:

Hat, book, glass shaker, picture, glass serving dish and V-shaped embellishments.

Close-up of the Kokopelli earrings.

Black wooden box - closed.

Open. It's a jewelry box!

 

Planter.

This is from the second trip:

Tinsel garland, half-shade night light and Katie's books.

 And, these are from the third trip:

This shows everything: books, coffee, tinsel garland, white ribbon, leather tri-fold wallet, leaf-shaped serving tray, ceramic gelatin mold, bag of Christmas-y stuff that I purchased for the star.

Here are some close-ups:

Mostly children's books.

New tinsel garland, white ribbon and tri-fold wallet.

Leaves serving tray that feels like wood, but Katie says it's plastic.

Either it's a gelatin mold or something purely decorative to hang on the wall.

I bought this for the star on top.

Showing off at:
Share Your Style #168 
Vintage Charm Party #131 
Talk of the Town #121 
Create, Bake, Grow & Gather Party #313 

From books to birds...and everything in between...

Thank you for stopping by!