sparkly french inspired tags...ooh-la-la

this is what I've been creating....

sparkly french inspired tags...

hand-stamped and embellished with glitter and rhinestones...

ooh-la-la!!

take a look here to see where I'm linking up to this week...

happy days,

Tracey

personalised mini journals

hi bloggers!

another of my favorite things to make are personalised journals. i like to use smallish journals with blank pages

here's the journal I made for Janis of Junkdreams, she was sweet enough to blog about it here

Janis loves everything french, so I went with a vintagey french theme and lots of bling

don't forget the back...

tucked a tag inside with a message

and whipped up a lacy burlap bag to gift it in...

remember girls, packaging is everything, who doesn't like to receive a pretty package

this one I made for my mom for a recent trip to visit her sister

I made this one super girly and pink for my sweet mom, with ribbons and lace and tulle...

vintage buttons, rhinestones, a handmade flower

and tucked in a tiny key to unlock her adventures!

kept the back simple and blingy

isn't it pretty!

what I love about journals this size, is you can take them along in your purse - jot down ideas, tuck in ticket stubs, photos, fabric or paper scraps

good idea don't you think? Though I love to write and enjoy the idea of journalling, it never happens in my reality, but so often I see a great idea or scrap of something, which can be added to a mini journal...

and it doesn't have to be perfect, just like us!

and in it's own way it tells a story of who we really are...

Lady Pamela blogged about her version of her art journal here

I'm linking up to these wonderful parties:

Made It Mondays

Metamorphasis Monday

Made by you Monday

I made the world cuter today

Take-a-look Tuesday

Three or more Tuesday

Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Get your craft on

DIY Day

Whatever goes Wednesday

happy days,

Tracey

MINIATURE TREASURES

I have always been fascinated by miniature things, and remember as a girl fashioning all kinds of dollhouse furniture out of matchboxes and toothpaste caps. So when I saw an article in Somerset Life showcasing miniature collections, it inspired me to play around with miniature goodies again.

Here's my little treasure box! I glued a piece of vintage lace onto the lid.

Let's take a peek inside....

I lined the box with a shiny silver foil cupcake liner. Then added various pieces of vintage lace, elastic, silver rope, pearls and beads, old necklace embellishments and buttons including tiny shell buttons. As my color theme was white, purple and silver, some of the lace and ribbon is purple. You can just see the purple lace peeking through under the purple button.

A vintage cotton spool, vintage elastic and lace, purple ribbon, a thimble and rhinestone earring.

So much fun, why don't you try one:-)

Happy days,

Tracey

PRETTIES TO GAZE UPON...

Well today I filled my gorgeous new glass vase with tulips, I just love it!

Prettied it up with a piece of organza ribbon...

...and a favourite rhinestone pin...sigh, how I love to look at pretty things!




What to do with the broken bud? Pop it in a pretty sugar-bowl-without-the-lid. Voila!

Now I have two pretties to gaze upon.
Happy weekend days!
Tracey:-)