Vintage Ancestors Journal DONE!

I go it finished! I am really happy with it. I used an actual vintage cabinet card album I got from ebay (see previous posts).

This is the finished album front cover:


The album had a 4 inch spine. I kept it that way because this journal will be quite bulky. The latch in the side is the original latch which allows for the 4 inch spine.


The spine has the same lace as the back of the journal.


Now to figure out where to start my vintage family!

Altered Paint Brush Finished

I finished the altered paint brush for the swap I am involved in.

I wanted to do something different and I think I accomplished that with the help of my sweet friend Julie Nutting.

Hope you like it!



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Altered Brush Swap

I am participating in an altered brush swap. It was due on the 1st of October but I had ZERO ideas and I refuse to send out something I would not want to receive.

So I figured I had to at lease get started right??? I bought a 3" brush and put gesso on it:


I sprayed it with Dylusions sprays but wasnt thrilled with the way it looked.


See what I mean?? Boring.

Next I got some patina (yellow) and put some on the brush; pulled out my trusty distress inks and VOILA! Much better.


The picture is not so great but trust me in this- the color is great.

So now I sit there and stare at it. Nothing. I check my email and come back to it - NADA. I am ready to give up for the day, grab a couple of chocolate kisses and GET IT! I want to so something with Julies divas!!

Julie Nutting is a FABULOUS artist whose distinctive fashionistas are now in chipboard! I am so proud of her and to be able to call her a friend!

She sent me some of her "girls" recently and I know thats what I want to use. How??? No clue. Haven't gotten that far yet!

I painted the dress in colors to coordinate with the brush and that is as far as I am going today.


Tomorrow I will go back and see what comes up!

Lace Craze!!

Obviously the vintage ancestors book will be full of lace and beautiful fabrics. And today my wonderful friend Sox invited me to contribute to a small group which will be making a Lace Journal!!!

Today I received this wonderful lot of vintage doilies that I bought from Ebay.



AND I got two vintage wedding dresses on an eBay auction for $21.00!!! And that includes shipping!!! SCORE!!!!

Can u just imagine the amount of beautiful lace, sequined fabrics, and beautiful material I can get from these two wedding dresses?????

Yep!!! SCOOOOOOOORE!!!!

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Nerd day?? Really?

Its "Nerd Day" in Kaitlynn's school today. Nerd day????

She looks so damned cute!




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Sue's Pages for the Artistic Evolution Journal

I finished Sue's pages yesterday.  Well, almost finished!  I am waiting for a stamp that I want to add to this which has a perfect quote.

When I think about Sue, I think about gypsies, France, lavender and burnt orange, flowers and Provence.

I hope she likes it!

I had bought these french wooden doors from Alpha Stamps not because I had any idea what I would do with them, but because they were cute!  In my mind this is the way I imagine a place like Provence - with flowers everywhere.

 This is the page on the left.  The colors on these pages are so much  more vibrant in person.

 These are the two pages side to side as they will be in the journal.

Hope you like it Sue!!

Vintage Ancestors Journal Part II

Okay, so yesterday I was able to get the book block done and I'm quite happy with it.

The cabinet card journal I bought on ebay is a great size and had great cabinet cards but it's quite plain and ugly.
  SEE WHAT I MEAN?

 So I did a front cover....

And a much simpler back cover.

 Once I get the spine done and put it all together it should look pretty.

I also added some color to the front page using the distress markers to give it a little more life.

So far, so good..... Let's see what happens when I put it all together!

My sweet friend Teri is making me a vintage journal cover.  I have decided to do a vintage book for my family (my real family!!) an will use Teri's wonderful cover for that.  Stay tuned!