tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:22:37 +0000where i share my love of playing with paper, clay, and mache...and my latest finds both vintage and antique...http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/faeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)Blogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-3710668947236489340Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:14:00 +00002009-12-10T20:43:36.055-05:00silver bottle brush tree ... wrapped in a vintage mercury glass garland ... andthe little holiday nest i made a few years ago using vintage ornaments ...a "noel" banner that i made last year ...the "n" is my favorite ...the very stunning banner that i won from Madai ... draped over a display ofsome of my trees and the holiday boxes i made the last two years ...i have a confession ... i am having http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/12/few-more-peeks.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-1372586324021570657Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:00:00 +00002009-12-07T10:42:59.889-05:00so, everyone is showing off their holiday home ... and i wanted to share too ...i only have a few pics ... i cannot for the life of me take a good indoor pic ... toofunny that the best pic i could get of my tree was taken at night ... go figure ...if you look closely, you might see something on here that came from you ...my tree topper is a doll that i bought from Heather ... which my boys think http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/12/hmmmmmph.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-6313040529423405355Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:48:00 +00002009-12-04T08:57:16.009-05:00i finished two more altered vintage booties last night that i will be listing veryshortly in my etsy shop ... i am really in love with these ... i already tried themout on my tree and they look totally adorable ... i hope you love them too ...i also made one last ornament for one of my very good friends ... she is not asfrou frou as me ... so i made it a little more simple ... but still lovely ..http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/12/couple-o-booties.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-2875852244359168784Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:03:00 +00002009-11-30T11:34:13.099-05:00happy monday to you! my plan for this morning was to scour my local shops forvintage ornaments for my tree ... however, duuuuuuh, i forgot to charge my cellphone ... and i do not leave the house without a fully charged phone, so i thoughtinstead i would show you the newest ornaments that i made for my tree ...so, what is this wishbone referenced in my post title? i will tell you: when i gothome http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/11/wishbone.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-6924887013172372188Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:11:00 +00002009-11-26T10:18:00.972-05:00i wanted to wish all of my american blogging friends a very happy and blessedthanksgiving day ... i am so thankful this day for the friends i have made here,and for the encouragement and inspiration you have given to me ...i don't have any cute thanksgiving images to share ... so i thought i would showyou something i made the other day for my Christmas tree using a vintage babybootie that i had .http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/11/happy-thanksgiving.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-2413407882160024179Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:01:00 +00002009-11-23T19:29:27.721-05:00i have received some of the most wonderful goodies from girls in blogland, andi wanted to share these with you ... my friend Zita sent me two gorgeous frenchcanadian magazines from the 1920s ... the cover graphics are stunning:from Andrea, i received the beautiful "Audrey" bag that i won in her giveaway:and Lisa sent to me the most amazing assortment of arting goodies ... she hadread on my blog http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/11/smorgasbord.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-5985740832801432382Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:25:00 +00002009-11-18T09:43:47.947-05:00leaving glittery trails ... i am not even kidding, you would not believe how muchglitter is scattered all over my house right now ... i think i have representativesfrom all the different factions too ... i've got your mica, your clear german glass,your fairy dust, and a little bit of real silver ... boy, that mica flies too ... i mighteven have some of that dangling from my ceiling ... here are http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/11/little-pink-girls.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)69tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-5728002855201885647Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:09:00 +00002009-11-13T09:38:07.929-05:00sorry if i have missed your posts ... we are having trouble with our internetsignal here over the last several days ... it's so frustrating ... i do have a goodsignal now, so i wanted to show you something that i finished this morning formy etsy shop ... i have four projects going right now, and i am surprised that iactually was able to finish something ... this glittered up snow~man:i don't havehttp://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/11/friday-sigh.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-8216219952868887871Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:59:00 +00002009-11-09T10:42:01.050-05:00i'm not sure if Clara and Marcela are hosting a "junkin' monday" this week ...but i am celebrating anyway ... on thursday, i had a very special junkin' day:not because of what i found ... but rather who i was with when i found what idid ... i had the great pleasure of meeting up with Marilee as she was makingher way down Ohio to visit her friend in Columbus ... Marilee was also playingSanta Claushttp://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/11/junkin-monday-and.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-2000383225732040747Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:42:00 +00002009-11-06T09:05:44.470-05:00happy friday to you! ... i wanted to share with you today a really simple ideafor creating pillows that i think are just lovely ... the best part of all is that itonly takes minutes to make your pillows and there is no sewing involved ...this is not a tutorial per se because i whipped these up a while ago ... and i amnot showing you the step by step ... but, they are so easy you won't need http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/11/easy-peasy-pillows.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-8811787654713182454Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:31:00 +00002009-11-04T14:24:15.344-05:00hello! i wanted to show you one of the projects i finished up this morning from"artist class" ... this was inspired by Tammy Sprinkle's "homage to a lovedone" tutorial ... my "loved one" is the cute little baby Dorothy featured in oneof my favorite cabinet cards ... inscribed across the bottom it reads: "Dorothyand her Dutchman ~ April of 1900 ... Dorothy is not a relative ... so i had tomake up http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/11/hello-i-wanted-to-show-you-one-of.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-8141905678924801318Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +00002009-11-01T08:00:43.443-05:00it was never stated that we had to use all or most of the elements in our designteam kits ... and thank goodness for that ... as i only managed to use two ... awee small cottage and a bottle brush tree ...in an effort to distract you from pondering that ... too much anyway ... i usedlots of shiny things too ... pretty mica flakes ...oodles of yummy silver tinsel ...and a delicious coating of http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/11/lollishops-design-team-reveal.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-3521413436915086474Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:05:00 +00002009-10-29T11:23:49.908-04:00yep, per usual ... waiting 'til the last possible moment to get things done ... ihave no idea why i do this to myself ... over and over ... it totally stresses meout ... and yet, i do it all over again the next time a project is due ...so, i have been scurrying around these last few days working on my sampleproject for "artist class" and my project for the "lollishop design team" ...i am happy tohttp://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/10/notes-from-procrastinator.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-6743421129787461052Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:22:00 +00002009-10-26T11:58:10.254-04:00i have a lot of things on my plate here this morning ... no pun intended ... thefirst thing up is my finds for this weeks rendition of "junkin' monday" hostedby Clara and Marcela ... i had popped into my local re~sell shop after a tripto the post office on thursday to see if i could find anything worth~while for acouple of bucks ... and i am happy to say that i did ...beauty plate #1and beauty http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/10/three-events.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)73tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-3407846965004593796Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:12:00 +00002009-10-22T21:48:41.487-04:00so, when Natasha mentioned doing Heather's art journal class as a gift to one's self ... ithought that was a perfect idea ... so i decided to show the rest of my journal for her party... this really was a gift to myself ... i granted myself permission to use the pretty things ihad been hoarding with no intention of ever using them ... how silly is that? ... now, i havethem in one lovely place http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/10/its-all-about-me.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-1178808956350628172Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:36:00 +00002009-10-19T17:42:29.241-04:00happy monday! i am excited to tell you that i will be sharing this project tutorial:as a part of Mary Green's "artist class". i will share step by step instructions for makingyour own pretty fabric lined box. to sign up for the classes, go here. enter my code:"myfaeriewindow"to receive a $10 discount. i hope to see you there!http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/10/artist-class-project.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-1156723110220852316Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:52:00 +00002009-10-18T14:56:35.057-04:00so, i thought i would have to sit out for another junkin' monday ... this virus i have is justkicking my rear end ... and i don't feel like doing anything ... but ... my peeps still have toeat ... so when i went on my grocery store run thursday ... i thought since i was showered,dressed and in the car, i would drive down the road to one of my favorite shops and see ifthere was anything pretty http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/10/junkin-monday.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)82tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-1583538803590188010Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:07:00 +00002009-10-18T15:06:34.960-04:00hi there! i finished the inside of the box for my art journal ... after shoring up the sides ofmy box with matt board ... i added silk~wrapped panels to the bottom of the box and toall four sides ... twisted cording finished the edges:to the corners, i added just a bit of trim to hide the spots where the paper didn't meetbecause my box was so very out of square ...my journal looks so pretty http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/10/under-lid.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)57tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-6523252575935830549Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:31:00 +00002009-10-18T15:18:57.351-04:00happy monday! i have to give a shout out to my best girl ... today is my dear mother'sbirthday ... happy birthday mom! i love you so much!we are still sick and hacking our lungs out over here ... only my younger son has remainedillness~free ... it must be the vitamin c from the orange he has for lunch every day ... i wastoo sick to go junkin' last week ... but not too sick to make the box that http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-art-journal-box.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-4211929029169394854Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:08:00 +00002009-10-18T16:41:33.545-04:00happy october to you:) today is reveal day for the lollishops design team and i am so veryexcited to show you what i made with my inspiration kit:our kits included: doll images from retro cafe art, trims from the tin tiara, a couple of claylollipops from sky blue bunny, and a few bits and bobs that Miss Sadie Lou collected forus to use ... i turned my goodies into ...Dolly Pops!!!hee hee! my http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/10/design-team-reveal.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)60tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-8054420909980976410Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:44:00 +00002009-10-18T16:50:41.872-04:00why, hello there! and welcome to junkin' monday ... i am very excited to show you my firstitem today because i found it at my local thrift shop ... you may have heard me say theynever have anything that i like ... however, as i was looking around there last week ... idiscovered that they now have a tiny vintage section ... hooray! i'm not holding my breaththat it will always be there, as my http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/09/junkin-monday_28.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)53tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-1196399962583639367Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:12:00 +00002009-10-18T17:06:51.152-04:00hi there! me again! i just had to show you my swap goodies that arrived today from Viv... she and i were partners in her shadow box halloween swap ... a few posts ago on herblog, Viv had showed something she had made for another swap ... the cutest ever littleskeleton girls, i commented on how much i liked them ... and that sweet girl sent one tome with my shadowbox ... behold and smile:you are http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/09/swap-and-journal-goodness.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-4097010628136129087Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:02:00 +00002009-10-18T17:21:40.182-04:00if you have been thinking that all i am doing lately is shopping and prancing out to mymailbox ... well, you couldn't be more wrong ... i have also been sleeping ... a lot ... myallergies are off the hook right now ... and my allergy med is kicking my rear ... combinethat with an early arrival of my yearly "winter blues" ... and you have a recipe for feelinglike the walking dead ... in an effort http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/09/random-bits-o-goodness.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-470144596824330331Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:02:00 +00002009-10-18T17:36:32.654-04:00happy monday to you! ... it's time for another rendition of "junkin monday" hosted byClara and Marcela from Nice and Easy Antiques ... i am happy to report that i did find afew goodies this week ... the first items are from my local thrift shop, which is usually atotal miss ... they hardly ever have anything that interests me ... but last week i stoppedin anyway and found a lovely plate, some http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/09/junkin-monday_21.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2397166732246450136.post-8793490623932671631Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:16:00 +00002009-10-18T17:40:38.764-04:00i had my felting supplies out today ... and made this:if i can get my computer to cooperate, i will be listing it here ...i keep losing my internet signal ... so aggravating ... this is the first time since this morningi have been able to get on my blog ... it took five attempts to complete this post ... i will bearound to visit you when i can!http://myfaeriewindow.blogspot.com/2009/09/shop-update-mini.htmlfaeriewindow@gmail.com (Lori)27