white wednesday

a cream~puff ...

made to order ...

for my sweet friend ...

Amy ...

i am off to puff some more ... stay tuned ...

vintage inspired

a vision has been slowly drifting though my head for quite some time ...

an idea whispered by my muse ... at first too quietly for me to hear the words ...
i was listening more closely to the pull of the blues ... but her voice became more
insistent ... "are you sure?" i said ... "yes, you can do it" she replied ...

armed with my mission to combine the elements i most dearly loved about this:

and this:

i set about my task and created these:

vintage inspired powder puff wands ...

i had some help along the way ... and i have to thank my darling husband, who
did a lot of the legwork in gathering my supplies when i was defeated by my
mood ... thank you honey for being my biggest fan ... and also i have to thank my
dear friend Nancy from Fete et Fleur who so kindly offered feedback and much
needed encouragement when i sent her photos of my prototype puff ... you are a
treasure to me Nancy and i cannot thank you enough!

the puffs will be in my shop here when i have a moment to list them ... as
always, i thank all of you for visiting with me ... have a beautiful day!

both puffs are sold ~ thank you!

white tuesday

a while ago, i signed up to play "white wednesday" with Kathleen of "faded
charm" ... and i remembered one time to do a white post ... pathetic ... while i
was trying to snap pics of my tree last week, i also took a few pics of some of
my favorite white things so i could play this week ... tomorrow i will be busy
making cookies ... so i thought i would do my post early ... my first pic is an
old cheese box that i filled with some of my most dearly loved things: cabinet
cards, some millinery, old lace on clothespins, and my little miss sweetie:

next is my favorite lamp shade ... i covered it with a fabric remnant from my

mil ... tied it up with a length of wide lace ... and embellished with a millinery
flower and a piece of vintage jewelry that i mounted on a piece of crochet lace
sewed into a circle ... i absolutely love how this looks ...

old spools wrapped in lace ... secured with a simple safety pin ...

and a pretty hankie remnant glued onto a little burlap bag ...

thanks so much for stopping over ... i hope to get around to see the other white
posts while my cookies are in the oven tomorrow ...

happy thanksgiving

i wanted to wish all of my american blogging friends a very happy and blessed
thanksgiving 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 show
you something i made the other day for my Christmas tree using a vintage baby
bootie that i had ... i made two of these ... one is for a friend ... hers is a little bit
different than mine ... and i will wait until she has it before i share it here ...

i hope you all have a beautiful day!