Lost Bird Studio

Soldered Matchbox - she lives by the sea

2012-02-23T01:37:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,

this matchbox was sitting on my table for quite some time and I finally finished it.She lives by the sea and collects shells.Can you see the tiny shells?

Below is a side view of the box .

The photos came out a bit dark but below you can see the true colors.

I really had fun with this piece. Have a wonderful upcoming weekend dear friends and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Silent Soldered Charm

2012-02-21T07:10:00.004-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
today I would like to share this soldered charm with you which I just finished.Sorry I have been so silent lately myself but I was busy painting and moving furniture around.So not much time to create or visit you.Will try to catch up with you tonight.
I also would like to welcome my new followers - I'm happy you are here and look forward to getting to know you.Wishing you all a wonderful week dear friends. Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

I should be cleaning up but....

2012-02-06T06:07:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
it seems to me everytime I'm trying to clean up my studio I find things to create with,lol.Here is a fabric collage I just finished.Needless to say that my studio is still a mess and in need of a major clean up.
A few days ago my dear friend Julia from Vintage with Laces surprised me with this gorgeous
lace heart. I'm sure you all know Julia but if you never visited this talented gal go on over and have a look at all her beautiful creations.

Julia also included this lovely tag.

Thank you so very much,dear Julia - I just love the heart and tag you sent me.

Now I'm off to clean up my mess:) Wishing you all a wonderful Monday and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.I hope to catch up with you all tonight.

Hugs and love,

Bird Gift Pouch

2012-01-29T02:16:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
at the moment I'm having fun playing around with these pretty bird images from the Graphics Fairy
and created the gift pouch above and the matching card below. Thank you,Karen.

It always comes in handy to have a few gifts ready - don't you think?

I just love this Bird - also from Karen and here are some tags I created with tis image.

Linking up with Brag Monday over at the Graphics Fairy where you always find tons of inspirations.
Come on over and have a look.
Have a wonderful day and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Chair Make Over

2012-01-24T04:37:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
this chair belonged to my husbands grandmother and had to wait a few years to finally get a make over. I'm sorry I didn't took a before pic. but I love how it turned out.

Here is a close up. I had so much fun that I gave my tool box a makeover as well.

Linking up with Kathleen at Faded Charm for White Wednesday where you can see the most wonderful whites.
Have a wonderful day and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Some White Creations

2012-01-17T13:38:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
can you tell how much I love this image? I created a fabric gift bag and a tag with her.
The image is from Imagenes Vintage. Thanks again,dear Ana:)

On the tag below I used another beautiful image from Ana.The tag is already on the way to a dear friend.

Last week I was lucky enough to find this old sewing table at the local flea market and for 10$ it just had to go home with me.

This is the before pic. and after a bit of sanding and painting,

it looks like this. I'm really happy with it.

Since Valentine is just around the corner I started to work on some small hearts.
Linking up with Kathleen over at Faded Charm for White Wednesday where you can see the most wonderful whites.
Have a wonderful week dear friends and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments. Also a warm welcome to my new followers - so glad you are here.

Hugs and love,

Happy Mail Day

2012-01-16T18:21:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
I just would like to share some gifts I received from my dear Blog friends.The above tag came from dear Lynne at Adorn I just love her romantic and vintage style. If you don't know Lynne already go on over and have a look - you are in for a treat:) Dear Lynne,thank you so very much for this lovely tag - I just love it.

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Sonya over at Counting my Blessings spoiled me with these lovely creations.
This adorable Burlap gift bag was filled with goodies.

Here is what I found inside.

These beautiful Domino magnets which are already on my fridge.

A little Paris journal - see all the bling? I hope to go to Paris in the Spring so this will come in handy

And last but not least this very beautiful altered clip board with a french theme and more bling.

Here is a close up. So many details to look at.It found a lovely spot in my studio as well.
Dear Sonya, thank you so very much for spoiling me rotten:)I'm sure you all know Sonya alreadybut if you don't go on over and have a look at her beautiful creations. I feel so very blessed. Thank you so much dear friends,.One could get used to that,lol. I must say that I did sent out some Blog love as well. Have a wonderful week and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment.

Hugs and love,

Altered Mini Journal

2012-01-13T07:36:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
with all the snow we had yesterday I got some projects done and this mini journal was one of it.
The gorgeous bird came from the Graphics Fairy - thank you,Karen. What would we do without you and your beautiful grahics?

The vase above I did some time ago and also used one of Karen's beautiful graphics.
I'm linking up with Brag Monday where you always find tons of inspirations.

Since Wednesday I'm having trouble leaving comments - is anybody else having problems too??
Hope to catch up with you all today. Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Small Projects

2012-01-09T11:04:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
today I would like to share two small projects I just finished to get me in the creative mood again.
The image on the tag above came from Imagenes Vintage Thank you ,dear Ana.

Below is a small journal I made and the image is from Carol Anne.Thank you, dear Carol Anne.
The link to Carol Anne is on my sidebar but I think most of you know Carol Anne already:)

Have a wonderful Monday,dear friends and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

White Wednesday

2012-01-05T11:49:00.001-08:00

Hello my dear friends,

too much to do,but too little time as I’m once again running behind for White Wednesday .

The pillow below I brought with me from Germany and I just love it.

The little gift bag below is my first project of the year and I’m pleased with it.

Vintage linen,fabric paper and a velvet heart were used to create the bag. The French word was part of the giveaway I won from dear Rhonda. Merci.

Linking up with Kathleen at Faded Charm for White Wednesday where you can see the most wonderful whites.

Have a wonderful day and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hope to catch up with you soon.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Burlap Giftbag - Brag Monday

2012-01-02T11:09:00.000-08:00

                    I have one more gift to share with you which I made for my dear friend Patti. The gift bag was a part of our 12 days of Christmas swap.Don't worry I won't show you more,lol. The lovely bird image came from the Graphics Fairy  - thank you so much,Karen.
Linking up with Brag Monday  go on over and see all the wonderful projects.

Have a wonderful week and thanks for looking.

Hugs and love,

And the winners are......

2012-01-01T09:11:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
as promised,it's time to anounce the final winners of my "May I have your attention" giveaway - and the winners are:

Anneke @ lasize

and Connie @ She Dreams Big

Congratulations, Anneke and Connie. Please mail me your addresses so I can ship out the goodies to you.

Hope you have a wonderful start into the New Year and as always,thank yoy so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Happy New Year

2011-12-31T09:52:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas - I sure did as I got so spoiled by my dear blogging friends.
Spoiled was really the word for me in 2011 not only did I receive so many wonderful gifts but was also very lucky in winning beautiful giveaways and making new friends. Thank you so much - I feel so very blessed.
Today I would like to share more beautiful gifts I received from dear friends and will let the photos do the talking.Dear Alexandra @ Cottage Dreams spoiled me with all these beauties,

a lovely tag,

this beautiful heart and

this gorgeous pillow. Thank you so much,dear Alexandra I just love everything you spoiled me with.

From my very dear friend Julia @ Vintage with Laces came this gorgeous card.

Thank you so much,dear Julia and you know how much I love it.

Dear Lynn @ Trash To Treasure Art spoiled me also with these most beautiful creations.

a beautiful tag , this vintage snow man ornament and

this gorgeous vintage cone filled with beautiful items. They are now hanging in my tree.
Thank you so much,dear Lynn I just love everything and I'm sure they will be used for years to come.

Dear Nancy @ Sugar Lump Studios surprised me with this beautiful heart.

Dear Nancy,thank you so much for thinking of me.I just adore this wonderful gift.

I want to wish you all a Happy and Healthy New Year .
I would like to take the opportunity to welcome my new followers and I'm glad you are here.Looking forward to get to know you.
I will announce the last winner of my "May I have your attention" giveaway tomorrow.
As always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Santa has been good to me

2011-12-26T07:24:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
Santa was really good to me.Look what my dear friend Dorthe sent me. This sweet ornament and it was wrapped up so beautifully.

Thank you so much,dear Dorthe. I just love it.
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Dear Martina sent me this gorgeous tag and

this beautiful altered match box filled with goodies.

Thank you so much,dear Martina. I just love everything you sent me.

I hope Santa was good to you too,dear friends.

More to come.
Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Wonderful Mail day

2011-12-20T07:26:00.001-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
look what was in the mail a few days ago!
This beautiful card from dear Lynne @ Adorn

but that was not all:)

Dear Lynne also included this gorgeous wall hanging which I admired on her blog. Tugged inside was a white fabric bag with buttons,pearls and lace. Thanks again,dear Lynne I just love it.
If you never visited Lynne over @ Adorn go and have a look, you are in for a treat.
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The gifts are all wrapped up and I think I’m almost done with my Christmas preparations. How about you?

I want to wish you a merry Christmas and would like to take the opportunity to once again thank you for your support, all your wonderful comments and your friendship. That means a lot to me. Have a wonderful week and as always thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs and love,

Marie

White Wednesday

2011-12-13T05:03:00.001-08:00

Hello my dear friends,

just finished up two more projects which I would like to share with you. The above tag is made out of fabric with bits of paper and I finally finished the Christmas cone which was started two years ago. Do you also have unfinished projects just waiting to get done?

Lately I was lucky with my flea market finds and I just have to show you the French scale I found.

Sorry but I couldn’t take a decent photo.

I hope that you will find some time to relax with a cup of coffee or tea and some cookies.

Wishing you a wonderful and stress free week as Christmas is coming closer. As always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Linking up with White Wednesday at Faded Charm where you can find the most beautiful whites.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Christmas projects

2011-12-09T04:50:00.001-08:00

Hello my dear friends,

I finally got started on a few Christmas projects which I would like to share with you. Nothing too complicated as I started way too late.

A Christmas card and ornaments.

The inspiration for the ornaments came from Nancy @Sugar Lump Studios – thank you so much,dear Nancy.

If you haven’t visited yet - go on over you are in for a treat as the 12 days of Whimsy are going on right now and each day Nancy shares another gorgeous project with us.

A little gift tag I made.

I got my first Christmas tag in the mail from Ira @ Ira’s Crea Corner.

Such a beautiful tag! Thank you so very much, dear Ira – that was so sweet of you to think of me.

Are you all done with your Christmas creations?

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and a stress free Holiday Season and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Marie

And the winner is……………..

2011-12-05T04:57:00.001-08:00

The stocking goes to Lynne @ Adorn

Congratulations, dear Lynne. Please send me your address so I can send it out to you.

Now I’m off to catch up with you all.

Have a wonderful day dear friends.

Hugs and love,

Marie

May I have your attention

2011-12-02T03:04:00.001-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
here is a little update on the - May I have your attention - giveaway which will end soon .
Today I finished up a petite version of the shabby chic stocking and I will draw a winner out of the jar for it next week. So if you played along in my 200 post giveaway check back next week to find out if you are the lucky winner.

Of course the stocking will be filled with some goodies.
I will have the final draw on December 31th for another prize. Good luck to you all.
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my shabby chic stocking. At the moment I’m running behind again and hope to catch up with you soon.
Have a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Shabby Chic Christmas Stocking

2011-11-30T10:50:00.001-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
today I would like to share the stocking I made for the Fine and Faniful II class by Nancy from Sugar Lump Studios.
I used drop cloth as the base and rubberstamped the French script on to it. I just love how it turned out.
Below you can see a close up.

I think the soldered charm finishes it off nicely and I’m sure it wasn’t my last stocking.

A big thank you from my heart for all the kind comments and well wishes regarding my dental work. I had the worst part done today and it wasn’t fun but I’m just so glad it is behind me.
Wishing you all a wonderful day.

Linking up for White Wednesday at Faded Charm Cottage where you can see more beautiful whites

Hugs and love,

Marie

Advent

2011-11-26T05:31:00.001-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
I can't believe that the countdown for Christmas already started as today is the fist of Advent here in Germany and of course I'm dreaming of a white Christmas.

Since the vase for the Christmas bouquet didn't match I sewed a fabric bag for it.The graphic came from the Graphics Fairy. Thank you so much Karen.

The Christmas stocking I finished today and I'm pleased how it turned out.
More to come as I signed up for Nancy's class.
Don't be surprised if I'm very quiet next week as I'm having major dental work done and I won't be a happy camper.
Wishing you all a wonderful week and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

I’m still here

2011-11-17T18:18:00.001-08:00

Hello my dear friends.

I found this great shutter a while back at a local shop and finally got a chance to paint it white. I must say I’m really pleased with how it turned out.

At the moment I’m working on a white Christmas swap with a very dear friend and here are some of the packages. Sorry but I can’t show you more. Patti, I hope you’re not looking.

This I made for another dear friend

and I know she liked it.

Well, I’m too late to link to White Wednesday but I hope you will enjoy my whites.

I will be traveling back to Germany which means I won’t be able to visit with you for a few days. I really tried hard to catch up on you but Blogger is giving me a hard time.

As always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and hope to catch up with you soon.

Hugs and love,

Marie

And The Winners Are….

2011-11-16T05:52:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to Sharon @ Live Wire Jewelry and Connie @Wax Beach Artist. Please email me your address so I can ship out the goodies to you.

This should read Merci mes amies .

Thank you so much for celebrating my second Bloggeversary with me and for all your lovely comments.Also a big thank you to all who posted on the sidebar and to Trishia@ FrenchKissed who did such a lovely post.Merci.

At the moment I’m having troubles commenting again and hope to figure this out,lol.

Wishing you all a wonderful day my dear friends.

Hugs and love,

Marie

White Wednesday

2011-11-14T16:51:00.001-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
here are some of my favorite whites I would like to share with you for White Wednesday.

Lovely cabinet cards.

Jar of lace,pearls and a clock face.

Sweet baby shoes and

some flea market finds.

You can see more beautiful whites at Faded Charm Cottage.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Have a wonderful White Wednesday.

Hugs and love,

Second Blogeversary Giveaway

2011-11-06T07:28:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
I can't believe that my second Blogeversary is here and I would like to take the opportunity to say Thank You for your support,your friendship and for taking the time to leave me your lovely comments.I got so spoiled this year so it is time to give at least something back .Here is what you can win.

This gorgeous box (made by Rhonda @ A Little Bit French ) filled with goodies from me and a little journal. Below is a glimpse of what I gathered so far..

And as a second prize my first project for FrenchKissed - this pin cushion.

I hope you will join me in celebration of my second Blogeversary.

How to participate: Just leave me a comment on this post.
If you are a follower you will get an extra entry.
If you mention my giveaway on our blog/sidebar another entry.
Please let me know in your comment if you are a follower and will post it

Good luck to all of you and thank's for playing. Giveaway ends on November 15th.

Have a wonderful Sunday,dear friends.

Hugs and love,

Upcoming Blogeversary

2011-11-02T10:33:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I thought I was going to be late for my own Blogeversary as I was short of ideas and time what to create as a giveaway.Than I visited dear Rhonda @ A Little Bit French and saw this.

Ooh la la, this gorgeous box had to be it and I went shopping at her etsy shop. If you love French romance and shabby chic you just have to visit her. She also sells these beautiful faux tintypes but I'm afraid I won't be able to part with these:) Thank you,dear Rhonda.

Now I'm off, to gather goodies to fill the box as there are only a few days left.

Wishing you all a wonderful day and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Shabby Chic Wall Hanger

2011-10-31T11:19:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

I found this metal wall hanger at the flea market some time ago. It was dark green and needed a little TLC. So I painted it white and used my favorite graphic from Karen The Graphics Fairy added some lace and a button and voila - a french shabby chic wall hanger. Thank you,Karen.
I will link up to Brag Monday and if you haven't visited Brag Monday yet go and have a look at all the wonderful projects. Always so much inspirations.

As always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Have a wonderful Monday and a Happy Halloween dear friends.

Hugs and love,

Let's play with clay

2011-10-28T05:50:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
time just flies if you are having fun.So, today I would like to share my last tutorial as Artist-in-Residence for FrenchKissed with you. This beautiful image is the Payer Star from FrenchKissed and today's project is this lovely clay frame. Please see the tutorial on Trishia's Blog FrenchKissed
and remember she always has a special sale on Friday's.

My second Blogeversary is coming up soon and I will have a giveaway - so stay tuned.
As always, thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs and love,

I'm A Gypsy At Heart

2011-10-21T07:05:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

did you know I'm a gypsy at heart? Since I'm traveling back and forth from Germany to the USA,
I certainly feel like one.
So for today's project I chose this beautiful FrenchKissed gypsy image. and I will show you step by step on how to turn her into a framed beauty. See the tutorial on Trishia's Blog FrenchKissed
Just remember, Trishia has always a special sale on Fridays so go and have a look.
A warm welcome to my new followers - so glad you are here.

Here are the last roses from my garden just for you:)
As always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hope to catch up with you soon.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Hugs and love,

French Dreams Soldered Charm Tutorial

2011-10-14T05:37:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I know most of you would love to start soldering and need just a little push - I hope my project which I published today at FrenchKissed will inspire you and get you soldering like a pro in no time.
For this project I have chosen the English Beauty from French Kissed - be sure to check out Trishias Zibbet store.( Link is on my sidebar) Please tell her I send you over.Here is the link to the tutorial. FrenchKissed. Just remember,Trishia has always a special sale during the tutorial – make sure you won’t miss it.
Below is also a video tutorial from StampingtonCo, on how to solder which I thought is very informative. Enjoy and if you have any questions just e-mail me.
Have a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Simple Soldered Pendants

2011-10-14T05:36:00.000-07:00

Enjoy watching it:) It is from StampingtonCo.

My Tutorial For FrenchKissed

2011-10-14T05:20:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
here is my first project for Trishia at FrenchKissed. I couldn’t resist to turn the beautiful perfume label into a lavender pillow/pincushion. I think it would also look wonderful on a bottle,bag or box.You can find the link to her shop on my sidebar – be prepared to stay a while
Here is the link for the tutorial. FrenchKissed Blog
My Aunt will be leaving tomorrow and I hope to catch up with you soon. Have a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,

Marie

Love Letters - Soldered Pendant

2011-10-11T07:43:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
today as I was cleaning up my studio, I found this lovely photo from a previous project and instead of cleaning up I had the soldering iron in my hand:) Much more fun!
Below is another pendant I created.

Have a lovely rest of the week and I will be back Friday with my tutorial for FrenchKissed .Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Flea Market Finds and some soldering

2011-10-02T04:02:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I found these little magnet hearts in a shop and of course they had to come home with me. My idea was to solder one of them to see what it looks like. Seeing the outcome I think I will solder the other two as well.
A perfect little gift don’t you think?

Today I went to the flea market and here is what came home with me.

One can’t have enough bling don’t you think? I love old pocket watches and have a small collection already.

Some doilies.

And this apron. I also found an old sleigh which I will use for my Christmas decoration.
Tomorrow my aunt from North Carolina will visit me and stay for a week. That will reduce my blogging time. Sorry for that – I will catch up with you soon.
Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments. Have a wonderful Sunday.
Hugs and love,

Marie

New Fabric Heart

2011-09-27T08:29:00.001-07:00

Today I was just in the mood to play around and created this fabric heart. The images is from Magic Moonlight Studio.
Thank you,Blanca.

I would also like to share a free image Blog with you.
Ana has something for everyone – so go and have a look.
Just click on the photo and just in case here is the link.
http://fotosvintagegratis.blogspot.com
Wishing you all a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,

Marie

What’s on my worktable ?

2011-09-23T04:59:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
today I would like to share some exiting news with you! I will be the FrenchKissed October Artist-in-Residence and I’m really excited. Above are just a few images I will be working with. Trisha Jacobs from FrenchKissed has the most wonderful images and it was hard to choose which one I wanted.If you haven’t checked out her Zibbet store already go and have a look. ( just click on FrenchKissed ) So every Friday starting October 7th I will do a tutorial on her Blog. I will keep you posted on that:)

Here is the dustpan converted into a chalkboard and I’m happy with it. An overdue thank you to Rhonda and Anni.

Rhonda sent these adorable altered matchboxes a few weeks ago. Merci Rhonda - I just love them. And here is what I send to Rhonda in return.

From Anni I received this beautiful fabric Thank you card.

Thank you so much Anni that was so sweet of you and I love it.

Above are a few soldered charms I made to be used in a future project.
A warm welcome my new followers I’m so glad you’re here. As always, thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments. Hope to catch up with you soon.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.
Hugs and love,

Marie

May I have your attention–and the winner is….

2011-09-13T16:02:00.001-07:00

This Lavender pillow goes to Michelle @Petite Michelle Louise
Congratulations, Michelle !
Please send me your address so I can ship it out to you.
Wishing you a wonderful evening dear friends and now I’m off to visit your beautiful Blogs:) Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,
Marie

Great Finds AND Some Freebies for You

2011-09-12T16:47:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

today I would like to share some beautiful finds with you.

I just let the photos do the talking.

Love, ,love the cabinet cards and I will share them with you.

I will convert this into a chalk board – just perfect for it.

Don’t you think?

Here are your freebies! Feel free to use it in your beautiful artwork.

I’m working on another project for the May I have your attention giveaway – so please stay tuned as I will draw a winner real soon. Wishing you all a wonderful start of the week and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Marie

This And That

2011-09-09T15:42:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

can you believe it is Friday already and another week went by so quickly.Our friends left last Sunday and we had a wonderful time together.Now I’m slowly catching up with you all.

Here is a soldered pendant I just finished.

I also did this heart pendant with resin.

Nothing much but a start to get back into a creating mood.

Now I would like to share a wonderful gift dear Jill from Feathers & Flight sent me a while back. I didn’t win her giveaway but she wanted to send me something anyway.How sweet and generous this is.

Isn’t the box to die for? Love the digital collage she made with the bird and nest.

Here is a peek inside.

Beautiful Ruban and the little bottles are filled with mop buttons and tiny rose beads. Jill and her friend Lemay are the Junkin Gypsies and I’m sure you all know them.They run an etsy store called Junkin Gypsies Boutique - go and have a peek.

I will let the photos do the talking.

A beautiful journal.

This is what I found inside the journal!

It left me speechless.

Dear Jill, thank you so very much for spoiling me rotten.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend dear friends and as always thank you so much for your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Happy Labor Day

2011-09-05T12:49:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

just wanted to wish you all a Happy Labor Day.

Hope to catch up with you soon.

Hugs and love,

Marie

I’m So Overwhelmed

2011-08-23T10:19:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

the most wonderful package arrived in my mailbox a few days ago.

Have a look what dear Robin @ Robin’s Nest spoiled me with.

I just love the box and it has my favorite image on there. The box alone is a gift by itself. Hidden inside I found this gorgeous lavender bag.

But that was not all as you can see on the pics.!

Fabric flowers, hand stamped silk,petite bottle and lace.

Doilies,charms,MOP buttons and beautiful glass charms.

Thank you so much, dear Robin I just love everything you send me and I’m still overwhelmed with your generosity.

At the moment we have friends staying with us for two weeks, meaning that my spare time to visit you all is limited.

So, be patient with my response time – I will do my best catching up with you.

Have a wonderful week and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hope to be back soon.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Petite Fabric Bag

2011-08-17T09:22:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
today I would like to share this petite fabric bag with you.

The bag is all sewn together but the trimmings are in a lay out stage. I think the bag is coming along wonderful – what do you think?

The fabric flower was created by Rhonda from A Little Bit French and I just added a charm to it. Isn’t the fabric flower just gorgeous?

Do you remember that I was lucky enough to win Rhonda’s giveaway in June? Oh.la,la………….

Don’t you just love it? Merci for all the goodies and inspiration,dear Rhonda! I love it all.
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I received more goodies in the mail from Lynn at Trash to Treasure Art and that was for posting her giveaway on my sidebar.

Isn’t this just wonderful? I absolutely love the resin piece.

Don’t you just love getting spoiled?? I do:)
I think this will be my word for the year,LOL.
Thank you so much,dear Lynn. Just love it.
Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,

Marie

A Big Surprise Came Through The Mail

2011-08-13T10:58:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

a few weeks back I received a big surprise in the mail and it all started with a rhinestone chain which I didn’t have! But now I do - thanks to Suz from Katsui Jewelry.

Will you look at the beautiful necklace and chain. I don’t know if I will be able to take the necklace apart,Suz:)

But that was not all ! Dear Suz included a box with all the beads and cording.

This is a view inside the package before I took everything out.

Suz spoiled me also with doilies and magnetic poetry which came in handy. Dear Suz, thank you so very much for all you spoiled me with.I love it all and you left me speechless.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Fabric Collage

2011-08-05T11:32:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
here is a new fabric collage I just finished and would like to share with you. The base of this collage is a beer coaster which dh brought back from Salt Lake City. I’m not sure if it is finished yet.

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Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. If you are going to hit the flea markets - good luck to you!
Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,

Marie

New Shopping Bag

2011-08-01T06:24:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
just a short post today to show you my new shopping bag. This one is made out of Drop Cloth fabric and the graphic is from The Graphics Fairy – thank you, dear Karen for all you do!!

I’m very pleased with how the bag turned out as this is my first sewn bag. Linking up to Brag Monday at the Graphics Fairy.
Wishing you all a wonderful start of the week.
Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,
Marie

Technorati-Tags: Brag Monday

And the winners are ………………

2011-07-30T00:30:00.001-07:00

Yes,this time I have two winners !! Sorry for the delay,my friends.

Congratulations Anni @ Fabric Art and Lynn @ Trash To Treasure Art!! Please mail me your address so I can ship out the goodies to you.
If your name wasn’t drawn yet, don’t worry, all of you who played in the 200 post giveaway still have a chance till December.
Have a wonderful weekend,dear friends.
Hugs and love,

Marie

Soldered Pendant

2011-07-27T04:52:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
here is a new pendant I just finished and would like to share with you.

I wished I had a rhinestone chain so that I could have soldered them on.
I purchased Riki’s @ Riki Jewelry Soldering Rhinestone Video and she shows you exactly how to do it.
Thank you,Riki – it was so much fun!
Here is the sample from the tutorial created by Riki.

Don’t you just love it ? She also has kits available in her Etsy.

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The last couple of days I was really thinking hard.

What can I do for the giveaway? Remember the post May I have your attention!
It is now on my sidebar and all you have to do is click on it.
Well, here is what I came up with and I hope the winner will like it.

This paper bag will be filled with goodies. I’m thinking lace,buttons and ribbons and whatever I can think of.
To all of those who played in my 200th post giveaway stay tuned as I will draw a winner soon.
Have a wonderful day dear friends.
Thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,

Marie

Shabby Chic Shopping Bag

2011-07-24T02:39:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I made this shabby chic shopping bag for my dear friend Julia @ Vintage With Laces . Julia just loves to go to flea markets and the bag
made a wonderful birthday gift for her.

The graphic is one of my favorites one from Karen The Graphics Fairy – Thank you so much,dear Karen!

Here is a close up.
As you can imagine the bag was not empty:)

Some lace,a soldered charm, a big vintage spool of creamy cotton thread and a dawning mushroom I found at the flea market.
I was so excited when I found the dawning mushroom because I knew she was looking for one.

This little tag.

A fabric collage and some trinkets I forgot to take photos off.

Yesterday I went to the flea market and this is what I found.
Oh, lucky day!

Almost time to pick another name out of the bowl:)

So stay tuned. Have a lovely Sunday dear friends and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Technorati-Tags: Brag Monday,Gifts

A Little Peek Into My Studio

2011-07-21T05:39:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

remember my little garage sale shelf ? Well, it inspired me to finally start reorganizing my studio.

At the moment it is a total mess so I will only share a few photos.

The shelf above is fairly new and I love the drawers.

Yes, all the drawers are full:) I think I need more space.

Right now I’m painting drawer cabinets which are on my worktable and should have been painted years ago.

Isn’t it amazing what a little shelf can do?

A few weeks ago I received the most wonderful surprise in the mail from my friend Lynne @ Adorn

Look what dear Lynne spoiled me with for my birthday.

This beautiful wall hanging – so very French and shabby chic. Just Lynne’s style and she knows how much I love it.

It found a lovely spot in my studio.

Dear Lynne also included this lovely journal. The perfect size for traveling and it will earn a lot of traveler miles:)

Look at the beautiful hand stamped ribbons, lace and lace flowers. Dear Lynne, thank you so very much – I love it all.

I feel so very blessed to have such wonderful and talented friends.

Also a warm welcome to my new followers it is great to have you here.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Have a wonderful weekend,dear friends.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Running Behind

2011-07-18T04:07:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends ,
seems like I’m always running behind these days and I’m late with this post too.
Blogger just wouldn’t let me post last week.
Today I would like to share more beautiful gifts I received from dear friends.

This beautiful gothic arch card I received from my friend Lynn @ Trash To Treasure Art Isn’t it just beautiful? Thank you so much,dear Lynn. I Love it.

Next my friend Ira from Ira’s Crea Corner send me one of her beautiful fabric flowers – just because .
How sweet is this? Ira has a tutorial on her Blog on how to make them.

Thank you so much,dear Ira. I love it.

I was also one of the lucky winners of Line Cathrin’s giveaway @ Shabbylishious and here is what I won.

This very beautiful fabric lace flower and this two lace bracelets. So very pretty. Thank you so much, dear Line Cathrin. Just love them.

Line Cathrin sells her artwork on Etsy so please go and have look.
Next time I will show you what dear Lynne @ Adorn spoiled me with. Wishing you all a wonderful start of the week and thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Garage Sale Make Over

2011-07-07T06:24:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
this little shelf was a garage sale find from last year and I finally gave it a new look. Sorry, forgot to take the before pic. It was a quick and easy project . The graphic of course is from Karen at the Graphics Fairy - thank you so much for all your wonderful images,Karen.

I really love my 1$ shelf. Thank you Julia,Rhonda and Michelle for bringing back the french in me:)
I might link this up to Brag Monday - always so much fun and inspiration. Find the link to Brag Monday on my side.
Wishing you all a wonderful Summer day.
As always, thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Free Images For You

2011-07-06T06:57:00.001-07:00

Here are the promised prayer cards for you. Please don’t sell them. Enjoy.

Have a wonderful day dear friends.

Hugs and love,

Marie

I'm Feeling A Little Bit French Today

2011-07-05T03:01:00.000-07:00

Bonjour mes amis,
why do I feel a little bit french today ? Ohhhhh, I was the very lucky winner of Rhonda's French Friday Giveaway @ A Little Bit French. It was like receiving another Birthday gift - how lucky can one get?
Here is what I won. With Rhonda's permission I'm using her photos.

Just so romantic and elegant, tres chic and I'm just sooo over the moon to have won her gorgeous giveaway.
If you never visited Rhonda, go and have a look at all her beautiful french creations.You are in for a treat and the July giveaway is still open. You might also want to check out her Etsy shop.

Dear Rhonda, thank you so very much!!! I just love it.

I also was lucky at the flea market:) and here are my treasures.

Vintage lace,pearls,earings and sheet music.

These prayer cards which I will scan and share with you. Just haven't goten around to it yet. I'm still running behind with visiting you all but hope to catch up soon. As always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments - they mean a lot to me.
Wishing you a wonderful week dear friends.

Hugs and love,

Petit Soldered Box

2011-07-03T05:08:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

I just had to share my second petite box with you - not perfect but a bit better than the first one,LOL.
Below is a closer view.

What do you think?

Just having fun soldering:)

You can dress up a simple bottle with it. and make it look elegant.
Have a wonderful Sunday dear friends and thank you so much for stoppping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

A French Birthday Gift

2011-07-01T02:45:00.000-07:00

Today I would like to share with you what my very dear friend Julia @ Vintage with Laces spoiled me with.
The most beautiful petit lavender pillow with my favorite image on it ,she knows me so well:) Can you smell the lavender? Vintage lace and price tags but there is even more.

This beautifully altered bottle - love everything about it.

A beautiful card and it doesn't stop here.

Dear Julia also gifted me with one of her lovely collages.So many details, you can click on any photos for a larger view. As you can imagine I was just thrilled and speechless.
Dear Julia, thank you so very much and you know how much I love everything you send me.
I feel so very blessed and lucky to have so many friends who made my birthday extra special but the best gift of all is the friendship.
Here is a little teaser for a very dear friend.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend my dear friends and a happy 4th of July.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Spoiled by sweet friends

2011-06-29T02:01:00.000-07:00

This year I was really getting spoiled for my birthday. My dear friend Kim surprised me with this beautiful bracelet which came in the pouch you can see above.

Isn't it just beautiful? Thank you so much dear Kim - you know how much I love it.
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The next package I received was from dear Dorthe. I'm sure you all know sweet Dorthe @ Den Lille Lade.

She gifted me with this beautiful collage. You can click on the photo for a better view.

Here is a close up. Don't you just love how she decorated the wings with the lace? But that is not all;
sweet Dorthe gifted me also with one of her precious drift wood angels.

Dear Dorthe, thank you so very much.

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All the way from Australia came the next surprise:) Sweet Suzy @ Suziqusthreadworks send me this gorgeous birthday card. How did she know my birthday was coming up!!!!

Look at all the layers of fabric and lace - so much texture. The photo does not show the real beauty of the card. Inside are two small fabric collages but Mr. Blogger won't let me upload the pix. Sorry.

Inside the card I found this beautiful bookmark as well. WOW. Thank you so much,dear Suzy.
Thank you sweet friends for thinking of me and spoiling me so much - I love it all and will treasure it.

More to come in my next post.

Wishing you all a wonderful day my dear friends and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for

all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

What a fantastic City

2011-06-27T08:47:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
can you guess where dh took me for my birthday??? We went to Istanbul -Turkey what a fantastic city. So much to see and so little time. Lots of shopping opportunities too. The people are very friendly and the Restaurants are great.

This is the view from our balcony and here are some random photos.

I just love roses and had to take that photo.

Here are some treasures I found.We had such a wonderful time and I'm sure we will be back.

I wanted to thank you for all the lovely comments you left me on my Bon Voyage post that ment a lot to me.Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Marie

Bon Voyage

2011-06-20T03:37:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
hope your weekend was wonderful. This girl is getting ready to leave for a short trip as DH surprised her
with it. How sweet was that? So I will catch up with all of you when I return.
Wishing you a wonderful week and a warm welcome to my new followers -it is great to have you here.As always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments. I will miss you and hope to see you soon.

Hugs and love,

Adventure in soldering

2011-06-17T06:08:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
today I would like to share my house shaped charm with you which was quite a challenge for me. Notice; no
jumpring on top:) I just couldn't do it so I soldered the charm on instead. Below you can see my first try at soldering a petite box - let's just say I'm not ready for that but I'll keep it as a reminder to not give up,lol.

And below a gothic arch - I really love how it turned out.

Have a wonderful weekend my dear friends and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

More soldered charms

2011-06-15T03:14:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
at the moment I'm having fun soldering and just love to use patina on my charms. Here are some new charms I made. The image above is from Jamie@ Art-e-ology thank you, Jamie!

The image used in sweet is from Digital Collage images

The Eiffel tower charm will be used to decorate a journal or box.
Have a wonderful day and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
They mean a lot to me.

Hugs and love,

and the winner is......

2011-06-13T02:16:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
you might be already waiting for the announcement of the winner.If you don't remember what this is all about
you can read it here: May I have your attention and here 200 Post giveaway just in case you can't remember if you entered my giveaway.

The winner today is Guria @ Guriana Congratulations Guria! Please e-mail me your address so I can send the charm out to you.

Wishing you all a wonderful start of the week and thank you so much for stopping by.
Also a big thank you for all your lovely comments you left on my first soldered bottle

that ment a lot to me.

Hugs and love,

My first soldered bottle

2011-06-08T08:42:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
today I would like to share my first soldered bottle with you. It is filled with coarse glass glitter,a dried rose bud and pearls. I soldered a jumpring to the top so that one can wear it as a necklace.You can click on the photo for a larger view.

Here is a close up.

A tag I made using the pretty PW image .

The beautiful tag above I received from Ann @Ann's Imagination Creation's I just love the dream like feel to it.Thank you so very much,dear Ann!! Please go and pay her a visit.

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Just a reminder to all who played along in my 200 Post giveaway - I will draw a winner soon for the soldered charm below.The winner will be anounced in my next post. Good luck to you all.

Have a wonderful day my dear friends and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,

I'm back

2011-06-04T07:36:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
just a short post to wish you all a wonderful weekend and a happy June. Above is an ATC I made with lace as a background and below is a petite lavender pillow made for a friend. The image is from
my friend Carol Anne @ Carol Anne's Boutique Thank you Carol Anne! She creates beautiful artwork and shares her beautiful images with us.If you haven't visited go and have a look.

I'm still having problems leaving comments on certain Blogs.How about you?? So just in case you haven't heard from me - that is why. Whishing you all a wonderful weekend my dear friends and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Time for a break!

2011-05-26T16:50:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I think it is time for me to take a little break - as so many of you, I can't leave comments and I know this time it is blogger and not the new computer or me.Just wanted to let you know I visited your blogs and just couldn't leave a comment.I think I aged 10 Years since all the problems started,lol!
Well, I will visit with you and try to leave comments but I won't be blogging for a while.

As I'm working on this post, I noticed I can't preview my post so I'm almost sure it won't work.
Wishing you all a wonderful Memorial Weekend and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Want to go shopping with me?

2011-05-22T15:59:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
what to do on a rainy Sunday? You go shopping of course and this is where I went.

Antiques Home and Garden in Mooultonborough,NH. This is just my kind of store.It was very crowded and I couldn't take nice photos because of the poor light.

Love those pillows!

Don't you just love that dresser?

Well, I hope that the photos will show up - they should because I had to buy a new computer!!
Does that make my life easier? No, it came with Windows 7 and I don't have a clue!
I'm still busy transfering data to the new computer and learning to handle windows 7. It is just sooo time consuming.I wish you all a wonderful evening and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

A Big Thank you to Karen!!!

2011-05-18T17:40:00.000-07:00

Seems like it is running again!! A big thank you to Karen from Valentine Design.
Thank you,Karen:)
Have a wonderful evening.
Hugs,

My Blog must be broken!!

2011-05-18T15:21:00.000-07:00

I have no idea what is going on with my Blog.

Forgot to put a label on to my White Wednesday post and added the label in my dashboard -now all the photos are gone!! At least from the post. There are still in my picasa album.

I can't fix it. Any ideas? Please let me know. I did report this.

Thank you.

White Wednesday

2011-05-18T09:44:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
today I would like to share some whites with you and join White Wednesday at Kathleen’s Faded charm Can you believe it is her 100th post of white Wednesday! She is celebrating it with a wonderful giveaway. Congratulations Kathleen.

Here is my dress form all dressed up for the occasion.

Some lace and pretty buttons
a white tag I made some time ago.

Hope you will visit Kathleen at Faded Charm to see more wonderful whites. Wishing you all a wonderful day my dear friends and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,

Marie

Flea Market Clipboard

2011-05-16T08:43:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

hope you all had a wonderful weekend.Today I would like to share with you my first project I did in Nancy’s class: Parisian Dreams. It is a Clipboard and I really like how it turned out.

The image came from Blanca @ Magic Moonlight Studio

Thank you,Blanca.

Hope you all have a wonderful start of the week and as always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Marie

I’m getting spoiled and still having problems to post.

2011-05-14T08:24:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

a couple of weeks ago I was the additional winner of Angie’s giveaway @ Meri Scrapper 13’s Cottage and here is what I won.

A petite Rose pincushion and dear Angie also put in these wonderful advertisement bags along with a beautiful card.

Thank you so very much,Angie I just love everything you send!!

Before I move on I would like to thank you all for your nice words of encouragements during my frustrations with blogger.

Well, I still can’t use my dashboard to post. I wonder if they forgot to fix my problem with all what has been going on:)

I never had a chance to show you what dear Sonya @ Counting my Blessings spoiled me with when I won her giveaway.

Look what a beautiful altered box she added and it wasn’t empty!! I will let the photos do the talking.

Thank you so much again dear Sonya !!!

Last but not least Debbie @ Mosaic Magpie sent me this beautiful heart and prayer book.

Thank you so much dear Debbie!!!

Just keeping my fingers crossed it will show up for you to see:)

Wishing you a wonderful weekend dear friends.

Hugs and love,

Marie

What I’m working on

2011-05-11T13:37:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

I’m still having trouble posting photos and I have no idea how to fix the problem. I spent a long time on Bloggers help site and tried out a lot of different things – nothing worked so far. So here is a test post just to see if it is working.Fingers crossed.

The collage above is not done yet.The image is from Dawn at the Feathered Nest.Thank you Dawn.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs,

Marie

Lost Bird Studio

2011-05-10T14:11:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
here is the heart again and I hope it will show up this time. Right now I can't show you more photos as I'm still having trouble with posting pics.
Wishing you all a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Hugs and love,

New Heart and a Happy Mother's Day

2011-05-08T06:47:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
just wanted to wish you all a Happy Mother's Day.

Hugs and love,

Flea Market Finds

2011-05-02T01:17:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
look what I found at the Flea Market! A little bling and some old lace.

Vintage butttons

MOP, glas buttons, pearl buttons - not too many but a lucky find.

The two above are metal snap ons but I thought I could use them as bezels.

The Dictionary was another lucky find!!! German,French and English.
Wishing you all a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Bird Giftbag

2011-04-29T01:40:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

here is my giftbag all finished and I'm happy with the result. The image is from The Graphics Fairy.

Thank you Karen. I might link it up to Brag Monday.If you never visited Brag Monday go and have a look at all the wonderful projects.So much fun and inspiration.Find the link to Brag Monday on my side bar.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

The winners are...........

2011-04-26T03:39:00.000-07:00

The winners are: Robin@ Robbins Nest, June @ Laughing with angels, Ira @ Ira's Crea Corner and
Jean FB @ Bluebird Paperie

Congratulations! Please E-mail me your address so I can ship out the goodies to you.
Below you can see the goodies again. Giftbag - goes to Robin, the heart goes to June and each also get a soldered charm. The pillow goes to Ira.

Jean FB won the soldered charm below.

Thank you so much for celebrating my 200 post with me and for all your lovely comments.Also a big thank you to all who posted on the side bar and to Dorthe who did such a lovely post.
Just remember everybody who entered my giveaway will have another chance to win something till the end of December.
Whishing you all a wonderful day my dear friends.

Hugs and love,

May I have your attention

2011-04-25T23:57:00.001-07:00

Hello my dear friends,

first of all thank you so much for all your lovely comments about my wish tag.

It is almost time to draw the winners and that is a part I don’t like to do.Why?

Because I think you all deserve to win but that of course is not possible.

So while I was busy writing down all the names ,I had an idea! This time I will

hang on to the names till the end of December and over the month pick or draw names out of the bowl for a little price. So if you don’t win today you will have another chance till the end of December. That is my way to say thank you for your friendship, support and for taking the time to leave me a comment.

I also would like to welcome my new followers. Thank you

Till I return later to announce the winners,

Hugs,

Marie

Wish

2011-04-25T01:26:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends.
hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. Here is a tag I made just for you!
I wish you all a great start to the week and good luck with my giveaway.The drawing will be tomorrow.
Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Have a wonderful day.

Hugs and love,

Mail from Martina

2011-04-23T23:27:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
look what came in the mail a few days ago! This beautiful beeswax collage made by Martina @
Stempelgewerkel. It was published in "Just Stamps" (1/2011 ) and I can't believe that Martina send it to me.

Here is a close up. Don't you just love the screws and the cameo? Dear Martina also included this beautiful collaged egg. Dear Martina, thank you so very much! I feel very honored that you send me your published artwork. It is already hanging in my studio and I love it.

My dear friends,wishing you all a wonderful Easter and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

I'm still here

2011-04-19T03:02:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I'm still here and slowly catching up with all of you.
The soldered charm above was treated with a patina solution and I really like how it turned out.The image is from Digital collage images. Isn't the little girl just adorable?
I made a collage on things I'm working on and there almost finished.

I would also like to welcome my new followers - thank you so very much!
Wishing you all a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Look what I won!!!

2011-04-14T07:09:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I was the very lucky winner of Lisa's giveaway over @ Tarnished & Tattered. Isn't this nature journal to die for?And soon it will be mine! ( I still can't believe it! ) Lisa gave me permisssion to use some of her photos.

Look at all the lace and fibers - I'm so in love with this journal:)

To see more photos of the nature journal and all of Lisa's beautiful creations go and visit her now.Such eye candy. Tarnished & Tattered

Dear Lisa, thank you so very much!

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and thank you for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Playing with resin

2011-04-11T02:18:00.000-07:00

A few days ago I played around with resin and made the Brooch above. I'm not too happy with the result but it was fun.

The little giftbag was made for a dear friend - just because.

Again I'm so behind with visiting your lovely Blogs and hope to catch up with you soon.
Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Sending you Spring greetings my friends and a warm welcome to my new followers.

Hugs and love,

Just added one more thing to my giveaway!

2011-04-07T00:38:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
first of all thank you so much for all your lovely comments and for entering my giveaway.
Also a warm welcome to my new followers - another milestone, as I reached 306. WOW. Thank You.

I just added the lavender pillow above to my giveaway.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs and love,

200 Post Giveaway

2011-04-04T23:37:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I don't think I would have reached 200 posts without you! So I would like to take the opportunity to say thank you for your support,your friendship and for taking the time to leave me your lovely comments.
I feel so very blessed to have you! Thank you so much.

Here is what you can win.

#1 This giftbag filled with goodies ( don't know what will be inside yet) but I promise it will be good.

And this soldered charm.

# 2 Lavender Heart and one of the soldered charms below.

To win one of the items just leave me a comment on this post. I do appreciate my followers very much,so if you are a follower you get another entry. If you post on your side bar another entry. Feel free to grab my giveaway button above. Giveaway ends April 26th.
Good luck to you and thanks for playing.

Have a wonderful day.

Hugs and love,

The winners are...........

2011-04-03T05:43:00.000-07:00

Here is the anouncement which you - my dear friends - are waiting for!

The winners are: Joanna @ Fiddlesnips, Ann @ Ann's Imagination creations. Martina @Stempelgewerkel
and Suz@ Katsui. Congratulations! Please email me your address.
Thank you all so much for entering my giveaway and for all your lovely comments.
I just wish I had something for everyone but my 200 post giveaway is coming soon.
Wishing you all a wonderful Sunday.

Hugs and love,

Bloggers are the best!!!

2011-03-31T10:06:00.000-07:00

Bloggers are the best! Don't you agree? The tiny lavender pillow above is made by me but a design of Lilla @ Just Lilla and she was so very kind as to give me permission to use (borrow) her idea for a gift. Thank you so much Lilla that was so kind of you!!! I just found her beautiful blog a few weeks ago and if you don't know her already please go and have a look at all her beautiful creations.

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Below are two very tiny lavender pillows I made using the rose sheet from bitmap.

And here is a little peek of one of the items for my 200 post giveaway. BTW this is post # 200! Yeah!

At the moment I'm a bit behind with my visits to your beautiful blogs but I'll hope to catch up soon.
Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend dear friends and good luck with the giveaway.

Hugs and love,

Better late than never...........

2011-03-30T13:53:00.000-07:00

Look what I received today! This beautiful Christmas ornament from Lynne @ Adorn

Story behind the late Christmas ornament:
Lynne had her first Blog anniversary in December and I was one of the lucky winners. It should have arrived in time for christmas but never made it. About a week ago it was delievered back to Lynne. Lynne was kind enough to rewrapp it and sent it again.As an extra surprise, Lynne included a gorgeous lace,ribbon and
the wonderful card you can see below.Dear Lynne, thank you so very much for the extra effort sending the package again. I will give this little treasure a special place on my Christmas tree. Right now it hangs in my studio where I can see it.

If you haven't visited Lynne @ Adorn go and have a look at her beautiful creations.
Have a wonderful day my dear friends and thank you so much for stopping by.
Also a big thank you for all your lovely comments about my pillows:)

Hugs and love,

Just added two more pillows to my giveaway

2011-03-28T06:20:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I just added these two pillows to my not sew perfect giveaway.If you haven't done that already please leave a comment on the original post - Thank you for playing along and for your lovely comments.
Wishing you a wonderful start of the week and as always thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs and love,

Not sew perfect - a little giveaway

2011-03-25T06:06:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
just finished this pillow this morning. As you can see I'm having fun with the collage sheets from bitmap http://www.bitmap.etsy.com/.
Since I did not participate in the OWOH event and pay it forward, I think it is time for a little giveaway.
If you would like to win this pillow just leave me a comment on this post - that's all you have to do.
I will pick a winner on April 3. Good luck to you and thanks for playing. Click on image for a larger view.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs and love,

What inspires you?

2011-03-24T03:37:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
what inspires you? For me it is mostly images and thanks to Diane @ Diane Knott's Musings I went to visit
bitmap an etsy store. WOW, she has the most beautiful images and so I bought some. Above is a little pillow I made using one of her images.Yes, it smells like lavender,lol.
Hope you are not getting sick of my little pillows but I have to practice my sewing skills.
As always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.
Have a wonderful day my friends.

Hugs and love,

New lavender pillow

2011-03-19T04:02:00.000-07:00

Here is another lavender pillow I just finished and wanted to share with you. It is only 3 X 5 inches.
You can click on the photo to get a better view.

Have a wonderful weekend my dear friends and thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs and love,

Lavender Pillow

2011-03-16T07:15:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
today I would like to share my first "petite" lavender pillow with you. The image came from the Vintage Moth. Thank you. ( find the button on my sidebar )

I don't know if you noticed this, but the link for Jo's first blogiversary wasn't working right. Sorry about this.
It is working now and I do hope you will hop over to play along.

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If you would like to participate in a project to help the people in Japan, please visit Debbie @ Mosaic Magpie she found a wonderful project and calls all Quilters. Thank you.

As always, thank you so much for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments.
Hope you have a wonderful day.

Hugs and love,

To my Japanese Blog friends

2011-03-15T03:55:00.000-07:00

                                            My thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese People.

                                                Hugs and love,

I won..........

2011-03-14T03:17:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear friends,
I was one of the lucky winners of Sonya's gorgeous giveaway over at Counting My Blessings . I still can't believe I won this gorgeous fabric collage along with this beautiful soldered charm. Thank you so much -
dear Sonya. If you have not visited Sonya yet please go over and take a look at her beautiful blog..
You are in for a treat. 2011 seems to be my lucky year!
Wishing you all a wonderful start of the week my dear friends.
Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Soldered Charms

2011-03-09T01:37:00.000-08:00

Hello my dear friends,
hope you are all well and the sun is shining for you:) Today I would like to share these soldered charms with you. The charm to the right reminds me of taking the time to smell the roses. Time is just flying by, don't you think so? Hard to believe it is already March and where is spring? I think we are all so ready for it.

I'm not too far away from my 200th post and thinking about a giveaway. Any suggestions? Please let me know. Also a warm welcome to my new followers, 266 I think that is wonderful! Thank you so much -

you are awesome!!

Thank you so much for stopping by and for taking the time to leave a comment.
Have a wonderful day.

Hugs and love,

Flea Market finds

2011-03-06T22:41:00.000-08:00

Today I would like to share my Flea Market finds with you. Not much, but I was lucky enough to find this lovely old pocket watch. I just love pocket watches and clock faces.

Some pretty buttons and some bling.

Wishing you all a wonderful Monday my dear frinds. As always thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

New Lavender Heart

2011-03-03T05:24:00.000-08:00

Today I finished another lavender heart. It didn't turn out the way I wanted it to but it smells good,lol.

The tag above was just for fun and what I had on my table. Now I need to clean up because you can't see the table - too much stuff on there. Wishing you a wonderful weekend my dear friends and thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Free Bird images for you

2011-02-28T01:53:00.000-08:00

Today I would like to share some bird images with you. Feel free to use them in your art work but please don't use them to make sheets for sale. It is all about sharing, isn't it? The images came from an old album
I found last year at the Fleamarket. Enjoy!

Below is a collage I'm working on - image is PW.

Wishing you a wonderful start of the week. Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments.

Hugs and love,

Paris Flower Fabric Bag

2011-02-22T03:55:00.000-08:00

Here is a quick and easy project if you are in need for a vase and just don't have the right one.
The graphic came of course from Karen, the graphics fairy and I will link this up to Brag Monday.
Below is a close up.

I printed the image on to dark T-Shirt transfer paper ( no flipping of the image needed ) and voila; you are almost done. Makes a nice gift too.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs and love,

Ohhh, I won - OWOH

2011-02-22T00:50:00.000-08:00

I was the very lucky OWOH winner from Katie over at Ragmuffin Gal I'm so in love with this gorgeous fabric collage. Thank you so very much, Katie. If you don't know her blog already go over and have a look; you're in for a treat.
Have a wonderful day and thank you so much for stopping by.

Hugs and love,