Thinking of Spring and Beyond...Pink Saturday

Hi Everyone,

Been a bit under the weather and dealing

with a kidney infection...man they sure get me down!

Im am Linking up with Beverly at
HOW Sweet The Sound
for
PINK Saturday.

But, I am pulling my bootstraps on and reaching deep

to share a few vignettes I have

created for spring...

as well as some goodies I made for my

etsy shop!

I found these darling Bunny Planters a few years

back and meant to get them ready for spring.

FINALLY...got them finished this year.  I took

my colors from the planters and then used

vintage and newer ornies on them.

These are ready for a great home and listed

in my etsy shop.

I need spring to happen this time of year...so

after I cleaned up my Christmas stuff and got it

put away I pulled out these cuties.

This darling shabby pink bird house is also

listed in my etsy shop.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

THINK SPRING!

Lorena

***This and That...***

Hi Sweet Friends!

Oh my, how the time has flown since I last

posted almost 2 weeks ago.

So sorry to not have gotten in sooner but I have

been a busy girl.

Also, to my NEW and Dear friends...I

so apologize for not getting back and visiting you...

I will be by soon!

I told hubby I'd put the tree and rest of

Christmas *stuff* away at the end of the month...

he just loves to enjoy the lights and feels

that Christmas goes way to fasy and furrious for

him to do this.

Alas, this takes me over a week to do, cause I

clean and reset everything back up.  Along the way

I did bring out

a few of my Spring/Easter things...but

am purging, but time. So this has kept me quite busy.

AND...

I also have been busy getting things 

created and painted up for

my friends shop.  NOPE, she still hasn't opened.

(not sure still when, but hopefully soon).

Wanna see a few goodies that I have done?

I hope so, cause here I go!

Creating these beauties in the mid of winter...

well...

it is just good for the soul!

Below is my Wreath I made using a broken

plate and added gorgeous pinks/whites roses

all around an old painted wood frame!

LUV!!!

At *Sweet Chateau* my friend will be creating

cupcakes and other yummy treats...

so I made up some sweet cupcakes

thinking these would fit is so well into her shop

and

 without all the calories! lol

Her shop is done up in pinks, white and

spring green...shabby chic perfection!

The last two are sweet lil bunny planters that

I have had for a couple of years and I so wanted

to make them up with trees and vintage ornies.

Love these to pieces and I

KNOW

I will have a hard time parting with them.

The one below I added some fun eggs along

side of some pretty vintage ornies...then

glittered the eggs...YUMMY!

So, I hope once again I have inspired you to

create and enjoy the life you have!

Be Blessed!

Lorena



***Hankie LOVE*** Sharing Display Ideas (Pink Saturday)

Hi Sweet Friends!!!

Welcome to my humble blog!

Today I am joining with Beverly over at

HOW SWEET THE SOUND

for our weekly Pink Party!

Please click on the link to visit other

PINK lovers!

My post today is around my LOVE

for vintage hankies. 

I have been collecting these for longer than

I can even remember.

I love them so much that I wanted to

incorporate them into the decor

in my Master Bedroom.

I hope you will be inspired to display

these wonderful pieces of history.

There are so many patterns and beautiful

arrays of floral that touch this

rose lovers heart.

Shall we get started?

These first two pictures are of Spoon Racks

that I have turned into hankie holders.

My sweet friend Rhea is the one that

I saw this done.  I LOVED this ideas

and asked if I could copy it!

This display wrack was actually a trash pick

that a friend gave me because she knew I

could come up with a unique idea for it...

These next 3 pictures below are of another shelf

I have in my bedroom.  I have some vintage

planters that I picked some pretty hankies

and placed them out for display in them.

This hankie is so special to me.

It was made by my sweet grandma who

we lost a year ago.  She was a lady ahead

of her time.  I credit her with the creativity

that GOD has given me.

This is sweetly folded, after pot pourri has

been placed inside...

and then sewn together as you see it.

My last pictures are of 3 hankies that I fell in love

with and found frames to place them in.

These are above the headboard.

Do you think these are just soooo purrrty?

I do, and I love the vintage feel they give to my room.

I so hope that I have encouraged you to think

outside the box.  Dig through your drawers and

find some unique ways to display hankies...

and

I'd love to hear your ideas!!!!

Be Blessed,

Lorena



Paper Lace Doilie Wreath ***TUTORIAL***

Hi Sweet Friends!!!

Have ya missed me at all?

I can tell you that I have been a HAPPY

Happy Girlie crafting away in my newly

refreshened Craft Studio.

Today I whipped up this darling wreath.

I don't do much decorating for Valentines

BUT knew I wanted a unique, sweet

wreath for my front door.

So, while PINTERESTing I saw

a similar idea using book pages and

wanted to adapt one using simple,

cheap dollar store doilies.

(do any of you Pinterest?

Oh my, Oh my...)

Here's what you will need:

1 Package 7 or 8" Round Doilies

Round Card Stock  for Base

Various Heart Shape Goodies for Center

Glue Gun

This is EASY!!!

*****

Okay first, you take your doilie and

make it into a cone shape.

Glue on just the edges and

attach to your cardboard base.

Oh...before I forget...to your back add

a ribbon for hanging.

As you attach your *cone* shaped doilies you will

begin to shape them in a circle.  You will have to

overlap them in the center as you work around.

I always attach my ribbon with a button...

it gives it a more sturdy finish.

I placed a flat Doilie over my surface before I

started gluing the doilies...but you don't have to.

Okay...so now you have all your doilies glued on

it should look something like this one below.

Are'nt those edges puuuurrrty?

I just so happen to have a pink heart doilie that

I used as my base for the center decoration.

On top of that I placed a sturdy Red Heart.

I continued to layer hearts on top of each other

in varying sizes. 

The one below is actually

a fuschia color and is felt.

Then I pulled out some vintage goodies I had and

glued this to the center of my stack of hearts.

There is no right or wrong way to do the center.

I would change this out and do different colors and

even make one with a springy feel.

Let your imagination do the ruling!

Am certainly LOVING how it looks now hung

on my deep burgandy door!

Please let me know if you do this or

are gonna give it a try! I so HOPE

I have inspired you to get out and

CREATE!!!

Wanna sneak peek at some sachets I made?

These are filled with laveder and smell divine!

Can you guess what I started out with?

These are something we all have in our home...

cardboard rolls from toilet paper!

hehehehe

Be inspired and Blessed!

Lorena

I'm linking my tutorial over here..please check these beautiful Blogs out!

Kristen's Creations

Sauvy Southern Style

***Let the CREATING Begin...***

Hi Dear Friends!

Well, I finally have come up for air and am

done with the cleaning, rearranging and reorganizing

my Studio.

And, as promised...

I am sharing pictures so you can all enjoy

my *crazy*manic*mind* at work...lol

I have truly rethunk my room and

how I use it to come up with what I

believe is the best way for me to get the

maximum amount of work space for the

crafting, painting and little sewing that I do.

I did dismantle the drafting table and now

am using the table top as a surface for additional space to work

on.  It is connected to the folding table that is

jetting out now into the middle of the room

anchored on the wall.

Under my table top, I placed all my plastic

drawer storage bins and have them

hiding, but still keeping things I need close.

My goal was to put those things I use the most nearest.

Do you see the Printers Drawer?

I have 2 of these and decided I could put one out

for knicknacks and little things that always

seem to be around.  Now they all have

a neat place to reside, easy to find and

I even put some pretty lace that I can

use in there as well.

Below....I LOVE how the light comes through my pink

clear drawers that house those tiny little goodies

we must have to create!

Also, all those pretty boxes need to come out

for display so you see them...they

all have things I need inside but

kept tidy in a pretty contain...

doncha think?

I'm so tickled with this area below!

I found this great pink satin covered box

last week when a dear friend and I when

thriftin.  It now houses all my *pretty*

glove boxes that I keep my

clay roses I make in.

Do you see those two pink paint bottles by the

lamp...its metal paint and my green lamp

will get all *pinked* up soon!

I also cleaned up my ribbon holder and just

put out the pinks and white.  I then put the

rest close by in a drawer which make them

easy to get to.  On top you will see my

sweet lil pin holder collection that I have.

I also toned the pink on my peg board down and

then slightly changed where it was hanging.

Yet still keeping it all close to where I may need it.

If you move around the room to the right of where

my tables are...I created more storage for

paints, things that need painted and

other dear to my heart goodies.

Here I places my beloved collection

of early 1990's Victoria Magazines.

I also have decorating and idea

books here too.

Hubby helped me bring this vintage dresser

of mine back into this room.  It now

has all my trims in the drawers as well as

on top of the neat 9 drawers shoe caddy I found

which is of curse, full of lace. 

I LOOOOOVE eye candy!

Moving around the room...we are to

the door wall which has the hutch that

I created by taking two pieces and marrying them.

I decided to place all my fabrics out

where I could see them...love the color!

Then I placed on top of this, some of the roses and

ribbons, and such that I use

Sooo pretty to look at as well.

Okay...I think I'm done now...

Hope this helps inspired you to get into you

room and CREATE!  I know now that

my mind feels less cluttered, I know where

everything is and now I can get

back to doing what I love!

Be Blessed!

Lorena



***HAPPY NEW YEAR DEAR FRIENDS*** and a whole lotta organizing going on!!!

Happy New Year Dear Friends!!!

Well, I took quite a long hiatis away from blogging.

I just needed to decompress, vegg and enjoy my hubby

and daughter.   We really had a great couple of weeks

celebrating the birth of our Saviour together.

How are you all doing? Did you have a great time

with family and friends?

With the new year...I seem to take a fresh approach to

where I am and what I want to accomplish this year.

I am not one to make new years resolutions as I

truly feel the Lord is constantly changing and

directing my life daily so that resolutions are

a daily aspect of my life.

After a creatively hectic time during the holidays my

craft studio gets way outta sorts.  I decided that in

keeping with being *real* I'd share with you what

a *creative* mind looks like during this time. 

So please be prepared...it aint pretty. 

Over the past 10 years that I have had

the privaledge of pursuing my passion I see that

there is *manic* side to me.  I say this because

I crave order and organization but yet in the midst of

creating...well that part of me flys out the window!

Just see for yourself...

I wanted you my friends, to know the real me...
yes I love to share a clean fresh room so others can
ooohhhh and aaahhhh
but alas that isn't the true me, most of the time, if I am
being completely honest with you.

I can say that this room got used even by my

sweet daughter and a friend who wanted a

*craft night*.

I was soooo tickled and they wanted to use my room

and supplies.  Sometime that I don't think my

daughter has ever done.

Okay...so now the other side has kicked in

(my need for order and organization).

I am in the midst of reworking, reorganizing and

moving furniture to better suit my creative needs.

My next post, when I come up for air

and to breath life anew...

well, I am hoping to share with you

a wonderfully FRESH new start to my

creative ventures in 2012!

And to have

a room that will be heavenly to create in!

Be Blessed Dear Friends!

Lorena