Making

Blogland is a busy, busy place right now.

I can practically hear the shuffle of hands making, creating, sewing & sending.

Everywhere I look, on Pinterest or blogs I see such amazing, inspiring work!

I just want to make everything!!

Unfortunately there are only so many hours in the day & my kids are so demanding.

Expecting to eat & wear clean clothes.

The nerve!

I have one Christmas present all  wrapped up!

I ordered Karla's cuff kit & tutorial last week.

I've never made a cuff & was a little scared about it, but I think it turned out nice!

Karla's directions are really clear & there are loads of idea pictures.

Here is the back.

Now that I know how to do this I will be making lots for gifts this year.

Now you may need to sit down for this part.

Last month I did an Autumn swap with Tina .

This is what arrived on my doorstep.

Peek inside!

Scads of beautiful white laces & linens.

This is the coolest resin charm!!!

A wonderful nature collage!
Look at these incredible pods!
And seaweed from her shore.

So I'm blown away, right?
I think Wow, this is a great swap.
But then Lily found one more package wrapped in tissue.

One of Tina's altered books!!

Each page more amazing than the last.

Love the feather in the pocket.

Tina is such a talent, I get so many ideas from her blog.

 

And she shares them so generously!

What an excellent pile of lovelies!

Thank you so much sweet friend!

On the subject of altered books...........

 My latest page for our (Karla, Beth, Sandra) 'Round Robin' book project.

I made these pages for Sandra's book.

A little velvet pocket stuffed with stitching tools.

A vintage tatting bobbin & arm-less reading glasses.

This is the back of the page. I have a beautiful book called

The Portfolio of Needlework that was published in 1855. 

I used a page from that book for my background.

In the window an illustration from a very old reader.

Have I said how much I love this collaboration?!

Every month I look forward to seeing the new pages. 

In a few months I will have a priceless treasure.

This year I am thankful for so many things.

 On my list is the friendship I've found with all of you!

Have a safe happy holiday!

~Lisa

PS Check out my etsy, new things listed!

Bottles, Canton, Kids & Stuff

I've been all over the place the last few weeks.

 Dividing my time between kids, home, & art stuff.

 You all know what a balancing act life is.

Sometimes I do well, sometimes not so good.

 As much as I love doing workshops, it's a lot of work & it's put me behind in all kinds of ways.

But happily I've finished up some projects.

New bottles for dear friends.



I'm making more for my etsy shop.

Speaking of etsy.....

Thanks to everyone for ordering my Holiday Slipper tutorial & kits.

I'm working on more as we speak!

I bought a couple  of tutorials myself last week.

Here & here.

I'll share more about them next post!

We took a little Paper Cowgirl field trip to Canton on the 6th.

Cami, Miss Lissa, Jan, Cindy & me.

It was the perfect month to go.

All the dealers had their holiday finery in full view.



So many sights to behold,

some amazing....

Some downright silly.

That is a fan on her cart.

Wish I was her dog!



It was Cami's first Canton trip.

She was in wonder-land for sure.

You wanna see my sweet haul?

This book was my favorite find. It is absolutely beautiful!

The pages are slightly spotted, which I love & the illustrations....amazing.

The book was published in 1853, tissue still in place!

Isn't it all pretty?

This iron cover will be perfect in a collage or assemblage & I think I'll fill the metal milk caps with resin.

That same week I got a package from Dawn.

She was my personal shopper at  The Country Living Fair in Atlanta.

This little orphaned shoe will hang from my tree this year.

One of the many things I collect are old lesson books.

I wonder if one of my old notebooks is floating around somewhere.

Gosh I hope not.

Friday after I dropped the kids off at school I saw a garage sale,

so of course I stopped.

I got this sewing machine for $25. & some other goodies.



When I wasn't out shopping, I was cheering on my kids.

They ran the 'Panther Race' at school Friday.

9 laps in 30 minutes!

Not bad for a kindergartner.



I have so much more I want to share with you.

My swap with Tina, the newest Round Robin pages, & some big news!