Blissfully crafting

Tomorrow's the last day to enter my giveaway celebrating my 2 year Blogaversary and 500 posts!  Details here.

After some Christmas shopping, decorating, and cleaning this week, I needed a day to rest.  So I spent some time yesterday crafting:

This pillow was made with many elements from Linda Sue's generosity; the fabric is vintage Waverly, and everything else is old, too!

Beautiful old printed ribbon with pink roses, and pearly buttons!

I love how it came out; it's a gift for a friend (no worries -- she doesn't read my blog!)

A while back I bought a necklace made from an old watch case at A Paris Street Market; I loved the case and the beading, but after a while I decided I didn't love the insides, so I changed them:

Barbara might recognize her ATC paper is the background, on top of which I added vintage millinery flowers, a tidbit of lace, some of the original gold leaves that came with the piece, and a unique little figurine.  The little lady made of porcelain is something I picked up at an antique fair recently; the seller told me the figurines were made to be put into Mardi Gras (King) cakes.  I just loved the look of her!  I tied it off with a piece of red and white "42" ribbon I got from my Silver Bella trim swap.

Speaking of jewelry, last night I had a chance to sit down and shorten the bracelet I made at Silver Bella in the Josephine's Jewels class; it made me itch to get to work on the kit to make the matching necklace, so I slipped my husband a hint about how nice it would be to have a set of three jewelry-making pliers.

This past summer I picked up this little old letterpress stamp with Christmas bells, and now I simply tied antique tartan ribbon around it to make a cute holiday decoration!

Another pillow made from vintage linen -- this time, a newer Waverly blue/white fabric covered over with a vintage, monogrammed, crochet-edged towel:

Again, it's for a friend who doesn't read my blog, and, while she likes antiques a bit, she doesn't sew or craft.  She as a blue and white room in her house (like me!) so I created it as a special treat.

I used glass buttons and some crazy quilt stitching; I hope she likes it!

Your turn: tell me what you've been creating (if it's not a secret!)