Indulge Your Shelf

If you're looking for my Grow Your Blog 2013 party post, you can find it  HERE .  Today is the last day to enter for the giveaway!    Winner will be announced tomorrow. Finally, at the end of January we have some January-like weather.  Here are Maggie and Snoopy romping in the snow in the early morning light, yesterday. This is what the sky looked like a bit later...that's Pike's Peak as seen from my office/craft room's window.  It's one of the things I truly love about Colorado: even when it's icy, it's usually sunny. Since the below-freezing weather kept me in, again, I spent some time getting more stuff listed in my shops; above, some St. Patrick's Day tag fun in Leaves and Lace ; and, in Indulge Your Shelf, I'm parting with some of my 1880's scrapbook pages . The one above is part of a set of two pages I'm selling together ; among other great pieces, they have these fabulous "Seven Wonders of the World" trade card...

Wow -- yesterday's post was my 900th , and I recently surpassed 400 followers on this blog!  It's a good thing I'm already having a giveaway!  If you are here to visit from Grow Your Blog , you can find that post and enter the giveaway, HERE -- now through January 31! Michele's hostessing a Vintage Candy Box swap , and I joined in the fun; I've sent my decorated box off to my partner and heard from her that she's received it but hasn't opened it yet!  In the meantime, I thought I'd show you another box I made: it's the hostess gift I sent to Michele! Michele has two blogs: Something Special , which is mostly her vintage finds and creations, and Special Paper Projects , which is, not surprisingly, about her paper art!  She's one of the blogging friends I've known the longest, and I've enjoyed several of her swaps -and- been the recipient of one of her blog giveaways, too.  Lucky me!  She is so generous. So, I wanted to take this...

If you're looking for my Grow Your Blog 2013 party post, you can find it  HERE . There is all kinds of fun going on around here; visit Button Floozies for a chance to win this beautiful hand painted button!

If you're looking for my Grow Your Blog 2013 party post, you can find it  HERE . A few days ago I showed you this lovely "spoolie" I received from Cissy in a swap sponsored by the Vintage Dragonfly Altered Matchbox Swap group I belong to. It's a large wooden spool decorated in the Valentine theme. Today I heard from Cissy that she'd received the one I sent her! I had a ball making Cissy's! My spoolie was inspired by one made by my friend Robin Weins for a swap last year; Robin's was red and glittery but for this one I went with soft pinks and white. back view And, where Robin's was a bird on a nest, I perched my little bird on top of a grapevine heart. I'm normally not a fan of 'mushroom birds' but I thought this one, which I found at Michael's, was especially cute with its little tail held high, and all the feathers! Cissy had sent a gift packet of Valentine themed embellishments, so I included my own ...

If you're looking for my Grow Your Blog 2013 party post, you can find it  HERE .  Everyone is welcome to comment/enter now through January 31. I haven't shown my thrifty finds in a while --and there's a reason for that! It's because I haven't been going thrifting very much lately -- I'm in my beginning of the year, reorg and purge mode, instead. But yesterday I met a friend at an estate sale, and we had fun finding a few treasures. Like this still-crisp, all cotton, men's shirt with some wonderful details.  I just loved the teeny tiny smocking and the tiny buttons -- plus the Arrow label and this stamp which appears right on the front of the shirt! Here's an example of something others would consider trash: an old, handmade cookbook.  Bernice used cardboard covered with contact paper to make a cheery, red-checked cover for it. Then she typed recipes, using carbon paper to make multiple copies, and gave it to her family/friends. ...

If you're looking for my Grow Your Blog 2013 party post, you can find it  HERE . Welcome to the new followers I've met during the blog hop ! I'm so glad you're here! Isn't January flying by? While working on my craft room reorganization, I uncovered some of my favorite Valentine decor and I had to start putting it out! This is a 3 inchie that Jeanelle made for me last year. I love it like crazy, all over again. I have already received my Valentine Spoolie from my swap partner who is a new friend to me, Cissy ! She also sent along some lovely little embellishments -- all in a hearts and flowers theme -- as well as a great little gift card with a spool on it! I actually finished hers this afternoon, and will be putting it in the mail in the next day or two. As soon as she receives it, I'll post photos! I am loving Pinterest more than ever these days for inspiration. For some reason, my Valentines board has become really popul...

Thanks, everyone for entering!  The giveaway has been given away ! Welcome all, especially those visiting for the first time today as a part of Grow Your Blog 2013 , a blog party sponsored by Vicki at 2 Bags Full  . Be sure to visit her blog here for a list of all the sites you can visit beginning today who are participating in this party.  Many are having giveaways, as I am -- more on that at the end of this post, so please keep reading! My name is Laurie and I've been blogging here for more than four years. My motto is, I've never met an antique or thrift shop I didn't like , so if you visit me you'll most likely see what I've been finding on junking outings and creating from vintage paper and fabric (and more!) one of my altered boxes I have a weakness for vintage and antique lace... and linens. a fabric book page/pocket I created a valentine I stitched a "3 inchie" I created a shade I stitched from vintage fabr...