Indulge Your Shelf

While in Kansas City, Rebecca and I spent an afternoon enjoying the antique and vintage vibe at the West Bottoms! It was a very COLD day!  I had to snap photos of just about everything that inspired me!  I met one of my artist heroes there -- Lesa Dailey! I bought this fabulous decoration from her -- one that I previously admired on another Lisa's Facebook feed from when she was lucky enough to attend a class!  Lesa signed it for me and I will treasure it.

Rebecca and I jetted off to Kansas City to visit Karla and shop at West Bottoms during the first weekend of December. Later, we decided that we had actually gone to visit Christmas . Seriously, that is what it felt like to be at Karla's! Warm, smiling faces and beauty everywhere you look!  New friends, and favorite friends! Rebecca and Karla looking cute in front of the tree... We each created three ornament projects from Karla's kits:  It was so fun to make this little stuffed stocking, Lady's Lacy Stocking And here it is finished, stuffed with the bottle brush tree, tiny wrapped gift, and vintage Christmas decor! Angel tree topper or ornament -- On Gilded Wings It's skirt is layers of vintage materials, including a wedding veil.  For its base, we chose a piece of wallpaper from Karla's collection -- mine was this pale pink "atomic" styled pattern... I really loved it and ended up using scraps from th...