Don't Be Blue

Vintage Feel card with vintage paper dollie.  I never thought I was an Elvis fan however I do like many of his old songs. 
I am Linking my card to Make It Monday-Anything Goes and Paper Playtime Summer Challenge (blue reminds me of the ocean and summer holidays--Hope it does you too).  Have a wonderful day; thanks for dropping by.  Comments always appreciated. 



Image from Dezinaworld True Beauties Set 





Vintage Tag

A distressed tag with vintage image, lace, paperflower and a sprinkle of sunshine.  I went to several yard sales this morning.  I found about 8 books, newer ones for 50 cents each.  However no one had any craft supplies.  What?!  I think there are alot of new mothers in this area at least according to what they have for sale in the yard sales.  Anyhow, I was very pleased with my purchases.  I hope you did something fun on this lovely Saturday.

Linking to Crafts and Me Challenge Vintage/Distressed



1 John 4:9-10 (New International Version, ©2011)



9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Angels Tag with Vintage Image

Do you ever wish that an angel could just reach out and guide us. Like this angel, reaching out to the two sleeping boys. I have two boys (22,12) and I know I wish that sometimes for myself and wish it for my boys too.
It just makes me happy to know that God can do this for us if we only reach out to Him. Verse for the day:
Isaiah 42:16 (New King James Version)
16 I will bring the blind by a way they did not know;
I will lead them in paths they have not known.
I will make darkness light before them,
And crooked places straight.
These things I will do for them,
And not forsake them.
I made this tag, add a little stickles on the wings and added a raised image of the angel on top. Have a wonderful day.
Living in God's Graces,
Kim
Linking this to : Flutter by Wednesday

Fashionably Warm

My energy is super low as I am still fighting this cold of mine, as well as the cold outside. As stated before I am not a fan of winter, but I do adore the look of these sweater outfits gleaned from old knitting pattern pamphlets!




See more in my Boodilly shop... here and here.

Now excuse me while I go blow my nose and brew another cup of hot tea. xo

A Little Bit of Vintage

Here's the 7th mini embroidered art quilt in my abstract series. My youngest daughter, who shares my love of sewing, declared this one to be her favorite. And at least one other person felt the same way, because it sold lickity-split! The black flower print is vintage, I believe from the 1930's.


I tend to hoard my vintage fabric, and only use it when I feel it is truly needed, (it's not like I can run to the store and buy more!) Below you can see that I used a strip of the same fabric in this illustration quilt I did 2 years ago. It may be hard to tell from the photo, but this quilt is completely covered in embroidery stitches, and is one of my personal favorites.


It's called "Walking to School in the Garden of Eden". It is semi autobiographical, and deals with the loss of innocence. The only part I have never been satisfied with is how I drew the snake in the grass, in the lower left panel. A bit to cartoonish, I just could not get it right. I used Tsukineko all purpose inks to color in the girl, the bird and the snake. They are wonderful as you have a lot of control over their application, and it is very easy to build up the color just so.


Other vintage elements in this piece include The red flowered fabric along the sides, the green fabric used for the flower petals, and the background is done on a vintage piece of feedsack. If you look closely you can see the printed text of the feedsack, but the embroidery stitches have somewhat obscured it. The button that represents the sun is also vintage, along with the crocheted buttons in the center of each flower.