Thrifting & Revamping?

I have been thrifting a little this summer: Gilded Vintage Facet Mirror (my friends say to leave it as is... I'm not convinced...) Gilded Wall Clock - not sure if I adore it or if I just think it's a curiosity... the clockwork is broken, but can easily be replaced. Silver Plated Milk & Sugar…

DIY Old Book Crafts – No 1 – Heart Garland

During the summer vacation I have enjoyed working with old books. The paper texture is great and I love to upcycle 🙂 I went to the thrift store, bought a bag of old books for 50 kroner (approx $8 for 10 old books). They were not vintage or antique, but I picked the oldest books…

French Initials Tags

Are you one of the peeps who simply don't know how to embroider? Or are you looking for some ready printable tags with no effort on your part? Here are some French Initials Tags to help you out: INSTRUCTIONS: Print the tags onto matte photo paper (mine is 170g paper) or cardstock Glue the sheet…

Ca 1910 Walker Creamery Ice Cream Tag

I'm so very happy and relieved to have completed my masters studies (the oral examination was yesterday afternoon)! I am now formally "Master of sciences in planning and leadership" pretty kewl, eh? Atm. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a positive outcome about the job I interviewed for last Wednesday, or prolonged employment at my current workplace…

Vintage Paper Lace

I have used the paper lace frame from yesterday before, but when working on it this time, I realized it would also be so pretty broken into pieces! For digital scrapbooking, or maybe even to print out and make your own paper tape, I'm considering making a ready made printable sheet, please let me know…

A Rose From You – Digital Collage

I can't draw! At all, so badly so, that I also can barely write anything understandable... maybe that is why I tend to sit down with my computer or paper and scissors when I feel creative...lol! Today I'm sharing a digital collage, not sure if you can use it for anything, but it's an example…

BONHEUR Embroidered French Garland

I have had a blast with mixing paper printables and embroidery lately, and here is the latest design, a French Garland spelling out the word BONHEUR (happiness): I found some gorgeous pages from a Vintage Embroidery booklet, and I knew I had to utilize them 🙂 The result looks like the whole flags are embroidered, even…

Victorian Scraps – Lovely Glove Ladies

Here is a pretty pair of Victorian Glove Ladies, I think they'd be delightful in some crafty projects: They are PNG-files, meaning they have transparent backgrounds and can easily be layered on top of anything in your digital art 🙂 Or cut them out and use them for scrapbooking, cardmaking, to make paper dolls, or any…

DIY Embroidered Numeral Tags

I've been totally on a roll with the Alphabet tags, and you will now find ALL the letters in the download folder 😀 I also designed tags with numerals for you, are they not cute: And I found the p-e-r-f-e-c-t thread for these: it's TWINE 😀 It is super easy to embroider with, the natural…

DIY French Victorian Embroidery Tags

Here is the next set(s) of embroidered tags, you are all getting the hang of this now, yes? So I'm advancing to a bit more challenging patterns, most of these were found in vintage French Sajou embroidery booklets on PatternMakerCharts (link below): It's supposed to be: Bee, Heart, Butterfly, Key, Crown and Fleur de lis...,…