New Spring Products In My Store This Week Hand Dyed Vintage Music Paper Sets

I would like to share with you this morning

some new items I have been

working on for my

Etsy store...

Hand dyed Vintage Music Paper

Sets

And Shred

The shred is fantastic with little birds

The soft colors give your

projects a breath of spring.

I also have added glass

test tubes full of Little Bits And Pieces.

As many of you know I have been

collecting almost my whole life.

Vintage beads...Rhinestones

Shells...Coins. Findings..

The Picture Above is an assemblage

kit..or Inspiration kit. Assorted Glitters

Rhinestones, ribbon, paper flowers,

oh..and my tiny roses.

I just love those little roses.

So much you can do with them.

They are pretty hard to photograph.

But so many fun little things fit in them.

Keep your eye out for sets in my

store.

I have a special on them right now.

Buy any two and I send along another

for free (I get to surprise you with the

contents)

Ok...

Let's see..

This is not in the store.

But I made it up to show one way the

little roses I offer can be used.

Now don't laugh at it...I know it looks a bit rough

but it was not a planned project.

I just started gluing the roses on a tin

that was already painted and then said.

Ooops. Now what...Lol  So

This is what I came up with.

Yes..it needs a bit more work.

But you get the idea.

And..

La Bella De Primavera

Special Ephemera Packs

This is another new process I have been

playing with.

Wax.

It makes a new printed picture

look old..and timeless.

These images are just breathtaking

layered.  Put music paper or

handwriting behind them..or a flower

You can see it thru the paper.

I can not seem to get enough of

them.

So..Now they are in my store too.

Try them in collages, cards

Oh the journal pages I have made

with them are beautiful.

Well...That is it for this Monday Morning

Come by later for some free images

I have been working hard and have

some great PNG images I will

be adding.

Have a great week!!

Some New Items In My Etsy Store This Week

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough

to stumble on three fantastically (is that

a word?) Old Cigar

Boxes...Santa Fe's And Shoe Peg's

Oh the graphics are divine

I have filled them up with

wonderful antique treasures

from my stash and

am listing them in the

store.

Here is the first one.

Old embroidery

a cool antique drawer pull

Ah!!  A tiny skeleton key

Silver spoons

I love them decorated with

lovely pictures and glitter

A scattering of beautiful faces

and music paper

Ephemera

A delightful Spencerian Calling Card

Mother of Pearl necklace,

Rhinestone scatter pin

and button

And a little nosegay of

paper flowers wrapped with

a couple of yards of hug snug.

Oh...And I can not forget the

glitter..a sweet antique salt

shaker filled with glass glitter.

As I put these together

I was trying to envision

what I would want to play

with in an inspiration kit.

There are so many

possibilities

of what you can create

Glue book pages

Mixed Media Collage

Valentines Card

Mothers Day

Thanks for stopping by!

A Little Sale In My Etsy Shop This Week

Yahoo!! Yippee Yeah!!!

I am having a little sale this week in

my Etsy store...

Time to thin off the

shelves

so more can be added

(Tee Hee)

Above--The most fantastic

baby book I have ever seen

By S. Alice Bray

(Yes..This fantastic baby book is on sale!)

Next

Very cool old little box that

is full of old wood thread spools

All the spools have embroidery floss on

them.

Also..

A very beautiful large

Murano mirror

Yep..She is on sale too.

But those flowers are digital

lol...Hiding me taking the

picture

What a great Mother's Day

gift!

And...

A divine Victorian Celluloid Photo Album

Vintage Post cards

from 1900

They are not in the best of

shape so I am selling them

as cutters.

There will be several packets of these.

V

So...If you feel like doing a little shopping

this week please come on by.

Have a cup of tea and poke around a

bit. 

Thanks so much!!!

New Antique Books In My Etsy Store Today

I want to share with you

what I listed

in my Etsy store

today...

This is such a gem

Yes I know..lots of pictures

but oh my my...look at them

This is a fantastic volume

and I am so happy to of

had an extra copy to share

with others.

Published in

1892

408 pages

9 x 12

Every other page is

a full page

illustration.

From F to M

This is Vol 2

If you love it

you can find it in my

Etsy shop tonight.

Also

Mothers Day is coming up fast

This lovely old treasure

is perfect for inspiration

or deconstruct and use as tags

or in your art.

And it just happens to be on Sale.

Come back tomorrow for Free Image Friday

I will have some new beautiful free

Images for you.



New Items In My Etsy Store Leaping Frog Designs

Well...The New Year has started

My son is back in school and the hubby is

off traveling again for work.

So after the holiday clean up

I decided it was time to get back to

being busy in the studio.

Here is one of my first projects for my store.

The above picture is my Sophie Inspiration

Ephemera Pack

I have been making these for the last year

and listing them in one of my other

on line ventures.

With the new year came some new changes

and I can now offer them in my own

Etsy store

http://leapingfrogdesigns.com/

I have spent the last couple of weeks

taking Mary Green's

Gluebook class and

her Collage Basics

You can find her here http://greenpaper.typepad.com/green/

and have found these sets I have been making for

the last year are purrrfect (can you tell I have cats?)

for them.

Full of flowers, vintage images, butterflies, insects,

vintage papers, music, post cards, calling cards.

architecture elements, German scrap, buttons

Oh my gosh...They have been so fun to make

I will include pictures of my projects

later on.

Puppies or Kittens...

Help Me decide....

they have sweet pink hats with little

yellow flowers and real

fur (ears?)

From California Creations by Bradley

I just could not resist putting them in the store

Too sweet tucked onto a shelf or on the dresser.

The Baby's Journal is a rare and special

find.

Published In 1895 a lovely Victorian

baby book

It has not been used at all so

except for a little age wear it is in wonderful

condition.  Beautiful gold and sepia illustrations

the text is a divine blue.  What a very special

treasure. Maybe a gift for that sweet couple

you know who are expecting soon.

The shelf lamp is vintage and

even tho the shade  is kind of iffy

(I just put it together because the original

was missing)

The lamp itself is just lovely.

So come by...do a little shopping

http://leapingfrogdesigns.com/

Don't forget Valentines is

coming up soon and Oh Boy

Mothers Day.

I will have new things going

in daily.

Have a great day!!!

Thanks for stopping by

While Everyone Is Going Crazy This Week Getting Ready For The Blog Party I Am...

Not.

The last couple of weeks

have been a little

crazy for so many of my blog

friends.

You all are getting ready for the Where Blogger  Create

Party on Friday

Cleaning your studio's

re-arranging

I know this because my dear

partner at Junkin Gypsies-Jill

Has re-done her own studio space

how many times this week?

I feel kinda free

Here I sit in my own messy-chaotic studio

cup of coffee at hand

playing

Sorry

I would of dearly loved to take part

this year...but just did not

need the extra stress.

My own folks have had a really tough year

needing help a bit more and more

A big party camp out  on the family farm in a week

so much to do getting that ready

It would of been fun..but not this year.

Sigh

I will enjoy visiting all my friends studio's

oooing and aaahing

So many ideas I want to incorporate into this space

Jill's fantastic lamp (tee hee-just wait)

Moving my Great Grandmothers reading

chair into here

Hunting for a maniquin I can tuck into the corner

with all my vintage jewelry

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Anyway

Things I have been working on

I did some Tea Staining this week

have not done that in years

dying and staining fabrics with natural elements

was something I played around with many years ago

it is a lot of fun and the results are so satisfying

After the fabric was done I just had to put together

a little collection full of things

I have found in the last few estate sale foray's

The Humming Bird box and it's collection has

 ended up in my Etsy store.

And we have my newest Domino

Pendant and crystal chain necklace

coming to the Junkin Gypsies Etsy store this week

This one has vintage German scrap roses

Vintage rhinestones...and one of my hand crafted chains

So

That is what I have been up to-instead of cleaning and

re-doing my studio.

I am so looking forward to popping in and

seeing all of you Friday