Altered Bottles and Notebooks

Been busy creating more altered bottles and other things. I've done a couple of craft shows so I have some experience in that now and will try some others in the future.

  

 Here's a Christmas bottle made with a tag I had from last year which I cut to decorate this bottle. The other has an air dry clay piece I stamped and painted.

  

This one has metal buttons and a piece of an old doily and the composition book below was covered in paper, ribbon and silk flower.

 Are you more than ever more inspired to create since Pinterest came on the scene? I sure am. I wish I had more time to devote to my crafts. I'm still trying to learn to draw, sew more, and want to start making soldered jewelry too and my darn full time job is in the way, arghhh!

Enjoy the rest of the week and I hope you find the time to create,

The Wonderful World of Bloggers and Internet -- Resources & Free Images

Hi everyone.  Haven't had much ambition to create lately, unfortunately.  Here's something I created a while back and I don't think I ever post it.  

Here are lots of awesome projects for inspiration from other artists and crafters and I'm sharing them with you here as well as some free images:

Source:  A Gathering of Thoughs

From one of my favorite companies, Stampington - 
Vintage Jewelry ideas
And video

Source: Clearly Vintage

Cool pockets for altered books 
from Altered Art Junkies blog

Source: The Graphics Fairy

Mixed media collage video 
from Lucy Hill Edson

Source: Vintage Dragonfly

Tea Dye, Fiber, Rust 
by Cat Carr
 

Source:  The Art of Altering

 

Ideas on what art supplies to pack on a trip.  
Weren't you wondering that on your summer vacation in the past months?  I did.

Source:  Just Something I made

Thanks for stopping by,

Summer Celebration 2010 Challenge

Here's my submission.  Thanks all for participating!!

Freebies, Inspiration, New Collages

Some new collages on matboards recycled from Freecycle

 

Love these vintage photos!  I can't seem to collect enough of them.  Especially the little girls with those cute dresses and hair bows.

 

 

 

 

As always, I find a treasure trove of awesome things while surfing the net.

Cool fabric stickers that are just gorgeous and unique.

http://www.lovemae.com.au

Free backgrounds and calendars from the creators of these fabric stickers

http://www.lovemae.com.au/yesplease.htm

Need a paperdoll template?

http://www.tortagialla.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/paperdollstemplate.pdf

Or Journaling Tags?  Try these.

http://www.tortagialla.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/journaling-tags-frames-to-cut.pdf

Via Stampington

FREE Art Calendars for Charities or Events!

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More from the Web

Online classes ( haven't taken any of these, so I'm not endorsing any in particular, just sharing the information.)  Would love to hear others you might know about or have taken as well as art tutorials.  Leave me a message with the link.

Alisa Burke

Carla Sonheim, it is called" The Art of Silliness 

Giveaways

Trash to Treasure Art

Rebecca For Vintage Living

Is celebrating the opening of her BlogShop

4th Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway -- Many others listed there 

Mother's Voice

Marilyn Tullys

In my heart are messages

which often I replay,

Treasured guidance wisely stored

to guide me on life's way.

Words which parted wrong from right

stay with me from my youth,

Words which taught a preference

for kindness and for truth,

Counsel and encouragement

for purpose that's fulfilled,

Soft echoes of phrases meant

to undergird and build.

In my heart are messages

which urge for Godly choice.

Within the caring lines inside,

I hear my mother's voice. 
 

Happy Mother's Day to all moms of the world.

Here are images as my gift to you, via Crafty Secrets.

Generosity in Blogand Abounds!

No, I didn't just win a giveaway, or did I?  Here are some of the great loot of vintage jewelry I got at my friend's yard sale a couple of weeks ago.  She was so generous in giving me these without paying her.  Aren't they wonderful!  I can't wait to put them in some of my creations and really show them off. 

There's a ton of pins with bling, necklaces, watches.  See those cool lockets?  And all the religious medals.

Wonderful giveaways for you not to be missed:

 You have to see it to believe!!

Tales from an OC Cottage

Truly Chic!

Castle and Cottage

 Did you find this blog yet?  Great french images:

1st Floor Flat Freebies

I'm always just amazed at the generosity of the bloggerworld, aren't you?  Enjoy the images and good luck on those giveaways. Don't forget to check out my other findings on awesome blogs by clicking into the "Bella Nella's Shared Items" on my side bar (right hand side).  This is where I regularly share tons of other blog posts from the many I subscribe to which are just amazing resources.

A great big welcome to my new followers.  Have a great weekend, everyone.  I'm off to thoroughly enjoy this weekend which it promises to be quite a gorgeous one.

More Wins!

More of OWOH giveaway winnings came in the last few days!  Barbara of  Vintage Bunty sent me her exceptional ATCs and beautiful ephemera and ATC supplies:

 

  

Isn't her work exquisite!!!  I love all her 3D elements and lace.

 

And this prize from yet another extremely talented artist, Heather from BluhmStudios:

  She created this beautiful fabric cuff just for me.  The colors, the trims, the fabric all my favorites!!!!!! Truly, exquisitely unique.  And do you see that sweet card.  Her's also.

How beautiful is this!

Thank you both, Ladies.  What an honor to receive your beautiful creations!  What a bright moment, in some dark days for me, it was to receive your art.  You're so kind and generous! 

Giveaway Galore!

I have to admit I've been commenting my heart out on a bunch of blogs at the 3rd annual  One World One Heart Event.  Go there and start visiting all the amazing and inspiring blogs to enter the giveaways.  And you better hurry, because there's only 1 week left and over 1000 blogs by now.  Boy, I thought I was following a lot of blogs before!!

Here's one that I just found out about through another blog.  Go here to enter this giveaway of exquisite vintage jewelry.

Good luck everyone!  I'm hoping to win something to help me forget all about the snow we've been getting.