Finished Keepsake/Recipe Box

I know it has been a few weeks since I showed you this keepsake box but things have been kind of hectic to say the least, so I only got around to completing it tonight. I have some tea dyed crocheted lace across the front from my stash with a SU Hodgepodge Aged Copper (no longer available) ribbon slide in the middle. I also used this lovely beaded length across the bottom of the lid which I just adore as I think it lends itself the vintage look of the box. I Glimmer Misted the white roses with Suede and added the strand pearls behind it tied in a bow. You could use this for a recipe card box but I think it is far too lovely to sit in the kitchen so I am going to keep it as a sample for my vintage classes and use it for photos.

Okay that is it for me tonight and it is getting kind of late. But I will be back tomorrow with more.

In the meantime. . . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Mini Made From A Piece Of 12X12 DSP

Hi everyone. I am a little late this evening posting my project for today but I have been trying to sort out my video camera and uploading videos to you tube. Finally had success so it should upload overnight fingers crossed. This little project I have created today, well I made it the other day but finished it today lol. It has been created out of a piece of 12x12 DSP just scored and cut and folded in certain ways to create this little album. I have made the tags to go into all the pockets and there are ten in total.

These first two pics are of course of the front cover . . .

This last pic is a side view of the inner pages and tags and pockets.

This is only a little project and quite quick to make. I am going to use this for a mini of a date that my husband and I plan to go on in the next few weeks. When I have put the pics into the album and embellished it and done all the journalling, I will post again to show you what it looks like.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Final Calendar Pics

Hello again everyone. Well here I am on another day with another calendar post and it is the last one lol. This has been so much fun to make. As I said yesterday the tag at the side of each month is to explain what the stars are in each month. Therefore In January we have New Years Day and Australia Day and the red stars on those days indicate a public holiday, special event or birthday.

I just love October. The skeleton trinket my husband found in his rounds at work on the ground so he brought in home for me and said here is something for your mini's Shell lol. He knows me well that man lol. The skeleton may be missing a bone on one side but it gives him character hehehe. I have also added some skeleton ribbon and a small black bat brad in the flower which are things I got in my huge RAK from Mel. Of course I had to put an orange and black flower as they are traditional colours of Halloween. We don't celebrate Halloween as a nation here in Australia but we, as a family, celebrate it.

This is December with a candy cane, a resin tile for Dec 25th and a Poinsettia down the bottom. So many days in this month - my birthday, Elijahs, his dad's Paul and my dad as well as Christmas and Boxing Day. Okay that is the post for now and I might be back with another one later on in the day or evening.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

More Calendar Pics

Hi everyone. Well as promised tonight I have some more pics of my 2010 desk calendar for you to see. If I did not do this post tonight Sherry was going to have my head on a plate lol and she meant business people!!! She is a much better blogger than me so I still have 2 days to catch up on so tomorrow I will get my own whip out and crack it so that I get that done and up here. I am heading towards 30,000 visits to my blog and with that comes. . . . .a blog candy!!! Not sure what is going to be going into the blog candy but it will be some nice things for sure, so when the time gets closer I will do a blog candy post.

February of course has Valentines Day in it so I had this silver heart trinket that I alcohol inked in Cranberry and placed it over the 14. I think it looks rather cute lol

April has of course the Easter break in it therefore I had some Beatrix Potter chipboard stickers that I got for free on a craft magazine so I put him on the Good Friday showing him making his way to Easter Sunday chewing a carrot on his journey and then I put this cute little brad on Easter Sunday saying "Bunny Crossing" far too cute. This is one of the many, many brads that Mel sent me in a RAK parcel which I cannot thank her enough for such a generous warm chick.

May has of course Mothers Day in it and therefore I put a large rhinestone flower on that day but it was pink so again I alcohol inked it in Currant. I also put a tag behind that months calendar so stay tuned for tomorrow nights entry (final calendar pics) to find out what the tag is for in the meantime it is secret squirrel.

June, July and August are fairly ordinary but I will jazz them up some more just could not think of anything else to do on them just yet, I was a bit brain dead lol. So that is my post today.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Keepsake Box

Hello there. As promised I am posting another project tonight but it is not quite finished as the day today was rainy which made trying to set Crystal Effects from SU a little hard to do so still waiting on some of my embellishments to set. I have chosen these lovely flowers I got at Spotlight from the wedding section and they were off white so I sprayed them with glimmer mist in Suede. The vintage lace has also been tea dyed to give it that vintage look and in the middle of the lace is a Hodgepodge ribbon slide in aged copper which is now defunct in the catalogue. I bought the beading from my local fabric store in town and it fits with the whole vintage look. Please don't forget if you would like to order any SU supplies please shoot me off an email and I will get back to you asap with prices, delivery dates etc.

These next two pics show the inside of the box and you can use it for keepsake things like love letters and pics of your loved one, or as a photo box and label the sections with either years or events. You could also use it as a recipe box. Thanks to Marion from A Piece Of Craft for providing the instructions for this keepsake box.

Okay another day another project down . . . . well almost anyway lol.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

U Stamp project - Simple Thankyou Cards & Box

This is my first finished project from U Stamp. I chose to make it in Spring colours instead of Christmas so that I can give it to someone for Christmas as a gift. All supplies used are Stampin' Up!

This is the cards from inside the box, the instructions stated to use the Note Cards from the catalogue and since I didn't have those I chose to make my own based on the size of the Note Cards.
Okay it is late and I am heading to bed as it has been a long day.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy