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What do  you think of the new look of my blog???  I needed a change. 

 While I’m making Marie Antoinette tags for the swap, I’ll be trying to decide what to make with all of these pretties I found at the store the other day.

 Some of the things I make from this stuff will be going into my shop.  

You can find this pretty peach dress/slip/heirloom blanket for a 7-12 lb baby for only $80!!!  that’s like getting the blanket for FREE!

*UPDATE:  I’ve got a taker for this set… we are doing a trade!  I’ll show what I get when it comes!

I’m also going to try to get a few Christmas items in for a Christmas In July theme.  Fun for all!

How was everyones 4th of July celebrations?  we had a great time !  you can read all about it  HERE  on my personal blog.   I made Texas sheet cake. the kids thought it was so fun that I stuck tiny flags  all ofer them! (thanks for the flags, Heidi!)

Happy 4th of July!!!

   This was my very first tag swap I’ve done.  I had a ton of fun making these!  all the participants made 17 tags each and sent them to Jessica (the host of the swap) to be made into a tag book.  

All of the tags were the jumbo 4 3/4 x 2 3/8 size

I used a piece of vintage red/white/and blue streamer and the clipart from a vintage schoolbook.  of coarse I had to use glitter on the edges to make it fancy!  I used a stamp on the back to make it look like fireworks.

Here’s the awesome tag book I received back!

It’s so fun to see how each one is completely different!  wow! these ladies are creative!

I had to photograph the tags in smaller grouping so you could see their detail a little better…

the artists (starting on the top left corner) are:

Olenka at Memories by Olenka

Priscila at Casa Bella Chic

Jane (no blog)

Jenny at Fated Follies 

Renee at The Chateau of Remnants

Katherine at lagniappe

 

 Fran (no blog)  

Blanca at Magic Moonlight Studio

Mary ann at Follow Your Bliss

Kimberly at Seashells and Silver

Sandra at Sew Revived

Andrea at Vintage Bella Studio

 

Molly at Molly Pearce

Sherry at If I CouLD Set MY SoUL FrEE

Leslie at Junkgirl Studio

Missy at Fairy Child Heirlooms   (ME!!!)

Jessica at Kids Napping? I’m Scrapping! 

I just have to say that Blanca’s tag smells Soooo good! she sell packs of them in her ETSY shop. I think that Jessica used Blanca’s tags for the ones she made.  they made the entire package smell yummy!

a big huge thank-you to Jessica for hosting this swap and for sending me these fun goodies (below)!

 

ps.  while you are visiting all of these blogs,  keep in mind that Pricila is having a GIVEAWAY for some vintage goodness!  And BLANCA is having a giveaway for some of her yummy tags! And it looks like ANDREA’S amazing giveaway is still going on right now too.

 I know, I know… two posts in one day but I’m excited to share the wonderful package of fabric I got!

I did a private fabric swap with Beth @ weepereas.

I sent her 2 3/4 yards of the cars, 1/2 yard of the dogs, a fq of the patiotic fabric, and a tag I made.

She sent me all of these.

Thanks for swapping with me Beth!  the fabric is gorgeous!

I received 2 more blog awards.  the first one is from my amazing sister, Beth.

The Watermelon Award

With this award, I’m to list 6 things that make me happy…

1. my darling husband that puts up with all of my crafting desires
2. my four daughters that think I’m so cool because I let them make creative messes in my sewing/craft area
3. compliments… I thrive on them! (don’t we all?)
4. packages in the mail  
5. Nature…  it drives me crazy that it’s so hot here right now (107 by Wed) to go outside, and that I can’t live in the middle of a forest.  good thing that my creative space has a huge window!
6. fairy tales

I’m passing the watermelon award along to these 6 friends that make me smile although I have an entire list of  you HERE so if you want it then go ahead and take it!  and if you don’t see yourself on the list TELL ME and I’ll add you!

Lori, Lindsay, AwtemNymf, Jen, Summer, Jessica, Denise, and Sherry

And then my friend Lori gave me the Primo Meme Award

I need to tell you 7 facts about myself that you may not already know…

1. I don’t like to wear shoes. 
2. my hair is starting to go gray. eek! I don’t feel old enough for gray hair!
3. I love a good scary movie!
4. I have never broken a bone in my body.  as a kid, I climbed trees ALOT so it’s pretty amazing I never fell out of one.
5. I dream about the things I want to spend money on but then when I have the money to spend, I can’t seem to buy anything, and then it usually gets spent on stuff I didn’t plan on.
6. I did not cry when I was born, and very seldomly as a baby. oh boy have I made up for it later!
7. I think I sound more inteligent than I really am when I write a letter or email.

ok, that wore me out so  if you want this award, then take it and let me know so I can come see your answers. 

last week I won these sweet butterfly earrings from MommyHolly’s giveaway.   the earrings are from another Arizona artist, Denise @ Polka Dot Moon.  Denise also made this adorable card that puts a smile on my face!  I’m thrilled with the earrings because I finally have a pair of earrings to wear with my orange necklace!  go check out her ETSY shops!

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My sweet friend Lori @ Morning Glories and Moonflowers  had a giveaway for this super cute posie which myself and 3 other gals won.  yipee!  and then Lori surprised me with this Agatha Christie book “And Then There Were None”.  Lori and I, along with another dear friend Lindsay, are reading it right now so we can discuss it. (anyone else want to join us?)  Lori and I are loving the tv series Harper’s Island which the season finale is next Saturday.  well, the show is similar to this book.  it’s a murder mystery where a bunch of people in a group are getting killed off one by one…

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Melissa @ Fantastical World of Holidays  had an Alice in Wonderland treat giveaway to her followers in honor of the Mad Hatter blog Teaparty she was part of. (I’m going to make sure I join in next year!) anyway, I won these three magical little unedible treats she made.

the back says ‘eat me’ just like the treats Alice ate in the book.

the fronts have scenes from the book AND they are all glittery! I love them! 

Happy Independence day to all of us USA gals and guys! 

I only have one swap to send this month, the Marie Antoinette Tag swap.  I have until the 14th to create 11 amazing tags and then send them out to 11 amazing women.  I’ve been stalking  visiting all of the swappers blogs so I can get a feel for what they might like to receive.  who we send our tags to is going to be kept secret until the mailperson delivers us our tags.  I’ve gotten a good idea of what I’m doing, and some clipart printed out ready to be glued and…  oops! no more clues!

Good thing I only have one swap because I’ll need the rest of the month to get ready to show off my creative space right here on July 24th! anyone else want to join in the party?

OK, enough playing around… I’ve got to get back to work finishing up a swap that’s late (Sorry Heidi!) so I can start those Marie Antoinette tags!

UPDATE:

I know I said only the one swap this month, but how could I resist when Lori is hosting a Summer Berry Swap!

My partner is Yvonne @ white painted house.  Mail date is July 20th and she likes rasberries! yum!

my sister and I did a little 4th of July swap.  Sometimes doing a huge swap is more overwhelming than it is worth.  we decided to keep it simple and fun. 

I picked up one of those cute tin pails from the $ area at Target and filled it up with a flag, poppers, fat quarter of fabric, pen, sticky notes, and a tag I made with a vintage inspired button pin attached.

 Here’s a close-up of the tag.  It’s a size 4 1/4 x 2  3/8 tag.  I used vintage clipart, ribbon, stamped with red/white/blue ink, and has a vintage inspired button pin she can take off and wear.

I made 3 extra tags that I put in my SHOP if anyone is interested

 

Beth did a garden theme for me.

inside this adorable clay pot was a spade, gloves, nasturtium seeds, confetti, glitter, and a pin wheel.

I love it Beth!  Thank you so much!

Once again, I pulled off a spur of the moment birthday party for one of my kids.  My two youngest kids were sick with the flu from Friday until Wednesday (3 days each, overlapped)  so I was comforting and holding them constantly which also means I had no time to get anything done.  

Well, Felicity wanted a party sooo bad! when I asked her what kind of party she wanted she said a  ’Strawberry Fairy Doll’  party but just couldn’t decide on any of the details (what to have for lunch etc…)  and then last night she told me she really wanted a unicorn party!  but then when we were picking up the ice cream and a few goody bag treats  (an hour before the party) she told me that she wanted me to make fairy dolls for them.  AAAAHHHHHhhh!!!  talk about stress! I talked her out of it… whew!  (although before she went to bed, she asked me where her doll was) 

I made a yummy lunch consisting of peanut butter & strawberry jam sandwiches shaped like flowers, strawberries, potato chips,  lime jello with whipped cream on top (not pictured), star bracelet fruit snacks, strawberry lemonade, and strawberry soda. 

We only had 3 guests,  and  3 of my own girls participated too.   The girls played outside (it was around 105 degrees!) but they didn’t seem to mind the heat too much, especially since I gave them each a tiny spray bottle with rosewater to spray themselves with. 

to cool off, they painted sun catchers and played hide-n-seek in the house.

 Felicity opened her 2 presents. the unicorn from that my sister made, and strawberry scented bubbles, floral sunglasses, & cotton candy from our friends.

Felicity has been wanting a unicorn like this for a long time, she won’t let it out of her sight!

here’s a close up of the unicorn

Then  they ate ice cream and mini cupcakes (leftovers from fairy day).

the girls all had a great time!

I tossed together some party favor bags while the girls played…

…consisting of fairy stickers, necklace, jewels, glitter pen, flower shaped confetti, and spraybottle of rosewater.

Hmmm…  would anybody be interested in having me make up the party favor bags for YOUR party?  let me know what you think!

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Felicity really has been celebrating her birthday all week…  My Sweet friend LORI and her daughter Katie surprised Felicity a few days ago when we opened up the mailbox to behold a birthday present! (I knew about it ahead of time but it was a huge surprise for Felicity)

The present was an adorable bracelet that Lori made (go check out her ETSY shop) and a fairy card.   Thanks Lori and Katie! Felicity loves her bracelet!