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Flags and Tags

When I first heard that Michaels would be carrying Karri Meng's French General paper line, I could not wait to get my hands on some of the items. I've been a fan of Karri's work for several years especially her talent for picking the most gorgeous colors to use for her fabrics and trims. So the other day I crafted a few tags in honor of flag day using the French General trims I picked up from Michaels. 

All photos taken with my iPhone

I added some red, metallic and star ribbon to the tags to echo the look of vintage patriotic medals. 

Have I ever mentioned how much I LOVE decorative tape? I found the prettiest red tape with a floral pattern to go along with the French General trims and used it to frame the edges of an old shipping tag.  For the "Junk" word, I took a pack of Tim Holtz mini playing cards and cut the letters in half securing them in place with more decorative tape. 

The tags were a fun patriotic punch to our Bottoms Up Antique Market space~ June 1 & 2 ~Kansas City, Missouri.

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Fun May Happenings

Well Hello! How the heck is everyone doing? I took a much needed break from my blogs to get some projects done and apparently I'm not the only one who took a blogsphere vacation. It seems everywhere I turn bloggers are not posting as much. Do you see the trend by chance? What I'm finding is more and more are turning to Facebook because it is fast and easier to give status updates. I have found my increasing interest in Facebook and really enjoy the interaction I have on my pages.  I still love blogging and will continue to do so because this is where I've met some of my Dearest Friends! 

So what has been keeping me so busy?? For one I went to California earlier in the month to speak at a lovely creative event for Women. It was four days filled with inspiration and laughter at a beautiful Manhattan Beach Hotel. On one of the days we took a 12 hour bus tour shopping and stopping at the Irvine Flea Market, Urban Barn Sale and Vignettes Antiques in San Diego. I did manage to shoot a few photos at Vignettes~

When I returned I had to complete a couple of photo shoot projects which I will share more about in the future. But I also got to do an engagement photo session with my Son and his sweet girl. I can't begin to tell you the emotions I felt when I uploaded all of the photos of them. What an honor to be able to capture their joy and love. 

Tomorrow I'm headed to a barn sale to hopefully replenish our shop inventory. Hopefully I will have good finds to share with you!

Blessings,

Carol

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May Musings

Just a few random May Musings~

Congratulations to Kent and Liz who will be married on Saturday~I did an engagement photo session with the lovely couple a few months back and enjoyed every minute spent with them. Can you tell they were really easy to photograph?

Ok you know me and my obsession with chairs right? I about fell over (once again) when we found this fabulous vintage treasure~Almost reminds me of something you would see in Anthro:)

Construct your own garden arbor out of a few salvage pieces~ 2 porch columns, springs from the backseat of an old 1940's car for the top then add a pretty chandelier.

I'm heading to California with my daughter (Ms PartyPants) in a couple of days~

I am very honored to be the luncheon speaker at Kim Caldwell's Event in Manhattan Beach~Read more about it here.

Back next week with details of the California trip:)

 

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