Thursday, February 6, 2014

Shaking off the January Blues....

 I often experience a kind of "funk" in January... now that I have experienced more life, I know to just go with it and make the best of it...so I got to making felt flowers, Valentine banners and sweet hearts to perk me up...

 I was discouraged about my booth space...the good stuff has been so hard to find and so pricey here in Southern Calif. and I can't just get up and travel to dig for the good rusty gold. I, like many people have family obligations and a day job and am tied down to vacation time.  But this weekend my funk blew off!
I found the perfectly chippy bassinet & stand above and the darling portrait of the little girl with the big bow.



 Here are the recycled sweater pins.... I love to make these, they make me smile....

 I'll let the pictures do most of the talking....









The sweet little table above made my  heart go pitter patter....






How about a pretty hankie?
Or a wonderful old  terrarium.....







This chippy planter is soooo cute!

And here are the hearts... (only 6 left! gotta make more!)
Well, I hope you didn't have the January blues but we are in the month of love...so shake it off and make something pretty! karen....

3 comments:

Pallas said...

Love your finds, and the hearts you made are wonderful.

The Polka Dot Closet said...

Great finds!!! I love the bassinet and your hearts are ADORABLE!

Carol

Betsy Skagen said...

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Have a creative day!
Betsy Skagen www.PaperCalliope.com

P.S. Seriously, those photos on the side of your blog are to die for. They would be so much fun to work with in altered art (copies of course). I love antiques, but had to stop buying them :(