Lavender Roses

Another set of roses that I made today for thegildedbee.etsy.com:
This listing is for 12 cardstock roses.
Each bloom measures approx. 2 cm in diameter.

Periwinkle Roses

Listed today on thegildedbee.etsy.com:

This listing is for 12 cardstock roses.

Each bloom measures approx. 2 cm in diameter.

Laurel Border Tags/ Robins Egg

Another set of tags for thegildedbee.etsy.com:

This listing is for 12 cardstock tags.

Each tag measures approx. 2 by 1 1/2 in.

Laurel Border Tags/ Red

More tags for thegildedbee.etsy.com:
This listing is for 12 cardstock tags.
Each tag measures approx. 2 by 1 1/2 in.

Laurel Border Tags/ Chocolate

I made these last night for thegildedbee.etsy:
This listing is for 12 tags.
Each tag measures approx. 2 by 1 1/2 in.

Peach Tags w/ Tiny Golden Dots

My final listing of the day on thegildedbee.etsy.

This listing is for 24 cardstock tags.

Each tag measures approx. 1 by 1 1/2 in.

Mint Tags w/ Tiny Cocoa Dots

Another listing for thegildedbee.etsy shoppe.

This listing is for 24 cardstock tags.

Each tag measures approx. 1 by 1 1/2 in.

Pink Tags w/ Tiny Chocolate Dots

These tags are like confections.

Another item for thegildedbee.etsy shoppe.

This listing is for 24 cardstock tags.

Each tag measures approx. 1 by 1 1/2 in.

Cocoa Tags w/ tiny Red dots

Another item to feed thegildedbee.etsy shoppe.

This listing is for 24 cardstock tags.
Each tag measures approx. 1 by 1 1/2 in.

White tags w/ tiny Red dots

Listed today on thegildedbee.etsy.com

This listing is for 24 cardstock tags.

Each tag measures approx. 1 by 1 1/2 in.

Vintage Dove w/ Flower Border Glittered Tags

Listed today on thegildedbee.etsy.com

This listing is for 6 glittered tags.

Each measured approx. 1 1/4 by 2 1/2 in.

Vintage Red/Pink/Yellow Bouquet Glittered Tags

More for thegildedbee.etsy.com
This listing is for 4 glittered tags.
Each tag measures approx. 2 by 2 1/2 in.

Vintage White Rose and Violet Glittered Tags

Another of my pretties for thegildedbee.etsy.com

This listing is for 4 glittered tags.

Each tag measures approx. 3 by 2 in.

Vintage Pink Rose and Blue Flower Bouquet Glittered Tags

Listed today on thegildedbee.etsy.com.

This listing is for 4 glittered tags.

Tags measure approx. 1 1/2 by 2 1/2 in.

Vintage Pink Rose Glittered Tags

More tags for thegildedbee.etsy
This listing is for 6 glittered tags.
Tags measure approx. 2 1/2 by 3 inches.

Vintage Blue Flower Glittered Tags

I have been veddy, veddy busy...
More pretties for thegildedbee.etsy
This listing is for 3 glittered tags.
Tags measure approx. 2 1/2 by 2 1/2 in.

Mint/Cocoa dot flowers

More little flowers for thegildedbee.etsy shoppe.

This listing is for 30 cardstock flowers.

Each flower measures approx. 1 cm in diameter.

They look like an ice cream, or a cool vintage dress.

Vintagy shell pink/strawberry flowers

I love the way these turned out, with the layered petals.

These are also listed on thegildedbee.etsy.com.

This listing is for 12 layered cardstock flowers.

Each posie measures approx. 2 cm in diameter.

Strawberry flowers w/ chocolate dots

Another of my listings from this afternoon on thegildedbee.etsy.com.

This listing is for 12 strawberry cardstock flowers.
Each flower measures approx. 2 cm in diameter.

Cocoa flowers w/ chocolate dots

Another of todays listings on thegildedbee.etsy.com.

This listing is for 12 cardstock flowers.
Flowers measure approx. 2 cm in diameter.

White flowers w/tiny red dots

One of todays listings on thegildedbee.etsy.com, I have a link to the side.

This listing is for 30 dotted card stock flowers.

Posies measure approx. 1 cm in diameter.

Aren't these vintagy-sweet? I love dots.

Lovely Vintagy Cards for my Etsy Shop

An ivory card overlaid with tiny red dots and stamped with lovely etched birds in chocolate. Card comes with handmade pink envelope. Card and envelope come packaged in a protective cellophane envelope. Come visit my shop and see my other items: thegildedbee.etsy.

A shell pink card is dressed in overall golden dots,red roses, and a scalloped sea blue label with the greeting 'best wishes' applied to the center. Card comes with a handmade envelope made of the palest pink dot paper. Card and envelope come in a protective cellophane envelope.

Lace, palest pink dots, flowers, and flowing script comprise this collage card. Card comes with handmade pink envelope, packaged in a cellophane envelope for protection.

Fleur de lis, dots and delight. A handstamped card finished with a wavy edge. Card comes with handmade pink dot envelope.

Come see my other items at thegildedbee.etsy. I have a link to the side.

Stuff for Etsy shop shipping

Labels

Thank you cards

Business cards

Envelopes

Everything hand-made of course.

All manifesting my passion for polka dots :)

my hat block experiment

I wanted a hat block right away, but didn't want to cough up the $$ for one. Some of them can get very pricey. I got the idea for this project from an article on vintagesewing.info, wherein the author stated that you could use a hat that fit well, and cast it in plaster to make a custom hat block. So I took that idea and applied it using a sturdy adult size plastic party hat.

I bought some wool felt yesterday to try it out, I still need to shrink the felt. I'll post the hats when I complete them.

Snow

I woke up this morning to see a whirling winter wonderland outside the window.

It has been colder than is typical of this time of year. The temps. usually range between 30-55 degrees, yesterday morning at breakfast time it was 3 degrees.

Butterfly Lamp

I made this lamp this morning. The butterflies took a long time to cut out. The clip art is from Antiqueclipart.com. I have a link to the side.

White and grey Striped Blouse

Our cat Boots modeling the sleeves before I attached them to the blouse.

They fit loosely over his head, so cute, like a baby bonnet.

Boots wanted to move around a lot as my sister held him for the pics.

I probably took 14-15 photographs before I could get something recognizable. :)

This is a blouse that I made using the JJ pattern+some improvising on the collar/minus the princess seams (limited fabric on this swatch).

Why toto, we're not in Kansas anymore...

I took some old hot pink shoes, and after removing the plastic hibicus on the top, cleaned and glittered them. I combined a fine glitter with a coarser glitter, and adhered it to the shoes with mod podge. I also adhered some sequin trim around the top of the shoes. For the how to go to this website: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Glitter-Shoes.

Fabric and Buttons from Atlantic, IA...

We went to both Walnut and Atlantic in the same afternoon, as they are very close together.

I found some buttons in Bonnesens (old fashioned five and dime store: if you happen to be in the area make sure to stop, they have everything from crepe paper to penny candy).

And I purchased some fabric for some dresses, a blouse and skirt.

More notions from Walnut,IA...

I found some-more good stuff in my antique shop hunts.