Friday Favorite and Other Stuff

My Friday favorite this week is a hand towel I purchased in Barcelona, Spain.  It has my initial and flowers embroidered on it in shades of blue and white. Blue and white is probably my favorite color combination.  We found the towel in a linen shop near the main Cathedral.  The shop was filled with all sorts of lovely vintage linen.  This towel is not vintage, but I love it just the same.

I have been experimenting with Glimmer Mist and have to say I really love the subtle sparkle this product provides. The tag pictured has a background of mustard Glimmer Mist (back and front).  On the front of the tag I used a copy of a William Morris designed wallpaper as the background for the vintage photo. I also made the pompoms and the crepe paper rosette

 The back of the tag features another crepe paper rosette and is stamped with a Stamper's  Anonymous damask pattern stamp.  I will probably use this on a gift at some point.  

New Camera

We bought a new digital SLR camera and I am learning how to use it.  The photos are so much better than the photos taken with our old camera.  There is a lot to learn about using this camera and I know it will take quite some time for me to really use it the way it was meant to be used.  Hopefully the learning curve won't be too steep.

Recently I won some vintage lace and trim on ebay.  Pictured is only a small portion of what I received.  I love all of it and will have to think about how I want to use it.  

Back in the Swing of Things and Friday Favorite

I have been a little behind in updating this blog.  I had the flu for over a week and did not feel like doing much of anything.  I did manage to finish making a gift presentation box for my niece's graduation present, but just did not have the energy to photograph it.  I wish I had as it turned out really great.  

My Friday favorite this week is a small painting I purchased

at the thrift shop.

There was something really

 appealing about the whimsical owl painting positioned in this formal

frame.  I just love it!

 Here's a tag with a gift card holder I made for 

my husband for Father's Day.  Something really quick and easy, but

 it does the trick 

for presenting the gift card.   

My assistant Sierra is in a playful 

mood today.  She loves to throw herself down on the bed and roll around.