Friday Favorite

I love vintage linens and try to purchase them whenever I can.  I especially love linens with embroidery and monogramming.  I have lots of hand towels monogrammed with an initial other than my own.  I just love the look of them so it does not matter what initial these towels feature.   Here are two photos of some of my favorite pieces of linen.

   

I also worked on some cards this week.  Here is a photo of a thank you card I made for my in-laws.  The flower pot in the photo is reading red, but in reality is pink.  It looks funny in the photo with the pink rick rack. It definitely does not clash like that seen in person.  This is the first time I have made a card using fabric.  The flowers are made with a Moda quilt fabric and the flower pot is made out of felt.   The stems and leaves are stamped.  I also used Fiskars new border and corner punch to make the green mat piece.  It was much easier to get a decorative edge on the

mat using this new punch.  

Friday Favorite

Just a quick post today before starting the Fourth of July festivities here.  Today's Friday favorite is a shadow box filled with vintage costume jewelry.  I don't collect vintage costume jewelry, but do have a few pieces from my Grandmother as well as some pieces picked up at antique stores and flea markets from time to time.  I bought this shadow box at the thrift store for $2.   It was stained brown and was a little beat up.  I loved the size of it and just gave it a few coats of white paint and used some pretty paper to fill in each of the niches.   Lastly, I selected the pieces of jewelry to go in the case which now sits on a desk in a guest room.  I like the fact that I can see the jewelry now and it is no longer hidden away in a box under the bed.