'B' is for..........

Etsy Cottage Style

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Hi Everybody! It's time for the Vintage Alphabet get-together. This month's letter is 'B'. Now, I have my Vintage Alphabet post up already. As you'll see my theme is 'B'ottle 'B'rush Trees, 'B'rooches, and of course 'B'irdhouses, you can show off your vintage 'B'arbie's, 'B'uttons, 'B'read boxes, 'B'rown transferware, 'B'lenko Glass, 'B'akelite, 'B'etty Boop.......these are just a few examples of whatever your vintage collection includes that begins with a 'B'. Mr. Linky is available below so you can join in. Just go to the link above. Remember you have plenty of time .....we'll leave this up for the week, so everyone has time to join the fun!!

Getting in the MOOD for my trick or treaters....

Yes, I am in the mood for Halloween! I love having the neighborhood children, plus others from surrounding neighborhoods (last year around 125), visit my home! I love to see the creativity of the costumes, how well mannered the children are (Yes, most are awesome), hear the remarks on our decorations (we try to add something different every year for the children) and well, I just love to visit!!! Everyone seems so happy!

Today I started putting out a few things and re-using some of my other things to create a couple of vignettes. I think you can be scary and yet it be a little humorous~ Don't you just love the vintage clocks mixed in with everything else?I really wanted to mix some of my blackbirds in.... Michael's on sale!

I try to buy everything in these dark, vintage looking colors!

I will also use these at Thanksgiving!

I put stickers (Michael's) on a few candles and glass jars!

I love rocks, so I filled a couple of the jars with little tiny rocks!

I love the Bingo card tucked in my glass jar!

The Stickers are Martha Stewart! I don't know if I can stand to take them off after Halloween!

Monster Spider climbing out of my vase!

I hope this has inspired you to get ready for Fall!!

I have to go now and start thinking about my Goody Bags!

As one kid asked last year~ "My Grandfather said this is the house that made the best Goody Bags? Is HE right?" with a great big grin on his face! And as I pulled out the decorated liquor bag (yes, I use the long liquor bags for treats~ CHEAP) he had to say my favorite word....

WOW!!!!

ATC Valentine & Directions...

This is the Valentine that I gave my Sweetheart last year! It is an Altered Art Trading Card. To make it, I scanned one of my vintage bingo cards and made it into a smaller scale to fit onto my ATC (altered art trading card). I then copied it onto a khaki colored paper, cut and sanded the sides and then I inked the sides to make it look even older. I then took two old pictures of us growing up dressed as sailors which was a perfect fit together (how amazing that we were always a perfect fit together). I ran them through photoshop to scale them to size and clean them up. I then copied them to a matte photo paper and then cut them out just like you would a paper doll. I decided to use Pop dots to make the photos pop up. I then made a ticket that said, "You won my Heart" on my computer using printshop. I attached the ticket and the jewels. Used a little more inking for aging and put an eyelet in the side to add some more bling. Before I added the bling, I decided to coat the card with a coat of beeswax for more aging. I allowed some of the beeswax to bead for effects. For more color I wanted to use red beads, heart and dice to finish off my project! To say the least ~ Reid loved it! But being Reid~ He loves everything I do! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful Valentine!