Button Bookmarks

These were super fun to make and a big hit at the craft fair.

I bought a huge container of paperclips from Wal-Mart (it had regular and large sizes in there)
Went to my draw of buttons in my craft room and proceeded to hot glue buttons to the top.

To make them more secure I glue a small piece of felt to the back.
Thinking of a way to sell them attractively....I grabbed some cardstock, punched a pretty edge and put 3 to make a set. Which I sold for 1.00

Twine wrapped wine bottle

I re-purposed this win bottle twice.
Last year I painted it white and added Epsom salts to the outside.  After 6 months or so Epsom salts fall off so it's only a temporary "craft". Most people think it's permanent but it will evaporate and fall off to a dusty mess. It's pretty for a period of time.

However this year, I took the wine bottle and a roll of twine and glued it around and around with Mod Podge. This took about 45 minutes and it stayed very well (it's been on my stove as an accent for a couple weeks now).
The tassel was hand dyed by my friend Louise and I hot glued it in place.
Added two wooden button and some jute and I think it came out super simple!

Simple lace flowers

Hi all, give these a try. They are addicted - make one make lots.

Celebrate ...... Autumn

Here in New England the trees are changing, so I spent some time last night with my glitter and glue pad and inked this tree (Michael's dollar bin). Took a few tries and some google searching - I guess glossy card stock works best. I was lucky I do not throw anything away. This black glossy piece was a backing or insert to something I had bought.

I used Viv's sketch at Doodle Palace and will also enter it on their blog and Paper Cutz 3 button challenge like the card below.

All similar materials used as in the last card.

I love how the camera flash captured the glitter on the tree.

Close up of the embossing using Cuttlebug folder.

Inside of card

The orange paper you are seeing is a homemade kind of like mulberry paper, fabulous texture.

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Challenge 3

Here is week three challend from Christmas Stampin' All Year long with Maria Sketch Challenge #3 (02-09-09) I loved this sketch!

Here is the sketch

Here is my entry