First Craft Fair of the Year!

Yesterday my mom and  went to our first craft show of the "New Year," I am a teacher so I always think of the year as being from September to August, and I found lots of goodies.  I wanted to show photographs of some of my favorite finds.  They cost me a pretty penny, but boy am I glad I got them.  Can't wait to try and make some of these. 

First, the feather hairpiece or lapel pin.....I loved it as soon as I saw it.  I'm a bit fascinated with English fasinators, so this is a step in the right direction for me :)

 

Then I found the booth that broke the bank....this was what I saw first: The star album

Beautiful purples had me sold and THEN, I saw it opened and HAD to have it!

From there, I saw these amazing Skinny Notepads...but on steroids:

There is also a pocke on the back of this one!

And the piece I couldn't leave the craft fair without....this simple box:

And you are saying, "Why on EARTH would you want that box?"  Well, here's why:

Stunning...right?   I love this and can not WAIT to figure out how to make them.   Thanks for coming by and seeing these goodies!  If you know where I can find tutorials for these, please let me know!  Ciao!!

Creative Inspirations and Friendships

My September Swap flowers:



click on picture for a better view :).

ATC Swap

This year I participated in my first swap and it was for ATC cards....which I also had never done.  Now I'm ADDICTED to them.  They are so cool!  Here are the ones I received:



Penny Duncan



Charlene McCreight



Connie Goewey

 Thanks Ladies...I love em!

My Dollar Store SUPER FIND

'Ello!!
    Today while I was waiting for my pizza, I decided to run to the tiny dollar store in the strip. Oh Boy!!!  Did I luck out.  They have oodles and oodles of stamps.....rubber stamps and clear stamps.  I am new to the stamping so this find is MAJOR, as I am a bit of a cheap skate!!

Here's what I got:

My Therm O Web prize from Facebook

I entered a contest on Facebook and got an amazing price.   Check it out:

I love this stuff and I can't wait to use the products I don't already own.  I also had my first go at QUILLING...and here's the first project:

Sorry it's so blurry! 

Thanks for stopping by....Ciao!!