Vintage seam binding

Here is my first attempt at creating my own vintage seam binding.  Sorry the picture is so light.. It's actually a little darker in color.  I used tattered angels Pink (not sure of the actual name) I'm pleased with how it turned out and I made more in peach and orange and have the orange  fingers to prove it.  

I'm also going to attach some of the goodies I made for the 4th to take to Chris and Danielle's house.  They hosted a great 4th of July cookout with lots of great food and fun! Danielle had everything decorated up and it was so patriotic and festive and Chris was a master at the grill, with Ashley's always awesome salad and Linda and Harry's scrumptious potato salad and always requested and so tasty iced tea it was a great day!  Topped off with fireworks courtesy of Chris and so much fun with the kids. Thanks Chris and Danielle.

Nancy :)

What I've been up to lately

Wow, I haven't posted in a very long time so just wanted to catch up and tell you what I've been up to lately.
I made this card for Linda (my sis) for her birthday.  It turned out so pretty if I must say so myself and the flowers were fun to make so of course I made a bunch of them.  Here is a picture of her card .  The next thing I made was a a wreath for the 4th.  It turned out pretty cute too. Here's a pic

Then I decorated up my hutch a little for the 4th!  It is one of my favorite holidays!

I got a roll of seam binding and this morning I tried my hand at making some vintage looking seam binding of my own.  I dyed the seam binding with  some Tattered Angels that I got from Claire's store
(Stamp & Deliver) for those of you that don't know.  She's gotten in some new goodies so I'll need to run over and take a look.  I'll try to post a picture of the seam binding after it is all dried to give you all a peek.
That's all for now.
Have a very Happy and safe 4th of July!

Nancy :)

Great Give Away

Huge give away over at Tatertots and Jello  for a Silhouette cutting machine.  You can cut vinyl for your walls, do heat transfers, scrapbooking you name it.  And there are no cartridges, just downloads and the cost of each is very reasonable.  So go sign up to win!

Organizing my craft room

I've been organizing my craft room and I'm actually doing it the right way this time.  Most times it seems I just move things from one side to the other.  Well this time, I'm organizing, giving away stuff that others can use, and throwing away stuff just lying around.  For instance I read on line.  When you get home take things out of the packages right away and recycle your bags. Wow!!!  Was that ever an eye opening experience :)  There were tons of bags in there with stuff still in them...  I knew I had purchased things but couldn't find them........... I guess this was the reason.... who'd have thought :) Ohhhhh and receipts...I threw away more receipts.  What am I saving them for they are scrapbook supplies.....it's not like I'll return them or ever want to actually see how much I spent again. :)   I was just talking to Ashley  and she was telling me that receipts are covered in BP powder.  You know the bad plastic we are trying to get and stay away from.  Gosh, I had no idea.  If you want to read more about this you can go to the blog called Young house love and read about it.  It's a very cool blog with lots of ideas for your house and it's a journey to see what this young couple have done with their first home.  Wow!  They are clever.   Sorry for the side bar....

Back to my craft room.  Hubs and I went to Ikea the other day and boy did I score!  I got a $35 dollar table for $19 for my craft room.  I was so excited!  It was exactly what I was looking for and then I got some other little goodies to help me organize and stuff.   So I'm going to post some pictures because I was doing such a happy dance and was so thrilled with how my room is coming along.  Look at this cool little swing out drawer thingy that attaches to the leg.  Those Swedes are so very clever!  I just love Ikea!

 I will take more pictures when I am completely finished...there is still stuff in baskets and on the floor that needs to be sorted but it's all coming together.  I love it....  Okay that's all for now.  This is what I have been up to lately.  Thanks for taking a look

Blooming Air Plants

I'm so excited.  My air plants are blooming, or beginning to.  Linda and I sent for air plants a while ago and I glued mine all to a wreath and put them on the screen porch and I guess they are happy at the moment because they are blooming!  I just glued them on with Aleenes tacky glue (quick dry)  Anyway I just thought I would share a few pics of my little plants that live off of air.
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