Vintage Connections: My Creations

My Creations

December 2011

2011 Bird Song I, NEST Banner

2011 - My design swap in my No Harm Button Art Swap

September 2011 - my birthday gift to Laurie (she lives in Colorado).

September 2011

Bird Song I, 2011

2011

2009

2012 Valentine's Day card

2012 Valentine's Day swap ornament

2012 Valentine's Day swap tag

2012 Valentine's Day ornament (back)

2012 Valentine's Day ornament, front

2012 March Petite Spring Swap Jar, filled with Spring goodies

2012 Bird Song II - Sing Banner Swap (letter G), front

2012 Bird Song II - Sing Banner Swap (letter G),back

2012 Bird Song II Page Swap, front

2012 Bird Song II Page Swap, back

2012 Bird Song II, Sponsor gift packing

My handmade silver wire nest with vintage pearls pendant.
I made them as my sponsor gift to all attendees at Bird Song 2.

2012 Bird Song II, The Faerie Theatre

2012 Bird Song II, Collage

2012 Bird Song II, Wee Sprite Woodland

Karla taught this class at Bird Song 2. This is the necklace I made in her class.

2012 Bird Song II, Match Box swap

My NEST banner I made at Bird Song 1 (2011)- class taught by Karla.

2012 - Repurposed vintage 45 records box, gift to Laurie - top view

front view

back view

side A

side B

inside lid

2012 - My 1st Canvas Art piece

2012 Canvas Art

2012 July - Very Merry Unbirthday Cake Swap

2012 August - Fairies page for Karla Nathan's page swap, front
That is me at age two as a paper doll fairy. My arms & legs are movable.

2012 August - Fairies page for Karla Nathan's page swap, back
Digitally created by me- "I'm FAIRY certain that given a cape and a nice tiara I just might be able to save the world"... note the fairy is flying up to accept her crown, leave the protection of the fairy woods to help save the world

2012 September, Birthday gift for Laurie

2012 September Breakfast at Tiffany's fabric journal page
group artist creation (this is my page, front)

2012 September Breakfast at Tiffany's fabric journal page
group artist creation (this is my page, back)

2012 September Breakfast at Tiffany's pendant, gift made for Laurie
(photo courtesy of Laurie)

2012 September Canvas art, blog giveaway item

2012 October - Autumn tag swap

2012 October - My mini witches hat

2012 October, Karla's Cottage Romantic Gothic Ghost, my felt book from class taught by Beth Leintz

2012 December - Family Memory canvas art, gift

2012 December - Friendship Christmas canvas art, gift

2012 December - Snow Gal (porcelain head, vintage S&P shaker or vintage vessel, vintage trims), gift

2012 December - Snow Gal (porcelain head, vintage materials), gift

2012 December - mini Snow Gal (porcelain head, vintage materials), gift

2012 December - Gift tag

2012 December - Christmas tag ornament

2012 December - White Christmas tag swap, front

2012 December - White Christmas tag swap, back

2012 December - Christmas Memory Ornament

2012

2010 Snow Gals

2010 Snow Gal

Canvas art April 2013

Jewelry April 2013

June 2013 - My handmade fabric rosette for 2013 Bird Song swap

June 2013 - My handmade card for 2013 Bird Song card swap

June 2013 - My handmade tag for 2013 Bird Song tag swap

June 2013 - My handmade matchbox for 2013 Bird Song matchbox swap

June 2013 - My handmade fabric cuffs for gifts

June 2013 gifts... birds were retail, all black, they were cute, but needed something, so I chalk-painted them, add silver glitter to their crowns and painted teal-colored eyes.
The mini JOY pots were created by me.

June 2013 - 60th Wedding Anniversary canvas art, gift to In-laws

Handmade wedding flowers for Sandy & Kevin's wedding, August 2013

2013 June - Lori Oles taught our wreath making class at Karla's Cottage Bird Song III. I chose to do mine as a Memory Wreath to my Mom

2013 - December

2014 Karla's Cottage - Romantic Cottage Christmas

2013 - December, my handmade Christmas gift to Linda Kelly, Linda as a childhood fairy

2013 - December, my handmade Just Buttons 1953 magazine cover, stocking ornaments -
Evening Star Button Club gift exchange

2013 - December, empty recreated Toilet Paper Roll Birdhouse, gift

2014- Valentine's Day Altered Matchbox Swap through Vintage Dragonfly

2012 & 2013 Valentine's Day Altered Peat Pot, gifts

2014 Springtime Altered Peat Pot

2014 Easter Altered Matchbox Swap to Lynn L.

2014 Easter Altered Matchbox Swap to Suzanne W.

2014 Altered Easter Egg

My 2014 Birdsong Banner Swap to Terri W.

My 2014 Birdsong Altered Altoid Tin swap
I decorated a plain chipboard round box to house the my altered Altoid tin swap to Linda P.

2014 Birdsong Altered Bottle swap - I won my own bottle & was delighted just to keep it.

2014 Birdsong class - My bracelet

2014 Birdsong class - My Fairy shadow box

2014 Birdsong class - My Roving Wool Fairy on a swing

2014 Altered Spring Altoid Tin with Lynn L.

My 2014 BLING IT ON swap necklace to Gail S.

My 2014 Halloween Altered Paper Bag booklet

and tag insert

My 2014 Halloween Altered Matchbox to Lorraine at Over the Rainebeau

2014 My Christmas Canvas art

2014 gift- Altered Matchbox, Christmas/Winter

2014 Christmas Altered Victorian Photo Mat

2014 Christmas - Altered paper lunch bag swap, My pages

front page

inside left page

inside right page- 1959 photo of me and my sisters at Christmas

inside pages with tag that inserts in bag pocket

back page

2015 - Valentine's Day Altered Matchbox Swap

2015 Valentine's Day Snippet Roll

2015 - Gail's birthday gift

2015 - Altered Chipboard House for Birdsong 5 Swap

2015- Nature inspired Fabric Book for Birdsong 5 Swap

2015 Nature-inspired Snippet Roll swap - 2015 Birdsong swap

front rolled, used a stick instead of a spool in-keeping with Nature

back rolled

front, full length

front, top section

front, middle section

front, bottom section-1

front, bottom section-2

back, full length

back, top section

back, middle section

back, bottom section

2015 Mini Altered Matchbox with mini canvas on easel swap - 2015 Birdsong swap

2015 Karla Nathan's Birdsong - Class by Lori Oles
my nature-inspired wall pocket

July 2015 - Gift- Kim's 'Grandmother' Textile Wall Hanging

2015 November, gift: "In All Things Give Thanks" Autumn Altered 9-drawer Matchbox

2015 Autumn-October/November: "Giving Thanks" Canvas Art

2015 October - Karla Nathan's Romantic Gothic Ghost
Ghostly Jar

2015 October - Karla Nathan's Romantic Gothic Ghost
BOO Banner

2015 ChristmasScapes- Santa scene

2015 ChristmasScapes - "Glory to the newborn King"

2015 Evening Star Button Club handmade button-related swap:
Button Card Holders on altered vintage wooden thread spool with trims and rhinestone buttons