Free Vintage Digi Stamps - Mothers Day Projects

 Julia (13) and I are planning on showing/selling  our arts and crafts @ The Mother's Day Craft Fair May 6, 2012 from 11am-4pm in Jamul,CA. We are SOOOO excited because the booth rental is FREE!!!! It's rare that a craft fair doesn't charge. This reminds me of the good ol'days when a community got together and helped one another out. Awe, the good ol'days.......Anyhow, we need more inventory so the first place we go to is Free Vintage Digi Stamps  . This is were we can download Vintage prints for the gift bags and cards we make. Here are some samples...feel free to download for a future projects. Visit The Free Vintage Digi Stamps site to spread the "free" gratitude vibe ... 

Click here to visit Free Vintage Digi Stamps

Spring Garden with Yard Sale finds

Welcome to Our Garden!
Took random pictures of my "new" garden. All supplies purchased at yard sales. Except the Welcome to Our Garden sign($1.00 section at Target ) & The soil purchased @ Home Depot
Any suggestions on what to plant?

The Mod Podge - Mannequin Mandy Project



Here sits a mannequin I purchased last summer. For the past year, I have put several different outfits on the mannequin that either no longer fit me or NEVER fit. For this photo I stripped her naked for a ModPodge project .



I scanned a favorite blouse (Charlotte Russe brand: purchased @ a Thrift store about 6 years ago)

Also gathered different art work from wall paper, vintage prints and pictures from my camera.....

Forgot to take a pic of the brush used ...yet you get the idea....there wasn't a set order in paper placement. Applied the Modge Podge clue on both sides of the paper. Smoothed any bumps and then just let juices of my artistic journey go with the flow.....I felt a little out of sorts  while applying the glue in certain areas -as if I was violating my mannequin or something.....I decided to name her "Mandy" .......... 

Here are some random pics of "Mandy"

Postcards to Mandy can be sent to:
Mandy La Bella Luna
P.O. Box 1009
Jamul,CA 91935

The postcards will be scanned and featured in an upcoming blog with a free advertsing link to your website.

Here are little Mandy's I made with the excess prints....



Vintage Bantam U.S. Toys Teddy Bear with Rattle

Tried finding out more about this cute little Teddy Bear. The seller claims it was given to her Mother back in the 1940's? What do you think?  I couldn't find anything about my little teddy bear.

Had to pry it away from Julia (13) she wanted to play with it! I did the adult thing and cried NO MY BEAR! .......hee..hee.....