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I created a merry and vintage pastel Christmas in my living room because the colors that make my heart go pitter pat are aged gold, jadeite, blush & bashful, and bonnie blue from Fire-King. These colors already are in all of my home décor so it makes sense to add in Christmas decorations that coordinate!…
I want to show you how to make your miniature envelopes. I’ve seen these referred to as a coin envelope size and we are going to make them from larger 6 X 9 envelopes. I came up with this tutorial out of desperation for the advent calendar. Small envelopes are hard to find or the…
While we were attending Vintage Market Days in San Antonio at the beginning of November Amory and I had the chance to meet our cousins in Castroville. Castroville, Known as “The Little Alsace of Texas” is a small town with a rich cultural heritage just 20 miles west of San Antonio. On the day we went…
When I created these spiders they needed a home. A place to call their very own. And that’s how a bike wheel rim gets a new life as a web on this Halloween mantel. I actually began with a large embroidery hoop from my craft closet but could not get the middle strings to stay…
When thrifting do you come across an abundance of Halloween, Fall and Christmas vests and sweaters? Their popularity has suffered a bit in the fashion world, only coming out for ugly sweater parties. I wanted these holiday sweaters to have a use again so I “fifth sparrow no more-d” them. I used holiday sweaters to…
Create a thrifty and thankful table for your fall and Thanksgiving entertaining with these ideas and tips for setting a table beautifully and inexpensively. I created the thrifty and thankful table in shades of sage green, cream, burgundy and pink. I shopped for table decorations and place settings for eight not including silverware from discount…
