oh how i love creating with this kit.

doris actually took a pic of the contents for me this weekend and i think it really shows how much you get with it. piles and piles of yumminess. plus, with the new jbs reveal tomorrow you can have it shipped with the main mercantile kit and save some serious shipping fees and that’s always good :)

after i made the project kit for the reveal i still had so much left over and just kept staring at it all, knowing i needed to use it because i loved all of the elements so much. for a few days i kept rifling through the leftovers, trying to decide what i wanted to do, what i wanted to make. i still had the chipboard covers, which i had used for the stencil to create the project kit base. obviously a mini was still calling my name.

super quick and super easy. don’t you just love my little man’s cheeks?

i just covered the cover with pattern paper and created three interior pages with the left over pattern papers. some embellishment piles, some alpha letters, ribbon and chipboard elements and i was done. it’s a little giftie i’m giving to my mom. she’s been dealing with trying to help my grandmother with some health issues this week and through our numerous phone calls, as i have tried to calm her and let her know that she’s doing the right thing i realized that she needed a pick me up. some sunshine that she can pull out of her pocket whenever she needs it.

paper strips because i had some left ;)

i think there’s probably nothing better that a mini book full of pages of your grandbabies to help cheer you up.

clear as day. they love their nonna.

and a layout. because after the mini i still had some pieces left. this one has stretched people. really, really far and i still have a beautiful little pile left and now i want to make some cards. i just can’t bear to let any of it go to waste.

happy wednesday!
xo

Working with JBS over the last few months, planning the release of the deLovely kit, and possibly more {eeks!} has been amazing. It’s the perfect partnership for me & for kR because now i can focus on the creating and putting together of kits with an amazing group of people who are so encouraging and supportive and I have the added help behind the scenes which i so appreciate!

Isn’t it gorgeous? I loved making this, and one of the most amazing things is that there is still so much left of the kit that I still have one more bonus project to share, later this week using everything that’s left. score! ;)

The project kit instructions, which will be available later this week on the JBS site will also includes the three vintage images that I used, available in a down-loadable printable pdf, so you can create the project just as shown, or you can insert your own current or heritage photos.

Thanks JBS! Here’s to a fabulous new partnership.

xo

i adore the new jbs mini tart tins and i was lucky that they were included this month in the his add-on. i could think of a thousand ways to create altered decor pieces with them and wanted to show you a mini tutorial {it’s a quick 15 minute project} using them, the add-on kit and some vintage flatware to create a photo display stand.

here’s a good shot of the back.

To start I took the medium tart tin and turned it upside down. then, using a vintage fruit knife, i pushed a little divot into the tart tin so the knife had a little well to sit in and then i hot glued it into place. then i hot glued the vintage punch-card onto the knife, added the flower and some of the sweet skinny ribbon.

i LOVE these flowers. wish i had more but i’ve used every single one of them. the photo of my grandparents when they got engaged is attached using a little vintage clip. this way i can swap it out if i want.

i hid the small amounts of hot glue that you could see at the base by wrapping an extra little piece of that skinny ribbon and tying it off. of course seam binding would look just as cute.

simple right?

hey, don’t forget that i’m hosting a chat tonight at 8pm pst on the new jbs forum {the chat i believe will be linked right on the front page} for our first ever online crop this weekend.  i hope you’ll come say hi!

happy friday!

sharing | a clock redo tutorial over on the JBS blog
marveling | at the beauty of my bean who turned eight yesterday
revisiting | and remembering that first day of having her with us, eight years ago
plotting | a birthday for the papa tomorrow
finishing | a warm cup of my husband’s handmade latte. mmm
stopping | and remembering to be grateful for the blessings i have in my life
listening | to the hubs playlist of dr.dre, e-40 & drake
queing | usher
feeling | that i need to get back to the gym, asap
loving | that the house is quiet and that the garage is getting closer to being cleaned out
thinking | that I need to get the bean’s birthday party invites out today
reminding | myself to drink more water
making | oscar night invites for my girlfriends
planning | an online class for the end of march ;)

happy tuesday!

these are the projects that i really love working on, the altered ones, where i can really mix and match the 7gypsies lines with alot of my vintage found items & stash. the more texture i can get in there the happier i am with the finished project.

this is that 7gypsies Shadowbox Tray featuring the new Lille collection. this was how the tray looked when i was finished but there are a couple new items that have been added since, like a dangly hook that undermounts inside the divided sections, works like a cup hook, as well as some mini apothecary bottles i believe. these items weren’t in when i created this so some of you who are at the show will see that lace section filled in ;)

products used :
Lille collection papers {abundance, crazy love, beautiful}; Lille acrylic stamps; Printers tray labels, Lille paper tape; Affirmations ATC kit; red crystal ball knob; Gypsy hardware; Hudson valley ribbon; Savannah seam binding.

The embroidery hoop that i in the large interior section measures 5″ in diameter and fits perfectly within the cut opening.

The big feature here is the layered vintage spoon in the far right section. 20 cents at my local thrift. i know!! i placed a piece of the Lille collection paper in the background, layered it with the large Gypsy hardware medallion and then i mounted the vintage spoon in a vintage sewing spool. then i added some crinkled seam binding {just scrunch it up in your hand and the heat from your palm will crinkle it} and a small piece of the Lille “vintage stamp” paper tape as an accent.

A detail shot of the embroidery hoop with the stitched quilt fabric and the sweet girl {some of you will recognize her as exclusive fabric from an old kR kit} with her embroidery floss flower broach. for the brooch i simply stitched “loops” of floss in a circle a few times making sure to not pull the floss all of the way through. then i topped it off with a vintage button.

Just a side view shot of the vintage french sewing bobbins, which i tend to use alot and that big beautiful giant key.

happy tuesday!