Tag Tuesday "VINTAGE" and a beautiful gift

I did warn you yesterday that you would be shown another tag today. It is Tag Tuesday after all. This week's theme is VINTAGE, and of course for me that meant lace. You know how much I love my vintage lace,lol.

I used a piece of very wide vintage French lace to cover the tag. It is one of my favourite pieces of lace, the colour is so delicious ( cafe au lait ) and it has such a beautiful, intricate pattern. I had some very fine scalloped fabric, which I attached to both edges of the tag. As the sweet little girl in the Edwardian image is wearing a green dress, I used green ric rac, green velvet leaves and a little bit of green bling as well. I added a few coffee stained vintage lace motifs and here is the finished tag -


You may just escape another tag post until next Tag Tuesday, lol, fingers crossed.

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What do you think of when I say SUZIQU??? Beautiful fabric collages, wonderful rich and deep colours, the most precious fabric books, and above all the sweetest person. Right? This beautiful lady gifted me with the most beautiful cards for Christmas. Prepare yourself for a serious drool fest -

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Aren't they absolutely fantastic? Even the inside of the cards have been embellished in typical Suziqu style. Big thank you hugs to you wonderful woman! I think I am going to frame them and hang them up so that I can admire them all the time.

Well, thats it once again. I totally forgot to make my inchie yesterday, so thats on the agenda for tomorrow, along with pics of some more lovely Etsy finds.

Toodlepip xxx

Treats

Over the last few weeks, I have received some beautiful gifts from friends, and also treated myself to a few lovely crafty bits and pieces found on Etsy. I'l try and show them all to you over the next few days, if I did it all in one post, you would surely go on strike, lol!

A few days ago, I received a totally unexpected parcel from my dear bloggy friend Sonya. She creates beautiful collages amongst other things, which you can see on here blog Counting My Blessings.

This is what I received completely out of the blue. The first thing I saw was this beautiful tag -


I do so love tags, and this one is a beauty.

And then I had the great pleasure of unwrapping this, one of Sonya's beautiful collages !!! -


The details and embellishments are fabulous, the background is a map of the UK, I mean, how much more perfect for me could that be?


Ah, and this delicate handmade flower, it is exquisite -


I am sending you a HUGE thank you hug, Sonya!

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Did I mention I treated myself to a few crafty bits and pieces from Etsy? I did, yep, wanna see? I'll show you 1 lot today, don't want to make this too long. I found these gorgeous handmade script buttons, absolutely spot on for crafting with. Tags, collages, sachets, all sorts, I think they are absolutely darling -


They came wrapped in this sweet piece of fabric stamped with script. Lovely presentation. And the seller is the sweetest as well. You can find her shop here - http://www.etsy.com/shop/abbyspaperiegarden.

Ooh, I think this post isn't all THAT long yet, lol, perhaps I'll quickly show you this week's tag tuesday tag, tehehe. Theme was WHITE, and here it is -


There, thats much better, now I feel like I have done a proper post.

Until tomorrow and the next instalment of treats, toodlepip xxx

Inchies, tags and little presents

Dang, can I cram everything I have to update you on into one post? One can but try, lol, just hope its not going to be too trying ( sigh, sorry, couldn't help myself ) for you.

Now that we got that stupid bit out of the way, I'll start with two week's worth of inchies. Last week was RED and this week is BLUE -

Ahem, you can probably tell that I have only just finished making the BLUE inchie......... the darned glue hasn't even dried yet, lol!

Tags, oh my, I have been making so many tags, and way too often I forget to photograph them. Like yesterday, when I made a tag specifically to go with the three miniature books I sold on Etsy. I was so chuffed to have found good pics of Blaise Pascal and Victor Hugo, and made a tag with those to go with the books, wrapped it, posted it this morning and then realised I hadn't taken any pics. Poo. Did take pics of a couple of others though -

This fun tag went with a vintage French madeleine baking tray -


This one went with a "manly" gift a customer bought -




And now I am going to show you a much much more beautiful tag, a BIG Christmas Card tag! I received this in the mail from my bloggy friend Lynn, from Trash to Treasure Art, and it is absolutely delightful. Aaahh, the details! It is embossed, has the sweetest image of two gorgeous young girls and the embellishments are twinkly and sparkly and perfect -


and all lit up with a golden glow from a stray ray of sunshine this morning -

Gorgeous, isn't it? Thank you, Lynn!

I have more to show you, but this post is already rather long. I think I will leave the other stuff for another post. If I get time this evening, I'll post it tonight. Thats a rather big if though, lol, don't hold your breath!

For now its toodlepip, xxx

I have started!

Yep, I did kinda surprise myself as well, but I have started on Christmas stuff. In a fairly gentle way, lol, nothing too big, complicated or time consuming yet. Just some Christmas Tags. But before I show you the tags I made yesterday, I want to show you something which arrived in the post on Saturday.

I was thrilled to bits when I found out that I had won one of Laura's absolutely stunning ATCs during her month long October Trick or Treat event on her blog Artfully Musing. She really is the most incredible artist, have a look at her blog, and you will be absolutely gobsmacked by her creations, and not just ATCs.

This is the fab Halloween ATC I received -





Even the back is so beautifully done -


Pretty darned good ATC, don't you think?

And here are some of the tags I made yesterday. Three in fairly neutral, muted colours -





And a couple with bright colour accents, Christmas colours, of course, ruby reds and forest greens -


The green one -

The red one -

I'd love to hear which one is your favourite.

Thats all, folks, gotta get back to making more tags :-). Toodlepip xxx