Summer Celebration 2010 -- Challenge Still Open

I hope you are enjoying the beautiful sounds of the ocean on my blog.  Try clicking on the down arrow by "video" to see the beautiful beach also.

  Are you ready for the Summer Celebration?

 

 There's still time to join the Summer Celebration link party if you haven't.  The linking post will go up this Friday, August 13, but you may enter your link anytime after that until the following Friday, August 17.  I know I said August 17, but I'll probably extend it a bit to give me more time.  I hate deadlines for funness (I'm making up a word :), don't you?  So, you have time to create your piece and write up your post to link it up.

Hope to see many of you link up. I can't wait to see all your pieces. 

 

Don't forget about my giveaway for all that join in the link party.  

And speaking of giveaways, here's one for you at:

The Polka Dot Closet

 Carol has the sweetest paper dolls.

Need more inspiration?  Here are more beautiful vintage photos.

 

 

Images from The Graphics Fairy and Marie's Freebies

Enjoy,

 

 

 

Sisterhood Project and, An Item Review from CSN Coming Soon!

I'm so late with this.  But I am participating in Karen's Blogerette Sorority challenge.  Here's my creation using her wonderful "sisterhood" vintage photo.  I can't wait to visit all my sisters' blogs now.  Please do the same for some awesome eye candy and inspiration. 

I used the vintage photo on an altered tile used to clip a note, a small photo, etc. 

Another requirement is to show your creation with yourself in the picture.  Yikes!

Go here to see the other great creations.

CSN.com contacted me again to be one of their Preferred Bloggers.  So look for a product review soon. I don't yet have the item since its taking me a while to select one.  So more coming on this.

More from the Web

Online classes ( haven't taken any of these, so I'm not endorsing any in particular, just sharing the information.)  Would love to hear others you might know about or have taken as well as art tutorials.  Leave me a message with the link.

Alisa Burke

Carla Sonheim, it is called" The Art of Silliness 

Giveaways

Trash to Treasure Art

Rebecca For Vintage Living

Is celebrating the opening of her BlogShop

4th Annual Cottage Charm Giveaway -- Many others listed there 

Mother's Voice

Marilyn Tullys

In my heart are messages

which often I replay,

Treasured guidance wisely stored

to guide me on life's way.

Words which parted wrong from right

stay with me from my youth,

Words which taught a preference

for kindness and for truth,

Counsel and encouragement

for purpose that's fulfilled,

Soft echoes of phrases meant

to undergird and build.

In my heart are messages

which urge for Godly choice.

Within the caring lines inside,

I hear my mother's voice. 
 

Happy Mother's Day to all moms of the world.

Here are images as my gift to you, via Crafty Secrets.

Generosity in Blogand Abounds!

No, I didn't just win a giveaway, or did I?  Here are some of the great loot of vintage jewelry I got at my friend's yard sale a couple of weeks ago.  She was so generous in giving me these without paying her.  Aren't they wonderful!  I can't wait to put them in some of my creations and really show them off. 

There's a ton of pins with bling, necklaces, watches.  See those cool lockets?  And all the religious medals.

Wonderful giveaways for you not to be missed:

 You have to see it to believe!!

Tales from an OC Cottage

Truly Chic!

Castle and Cottage

 Did you find this blog yet?  Great french images:

1st Floor Flat Freebies

I'm always just amazed at the generosity of the bloggerworld, aren't you?  Enjoy the images and good luck on those giveaways. Don't forget to check out my other findings on awesome blogs by clicking into the "Bella Nella's Shared Items" on my side bar (right hand side).  This is where I regularly share tons of other blog posts from the many I subscribe to which are just amazing resources.

A great big welcome to my new followers.  Have a great weekend, everyone.  I'm off to thoroughly enjoy this weekend which it promises to be quite a gorgeous one.

Chuckfull of Stuff and Giveaway Winner Announced

Oh, no.  Another weekend gone away.  I hope you enjoyed it to the fullest.  We went to a friend's yard sale  and I came away with a ton of neat vintage jewelry, another makeup compact and a beautiful footed silver tray.  I'll have photos up soon. Today I met with my niece and my sister, her mom, to decide on a design for her engagement party invitations.  I'll be doing almost all or all of her paper needs, including her wedding planner.  So, I'll be busy this year with wedding creations.  Please share your ideas and resources.  I'd love to hear from you.  

Don't you wish you were here; I do.  I can't wait to be at the beach.  Here's an image you can use.  I'll have others throughout this post as well.

And in that spirit, here are some things I gathered from the wonderful world of the web:

• Very inspiring article for artists and crafters from An Artist in Brooklyn:  Stop Editing Yourself
• Free crafting tutorials at Milliande Art Community
• Stash (we can all relate, right) Busting with ideas at Dollar Store Crafts
• In looking at wedding stuff, I came across this interesting project at Craftzine

And, of course, my giveaway has ended and we have a winner so:

And here are some other opportunities to win a giveaway.  Click the title on top of each image:

Yitte Mixed Media Art

 Just ADORABLE!

An Artful Life

Wonderful stash of supplies, yippeee!  Hurry on this one, it ends April 22

The Vintage Moth (Awesome source for images)

Mitzi's Collectibles

 I'd love to have that drawer to create something.  Its so neat with the carvings.

 For those that wanted to have the Somerset Apprentice Magazine Vol 1, you can now purchase a download able version which I did.  I liked the lower price and even though its not on paper, you could save it to a flash drive so you should always have your copy in a safe place.  Go here if interested. 

 

Other images for you.  How adorable is this little girl (and the others) shared by Magic Moonlight

I'd love to get one of those baby bottles for my collection of glass bottles, don't you?

Have a great week, everybody!

Pretty Window and Giveaway Extended

So I finally put my wedding veil collection and organ music rolls to use.  I decorated my craft room window with them.  I love looking at the beauty of the tulle fabric, don't you?  I am in love with tulle!

This huge puff is a wedding crinoline I got from Freecycle (you know how much I love Freecyling).  See where I put it.  On my TV in my craft room.  Its been squashed in my closet for weeks and I finally liberate it.

Wanted to give all my followers a chance to win so, I'm extending the Allmodern.com giveaway 1 more week.  I will choose a name on April 18. 

Good luck, everyone!