Vintage Family Photo Freebies

Adding Giveaway Prizes :)

Due to the great number of sign-ups for my blog giveaway, I have decided that I'll be adding to the giveaway, so more people can win!! Yay! I'll have several prize winners . . and will put together the additional prize packages this weekend and get some photos of these posted then.

So don't forget to sign up for your chance! Click on the link to the left in my blog, or pan down to the giveaway post below for more details and to enter.

More Vintage Little Girl Photo Images

I just love these images! Played with them and did a bit of touch-up.

Last night Mike and I were talking a bit about spending $ on unecessary things. Can you believe he had the gall to tell me, "when you die we'll have a house full of useless junk that we can toss in a pile and have a big bonfire." OMG did he ever get an earfull after telling me that! First of all is the "when you die" comment - what on earth was he thinking . . saying things like that are likely to find his life coming to an end much sooner, don't ya think? (Only kidding, but my word.) And, then too, "useless junk to make a bonfire with". Oh boy, don't ever tell me my collections are useless junk!!! I LOVE my collections of prims and antiques. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them! I told him, should I "HAPPEN" to die before him, that he had "BETTER NOT" have a bonfire with my things . . it's all something someone would want, and most are somewhat costly handmades from some of the best prim artists there are. Sure, he might have to seek the right place to "get rid" of these things, but there are sure to be people who would cherish such things as much as I do. Gosh, to even think about someone making a bonfire out of my wonderful collections makes me want to cry. What on earth is he thinking?!? Men.

Spring is Near

Abbie, Jacob, and I spent some time outside the past couple of nights, as the weather has been very nice! As you can see, we still have snow, but it's nearly gone most everywhere other than in a great portion of our yard (we are surrounded by woods so the sun doesn't hit in most areas of our yard). So Abbie was in her flip flops though I didn't necessarily approve of that, but yet she did - the temps. yesterday were close to 70 degrees. There are actually people still ice fishing and several were out driving on the lake yet this weekend, but that's about to end I'm sure. I'm hoping to take a nice long walk tonight, though Jacob will try to get me to take him for a 4-wheeler ride again I'm sure - he LOVES riding on that.

I best get back to work. I just felt like taking a short break to blog a bit here and share a couple of photos I took two nights ago. Hope everyone's enjoying the day.

Robin Made My Day! Thank You!!

My friend Robin surprised me with a sweet handmade card in the mail! How wonderful ~ she really made my day!! Soooo sweet! If you have a chance, please take a peek at her wonderful websites - she creates awesome prims, purses, handcrafted cards, and the best silicone dipped bulbs.

http://www.buttoneyed-annie.com/

http://www.primsiliconebulbshoppe.com/store/Default.asp

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5232246

New ATC's & Altered Paint Chip

I found a bit of time after tucking the kids into bed the last few nights to create some more altered art! I sooooo enjoy this and wish I could "play" all day with paper, paints, colored pencils, glitter, glue and all the other fun things I use in my whimsical vintage creations. If only I could get my photos to capture the true colors . . but at least you get a good idea of what they look like here.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

May you always have work for your hands to do. May your pockets hold always a coin or two. May the sun shine bright on your windowpane. May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain. May the hand of a friend always be near you. And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you. ~ Irish Blessing

NOW CLOSED **Enter My Blog Giveaway**

I've finally put together my March blog giveaway. The goodies include an old wooden bowl I painted, sanded, and stained for a prim look, a variety of my handmade prim-vintage style hang tags, an altered paint chip, a bottle I have altered and filled with M&M's, and a muslin bag stitched with "Thyme" with a bundle of sweet annie.

If you'd like a chance at these goodies, you can enter any of the following ways:

1. Leave a comment to this post.


2. Post about this giveaway on your blog and get 3 additional entries. (Please let me know if you do this, so I'm sure to get your extra entries in).


3. Follow my blog for 3 additional entries. (Existing followers automically have 3 entries already).

So, you can have up to 7 chances to win. Sign up by March 31st, as I will draw the lucky winner on April Fool's Day :) Good Luck! :)

Sooooo SWEET!! Another SUPER WONDERFUL Addition to my Collection of Prim Goodies!

Ohhhh my goodness . . . I am sooooooo WOWed by the kindness of Renae at My Little Raggedy Blessings!!! I LOVE her creations soooo much and just "had" to have this sweet prim vintage bunny she posted on her blog and then listed on eBay, and I was lucky to have the highest bid. Yay! But, not only did she send me the bunny, but she also was sooooo sweet and sent me an awesome fabric covered shaker box with a super cool prim teddy bear head, AND three beautiful vintage ATC's! My goodness, Thank You Renae! You are tooooo sweet! Please take a peek at her blog to see more of her wonderful creations!

http://mylittleraggedyblessings.blogspot.com/

I have one more sweet purchase to share soon . . but then I need to stop myself from buying for a bit. I allowed myself a spend a bit out of my tax return on a few things that make me happy, and I am certainly happy with my purchases. :) DH has been laid off work though now for a few weeks ~ he works for a large construction firm ~ and with work being slow everywhere, he could be off for an undetermined amount of time, so we're having to keep a tight budget. It was hard to make ends meet with him working full time and now to have to get by with less is going to catch up to us soon. He is talking with his brother who also works for the same company and is anticipating being laid off as well soon, and with his father, about the possibility of starting their own lawn and yard care business, which may be a good idea for the summer at least. They have a connection with someone who has such a business in the area and can't keep up, and this person would recommend them to those customers he has that he can't keep up with. So it sounds promising . . time will tell.

I'm looking forward to the weekend as I really want to concentrate on getting some new goodies made up and finally getting my giveaway posted. :) Have a great Friday the 13th everyone!!

Vintage Easter Children Real Photos :)

And here are some of the vintage Easter photo images I touched up a bit that I spoke of in an earlier post :)

Kreative Blogger Award :)

A big thank you to Cris at at Mommy's Midwest Mountain Folk Art for giving me this award, it is truly appreciated :)

I am to list the 7 things I love and then 7 other people who I think deserve this award:
1) Spending Time with My Family & Friends
2) Having Time to Myself to Create
3) Diet Pepsi
4) Hiking
5) Daisies
6) The Sound of Children Laughing

7) Thunderstorms

There are several bloggers whose work I adore who are very deserving of this award as well, though some of them have tag-free blogs which I am considering doing myself.

Now on to the 7 people (in no particular order) I selected who deserve this award. These are all blogs that I visit regularly and whose work always makes me smile. :
Tonya at Olde Country Creations
Missy at Plain Worker Primitives
Melissa at LilyBean's Paperie
Shelley at Kissing Fish Primitives
Brenda at Rusty Creek Primitives
Sanja at ArTick
Betty at Pinkglitterfae Art

Friends & Family

I "played" with a couple vintage photos again. So fun! Feel free to use these images in your blogs, websites, creations, etc., but again please do not include in image sheets or CD's for resale.

My Newest Prim Doll has Arrived!

Shelley at Kissing Fish Primitives http://kissingfishprimitives.blogspot.com/ does the most wonderful work! When I saw this extreme prim doll, Nissa, posted on her blog I just "had" to have her. I feel so lucky, because this one of a kind doll is just the sort of prim I love!!

And look at the beautiful handcrafted thank you card! My goodness, so exquisite! You really can't see the detail in this scan, but it is beautiful. Thanks so much Shelley!!

St. Patrick's Day Vintage Image Freebies

I can't help but want to keep posting today . . I've got some cute vintage Easter photos that I've reworked a bit that I am planning to post soon, but for now I'll share these vintage St. Pat's postcard images, since it's just a li'l over a week away.

The sun is shining and my workday is nearly finished. Off to parent teacher conferences tonight. Hope everyone's enjoying their day.

Beautiful Handmade Quilt Giveaway

Brenda is having a wonderful giveaway! Just look at this beautiful quilt!!! http://mylittleannies.blogspot.com/2009/03/annie-quilt-givaway.html

New Moon

Drool . . .

A Few Things I Made Today

I ended up with less time than I thought to work on my crafts this weekend. And, I barely found time to post here quickly, but wanted to say I haven't forgotten about the giveaway I had said I would post this weekend. I just have ran out of time (must be the time change . . . I'll blame it on that anyway). . . and still want to get everything together for it. Actually, I had three of my nieces spend the night and were here all day as well so it was a full, busy house. So check back later this week and my giveaway will be posted soon. I need to go tuck Abbie in to bed and get to bed myself. Sweet Dreams! :)

I Found Some Time to Work On My Altered Art! :)

I found some time after Jacob went to bed this evening to work on my altered art while the girls were gone to bible school.

More Vintage Li'l Girl Photos

Ohh do I ever enjoy touching up vintage photos :)

Playing with Pictures

I've been playing around with a few vintage photos, trying out some new photo editing programs, so thought I'd share a few of them here.

My weekends have been so busy, as are the weeks between work and home. Tonight we have a family fun night at school for Dr. Suess's birthday - how fun! I hope it is :)

I'm hoping to find time to be creative this upcoming weekend and post a giveaway then as well.