Create with vintage and found items. Repurpose. Reuse. Paint. Don’t paint. These are tutorials of my DIY and craft successes – as well as pictures of my DIY and craft failures. Keeping it real, my friend. Keeping it real.
Here are some Easter graphics for you — copies of antique Easter postcards from my collection.
I’m piling ’em on today so you’ll have time to do something with these images before Easter. If you want. Remember, simply right click on the image and choose “Save As”. Pay attention to where it’s being saved on your computer so you can easily find it again.
Graphics for personal use only. Do not sell graphics. You may, however, use them in crafts that you make and sell. Thank you.
Whoa! I let this Friday slip up on me! I’d intended to do all Easter stuff this month, but today we’ll have to settle for a frilly dressed baby who is actually a family member of mine. It’s Jewel Campbell’s baby. I won’t go into the convoluted relation.
…. she said. Me. I said that. Tiffany, Melanie and I were going to have a craft night and that’s what I wanted to do. Decorate peat pots. Tiff said, Huh? Melanie said, Oh-Kaaay… They both said, Show me. I showed them some pictures and they were ready to go. Karla at Karla’s Cottage had made some pretty ones. So we got started. I drew a blank. Melanie’s were really cute. Tiffany’s were adorable and she showed them on her blog, The Cranky Queen. As a matter of fact, she’s showing some today. I had no idea we were thinking the same thing. I’m not copying! I promise! LOL
My pots? Enh. Cute, but….. Here’s the first one.
Not a very good angle. You can’t see the bunny and flower pin in the grass. This one was just OK. Not very imaginative or anything.
#2. Getting a little better:
I put the paper on and the ribbon with the Alice In Wonderland title from an old book. Glued the hat (which had previously been made into a pin) on the side. Sat a vintage, chalk rabbit and some flowers in old, Easter grass and called her done.
A couple of weeks passed and I got in the mood to try again. Here’s what I came up with this time:
The glitter pot is probably my favorite. I put glitter in a bowl, sprayed glue on the pot, then rolled the pot in the glitter. And then I made this last one. I’m really thinking spring and Easter with these. This one is so simple looking, but took the longest to make.
What do you think? Little boy? Or little girl? But that sure looks like an Easter basket and eggs.
The side of the card stock frame reads:
To Dear Uncle Morris
and family
With love from
Martha
age 22 mos.
Guess that settles that. It’s a precious little girl! She looks a little precocious, doesn’t she? Like those chubby, rosy cheeks and sweet little smile might be hiding a whirlwind.
