A spring vintage treasure!

Vera Neumann table cloth
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

I love vintage textiles! I go to many yard sales hoping to score table clothes, scarves, hankies, ect. I scored this beautiful Vera Neumann table cloth for $1! It is in perfect condition too! No stains, holes, or flaws like so many others. I don't think the person selling it realized it was a Vera. I love it and especially love to use it during the spring. So bright and fun! I have a close up pic of the Vera stamp on my flickr if you care to peek. I'm gearing up for yard sale season to start again and I can't wait!

Embroidery ideas!

So I love doing swaps and I love embroidery! I've decided there hasn't been a good embroidery swap for awhile or at least one I've been able to join so I'm going to organize a embroidered pillow case swap over on Craftster. I thought it would be fun to make and receive a nice set of pillow cases. They are always useful and so much fun! Sign ups start the 1st of April and I already have the info ready to go, can you tell I'm excited!? That will be 3 swaps for me while I'm working! I'm glad they all have long craft dates or I wouldn't be able to do it. I like to keep swapping through my busy time because it is such a stress reliever. I'm going to work on a poppet today for the IYP swap and I've joined the friends of Craftster raffle so I have to make a medium item to send out for that. I already have a ton of ideas. More mini art! Off to enjoy my 1 day off!

The little elephant

The little elephant
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

Here is another one of my pendents. Done on a 2x2 inch stretched canvas made by me. The backgroud is layered acrylic paint and the elephant is paper collage. I found a pic of an elephant like it on line, sketched out my own version, and then made each peice a different peice of paper. It was fun and very cute. I think I've almost posted all 10 of my pendents now!

Poppet in progress

Poppet in progress
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

I haven't had a chance to craft much with work and allergy problems, but I wanted to share my newest inspiration for popppet #23. I found the perfect fabric and yarn on a day trip with my friends! I already have a head and the other parts are ready to be sewn together. I also found inspiration pics for the clothing and such! I won't be sharing her here for a while since she is going away for a swap.

Inchie Display

Inchie Display
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

I was in the inchie swap over on Craftster to jump start my papercrafting adventure. After I received all 50 of my inchies I decided to display them in a floating frame. Aaron helped me figure out how to do it. I ended up buying 2 dollar store frames and using the glass from both and just 1 frame. I love how it turned out and am just waiting for my library room to get finished so I can hang it in there!

Make it spring!

Make it spring!
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

Another one of my pendents for the pendent swap over on Craftster. I thought since today is the first day of spring it would be a perfect time to share this one! Made of blanket stitched felt, wool, and a cute flower button. I tried so many different techniques to do these pendents and it was so much fun!

Happy Spring all!

Victorian Chunk

Victorian Chunk
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

Another pendent I made for the pendent swap! I call it Victorian chunk. I used a illustration found online hand tinted with water color pencils mounted in a button, some other random buttons, an old rhinestone earring, a small strand of pearls from vintage jewelry, and some vintage lace. I love how it turned out. So elegant yet funky! All my pendents are on the way to their new owners!