Wednesday, August 17, 2011

If I stay home . . . .

It's amazing what I can get done -- and quickly!  Here are some of my latest creations.
I dyed the tags, stamped the fabric, sewed the stamped sections down to red and white ticking, wrapped the tags with vintage laces.  Yes, I know that Stampington & Co. sells these fabric tags, but they are easy to replicate.  Especially if you have the Bonjour Cavallini stamp set.  Short story on that Bonjour stamp set:  I had bought a duplicate set several years ago.  Listed it on Etsy and it sold immediately.  Since then I have had three inquiries from Etsy people wanting to know if I had any more sets. Hmm!  Cavallini doesn't make that stamp set anymore.

I have a roll of wonderful vintage wallpaper that is white with a heavy flocked pattern.  I created a fancy envelope sometime back and posted it on my blog.  Well, I was wondering what to do with a small left over bit of the wallpaper.  Here is what I did first:
I made another envelope and decorated it.

On both sides.  This is front since the flap is on the other side.

Then I decided to cover a composition notebook with the same wallpaper and this beautiful Paper Whimsy image.  Now, I have a question for you artists.  The glove is an orphan and even though it is made of thin nylon, it is still a bit bulky in order to glue down the image.  Any suggestions on what to do?  I am afraid that since the image sits above the surface of the notebook that it would catch on things and eventually be torn off.  Should I cut the glove up and expose only the fingers and the ruffled cuff?  Should I mount the image on bits of chipboard so that it sits above the glove?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

4 comments:

Dorthe said...

Judy, your envelope is gorgeus, and so are the book- BEAUTIFUL-
your sweet tags are so lovely,too-
xo, Dorthe

Rhonda said...

So French, Judy, lovin' the red ticking!

karlascottage.typepad.com said...

A day at home to get some pretties made is a wonderful thing!

CeCe said...

The tags are just adorable... I have not been in blogland lately and it was so refreshing to read your post.
About the composition book. What if you sewed the image to the glove? Hugs, CeCe