Princess Bubbles Creates

Since Sharon is away and there is no Take a stitch Tuesday I though I would show you more of my journal.  I printed the verse on velum.  I think it makes a lovely overlay on top of the illustration of fruit.  I had a lot of fun putting this journal together and now I am having fun adding some embellishments to it.

I started this journal quite a while ago.  I consider it finished but not really.  I recently took a mini workshop on line that inspired me to work on the journal again.  Here is one page from that journal.  Stay tuned for more pages.

I hit the mother load of vintage laces yesterday!  So exciting!  I went thrift store shopping with my beautiful daughter in law and we couldn't have picked a better day to do it.  The vintage laces had just been put out the previous day so I had a huge pile to go through.  I spent $10 and got a grocery bag full of treasure.  I am really looking forward to using them.  I will likely dye some too.  I post a few of my favorites but there are so many more.  I am linking with From My Front Porch at  http://www.frommyfrontporchtoyours.com/   Check out the beautiful things that are posted there

Well, here is my September crazy quilt block.  Not a lot happening so far.  Sept. has just started and it has been super busy so I am not beating myself up about that.  It will be done by the end of the month and that is what counts.  I am happy with what I have done so far.  I am linking with http://pintangle.com/ and http://needleandthreadnetwork.blogspot.ca/

This is version one of Sharon's raised chain stitch.  You can see the directions at  http://pintangle.com/ I have to say when I first looked at the directions my assumption was that this would be time consuming and not really worth it.  I was very wrong.  It is a pretty simple stitch and not overly time consuming.  Definitely well worth the effort.  I am really glad that I used a variegated thread as that makes in even more interesting.

Not too bad.  It is not a realistic looking flower but it is quite clearly a flower.  No one could mistake that.  It feels good to playing with paper again.  When I work with one medium for too long I start to get stale.  For me it is good to switch it up every once in a while.

I adore treasure hunting at thrift stores.  Last week I found this gorgeous cookie jar?  I suppose it could also be for candy.  I am not sure which.  My Mom had one like this when I was a child so I snapped it up.  I really don't remember Mom keeping treats of any kind in it.  She did love pinwheel crystal though.  I think I might store some beads or old jewelry in it.  I am linking with  http://www.frommyfrontporchtoyours.com/ for Treasure Hunt Thursday.  It is so cool to see what everyone does with their lovely finds.