Friday's Finds

I really, really, really, really, really, really, really needed to get out of the house yesterday.  Really.

 

So, I did what I do best and went shopping.  I didn't come home with a ton, but a few fun things.

 

I found this super cute ribbon with pigs on it!  Two rolls yet!  I'm not sure how old it is but I wasn't going to leave it there.  I decided I could always sell it as supplies.

Next, I've been looking for cute but cheap glasses to use with two pins I want to sell that hold eyeglasses, so look for these in two of my pin listings!  I can finally list these pins.

No way could I resist this!  Two rolls of wallpaper border, unopened and only .47 cents each!  One is a pearlized and I can't wait to work with it!  It's a beautiful design, too.

 

Now, when I first saw this, I thought, oh my, how rude is it to take one single cupcake to the party and not share with others?  Then, I saw Tupperware Toys on it, whew, made me feel better.  Now, I'm thinking, how flippin' cute would this be with that Easy Bake oven?

 

Get out those poodle skirts and saddle shoes!  This little wall hanging just screams retro!

I get home and there's a message on the machine.  I listen and it's a man from an antique mall I was in months ago!  He has PBN's in his booth.  I got right back in my car.  He had the two hunting pictures and the kit in his booth.  Oh darn, the kit is not old enough to list in my shop.  Drat.  Guess I'll have to keep it.

 

In another booth, I found a set of two Ballerina pictures and the two bird pictures.  I have the two bird ones but they are unframed, so I can sell those and keep the ones in frames now!  There's two more in that series and I really want to find those.

Handmade Envelopes

I was asked if I could make oversized envelopes. Sure, I replied! Well, the size as it turned out, was larger than I could make from my normal 12 x 12 size scrapbook paper. I grabbed my wallpaper book and gave it a try, these are some of the results! The one with circles on it is made from wrapping paper, another great item to use for envelopes!

These are all from wallpaper (below)! They have an awesome texture and I immediately fell in love with them!

The horses are made from both wallpaper and a calendar. The calendar was too small for oversized envelopes but was just fine for a smaller size.

Thanks Peggy for the challenge and for sending along these great photos! See Peggy's Etsy shop for cards: http://www.goodgosh.etsy.com/

Thrift Shopping!

I feel SO lucky to find this one! It's a wallpaper sample book, the kind you see at Lowe's, Home Depot, etc.

These photos aren't the best, the colors in this book are awesome!

It's fun to have paper all ready coordinated!

This one has to be one of my favorites in the book and it has several different colors of the same pattern!

I can't wait to use these for paper beads!

New for 2009

These are the Patriotic Blue paper beads I added to Etsy this evening. Wire wrapped with gold, silver and copper wire, they would be great focal beads. Listed with others that are not wire wrapped and some oblong beads.

These are two new styles. Pillow on the left and 3 step on the right. Made from wallpaper, these paper beads come out really nice! I am pleased with how they worked up.