Vintage Equals Happy and A Little Tutorial

I'm so happy in my studio these days and I think I know why.

I'm surrounded by OLD and Vintage.

Now, you know my passion for color and paint. 

But the crusty, and the old, the beat up and well worn...

it has such a special place in my heart.

wreath available at the YMCA show, Dec. 7-8

When I combine the two it's like magic.

When I dive head first into just the old?

It's like smelling the ocean.

Like putting my face into towels just out of the dryer.

I'm carving out TIME to get into this-and so far it's working!!

I have a six-foot table space for the December YMCA show.

Gotta say, it's a fun challenge...

I'm so excited for my table display, I can't see straight.

Layer, layer, layer.

Build UP.

packs of cards for sale HERE.

Look all over my house for things to display, hunt thrift stores, start laying out, mixing and changing....

YAY.

In my head, I go to sleep thinking about color and paper and I wake up excited to create.

Like the other morning when I woke up at 5 a.m. and looked through Pinterest for display ideas.

I found this little tutorial for paper flowers on this cute blog..

Super easy, super fun.

Gather material:

Stapler

Hole punches

Vintage book or dictionary.

Punch holes- I use six for a flower.

Scrunch.

Unfold and layer, staple together in the middle

Scrunch back together.

Add a little glitter.

"Punch 'n Scrunch"

Done deal.

Next week, I'll show you the card packets.

Gotta get back to the creating...

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