Mini-Composition Book Dressed Shabby Chic

Hello Everyone..

I hope you are all well and

enjoying some delicious

late summer weather.

Our rains have passed for now and

everything is so green. 

 The flowers, trees and well, just everything

outside is so happy!

Sometime soon, I will share some

of my VERY rustic planters that I saved 

from the trash and let sit out in the rain

to get all rusty.

But today, I wanted to share with you

 a mini-composition book that I 

had so much fun dressing up

all Shabby Chic.

It's one of the 3/$1 packs that I 

picked up at the dollar store. 

They look just like the larger 

composition books that you've

all probably seen. They're really cute and fun

to work with and the perfect size for 

a smaller project. I made three of them. 

One was given as a gift and the 

other two I sold at the shop where I 

put some of my creations on consignment.

The first step was to cover them

with some lovely, creamy, textured

wall-paper that I picked up

at a thrift store.

After that I chose a theme. 

The flowers and other shapes were

cut with a Sissix die and 

some of my punches.

And then to embellish, I just had fun

loading it up using various sweet things.

The pictures are pretty

self-explanatory and so I won't go into

a lot of detail.

I will say that the little metal piece

that you see, is from the clearance 

section at one of the big

craft stores. And I just painted it with some

Country White, acrylic, craft paint.

(I'm sure my crafty, blogger friends

would come up 

with something beautiful!)

 I always look for interesting

things to use, just as I'm sure

many of you do.

 Do you find that kind of

treasure hunting so fun?

AND it's inexpensive, too! :)

I believe in 

PINK...

~Audrey Hepburn~

The completion is made up of little things.

~Joseph Joubert~

They make such nice gifts and small 

things to sell. I know many of you have 

shops that you sell your lovely 

offerings in.

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I'm still waiting to find out what is going on

in my body. I don't think it's anything

too serious. But very mysterious.

But just to be sure,

I would greatly appreciate your prayers.

It can be a little discouraging at times to 

just be wondering.

Thank you all so much.

I look forward to seeing what 

fall projects that you all have in store!

You're always so inspiring.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

~Albert Einstein~

Creativity is:

 inventing,

experimenting,

growing,

taking risks,

breaking rules,

making mistakes,

and having fun!

~Mary Lou Cook~

I've been working on a few things myself. 

Even some Christmas projects!

However the spirit moves us, right?

You understand.

Thank you so much for stopping 

by for a visit. I love my blogger friends 

and feel more of a connection all the time. 

Thank you for your support and

friendship. I appreciate it so much!

Have a blessed day.

Tamara xo