BLOG GIVE A WAY ENDS 31ST JANUARY......



Click HERE for details of blog give a way.....



VINTAGE EMBROIDERY FREEBIE......




 


These free images have been created from vintage embroidered pillows that I am lucky enough to have in my home.  I included a pretty matt around the pictures for you to enjoy!

Click on the images to make them bigger and then save as a jpg to your computer.  I have made these a high resolution scan for you so that you get a crisp and clear image to work with, happy crafting!

Use in your crafting projects but remember they cannot be sold as digital images or on digital collage sheets, the copyright remains with YOUR CRAFT BOOK.

I would love to showcase any creations that you make with this image, have fun......





FEATURED ARTIST - VINTAGE BY CRYSTAL......



OK I have to admit that I am addicted to Crystal's work.  Who could not be, feast your eyes on some of her Valentines Day creations!




Love the pink glitter heart......




Out of this group my favorite is the figure with the baby, how cute is that!




Valentine Day cuties......




I always love the owls, I think I need to  buy some of those!!!

Please be sure to check out VINTAGE BY CRYSTAL it is always full of wonderful whimsical treasures.  You can find Crystal HERE at her blog or HERE at her Etsy store, enjoy......



VALENTINE FREEBIE......

 


Click on image to enlarge and right mouse click to save......

I have made these images a high resolution so that you get a clear and crisp image, enjoy!!!!

 

Here are a couple of Valentine Freebie images to enjoy!  Use in your crafting projects but remember they cannot be sold as digital images or on digital collage sheets.  I have repaired and restored these images for you, have fun coming up with some fun creations for Valentines Day.

Keep your eyes open for more free images coming your way, enjoy!......

Please click HERE for another blog freebie and also at A ROSE WITHOUT A THORN......

SANTOS CAGE DOLLS......



I love Santos Cage Dolls and have always wanted to own one or two but to be honest they are very expensive to buy and more than I am willing to spend.  Having said that though I was so lucky and picked up two beautiful Santos Cage Dolls from the fantastic TUESDAY MORNING.




This gorgeous figure in the perfect shade of grey is my favourite.  I just love the expression on her face.  She normally sells for $179.99 but I got her from Tuesday Morning for only $69.99, what a great buy! I placed around the neck of this lady a little gold heart that my husband bought for me when I was about 19 years old.  It is so sentimental to me and I put it on a little gold chain, perfect now I get to see it everyday......





My second Tuesday Morning Santos for only $59.99, another steal!  Boy was I pleased!  I dressed up this sweet girl with a blue oval sapphire and again placed it on a small gold chain.  Now the girls are all ready!!!

 


Normally I would not even spend that amount but I new how muich these sell for so in the end these two girls came home with me and were my Christmas treat for me.  I love them both and will hold onto them for a long time.  I love going to Marshalls, T J. Maxx, Homegoods and Tuesday Morning you never know what you are going to find.

If you want to find out more about these cage dolls here is a website that sells these very dolls and lots more, enjoy!!!   http://www.santoscagedolls.com/.



BLOG GIVE A WAY - SPUN COTTON DOLL TUTORIAL......





I am beginning today my very first blog Give A Way, the winner of the Give A Way will receive a PDF copy of this wonderful Spun Cotton Paper Doll Tutorial from my Etsy store YOUR CRAFT BOOK, available HERE.

There are a number of ways you can enter this competiton and they are listed below, have fun!!!

The rules are very easy for you to follow:
The blog give away will run from tonight January 11th, 2012 until January 31st, 2012 11.59 pm Eastern Time......

Any or all of these, the choice is yours......

(1) For every comment left on any of my blogs from January 11th, 2012 until the closing date and time you will be entered into the give away. The more comments you leave the more enteries you will build up and increase your chances of winning.

(2) Placing my blog give away button on your blog will count as TWO enteries (you will have to notify me that you have done this). Just simply copy and paste the top blog give a way button.

(3) Following me on Google will count as TWO entries.  If you are already following me on Google you will automatically receive TWO free enteries, enjoy!

(4) Adding my YOUR CRAFT BOOK link button to your blog sidebar will also count as TWO enteries (Again let me know that you have done this) this is on the right hand side of my blog.

(5) Lastly adding my blog www.yourcraftbook.blogspot.com to your Favorite Blogs List will also count as an entry.

Have fun and the best of luck......

ORGANIZATION......



I just love to organize and I have to say it is a bit of an obession of mine.  This year I decided to get the Christmas decorations fully organized and into line.  For me this often involves the use of plastic containers and these very large flip top bins were perfect.  This is the first layer of my Santa box, to me it is a thing of beauty!




Second layer of Santa Box with everything in its place!




Third and final Santa box layer.  Now that is not the end of it for me I then took all of these photographs and printed them off into a word document and placed the printed document in the top of the box.  This means next year I can duplicate how I packed them, not bad!!!




I am going to do this with all of my decorations this year just call me Martha Stewart.  Happy packing to all of you slowly taking down your holiday decorations......