Don't Forget to wear your Green today!!!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!!!

Hope you are havin a great day and wearin green!! This is a tag I made for a swap I am in for the whole year. I love it! This is a very grubby tag and smells yummy!!  Our weather is just amazing here in Michigan and I know this for sure I am going outside today to play!!! I'm not sure what I'll do but it's gonna be fun what ever it is!! LOL I am making some little cutey pie chicks that I am upcycling from an old blanket and will post the pics soon. Trying to decide if I am going to coffee dye them or not. I asked Kaitlin and she said no, but she's 21 and in college. Maybe I'll come back and ask you guys!! LOL Have a great day!

XOXO Fran.   



I've got the Spring Fever!!!

I am so excited about this awesome weather we are having!! Everyone is talking about seeing the Robins back! And I am too! I saw my first one yesterday in the backyard!! This is my new Spring Bird Nest going in to my Etsy Shoppe. I did a Spring Craft Show this weekend and sold one of these. I have decided I like doing Fall Craft Shows better than Spring. Saturday was a beautiful day here in Mich and I think people were busy outside.  It seemed like it was really slow. But not an entire bust.

Here is another Birds Nests I made from alittle baby girls shoe. This is so darn adorable!! I love it! and had so much fun making it!! Sometimes it's hard to let these things go. LOL  I made this one two sided. It has a vintage button on one side and one of my little grubby tags that says "Nest" on the other side. This will also be available in my Esty Shoppe.

I love this little cutey too!! So Springy!!! Also heading to My Esty Shoppe! I am in a Spring Creative mood!! And that's good thing!!! LOL I am going to be making some more nests in spoons and in these sweet little girl shoes.

This is Papa Sim and Caylee Roxanne! Last Thursday we down to see Caylee and Ryan. In this pic they are both saying cheese!! She is so adorable! She'll be two next month! Hard to believe. We had pizza and she showed off for us and gave us lot's of hugs and kisses!! Notice how Papa and Caylee both have the Boggs blue eyes! I was hoping she would! I love being a Grandma and guess what! She called me Grannie Frannie! she put both together!! I was in heaven!!

Well I hope everyone is enjoying the Spring weather and getting the fever to get things done! I know I am. But now for me it's gonna be to create inside or go outside and work in the yard!! LOL

Love ya, XO Fran. 

Here's ROSiE!!!!!!

This is my "BlueBird" Raggedy Fran. doll that I have been talking about!! I have named her "ROSiE". That was my Mom's nick name. Her name was Rose Marie. Like I said one of the last calls to her was to tell her I had seen a bluebird on my porch looking in the window at me!! She told me it meant happiness to see one!! I hand sewed this entire doll also. I made the dress like a jumper and sewed vintage buttons on the shoulders. I made alittle undershirt out of muslin with 3/4 length sleeves. I looked up bluebirds and they have black eyes. The jumper is made out of some thrifted material I got but I thought was the perfect for the breast color. I grubbied all of this up with my special coffee/ spice mixture and added some molasses to.   

I will share her details with you. In this pic the necklas was a book mark that my Mom had.

The little bagg I made from grubby chenille with a grubby muslin strap. On the bagg I added a blue silk rose that I grubbied up also. The rose came from my Moms house. I added one of my little tags and wrote "ROSiE" on it. My Mom painted pictures a few years ago and that is how she signed them. I put the bagg on her with a rusty safety pin.

I am not going to be adding this doll to my Etsy shoppe. She is mine! It has been very healing for me to make her. But if anyone is interested in one I will take orders. I am making another Crow, and some Owls too. I will make another bluebird sometime but this one is special to me. I had bought all of the stuff to make her before my Mom passed. I am working on some things for this Saturday as I am in a Spring Fling Craft and Expo!! I was handpicked for it!! Yay for me cuz I love getting my craft on!! LOL Thanks for checking out my newest creation!!!

XOXO Love, Fran.

My new pin keep and some other things I've been up to!!!

Here is my new pin keep. I got it from Wendy she sells on Artfire and I just love it. She is just 6" tall. In a great prim mustard with rusty pins. I am always losing my most favorite needle so I got her to keep it on.

This is my new glass pot I am using to grubby up my goodies now. It was my Moms. I love it cuz I can see in to it. That is a couple of my grubby doilies I am going to be listing. I used some old molasses I had. Boy does it help to make things darker and smell yummy!!



This is a bird nest in a spoon I have listed in my Etsy shoppe. I am thinking Spring!!!



And this is my new Sweet Vintage Spoon Pin Cushion. It is sweet and shabby chic. I used some grubbied up chenille and some pink vintage trim I had. I added some old buttons and silver pins to it. The pin cushion is only 3 inches. I just love the way it turned out!! I know I'll be making more of these!!

 I hope everyone is doing ok with the way this crazy weather has been! Been saying my prayers. We have two down sick here with colds and right down in bed. I am staying away from them! It is Sim and Brooke. I have a kidney stone and will be having surgery in a couple weeks to break it up. I know I shouldn't laugh but when it rains it pours! So I have decided to create! ALOT!!! LOL I am thinking Spring and I know alot of you are too!! Stay safe!

Love, XO Fran.  

Sharing some new eye candy with you!!!

I changed out the coats on my mannequin's. These were my Mom's. I remember her wearing them when I was growing up. When I was cleaning out her closet I found them. I love them in my living room and the colors and style are perfect! I added my collection of fur jewelry and gold poodle pins to the gold coat. My Mom was a fancy lady as she had worked from the age of 17. When I was growing up we also had a poodle named Pepi.

I have been busy with my Mom's estate but God is awesome and I have her trailer sold to my friends son and his family. My Mom prayed for Josh when he was in the Navy and over in Iraq. So he is already covered in prayer and my Mom would be so happy!! Josh and his wife Jen are so excited that they are getting the trailer! And that makes me happy too! They are so cute and have three adorable children!!

I see the lawyer tomorrow and then when this all done I can get back to creating!! I think it is gonna be very healing for me!! I am working on a "Bluebird" Raggedy Fran doll right now. I will be naming her "Rosie" after my Mom. Her name was Rose Marie. One of my last calls to her was to tell her I had a bluebird on my porch!! She told me it meant happiness!! Just thought I'd share with you and let ya know what I've been up to!!

XO Fran.