Say it isn't SNOW!!! and my groovey Moustache!!



 

So we got snow yesterday and again today! Ok no big deal everyone is gettin it BUT I have to drive in it!! And I am the biggest Chicken Little in the SNOW!! I know I am a Michigander and have been all my life BUT it is the one thing that makes me have anxiety! I have to drive to a Women's Retreat I am attending about 50 miles away. My cuzin is going with me and her car is broken!! So my saving grace is that it is for God and I will be just fine!! LOL But it's still snowing God!!! (trying to put a plea out here)

 

 

Here is my new groovey, pin keep, make do, ornie, tuck, prim and grubby, upcycled "MOUSTACHE".

 

 

I used an old vintage black n white photo of a dapper young man with a "stashe" I had. I added some lace, an old button, paper punch crown, and pearl embellishment.

 

I also added a brown vintage button, and made some pins from an old vintage necklace that I broke and bummed myself out about. Paying it forward with the pearls. This is a pattern I drew out myself and I LOVE how the whole thing turned out! I am very proud of this one!! It is listed in my Etsy Shoppe.

 

Hey as I am finishing up this post the sun is shining!! Woo Hoo see I just needed to get it out to my BBF's!!(best bloggin friends) Thanks for letting me Boo Hoo for a minute!! Gotta go pack and get myself off this computer!!

Peace Out, XOXO Love ya Fran.



My Thank You Tag!!

 

Wanted to share my "Pretty In Pink" tag I made with you. This one is a thank you tag and her favorite color is pink. I make my own tags from manila folders that the city school was gonna throw out!! Oh no I can use them!! I cut them and then coffee dye them in my special mixture. They never turn out the same and I love that about them. I have been using my vintage typewriter that Sim got me for them and whatever I have around here. I love this pic and had a few printed out in my desk! So I had everything I needed. I miss going to the sales but I am trying to use what I have for everything right now. My studio is a mess and it's my own fault!! LOL Now I said it I gotta clean up so I can share pics with you. It is a very recycled/upcycled room and that is what I love about it!

I have made a few new things and have to put the finishing touches on them and then I can share them. Seems like I have been super busy and didn't think I had anything to share until now!! LOL

Peace out, XOXO Love ya, Fran. 

Meet my New "KIN FOLK"!!

 

Here are my newest dolls I have been working on! And I LOVE LOVE how they turned out!! The little doll is my original drawing for the doll. Then I drew the bigger one! But I kept looking at the little drawing telling myself how much I loved it!! I always draw them out and then get excited to see what they will look like sewing with the material!! I can see many possibilities with this!! At first I was gonna call them "SNOW FOLK" but I decided to call them "Kin Folk". I sewed them out of warm n natural, and some calico. The heart is from red cashmere. They are all hand sewed. I will be listing them in my Etsy Shoppe tomorrow. I am back to creating and it feels awesome!!!

Peace out, XOXO Love Fran.

Baby It's Cold Outside!!!

Here is my first tag of the season for my year long monthly tag swap. I LOVE the way this one turned out!! XOXO Fran.

Another groovey Up Cycled Gift Sim made me for Christmas!!!

 

I had this ideal pinned on Pinterest for the longest time and I kept telling Sim I wanted to show it to him. So finally one day I did. For the longest time Sim kept going in the garage and telling me not to go in there. He was making me something for Christmas! He kept saying you know don't you? I actually thought he was making me a stove board!! LOL I had totally forgotten about this pin!!

 

 

This wagon was my son Danny's!! We used it so much!! He loved it! Even Kaitlin was pulled in it!! It was real rusty and well used and loved!! Danny is 24 now. Sim added the vintage wheels the original one that I pinned didn't have them. The base is very important too. An older lady I lived next door to growing up that was like a Grandma to me had this sewing machine n base in her rickety garage. I got it from her. The sewing machine is all rusty and is out in the front garden. This base was painted black and I just had a board on it. I put a few of my Raggedy Ann's in there for now. We are gonna be changing the kitchen one of these days. A couple of my dolls are from Ebay a few years ago so if you see one and it was yours you made let me know!! The matching Annie n Andy are made from a friend for me just cuz. I just LOVE this now!! I am sure I will have many different things in it!! LOL

I went to the Lung Docter today and I still have a little bit of the pnemounia BUT I am alot better and he said it takes alot of time to get rid of but he is positive I am gonna be just fine!! Woo Hoo!! I am feeling a skip in my step and ready to go forward!! Creating here I come!!

XOXO Love ya Fran.