Antique Children's Book Pages

Hello friends!

I love vintage children's books!

Especially ones filled with colorful illustrations,

 but I picked up one recently that

 only had a couple illustrations in it.

This book is called, Once Upon A Time from 1931.

I love this copyright page! Mushroom houses

 and fairies are awesome!

Not sure how both fairies and Mother illustrations go together,

 but maybe someday I will sit down and read it!

Have a beautiful day, Lindsey



Card Class and Fairy Bella

Hello friends!

It's class night! I'll be teaching this card

 and tag tonight at Scrapbook Generations.

As always, I use a vintage theme for my cards.

I picked up this gorgeous Fairy Bella paper line

 by Prima recently and have since been gathering flowers

 and embellishments for creating a new mini album.

I found this lovely fabric banner piece at Michaels.

I added silver and gold colors throughout this book

 to give it a more regal look. I love using my Martha Stewart

around the page punches for photo mats.

I tried to make sure that every page would have a fairy on it.

I especially love the big blue flower on this page

 that I picked out at Michaels.

A little bling was the perfect way to add

 a little more whimsy to my album.

If your interested, this album is for sale on ebay.

Have a lovely day, Lindsey



Twyla on Tuesday - Latest Finds

Hello dear friends!

I wanted to share with you

some of the latest treasures

I've found on my travels

around Missouri!

This beautiful little Roseville vase

was a steal this weekend!  It has a small

repair that doesn't hurt the beauty of it

at all!

Some of you may remember that I collect

Enid Collins purses.  This one is in such

perfect condition and such a cute image!

I don't think it was ever used as a purse.

I also love prints by Marigold.  These

are some of my latest finds.  Her style

is very whimsical.  It was hard to

photograph because of the glare.  In

the photo below you can see the wall

across the room:)

I hope you all are having a wonderful

spring.  It seems it is such a busy time.

I find myself with too many things that

need to be done while having so many

things I want to be doing. 

I'm guilty of spending too much time

on the wants.

Slow down and enjoy life.

It's not only the scenery you miss

by going so fast -

you also miss the sense of

where you are going and why.

-Eddie Canter

Have a wonderful day!

Love, Twyla

Irmi Monday - Sweet Mother

Hello friends!

Today I am sharing one of my favorite Irmi lamps!

Isn't it cute?!

I love the sweet theme and the shade of pink is perfect!

I can just picture how cute the nursery was, that this

 lamp must have been used in!

If you've never heard of Irmi before,

 they created hand painted, wooden nursery items

 from the 50's through the 70's.

Irmi also went by the names of

 Nursery Originals and Nursery Plastics.

They created lamps, switchplates, mobiles, plaques,

 night lights and other wooden nursery items

Have a wonderful day, Lindsey



Vintage Children's Book Pages

Hello dear friends!

today I am sharing a few pages from

a vintage children's prayer book.

It's from 1950, was published by Whitman and

 illustrated by Vera Neville.

Lots of very sweet graphics of boys and girls.

I especially liked this family page.

Enjoy using these images in your crafting!

Have a lovely day, Lindsey and Twyla



A Tag, A Mini and New Craft Supplies

Hello friends!

I purchased a fun new paper line last week,

 called Nostalgia, by My Mind's Eye.

I was immediately drawn to this paper because of the colors!

Then I saw the cute vintage style button cards

and new that I had to have it!

I made this mini album chunky by adding chipboard embellishments

 like this bird that I found in Michaels dollar bin.

I also dyed seam binding with Tattered Rose Distress ink.

The color matched perfectly! I also love picking up a pack

 of paper doilies in the cake decorating section at the craft store.

I also picked up some fun new paper lines that I am working with right now!

This super lovely line called, Fairy Belle, by Prima.

I also got this line called, Pretty Party, by Crate Paper.

I like the vintage girly style of this line and also that it is a birthday themed line which is so awesome!

Well, I'm headed to my craft room to play!

Have a wonderful day, Lindsey



Twyla on Tuesday - House Tour

Hello dear friends!

A couple of weeks ago I shared some

pictures of barns that I had taken

around our state.  Well, I also love to

take pictures of some of our beautiful,

historic homes!

I travel all over the state.  I absolutely love

Missouri!  The beauty of the countryside is

breathtaking and we have beautiful towns.

My favorite places to visit are towns with a rich

history.  All of these homes were built in the

1800's.  I've kind of made it a goal to visit

every area of our great state and am marking

off the roads I travel on a map.

I love to read about the history of each town.  It

makes the visit more interesting!

We had the good fortune Sunday afternoon to

visit this home (below) during an open house.

It is a grand mansion that was built in 1875

and has 29 rooms!

This is a picture in the upstairs looking

toward the 'rose' room.  It is actually a

small library.  The floors throughout

were two-toned, walnut and oak. 

This is the front drawing room bay

window.  Aren't those columns grand?

They had a rummage sale the week

before and it was still laying around.

Oh, how I'd love to move my stuff in!

One of our famous Missourians is

Mark Twain.  This is one of my

favorite quotes of his:

Twenty years from now you will

be more disappointed by the things

you didn't do than by the ones you

did do.  So throw off the bowlines.

Sail away from the harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your

sails.  Explore. Dream. Discover.

I try to live that way.  I don't

want to regret the things that I

could have done, should

have done, or thought I

couldn't do. 

Thank you for spending part

of your day with me!

Wishing you much happiness!

Love, Twyla



Irmi Monday - Clown Lamp

Hello friends!

A cute clown to share today for this Irmi Monday!

This is a lamp, hand painted in bright colors,

 made for a child's room.

I have several Irmi pieces decorating my craft room.

This one, is in front of my messy bulletin board.

If you've never heard of Irmi before,

 they created hand painted, wooden nursery items

 from the 50's through the 70's.

Irmi also went by the names of

 Nursery Originals and Nursery Plastics.

They created lamps, switchplates, mobiles, plaques,

 night lights and other wooden nursery items

Have a wonderful day, Lindsey

Calling All June Birthdays

Hello friends!

It's time to ask if you have a June birthday!

 If you do and you're not already linked up on our sidebar,

let us know in a comment, and we'll add you to the list!

Have a wonderful day, Lindsey and Twyla



Scrapin 9 to 5....

Hello friends!

Last week I shared a tag tutorial using October Afternoon's

 9 to 5 paper, this week I am sharing a mini album made with it!

I just love this paper line!

Of course, I seem to love every line October Afternoon makes!

It's got such a cool retro vibe to it!

I've also never created with a work themed line

 and that was a lot of fun!

I also like how versatile this paper is!

The colors would be great for Fall themed crafts!

I haven't seen this paper line at stores in my area yet,

and couldn't wait to get my hands on it,

so I ordered it from here on ebay.

I listed this album for sale here in my ebay shop!

I also created a layout this week using this paper.

I used a sketch provided by October Afternoon

for a sketch challenge.

Have a bright and cheery day, Lindsey