Flea Market Studio

Art Journals

I have been working on my Art journals so much lately! I got inspired to work in them again through my drug: Pinterest...  These have been put away for at least a couple of years.. and I was not inspiredby them for a while .. but now its been a obsession lately. I am discovering doodling and many more mediums that I have never played with. I wanted to share the many pages that are inside. I tend to work in 3-4 at a time. 1 of the journals is for quotes and songs with many different kinds of colors. Another one is for me when I was growing up in the 1970's, and there are 2 dedicated to my daughter.  My little Family started gratitude journals. Wow, they have changed our lives. It was inspired by this book:

Love love love! Very inspiring. All about gratitude and living your best Life with Gratitude. I doodle in my Gratitude journal also.

Here are my recent pages:

That's it for now.. I gotta go... because its Friday night and I am working on these:

I also have 2 more of these left on my Etsy.. The Little Vintage Paris journal kits..

Hello Kitty Birthday Scrapbook

Made a Hello Kitty Birthday book for my Girl.. First Scrapbook I have done in a long time. Can put this one away in her Suitcase full of Memories... 

Thanks for looking! xoxo

Hello Kitty Birthday Party

This is Darianne's 10th Birtday Party. Hello Kitty...

 

 

My Smash book with the plans..

She is Ten!! Happy Birthday sweet girl!! xoxo

Where did Ten years go?

My Girl is turning 10... Wow... where did the time go? Its unbelievable to me.. how fast it went. All those days I couldn't wait till she grew out of a difficult stage, how I ache for them again. When you are in it.. you never think its going to end. Then your Girl is Ten... 

When she was little I wanted so much time to myself, crafting/scrapbooking/working out... Now its not important to me.. Spending time with Her is what I cherish.. before she is grown up and gone. I haven't done a real Birthday party for her in about 4 years. This year she asked for one. I am going all out. She wants a Hello Kitty Party. I will post pictures of her Party and all the crafts I plan on making for it.. here are her Birthday Invitations... 

Very Simple.. just a button sewn on Kitty's red bow. Will share more when It gets closer. XOXO

Vintage Birthday Book...

Happy Birthday Simone Elise!! My niece is 2!! I have been moving for the past month. Wow, glad that is done!! Completely different feel to the new Home. Studio is getting set up. I got rid of so many things! I will share studio when its done. I finally got around to doing some Art. I made a Vintage Style Birthday book for my adorable little niece. Here are some pictures to share...

I couldnt resist. the last page has a picture of my Mom, Me and her Dad.... xoxo

 

Happy Happy New Year...

Wow, that went fast. Lightning speed. Crazy how fast it goes as you get older. I did a little crafting this Holiday, but mostly I just took it easy. Much needed. Here just a couple of Art I made over the Holidays.. 

A little felt skate.. I always wanted to make one.. I just winged.. not pattern, no plan.. so dont look to closely. 

A little Christmas hanging with the cutest little image that I own of this baby in the snow.. I have her whole vintage scrapbook with the most amazing pictures of her.. Found it in a antique mall..

These were the tags I made for all my Christmas gifts..

New Christmas Journal entry.. All those wonderful labels and the little Art book that I pasted in the book was made by a sweet Friend. It was perfect for my book! Thank you Jessica.

There is so much Art I want to do.. but at the moment We are in the process of moving to another home. It is stressful, but also very exciting. I really want to work on these...

My Art journals.. most are unfinished.. and are calling  me to play with them... darn. 

I am adding a little tag on my Etsy.. Here it is and some journals in the next couple of days..

Well thats it for now.. Will post pictures of the new home.. as soon as we move. Happy Happy New Year! xoxo

Welcome December!

Welcome December! I am getting into the Christmas mood! These are my Christmas trees drying on the window sill and that is a box of my Vintage Chrismtas ephemera for topping Gifts! Thanks to pinterest, I found out I could bleach them and dye those ugly dark green ones! Not as Wonderful as this Gals Trees! You can buy them in her Etsy! They are amazing! How do I know? We trade around Christmas .. and here is what she sent me..

Isnt it just devine!! Mini dyed trees in a box! I dont even want to open it!! Amazing style! She also sent me all this:

I love to trade with Julie! She inspires me! Got me started thinking about Gift toppers and Christmas Crafts! I also need to work on my yearly Christmas Art Journal.. here are some pages from the past:

This last one was done last year... I guess I can use it as my first entry for this year! I hope everyone has started a Christmas journal! They are so fun and so fun to look back on... Here is just a little glimpse of some Christmas decor around my Home.. 

I made the simple Wreath for the door... I also listed Many more items on Flea Market Studio Etsy! Here are a some items I listed:

And Much more!! Stay tuned.. I will be adding more in the next couple of days... Hope everyeone is enjoying their shopping days!

The Holidays have begun..

Hello everyone.. I have already atended my first Holiday party. Here is my Daughter and her cousin Rocco..

He was not having this photo shoot that's for sure! After attending the first of many parties this Holiday Season..  it has gotten me really in the mood for Christmas. I love to do trades to kick things off... and here is the one for this Gal..Julie Collings. We tend to trade every year around this time. I am so lucky! She has the most amazing style! It is a early Christmas present when her sweet package arrives.. the best part: She has a Etsy shop where you can purchase these amazing goodies! It also inspires me to put things in my shop ... Here is what I made for her...

A wee little Christmas notebook in a Matchbox ... Here are some more photos:

I will be listing 3 of them in my Flea Market Studio Shop. I also am sending this:

To another Blog friend... Hope everyone has a Wonderful Thanksgiving!!! xoxo

Thanks Pinterest....

Thank you for inspiring me!! If you have not been to this site yet.. you need to go! So many tutorials that have been pinned by me... Here is what I did yesterday... Pillows for the sofa. I got the idea from this pin..script pillow tutorial. It lead me to more pins and then I took them all and made some of my own...

Here are some of the pillows.. also that sweater candle cozy.... you got it, pinterest! Close up of the pillows...

The ideas were flowing yesterday.. a rainy day. I bought pillows from the Goodwill for 1.99 each.. washed them in hot, hot water ( a little bleach). I made pillows from  a drop cloth I from Big Lots (a pin idea I found) for $10.00. The monogram pillow is just a iron on I did from my computer, the pillow with our names are stamped with Staz-on ink, and the ruffled pillow is ruffles I took from a old skirt Darianne grew out of! 

I also made Leg warmers from a thrifted Sweater...Got the idea here Sweater pin...

And Sweater  candle cozy from the same pin...

Made some Sweater leg warmers from the sleeves... very cozy, even though my little one laughed at them!

And from this pin Easy pumpkin muffins... they are so good! 

The family likes them.. they just came out of the oven and three were gone before I even got them out of the tin..

Wow.. so fun! So thank you Pinterest! You can follow my pins here My Pins! Ok, off to this new obsession! I warn you, it is addicting!! But so many ideas.. I have the makes me laugh board that make me laugh daily , style board that makes me want to dress better, inspirational qoutes board that helps me through tough times and keeps things in persepective.. and so many more! 

Hello there...

It's been a while since I made something for my Etsy Shop. I was in school for a year, which made it pretty impossible to do anything else. Its also been a ride since I opened my Etsy shop in 2006. Lots of happiness, and some dissapointments. I love to sell things that are original, but if you want to know the truth its hard work. I kept waiting and waiting, procrastinating is what others call it. I finally got inspired to share some things that make me happy to put in my shop..  but my journal kits make me the happiest! Here is my Shabby Angel journal kit and you can find it here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/fleamarketstudio. It is a Kit that comes with instructions and lots of extras to make your own Christmas Art journal. 

Here are some more photos of the Shabby Journal:

Getting ready for Christmas! I cannot believe its almost here! What happened to the year?? What happened to my little niece that was born 2 years ago?? 

My little rascal niece... Wow! 

Wanted to share a old dollhouse I found at a thrift store the other day, I covered it with some of my vintage wallpapers. 

Here is the before picture:

After:

Thats what Ive been up to.. Getting in the Holiday mood! Hope everyone is having fun coming up with some Christmas crafts to give away to loved ones this Holiday Season! hugs