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    April Dress

    Check out my latest dress for the Dress-up Project.

    I mostly used recycled materials for this one. The  “fabric” of the dress is the paper my boy and I made last summer. I cut out a front and back then sprayed them with the one bottle of Glimmer Mists I own. 🙂

    I stamped across the dress lightly with a script stamp and distress ink for extra interest. I “stuffed” the dress with some tissue to give it a bit of dimension before gluing it together.

    The fringe bottom was created by folding little pieces of cut tablcloth.

    The necklace was a pierced earring. All I had to do was take off the post and ta-da…necklace.

    Make sure and stop by the Alice and Camilla blog to check out all the other April dresses!

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    Garage Sale Treasures

    On a whim, I went in search of some garage sales with my neighbor.  Yeah, I know, what was I thinking. I just had a sale myself to get rid of stuff. We have more room now so I have to do my best to fill it back up.

    I did very well in just 2 hours. I got all you see here plus a nightstand for my son’s room for the small price of $22.40. 

    • New Stampin’ Up! Sunflower set
    • Stampin’ Up! set of distressing tools
    • square frame
    • sunflower floral spray
    • craft paints new or barely used
    • candle
    • vintage books
    • cigar box
    • terracotta saucers
    • stack of white cardstock
    • picnic basket
    • canvas boards

    Since garage sales and thrift stores are the only places I’m allowing myself to purchase supplies this year I think I really scored!

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    Gothic Arch

    I just put the finishing touches on my Gothic Arches for the 7th Anniversary swap on ABC. I’ve never worked in this shape before. My goal was to get these in the mail by tomorrow and I think I’ll meet it.  That is, unless chaos reins since it’s the first non-school day of the summer.