Susan's Hearts and Flowers

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Just doing stuff!!

Good Evening! I have not been posting much lately. My work has just been so hectic and when I get home I am exhausted. I have visited some of your blogs. I apologize for anyone I have not visited lately. Hopefully, my energy will return and I can start blogging more on my own blog and visiting your blogs as well. Hope you enjoy! Projects Yeppers! I have been sewing more lace purses. These seem to have sold better than anything at the flea market. I experimented with adding some embroidery on the lace. I did not get it centered very well. I don't know who this embroidery design belongs to, but if you see and its yours, let me know. I will give you full and complete credit for your design!

Yard Sale Finds This week at the Yard Sales I found this creamy stoneware pitcher with a matching plate! Also I found this plate that was made in England. I love how it is mostly black and white and has pops of color.

Tweaking < Just did a little changing out in the Master Bedroom. I like the look of the hydrangea arrangement. It added a little femininity to the dresser. Some day I will make some covers for all the ugly cords around my house. This will have to suffice for now, ugly cords and all

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Treasures of My Heart

Good Evening Bloggers!! I hope all is well with my friends this evening! I want to first say a big Thank You to Diane at the Thrifty Groove for featuring me!! I am so honored! I wanted to post a couple of yard sale finds and a couple of my projects! This is just a quick post to say Hello! The cup and Saucer are a from a floral arrangement. I found them at a yard sale for fifty cents. The little white teapot was a dollar find at a yard sale. I just fell in love with it, so it had to come home with me

These projects are made from bits and pieces from my stash, some recycled styrofoam and repurposed ribbon spools.

I was featured!

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Thursday, August 2, 2012

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Friday, July 27, 2012

Yard Sale Treasures and Things I Created!

Good Evening my friends. The heat has been terrible here, it was 102 today. We had heat warnings out all over the place. We did get a small thunder storm this evening but it did nothing to cool the temperature down. I have not had a chance to post last weekends finds or the projects I have been creating. So I wanted to share them with you this evening. I will be up early in the morning treasure hunting again. The yard sales start at 7:00 am here. I am usually back home by 8:30 or 9:00 am. Hope you enjoy! YARD SALE FINDS! Isn't this little bank adorable! I love the bunnies. This was fifty cents.

This Christmas votive is made by Lenox. I find a lot of Lenox pieces here in South Carolina. We have a Lenox outlet store. This one was a dollar, it is about five inches tall.

I paid 50 cents for this. I don't know what it is, but I think it is used with a candle. If you know please tell me. I love the lid.

These were 50 cents for both. I always buy candles when I see them, because I recycle the jars.

This was a quarter. I will use it to create something.

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These Christmas tree candles were a dollar for all of them. The tall one is broken but it is an easy fix.

I always pick up journals when ever I see them at yard sales. That is if the price is right. I paid 50 cents for this one. At the dollar tree I can get them for a buck.

I paid fifty cents for these new small Christmas frames. The stars on the tops of these ornaments say 2007, but that is an easy fix. I will be using them most likely in Christmas layouts or on altered boxes.

FROM MY CREATIVE SPIRIT The vase holding this flower arrangement is a votive candle holder. I thought the beaded holder was perfect to make a flower arrangement. The silk florals came from my stash. As I said before I love earth tones, creams and ivory colors. This will definitely be used in a fall arrangement.

I love the look of lace that is either vintage or looks vintage. The lace I made these little creation came from another Goodwill find! It is a top that was way too small for me, but I knew I could use the lace.

I bought this sweater at Goodwill sometime back. It was covered in Rhinestones that were sewn on to the sweater. I purchased the sweater specifically to cut these rhinestones off to use in my projects. After cutting the rhinestones off the sweater, I felt badly to waste the rest of the sweater. It was made out of soft angora rabbit fur at least partially. It was so soft and pretty, so I decided to make these little pillows. I hope to sell some of my creations at the flea market. But the last time I went I bombed out and didn't even make my set up fee back.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Sharing My Projects!

Good Evening Blogger friends! I hope everyone is doing well and had a great weekend! The weekends are never long enough for me. I wanted to share with you how I spent most of my weekend. I hope you enjoy my projects!! This weekend I spent mostly in my craft room creating the items below. I made all these items from a recycled suit jacket I found at Goodwill. It had all this beautiful lace and fringe and I just used my seam ripper and took it off. I then cut the jacket in manageable pieces. So this is end result of it all. The buttons from the jacket are gorgeous as well. I will use them at a later date on another project.

A few weeks back I found many storage shoe box like boxes at the yard sales. They were and ugly orange striped in color. So one at a time I have been altering them to my girly taste. I am using them to store craft supplies in my craft room. They are functional as well as decorative. My favorite of these two is the one with cream roses and brown feathers. I am drawn to cream colors. The peach lace one is made from scraps of lace and the fabric under the lace is left over from the recycled blazer. The flowers are a candle ring that I deconstructed.

I hope everyone else is having better luck with their yard sale finds! The past few weeks have not been good for me to find treasures. Below are the extent of my finds this past weekend. The napkin rings and the two flameless candles cost me a total of two dollars.

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Sharing

Happy Sunday Blogger friends. I have been MIA, I just have not felt like blogging. But I thought I would share a few things that I have been doing to consume my time when I am not at work. Below are some projects I have done, some yard sale finds, shopping from Kirkland and Marshalls. I hope you enjoy! I have been watching more you tube videos on crafting and decorating. I heart you tube for these videos. I hope to learn how to do videos myself. If I do I will place these on my blog for you to view. I have missed you guys and I will try to make a better effort of visiting you more often. Hugs Susan! Vignette! Everything in this vignette with the exception of the little red bird, is a yard sale find. I purchased the Bird at Kirklands. The white woven bread basked, the rooster picture in the background, the red pieces, the stars are all yard sale finds.

Shopping I went shopping at Kirklands and Marshall's. The little fennel piece I purchased at Kirklands on clearance. In the background is the Rose throw I found at Marshall's. I did not purchase much that day, I just needed to get out of the house for awhile.

Projects! This lay out honors my oldest son Larry. I am using some cork pieces I found at yard sale to make layouts of all my family. I will hang these on my craft room wall

Granddogs! I did this layout to honor my granddogs. Friends meet Blue and Ashely. They are my daughters Great Danes. When Blue came to live with my daughter he was so very sick. My daughter adopted him from the Humane Society. He had pneumonia and on mega doses of antibiotics. The vet told my daughter the chances of him living were slim. But my sweet daughter was having none of that....she stayed up with Blue day and night and nursed him back to health. Blue is one of the sweetest dogs, so well behaved. He is just such a loving dog. My daughter raised the black and white Dane from a puppy. Her name is Ashley. Melissa named him after Ashley Judd, because she is such a University of Kentucky basket ball fan. Our Ashley is our trouble maker. A trouble maker in a sweet way. She always has to be around when ever a project or an event is going on. My daughter received a call at work that her home security alarm had sounded. What happened was Ashley had learned how to open the door to her bedroom and was roaming the house. My daughter has a computer system that she can check on the dogs during the day. She viewed the tape and sure enough Ashley was standing and just staring at the door handle. Then she just politely walked over and took her nose and opened the door.

Another tag! I am obsessed!

I made this little tea towel out of scrap homespun fabric. I used my embroidery machine to embroider the chicken design. I don't know who designed this particular design. If you read my blog and recognize your design work, just let me know I will most definitely give you credit!

I use my scrap fabrics to make these little pillows. I guess I am a strange bird, but I don't like to waste anything that can be repurposed or reused. I am not a hoarder how ever, I do throw out trash and I also give lots and lots to Goodwill.

I made this little bag too. I love lace and white. The little applique on the pillow I purchased at Walmart!

Yard Sale Finds! These two plates were a dollar. I think they are a Walmart brand,but they are pink with butterflies...what can I say....LOL

I just love these two little vases of hydrangeas! They were a dollar for both.

Monday, June 25, 2012

A Project and Yard Sale Finds

Good Evening my friends! Not much to share this Monday. I did not feel like going to many yard sales this weekend. I think I went to two. I was just feeling not quite myself. We have had a lot of stress at work. When I went into the counseling field I wanted to help people. However with the current medical model we have now, its no longer about helping people. The goal is billing and numbers, this frustrates me because I am social worker to the core. It goes against my grain to push for productivity for a certain percentage so the agency can make money. But because I can not quite retire just yet, I try to please Administration at the same time help my people. But I tell you folks this is taking a tole on my physical and mental health. So keep me in your prayers, and I would be ever so appreciative. Project! I was not feeling very creative this weekend! Actually I was not feeling well at all. I did get this one project completed. The birdcage and bird graphic is one I down loaded from the internet, possibly Graphics Fairy. If you recognize your work please let me know and I will give you credit.

Yard Sale Finds! All these candles were a buck!

I was able to purchase all these plates below for 1.00. The cardinals, the Blue Willow and the Roses. Yep all of these plates were just a buck. I was so excited when she told me. Most of you who have visited my blog during the Christmas Holiday, know that I love Cardinals.

Blue willow is a favorite classic!

I have four other plates in this same design.

Bling is one of my favorite finds at yard sales. I use it in my projects all the time. These pieces cost 25 cents a pair.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

I am joining Diane's Thrifty Things Friday!

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Projects and Yard Sale Finds!

Good Evening my friends! This was an awesome Sunday, simply because first of all God and his blessings. But secondly, Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the race today. To me this was just downright Awesome! Being the Earnhardt Jr fan that I am. I did manage to go yard saling, although the finds have not been all that great lately. I also squeezed in some time for a couple of projects. I thought I would share my finds and projects with my friends in blog land. Projects!! A couple of weekends ago, I found about five squares of cork at a yard sale. So of course being a crafty type person I brought them home with me all five pieces for a buck. I decided to use it to make a layout. I covered it first in card stock on both sides. Then on the front I glued on some sparkly specialty scrapbook paper. I added some ribbon, trim and pears. I use some glittered alphabet to write Miss u. I put a picture of my grandchildren with my son on one corner. I surrounded the picture with Wild Orchid craft trim. I added the pearls in the trim with hot glue. I put some bling here and there. I intend to hang this on my craft room wall. I plan to do a layout with each of my children's picture. After all I do have four more pieces of cork to alter.

These are my two weekend projects. The jar I altered was a sweet relish jar. I layered it with lace and use a prima flower on the top of the lid. I small pink strand of pearls at the bottom. This little pillow is made from a muslin like material. I sewed individual rows of lace to the muslin and then sewed it into a pillow,and then stuffed it. I think it turned out so darn cute.

Yard Sale Finds! This was bird print weekend for me! I love the hummingbird print, but my favorite is this first one with the blue birds. Of course, they will both get their frames painted. Probably spray painted oil rubbed bronze. That seems to be my go to color for anything anymore.

I have an addiction to boxes. I just love this cherry wood box. I will not alter this one. I think I will use it in my bedroom to hold my jewelry.

I really do not know if this is a table cloth or a wrap of some kind. But I will use it for a tablecloth. I can see this being used in a Halloween display of some sort because it is black with sparkling silver.

I always buy candles when I see them at yard sales. I only buy them if they are new. These two little candles came in this cute little box. They are brand new and so are the two boxes of tea lights. I loved the way these little soaps are packaged. I got all this for 1.00.

I have had an attraction to little lanterns lately. I just love this, I thought with its silver tones it will look great in my blue bathroom.

When I first saw this little gal I thought she was a teddy bear. However, she has a long tail. So I guess, she is a kitty. I had decided not to buy anymore stuffed animals. I usually just end up taking them to Goodwill. But.........this little gal won my heart and for fifty cents she came home with me.