Forever and Always Romantic Shadowbox

For all my love of horror films, foul language, and filthy sense of humour, at my very centre is a squishy old timey romantic core.

I had it in my mind that to create a kissing booth. Something fun and flirty. Instead this terribly lovey dovey vintagesque smoochy kissy thing appeared.

I've used a Square Shrine Shadowbox as the base, and added other elements to fancy it up.

I've taken the largest piece from the Flourish Medallion Set, chopped into quarters and set in each corner. Damask Singles decorate the inside background and the frontpiece.

Although you can't see them here, the hanging ribbon is attached to the piece by looping through two Clock Hands.

A heart shaped cutout is layered with fussy cut flowers and and a sentiment from Graphic 45's Sweet Sentiments collection.

The glorious vintage I used is free and available from thegraphicsfairy.com BUT If you have a smoochy someone, perhaps you could use something a little more personal.

Want to see how I put it all together? I have a video walk through available HERE

And here's a list of all the bits you'll need to make your own vintage smoochy lovely shadow box.

Square Shrine Shadowbox
Damask Singles
Flourish Medallion Set
Little Heart Frames
Clock Hands Shape Set

Old paper
Vintage image from thegraphicsfairy.comGraphic 45's Sweet Sentiments
Paper Flowers
Ribbon
Half back self adhesive pearls
Paper Butterflies
Paper flowers

Acrylic paint

Glue

More ATC's

A few more ATC's today. And even fewer words!

You're looking magnificent today btw.

Mixed media collagy ATC's

For their small size and relative simplicity, ATC's take a long bloody time to make. On my work table anyway. I won't get wordy today and just present them as they are... because sometimes you don't need words, sometimes they just muddle and complicate the uncomplicated.

Hope your weekend is smashing!

Toadstool Thimble Gardens

Do you remember these wee things?

I used to make loads of them, and then moved on to other delightful little things.

But I had a custom order for a whole slew of them this past summer and made a few extras.

So if you're looking for a tiny treat, a few handmade tiny toadstools sitting in a thimble, I've got a dozen listed in my etsy shop. I've priced them nicely for a few days, but the bills must be paid so the price will jump back up at the end of the week. Grab them while you can!

I hope you're having a lovely week.

We have a pipe full of poop that we're dealing with at the moment.

I blame goblins.