Saturday, November 21, 2009

A Winner!

I am so sorry for posting the winner late this evening. We returned this evening from a trip...DH had a health care conference this week so I went a long for the ride. I did visit an antique mall while there this week. I will post some photos of my vintage finds in a few days.
So now with the the news...I used a random counter for the drawing...the number was 27. Sharon at http://sharondonexclusives.blogspot.com/
is the lucky winner! Sharon please email me at dswideman@comcast.net with your mailing information.
Thank you to all of you that left your kind words for the drawing. I wish a something for every entry.
Here is one of my favorite Santa images. I scanned the postcard and enhanced the colors with PhotoShop.

I hope everyone has a great and safe weekend!
Sharon

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Vintage Christmas Postcards

Collectible Postcards

Vintage postcards are collectible for numerous reasons. I collect vintage postcards for a glimpse of a bygone era. Most vintage postcards feature artwork or a message...and are great mini pieces of art.

I wanted to share with you a few Christmas postcards for your holiday art work. The first two are from my vintage postcard collection. I did not alter these images. The third and fourth images are also from collection but have been altered...added the holiday greetings.




Please don't forget to enter my blog give away. Winner to be announced on Saturday November 21 evening. Good luck!
Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you have a wonderful week!
Sharon

Saturday, November 14, 2009

ETSY Vintage Finds & Jewelry Sale

I am having a sale in my ETSY shop until December 1, 2009 on all vintage jewelry and finds...25% off. These items would make some wonderful holiday gifts! Wonderful hostess and office gifts...each item will include a holiday gift tag with your purchase.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Giving Thanks

Most of us are going in the Christmas holiday mode since we have a short time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.

As we begin to approach this Thanksgiving season, I respectfully ask you to take just a few minutes to look at the presentation in the below link.

http://www.cpmsglife2.org/MSG/Pres/td/td1.html

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

As promised...November Blog Give Away!

As promised here is my November blog give away. I thought I would add some vintage finds, a wonderful book on kitchen linens, a beautiful "Friends" collage and a gorgeous antique flow blue plate. I hope you find the give away is as fun as I had putting it together!
A beautiful "Friends" collage created by Barbara Jean. Her blog and shop offer some beautiful images of her creations. Her blog is on my side bar...Treasures from the Heart. This photo displays the book and 3 vintage tea towels.
The book is The Kitchen Linens Book by EllynAnne Geisel. She is also the author of The Apron Book.
This beautiful antique flow blue plate has on back
Sam Weller
Astonishes Job Trotter
Pickwick
by
Chas Dickens
1837
Original Illustrations
by
R. Seymour & PHIZ

To enter my blog give away...please leave a comment on my blog. If you mention my blog give away on your blog (and let me know) I will enter your name twice for the drawing. The drawing for this lovely give away will be November 2o. I will post the lucky winner on November 21. Of course I will be adding some Christmas holiday gift tags to the give away.
Good luck!
Just a reminder in my Etsy shop...if you purchase 3 listings...the shipping is free. This free shipping offer is only good for US mailings.
Thank you for visiting my blog! I have met so many wonderful blogging friends.
Cheers, Sharon

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Vintage Jewelry Added to ETSY!

I have been busy adding some of my vintage jewelry to my ETSY shop. The items are from my personal collection. I have just so much vintage jewelry so I decided to sell some on ETSY. These beautiful jewelry pieces would be great Christmas gifts or additions to your vintage jewelry collection.
NEWS! Buy 3 items from my shop...your orders will ship FREE. Sorry this is for US sales/shipping only.

Unmarked WEISS Snowflake Brooch
Unmarked WEISS crown ~ tiara
Unmarked WEISS rhinestone leaf brooch
I hope everyone is having a great weekend! Please don't forget to visit my ETSY stop for handmade holiday gift tags!

Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such kind words!
Cheers, Sharon

Saturday, October 31, 2009

A peek...

A peek at work in process. This is for one of the holiday swaps I am working on for the holidays.

I hope you have a wonderful and safe weekend!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

vintage finds and new fabric

Today the weather was beautiful here! So I went out to run some errands and stopped by the quilt fabric store and antique shop.
This lovely fabrics will be a Christmas gift for a family member.
This fabric is from the Micheal Miller group. The photo doesn't show the pretty shades of pinks and greens.

These vintage finds are part of some holiday swap projects.
WOW! Look at this find. They are in unbelievable condition. Made of wool and cotton.

The weather is suppose start raining here again tonight through Saturday. So I guess I will get some of my holiday projects completed.
I hope everyone is having a great week. Thank you for your visits and kind comments.

Friday, October 23, 2009

Etsy news...TGIF

This is a short post. Where did the week go?
Etsy news...if you purchase 3 listings from my store...shipping is free! Sale is until 11/1/09. This is a great time to start getting some goodies together for the holidays. I know some of you think it is too early for the holiday thing...but I don't think it is too early to get that list going and marking off some things before the hectic schedule starts.
I hope you have a wonderful and safe weekend!
Cheers, Sharon

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

An email...WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN

I received this as an email today. I thought I would share with you!


WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels... My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, 'This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received.' I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.

Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.The angel then said to me, 'This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them.' I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.

Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. 'This is the Acknowledgment Section,' my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed. 'How is it that there is no work going on here?' I asked.'So sad,' the angel sighed. 'After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments.

''How does one acknowledge God's blessings?' I asked.'Simple,' the angel answered. "Just say, Thank you, Lord."

''What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy. And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness. You are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day. If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation . You are ahead of 700 million people in the world. If you can attend a place of worship without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world. If your parents are still alive and still married ..you are very rare. If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair. Ok, what now? How can I start? If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all. Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.

ATTN: Acknowledge Dept . Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it.
I thank God for everything, especially all my family and friends!!

Friday, October 16, 2009

WINNER!

I know I am posting the winner early.
The winner is Julie, http://avintagechic.blogspot.com/. Congrats Julie! Please email me at dswideman@hotmail.com with your mailing address.

I am not having fun this week...my printer died. :( So I purchased a new one...a Kodak. JUNK! So I am returning it to the store on Saturday. Therefore the winner announcement early. If anyone has any suggestions for a nice printer that prints, scans and copies, I would love to hear from you!

I am pretty excited that some of my vintage gift tags have sold!


Hope you are having a great Friday! Sharon

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Don't forget my blog give away!

Please don't forget my blog give away...drawing will be evening of Friday October 15th...with announcing the winner on Saturday.

Also included...Celebrate the Holidays by Scrapbook Trends.
Good luck!

I will be posting a sneak peek at my next blog give away! It will be my best...I promise! It will include vintage items, blogging friends art, and so much more.

So stay tuned.

Cheers!

Monday, October 12, 2009

Etsy Vintage Finds and Destash Listings

Just a short note...today I listed some vintage finds and destash lots of rubber stamps on Etsy today. I am in the process of organizing my studio.

More rain today! But they did finish the screen porch.

Hope you are having a great Monday! Please don't forget to sign up for my blog give away!

Cheers!
Sharon

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Handmade Christmas Gift Tags

Today I made more of my Christmas gift tags. I really do have some other ideas for holiday items...
I will be listing these in my Etsy shop this week.






We are having a screen porch addition put on our home this week. I am so looking forward to decorating the porch! This is the start of our backyard redesign.
Thank you for visiting my blog. Please don't forget to sign up for my blog give away. I am adding an additional holiday book to the give away ~ Celebrate the Holidays by Scrapbook Trends. This is a wonderful book full of inspiration for cards, tree ornaments, gift bags & tags, and home decor.
Hope you have a great Friday!
Sharon

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Handmade Chritmas Gift Tags

Some of the Christmas gift tags I have been making this week.
I used original vintage Christmas postcards (early 1900s), scanned vintage postcards, rhinestones, ribbons, vintage lace, German die cuts, and vintage music sheets. The new papers and ribbons were:
~ May Arts Pinstripe Green/Red/White (wonderful ribbon!)
~ Deja Views Christmas Wishes Big Dots
~ Deja Views Geometric
~ Mistletoe Holly Leaf Foil





I will be listing these lovelies this week in my Etsy store.
I hope you have a great day!
Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving such kind words.
Please don't forget to enter my blog give away!
Sharon