Wooden boxes

I just love old wooden boxes, doesn't matter the size or the condition, they are my favorite place to start an assemblage with. I got out my stash of favorite boxes and got to work!



This is an old drawer and a great size to use this wonderful larger photo in, I wish I had that beautiful long, dark hair.


This was an old telephone box that had been painted silver at one point. I loved the depth of it and had such fun creating this piece!

This old cream white box had made me so excited when I found it, I just loved the aged patina of the wood so I added one of my favorite photos to it, a perfect match, I think!

This old drawer is so sturdy and heavy that I tried to balance it out with the delicate little girl and her butterfly.

This old box worked perfectly with the rusty old oil can which I found still had oil in it when I saw the spot of the floor of my car! I finally drained it and got it dried out and love it so much as a base for this piece.

This little angel has found a perfect home for herself in this wonderful aged paper covered box.

This was the lid from the old telephone box so I could not let it go to waste!!

and finally 2 more fabric hearts made just because I so love working with fabric and needle!

to see close-ups of these pieces just stop by here.

He loves me, he loves me not.......

With Valentines Day approaching I wanted to get into that romantic spirit and create some pieces that celebrate love. I love romantic poetry and it always inspires me to create a visual to go along with it.


I hope that all my ladies are happy with the gentlemen that I have paired them up with, I tried to pick the most handsome of the lot!
This is my favorite piece, I love the muted color of the old photo album cover.

This piece was made in an old vintage toffee candy tin, maybe some lucky lady received it from their sweetie on Valentine's Day.

Is he not the most dapper of gentlemen?? I love his eyewear and his attire.

I found these 2 wonderful fabrics with birds on them and just had to create something with them even though the fabric was not vintage. Fabric was always my first love and it is fun to work with again and to get to use needle and thread.

To see close-ups of all these pieces just take a peek here.

Rusted and reborn

It's a new year and time to get back to creating some new work! I had a yearning to work with the rustiest pieces of "junk" I could find and give them a new life. These creations are what I came up with.
This is one of my favorite tintypes, I love the black lines running thru it, to me it makes it much more interesting.

After I completed this piece I went to stand it up and it fell face down because of the weight of everything I had added to the front. So after much deliberation I came up with the solution of adding this heavy metal piece to the back and voila it balanced it out so that it stands!

I think this piece the girls are in was an old toaster, but I could be wrong. I just loved the shape of it.

I finally found a use for this old rusty coffee can and love the addition of a piece of lace given to me by the wonderful Laura of 52Flea!

I think this is my favorite rusty one. I even found a tintype with rust on it, just perfect for this piece.

To see more photos of these pieces just take a peek here.

Happy New Year

I hope that for all of you, 2011 will be a year filled with love, creativity, prosperity, and joy!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas wishes to all of you amazing people out there in blogland. I am so thankful for all the wonderful people I have come to know and so appreciate every comment left. It is such a heart-warming joy to be able to make friends online and have them enrich your life. I hope all of your Christmas wishes come true and the time spent with family and friends will make your heart sing. May the coming New Year be filled with joy, peace, prosperity and laughter.

Hugs to you all, Cheryl

Inspired to journal

I bought a journal the other day to write down ideas and thoughts and had so much fun altering it that I was inspired to create five more! I thought I would offer these for sale in hopes to inspire the desire to journal in others.

Christmas in the air.

I found these wonderful cardboard ornament blanks at a local craft store and these are some of the ornaments I created with them. I love creating "smalls". It is so much fun to put little bits and pieces together and create away!