http://sweetoldvintage.blogspot.com/2008/09/hosting-give-way.html

Please check out this wonderful give-a-way on Merietta's blog. Beautiful vintage style paper dolls and ornaments with charming details.

Gift Bags

I put together thank you gift packages for a couple of wonderful friends. Two paper bags are held together and decorated on the front. Shown on the front is a homemade tag that swings open from a brad to hold my thank you message. Inside the homemade faux clay seals I stamped their (first name) initials. Inside the 2 pockets of the 2 bags holds many goodies including the few tags and paper clips pictured below. I also included a couple more tags and a decorated envelopes not shown. I hope they enjoy using the tags for gifts or scrapbooking as much as Ienjoyed putting them together.

I love making these paper clips. I changed the silver color with alcohol inks. The wooden shapes are held on with epoxy. (The shoe on the right has a flower behind it).

The metal paper clips were colored using alcohol ink.

Party Questions

My friend Sherry has some great small talk questions to help us to get to know each other better. Visit her site to see her great art and see her answers. It's a blogiversary party.
Questions:
What type of job do you have? House Mommy. Hope to get back into personal training and lifestyles and weight management programs in the future. I love nutrition and physical therapy. Where do you live? Bowdoinham Maine. About 2hours north of the N.H. border. The coast is beautiful. Where do you do your crafts/art work? I have a corner of the house in the daylight basement. My get-a-way cave!! What is your favorite daytime beverage? Flavored coffee. I drink it all day. What is your favorite dessert? Chocolate and peanut butter. Do you watch soap opera's and if you do what's your favorite? No. Right now I love "America's Got Talent "and I'm a "Lost" finatic. What's the last movie you saw in a movie theatre? Wow, good question. I don't know if I remember. Must have been the last Star Wars trilogy when we how Darth Vador came to be. No, wait the first Pirates of the Carribean. Yeah!!! Love that movie.