New Free Image and Blog Awards for My Sweet Followers

Hello Sweet Friends~

I recently received these 3 beautiful awards from 

Liz of Lace, Ribbons, Buttons and Bows

Lucy of By the Hill 

 Carole of A Bohemian Market 

Thank you so very, much girls!!  How very sweet & kind of you!!  I feel so honored that you all would even think of me!!

You are all truly special to me & such lovely  friends!!
Please stop by and say hello to these very dear and talented ladies!

I would very much like to pass these 3 beautiful awards on to you, my dear followers. You have no idea how much you always brighten my day when you stop by and leave your lovely & sweet comments!! 
I treasure each and every one of you so much!!

I have a lovely vintage postcard to share with you today of beautiful pink Roses & Lily of the Valley.  One of my sweet followers, Cynthia of Beauty and Blessings saw this postcard in one of my photos that I took of my keepsake book. 
She was so sweet and kind in asking me if I would be sharing this postcard and I am so very happy to do so for her and all of you!!  Please visit Cynthia, she is such a lovely person!!

Enjoy! 

Love & Hugs~
Carol Anne

New Free Image~Adorable Sisters & Their Dolls

Good Morning Sweet Friends...

 Today I wanted to share with you one of my favorite vintage photographs.  Aren't these 2 sisters adorable?  I wonder what they were thinking when this photo was taken?  Looks like they were a bit apprehensive about the whole picture taking process! 

 Have a beautiful Thursday and thank you so much for stopping by.  Hearing from you always makes me smile! :)
 Love & Hugs, 

A Few of My Favorite Things

Freshly picked luscious red Pomegranates on our dining room table...

with a gathering of a few of my favorite things.

Seeing these treasures always makes me smile! 

Vintage books, photograph of sweet little girls, 1884 child's song book & my treasured altered heart that I purchased at Lynn's Etsy Shop.  She is such a sweet & lovely person so be sure to stop by her beautiful blog Her Creative Spirit and say hello.

Thank you so much for stopping by sweet friends!

 Love & Hugs,

Keepsake Book & New Free Image

Hi Sweet Friends~

This is what I have been working on lately...

It is a Keepsake book  to hold some of the special memorabilia that I have. 

 All of the memorabilia was given to me when my dear Great Aunt Katie passed away several years ago at age 97.  She was the sweetest and most loving person to everyone and my very favorite aunt.  I was very close to her and I miss her so very much.  I never saw her without a smile on her face and a twinkle in her beautiful blue eyes!  She left me what I think are her most personal & treasured things such as love letters & cards from her husband, many family photographs from the early 1900's (many are just loose photos and there are also 3 albums of photos), postcards, letters dating back to 1898 and papers of her father's which even have red wax seals.  The oldest one is dated 1821!  They are just absolutely amazing!  The only thing is they are all in German as this side of the family was from Marlow Germany.  However, I was thrilled the other night when my husband came home from work and told me that there is a new instructor at school that is from Germany and she has graciously offered to translate them for me!  I have no idea what these documents are so I am really looking forward to showing her everything!
 The book is not finished yet, so I will show you what I have done so far.  I really love how the cover turned out.  The photo I used is of my Great Aunt Carla on the left, my dear Grandma is seated in the middle, and my Great-Aunt Katie is on the right.  The photo is mounted on dark brown card stock with black photo corners and attached to a wonderful image of a letter from The Graphics Fairy.  Vintage filet lace with ruffled edge brown ribbon was added above and below the photo.  In the top corner I added a lace rose and velvet flowers and leaves from Flights of Fancy, and then I attached the antique buttons.   The edge of the page has been trimmed with more of the filet lace with Roses that I just love.


 I also attached 2 pieces of gathered vintage lace to place above and below the center lace flower and added vintage rhinestones to the edge. 


I have all the background papers glued in place on both sides of the book.  Now I just want to collage a few more things to the pages, add a little more lace and finish the pockets.


  
I'm just starting to embellish the pockets with vintage lace, trims and flowers.  I also added a locket with a vintage clip-on earring glued to the center (after removing the clip) and attached it to the pocket with a silk ribbon bow.

I am just having so much fun putting this book together!  When I am finished I'll show you how it all turned out. :) Now for your free image!
This is a lovely vintage Tuck's 1908 postcard that I found at an antique shop. I just fell in love with the sweet little girl nestled in the violets. Hope you like this postcard too!

I want to thank you all so very much for stopping by to say hello and leaving such sweet and lovely comments!  You always brighten my day so much!   Love & Hugs,

Another Fabulous Giveaway!

Hello Sweet Friends~

I just had to let you know about another fabulous giveaway!

The lovely and very talented Lulu Kellogg has created this gorgeous altered box that she is giving away to one lucky winner! Please stop by and say hello to Lulu! The drawing will be held October 30th at 7:00PM, EST.



Enjoy your day~
Hugs,