Angels and Ballerinas

I have not written a post about my tags lately, but after using three on the vases turned candleholders, I decided it was time.  

The theme for these tags was angels and ballerinas.

 I am always playing around with substrates on the shipping tags.

I have been trying out layers of chalk paint - a mixture of gesso, nonsanded grout, and craft paint.

I paint both sides at one time - laying the wet tags on a sheet of waxed paper to get texture.

 I used vintage photograph images from The Graphics Fairy.

The images were printed on cream heavy cardstock - nine to a page.

Then Mod Podged on the shipping tag.

HINT:  When they are mostly dry, fold them up in waxed paper and place under a stack of books.

Nice, flat tags!

A stack of angels and ballerinas ready for some ornamentation.

  

First stamping over the images with French script.

The backs were stamped with a damask pattern.

The ballerinas were edged with a silver paint pen.

The angels edged with bronze.

The backs of the angel tags were stamped with a cherub

Buttons were glued on and lace added to their bottoms.

The ties are vintage lace trim.

 

Of course ballerinas need pleated tulle.

"dance"

with

a

button

There you have it - angels and ballerinas tags.

There will be more.

But I have promised you junkin' finds so the next posts will be all about the junk.

Meanwhile I will be creating some new tags.

See y'all!

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New Lisitngs of Old Stuff

 I have new listings for the Distressed Donna Etsy Shop.

Take a look-see.  Shop here!

If anything strikes your fancy, go on over to browse and maybe favorite a couple of items.

If you find something you cannot live without, use the discount code at the bottom of this post - 10% off just for Distressed Donna Down Home readers.

Gretchen's Diary $16
(SOLD)

Pickle dish with Navy seal  $8

Egg cups  $10

 Small Sterling China bowls $8

Small McNicol China oval bowls $8

McNicol oval plate $6

McNicol coffee cups $7

Buffalo China coffee cups $7

Four green glass bottles $9

Santa $3

Five assorted small/shot glasses  $9

There are other vintage items and several of my sets of tags.

New items are listed twice a week.

I will try to remember to post about them.

This coming week there will be several junk find posts because I have been shopping, shopping, shopping.

Much too cold for painting and transforming.

I will just show you treasures.

You don't mind, do you?

See y'all!

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Real Life Red Mantel

 Keeping with my vow to keep things simple and uncomplicated around here at Wilkeswood Manor, I decorated my den with real life red items.

These red things normally spread here and there were corralled into the den and place carefully.  

(Yeah, right!  It took twenty minutes.)



Let's look at things that caught my eye and promised to give me joy for the next few weeks.

 The heart basket usually hangs outside the front door, but I used it for Sweet Kitty instead.

A red wood/metal box repurposed from the Christmas decorations hold my prim sheep made by Brenda at The Rusty Thimble.

Yes, there is one black sheep.

Yes, you do see bottle brush trees.

 My huge Carr ironstone pitcher holds a beautiful bouquet of fake berry branches on a stack of red dictionaries and the cloth scrap that was Dear Deer's scarf on the winter mantel.

I weighed the pitcher - a whopping four pounds and four ounces.  

Can you imagine a waitress having to serve from that thing!?!

There's Teeny in her chair.

(A funny story about the fake berry branches.  The "berries" are plastic and suffer from excessive static cling.  Scout was helping by staying right underfoot wearing his Cone Of Shame. I looked down to see him spinning around chasing the "berries" clinging to the plastic of the cone.  I like to have never got all those "berries" rounded up and in the trash!)

Besides Teeny, the red plaque moved up to the mantel with another stack of red dictionaries and thread spools.

What is that glow?

A red egg basket from Tractor Supply filled with white lights.

Also left from Christmas.

A warm, wonderful view during these cold winter nights.

It is a real life red mantel.

Most all of it reused from the Christmas decor.

Life can be simple and joyful.

You just have to try.


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