Red, white and new!

Red is my favorite color, pair it up with white and blue and it's a cheery welcome to the craft room in my new patriotic salute to summer themed paper crafts.  These pin wheels were almost addictive, I glued two papers together, pinned it into the wreath and glued a button on, Easy Peasey!

A word of caution to impatient crafters:  That glitter glue takes a LONG time to dry!  Do not lay the tag on your desk where you are sure to bump it three times while waiting...You would think by the second time I'd have wised up!  Mental pause, my excuse for EVERYTHING!

Extra credit here if you can sing in a falsetto voice like Snow White.  What was she singing to those birds?  Or was that singing while cleaning the house?  I don't sing while cleaning the house.  Maybe I should start.  Cut a little lace doily and pop it under the skirt for a little slip showing and she's done.

You might notice this group of tags are pretty flat.  I put the bird on a pop dot but the rest of the garnishes are not 3D; there's a method to my madness; wait for it...

JUMP!  This reminded me of my Dad telling Mom, "She doesn't remember her subtraction facts but she knows every jump rope rhyme!"  My vintage strawberry jam jar holds wooden alphabet letters.  

Another memory of Little Grama, the cake decorator at Sterling Pastries.  She could make a frosting rose in about five seconds and finish an entire cake in about 10 minutes.  An artist in sugar.

I found this piece at the Great Big Thrift store about three weeks ago, sale price $ 1.83!  It's perfect for displaying paper craft tags.  I tucked in some old stock certificates from the Pennsylvania Trust Company dated 1909 and 1919 from my spring swap partner Stephanie at gildedjunque.blogspot.com   Photogenic Lill is back with her great gams and there are few poems from M.E.'s page-a-day calendar.