found in the front garden:
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Costume Jewelry and Picture Frames
It seems it is the current rage to use vintage costume jewelry for picture frame decoration. With just a wire cutter for removing backings from earrings and broach pins, a handy hot glue gun, along with a few decorative buttons and charms and two small purchased picture frames, I made a couple of embellished beauties in just an hour.
Frame #1; a pair of ruby slippers, a couple of breast cancer pins, a Scrabble pin from 2002, button covers, broken earrings, a few glass marbles, a couple of glass beads, leftover glass squares from a mosaic, one broach, and a rhinestone necklace resulted in this...
It was fun to poke around in my jewelry boxes and look into bins of vintage costume wares in thrift stores. It is amazing what you can find. A fun, creative and easy project can be made with minimal effort. A picture frame can be personalized with your own little treasures that will give your frame special meaning. Give it a try!
Previously, I wrote a blog post found HERE when I had a milagro necklace made of some of my mother's favorite memory charms. We dug around in her mementos and found several treasures to use as charms. Here are some picture from that post showing mother's necklace:
Frame #1; a pair of ruby slippers, a couple of breast cancer pins, a Scrabble pin from 2002, button covers, broken earrings, a few glass marbles, a couple of glass beads, leftover glass squares from a mosaic, one broach, and a rhinestone necklace resulted in this...
Frame #2:
It was fun to poke around in my jewelry boxes and look into bins of vintage costume wares in thrift stores. It is amazing what you can find. A fun, creative and easy project can be made with minimal effort. A picture frame can be personalized with your own little treasures that will give your frame special meaning. Give it a try!
Previously, I wrote a blog post found HERE when I had a milagro necklace made of some of my mother's favorite memory charms. We dug around in her mementos and found several treasures to use as charms. Here are some picture from that post showing mother's necklace:
Sunday, June 17, 2012
CASA for Children
Eighteen months ago, I became a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children and wrote a post about it HERE.
This past week I took on another case, and while at the CASA office I found this writing:
It was good enough to share. Please think about volunteering your efforts.
Nancy
This past week I took on another case, and while at the CASA office I found this writing:
CASA VOLUNTEERS
We speak for a CHILD
who wears shoes that are too small
whose nightmares are a reality
who never heard of Mickey Mouse
whose parents ran away
We are the voice of a child
who feels at fault
who lives in fear of daddy coming home
who wonders what it's like to have a friend
who only eats when food can be found
We listen to the children
who don't know what truth is
who are in constant need of a hug
who find freedom only on a swing
who believe they are the parent.
Together we work to make a difference
WE ARE COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES
Nancy
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