Fresh Vintage by Lisa S

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Vintage Valentines to Share

Hi Friends,

Today I just have a quick share!

I just used mini clothes pins to hang some Valentines on an old

bicycle rim I found in the garage!

A fun display for a bicycling fanatic....like Mr. Freshvintage.

Some of these are vintage, some are just copies.

I really love the baby animals....

I have some cute ones below to share with you.

These can be saved and printed on card stock.

I made these Jointed Teddy Bears back in the early '80's, from recycled

Mohair and Wool Coats!

I shared some others here and

You can use these or find even more at The Graphic Fairy

https://thegraphicsfairy.com/

Thanks for spending some time with me-

Have a great day!

xo Lisa S

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Valentine Shadowbox

I wanted to make me Husband a Valentine Book

with a deck of cards- 52 cards, filled with sweet reason why I love him so much-

One page a week for the year!

I found this deck for .20 cents- great!

but I was not paying attention....see it?

These are Pinochle cards....ok so what....

evidently Pinochle is played with 48 cards and not all the numbers

AND double suits ....WHAT?????....so

oh well, I changed my plan.

Mr. Freshvintage is an avid bike rider....so that is the significance of the

Bicycle Playing Cards.

I decided to make a shadow box.

I removed the cards and set them aside for now. They will not go to waste,

I will use them in junk journals or something.

I used a utility knife to make a window.

Here are some Valentines

Save and size to fit

I loved the little Teddy with a bowtie !

I printed 2 so I could make the 3D effect.

One was cut and left as is. Use tacky glue to attach to the back inside of box.

The other print was cut at the fence line and the arm holding flowers,

and the arm holding the heart.

I used scissors to trim my Valentine to fit the box.

I found these raffle tickets at Dollar Tree in the party section.

They are perforated and blank on the back side,

I thought the tickets would make great mini

notes or tags.

I used a gold ink marker along the cut edge.

Tucked a ticket tag at top.

Added a pinch of moss and some mini silk leaves.

I had a wood bingo piece

and tied some bakers twine around the top

I used these tiny double sided sticky foam dots

to attach the 3-D arm pieces.

I used tacky glue to add the second fence piece.

I added a couple cards to the back side.

Tucked them under the twine.

Thank you !

I hope you liked this sweet Teddy Bear Valentine.

Come visit again-

xo Lisa S

Monday, January 7, 2019

Easy Valentine Gift Bag Banner

Welcome Friends,

Well the Christmas décor is put away and the house looks empty and void of color.

The WINTER WHITE theme lasted 1 week :) ! I know it's too early..... and I am

sooooo....sorry ... but I am going to share a Valentines' project today.

Skip it for now and come back later if you want to, but I'd love to have you stay!

You will only need 1 set of 3 bags-

These came from the Dollar Tree and they had other choices

Scissors, hole punch, pencil and glue

and some ribbon.

I used Bakers Twine from the Dollar Tree.....

so this banner will cost...... $1.00

Cut down the sides at the fold line

then across the bottom to make two pieces.

This step is hard to see in this picture.

Aren't these bags cute ?

Cut off bottom flap

Cut a Dove Tail at base.

Maybe this picture is better!

Cut bag into two pieces, cutting on the fold line.

Gently remove handles.

Glue the flaps down with a glue stick or Tacky Glue.

The fronts will look like this.

Punch holes at top on both sides

Measure the about of ribbon or jute twine you will need- I used 1 1/2 yds.

Here is a look at the back side.

Lay out your paper in the order you would like them to hang.

String together.

Once the banner is hanging, you can change the spacing.

If you like this project, you might like to see the

Doily Wreath here.

Adding a little bit of color made me happy!

After I hung the banner it started to rain outside...so I decided

to sit and enjoy a fire.

I am so grateful that you stopped by-

xo Lisa S

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Top 10 MOST VIEWED 2018

First I would like to THANK YOU for taking the time to visit my site.

I truly appreciate each and everyone of you. I love your comments

and your encouraging words!

I have only been blogging for a very short time and as you can probably tell

I really don't know what I am doing....but I am having a lot of fun.

As we start a new year I thought I would look back

at my most viewed posts.

This is the first year I joined with other bloggers at ''linky'' parties- or Blog Hops.

I have set up a page so you see and join in-

I have meet the most wonderful people here and I appreciate the hard work

involved in hosting these parties.

If you are new here- these are some of the projects that I shared. If you have

been here before and seen all of these, I invite you to hang around and look through

other projects listed.

Top 10 Most Viewed 2018