More Spring Crafts

If you've been reading over the last few weeks, you'll likely remember me lamenting my lack of spring decor.  Well...I have to say that I've been busy, busy, busy and am crafting quite a collection!  By the time spring is over, I'll have a whole bunch of pretty things to show off!  I'm feeling pretty good about that too---it's fun to look around and feel the satisfaction of my own hard work!

Here are a few things I worked on yesterday and Sunday...(click on any picture to enlarge it)

I got this great idea from Lauren at My Wonderfully Made.  I have to say that I don't like mine quite as much as hers but I think I'd like mine better if I had the right supplies for "antiquing" the paper.  I guess I need to put in another order to my best friend and Close To My Heart consultant, Audra's scrapbooking website!  Want to check it out yourself?  Visit her here.

Lauren's instructions were clear and thorough.  I had everything I needed on hand and I liked the graphic she chose so much that I used the same one!  There are lots and lots of vintage graphics online though so yours can be whatever original creation you come up with!

I added this sweet iris embellishment, as well as a red daisy and a few other little things...and I was done!  Love it---thanks so much Lauren!

Then I decided to try out some of these altered bottles I've been seeing around the Bloggyhood.  I had saved these spice bottles a few years ago for a different project that I never got to.  I like their pretty simplicity.

I might give them away as gifts...or save them for me.  Not sure yet.  I found this sweet baby girl graphic online and chose it because we have a baby girl due later this summer.  I glued ribbon and lace around the bottle and secured this picture with a green ribbon.  It didn't take long at all to put together.

This one reminds me of my 2-year-old, Avalon.  Her baby colors were pink and green.  The ribbon around the top is leftover from a basket and pillow I made for Audra's daughter's wedding last spring.  (Happy almost Anniversary Katrina and Dane!)

Then I got another brainy idea for this little piece.  I typed out the first page of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, stamped a little design for the background and mounted it on paper that matched my Easter Parade picture above.  I had another iris embellishment so that went on too---sprayed the frame white---and, voila!

Or so the mothers believe...

Finally, I put together this pretty one with the same matching paper.  I just picked out enough buttons to form the cross and added in a charm that used to be on my daughter, Lynzie's, shoe when she was about 7.  It says Barbie on the back but only you and I know that!  

So...as you can see, things are getting pretty springy around here!  It's nice to be getting rid of my earthy-toned primitive decor and into something a little more romantic.  I'll be having one heck of a yard sale if this rain ever stops...!!