A Special Treasure

I found the sweetest little baby's bonnet the other day. I was sad to see it tossed away and forgotten, worn and tattered with the babe grown and flown from the nest what use was it now. Thinking of the little one who might of worn it, I had to give it a new home.

So I went to work and the Stork Came Calling...

Last night the stork came calling

And there beneath its wing.

Lay sleeping oh so sweetly

The tiniest little thing.

From babyland so far away

Beside a silver sea,

Was brought a special treasure

As a gift to you and me.

I paired this sweet little bonnet with an abandoned children's book to make a wonderful little pocket to hold precious keepsakes and decorate a new baby's nursery.

To see more pictures visit my Esty shop.

www.funkyjunkyart.etsy.com

Paper Flowers

I had so much fun with the circles I cut out of the vintage book for my "Nest Inn Book" that I made these cute little round flowers on a stick!

Bird-Chirping Weather

The baby birds are chirping and flying around our backyard. Now their nests are empty, so I’ve been making nests till they return.

My latest one is “Nest Inn Book”! I took an abandoned 1909 vintage book, hand cut a circle out of the middle and made a nest out of all my scavenged vintage finds to make a sweet little home.

Then I had a stack of circles cut from the book pages…I had to do something with them!

I took the circles, folded them like little petals and glued them together to make a ball. I made a medium and a smaller one also, to make a nice set for displays!

Now I had donut shape rings of paper from the smaller circles…I couldn’t throw them away! Threaded on a string they make a pretty cool banner and a recycled one too!

To see my "Nest Inn Book" go to my Etsy shop:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/76962814/nest-inn-book-vintage-altered-book-nest

House of Cards

This sweet little trio was made from abandoned vintage library cards! I love books, so the next best thing is it's friend...the library card. It's the books special little scrapbook!

My New Favorite

I can't resist old, worn, used books, they have so much character. I fell in love with this one, red and green my favorite colors. The cover is so pretty and the illustrations are just wonderful on the inside. It's all I can think about...I'm a book geek!