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Shadow box love.

My dad was in the military when I was a child.  We moved every 2-3 years until I was in the tenth grade.  It was hard at the time moving so often, but now that I look back at it, it was pretty cool to live in all those different places.  One such place was Munich, Germany.  It was there that my parents gave me my first shadow box.  Shadow boxes were a big thing in Germany.  I loved it and used it to store all my super special collections and treasures.  To this day I still get goose bumps when I see a shadow box.  I stumble across them from time to time at yard sales or in thrift stores.  If I see one I will definitely knock someone out of the way to get to it first.

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I found the green one at Goodwill last week for $2.99.  A friend gave me the white one and the blue shadow box and the smaller one came from a yard sale for a $1.00 each.

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I pulled out my paints,

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my stamp collection, (nothing says cool girl like stamp collection)

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and some pretty paper.

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Nothing helps the creative process more than coffee and Nutter Butter cookies.

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shadow box If you need a shadow box to brighten your day, you can find these at Sanctuary of Davidson!!!

Happy Monday!  xoxoxo Angela

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Creative juice!

  Hi There!  Thanks for stopping by!  Won’t you take a minute and like Button Bird Designs on face book?  Right over there to the right?!  Why thank you!  Also sign up to receive these posts by email so you don’t miss out on any trash to treasure projects, easy do it yourself tutorials, or all the fun we are having up in here!!!  xoxoxoxo Angela

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I bought a spice rack at a yard sale this summer for $2.00.  The spice rack included all these cute little bottles.  I have been holding onto them for some time trying to figure out what to do with them.  Spices you say……hmmmm not a lot of cooking going on in this house so I needed another idea!

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After searching around Pinterest I fell in love with this idea.  Man I love Pinterest!!  Check out my boards here and see just how much!!!!

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I finally got all those sticky spice labels off the bottles by soaking them in hot soapy water.

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This sweet little helper filled the bottles with water and added a drop of blue food coloring.  I think this is my favorite part about my job.  I could use lots of help with projects and my daughter is at the perfect age to help me.  After filling the bottles she helped make tags for my art going to Sanctuary of Davidson.

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I bought this tag cutter from Michael’s with my 50% off coupon.  I have used it over and over again, especially for pretty Christmas gift tags.

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I used a heavier card stock for these labels.

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Crumbled up the tags…..

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added some antiquing glaze…..

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and let sit in the sun to dry.  By crumbling up the paper, the glaze sticks to the creases and really gives it that worn, aged look.

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Lots of fun gifts for my creative friends at Sanctuary of Davidson!

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Easy to make, Inexpensive Initial Necklaces! Great Christmas gifts!

 Hi There!  Thanks for stopping by!  Won’t you take a minute and like Button Bird Designs on face book?  Right over there to the right?!  Why thank you!  Also sign up to receive these posts by email so you don’t miss out on any trash to treasure projects, easy do it yourself tutorials, or all the fun we are having up in here!!!  xoxoxoxo Angela

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I was going through my stuff that I had left over from the Big Sale.  Somehow the Nester’s cool lockets ended up in my pile.  I immediately sent her a text to see if she wanted them back and where she bought them.  She replied back that I could have them (she is so generous) and that she had purchased them at either Michael’s or Hobby Lobby.

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As I looked over the lockets, I had several ideas pop into my head.  Then three people that are on my Christmas list popped into my head!!!

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For this project I was going to need perfect cut out circles for the lockets.  Luckily I have this bad boy.  If you don’t have one of these, grab your 50% off Micheal’s coupon and go out and get one.  I have used this over and over again for cut out circles in different sizes.

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 I was just going to use regular college rule notebook paper because I love the old schoolness of it.  Then I remembered I had this paper in my stash.

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I still wanted to use the notebook paper and grabbed my $1.00 Micheal’s alphabet stamps to create words that reminded me of these three friends I was making the gifts for.

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I glued the two circles together with a glue stick.

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initial necklace

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I buy ball chain in bulk on Etsy, I usually get around 100 necklaces for $20.00, but you can order a lot less then that.  You can buy ball chain at Hobby Lobby or Micheal’s as well.  It’s just great to have around to create fun necklaces for friends or for my daughter and her friends to play and create with.

 One very cool inexpensive necklace that can be worn two ways.

Ok L, B, K don’t judge the gift by the amount spent!  Remember it’s the thought that counts! xoxoxo

Are you giving any handmade gifts this year!?!?

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