A BEAUTIFUL LIFE!

Inside of this box is MY treasure.

I made it just for ME!

"A Beautiful Life" is finished!

Box & all!

Tucked inside of the box lid is the picture of the lady in a corset that I did not get into the book but loved the print so I had to use it somewhere. On top of the lady is a feather from Sandy B. and the rest of the lovely pink velvet vintage ribbon. (Gosh, I hated to use the last piece.) Also I used the luscious feathers topped with a broach . Carole had sent me a baggie loaded with shoe clips and pins. I glued one broach on top of the other to give it more dimension. (Please keep Carole in your prayers. She needs our love and support at this difficult time.)

This is the top of the outside of the box.

This is the inside top of the lid and the last photo is the inside of bottom of the box.

What a fun project!

Inside this box are a few of my friends, (or a part of them at least). No one will love this box of goodies like I do because I know the meaning behind each and every detail. I thought about each person, each piece as a unit and how well they would blend together. And they DO work together so well!!
I am a happy girl tonight. (It doesn't take alot to impress me but this project does and will continue to do so for a long long time.) Thank you again, Heather and all of you who pleased my creative senses. You are such sweet people.

Blessings to each one tonight,

Sharon

My Beautiful Life!!

I finished my journal "A Beautiful Life"! I have been caught up in working on this night & day. I have enjoyed every single minute of it! Sandy sent me such lovely beauties to work into my book and I just could not quit. I spent hours and hours just digging through my stuff to get just the right things. What a pleasant procedure of just getting lost in a project for no other reason than creating.

Here is the completed Journal front cover, all tied up with a wide rose ribbon.

What do you think? The cream French ribbon on page two was a gift from Linda K. You will notice that I punched holes in both sides of this page so I ran a pink ribbon to try to cover up my mistake. Whoops!
If you right click on each picture you can see the details much better.

I wanted to show you the completed book and also show you some points of interest.
On the "friends" page I added this key from my Great Grandpa's collection. Then I used one little rose bud, in the eye of the key, from Carole's gift box . The page with the two friends has a wide cream vintage ribbon and a sweet pink feather from Sandy's collection, as well as a small doily under the rose from my collections.

I had recently bought some beautiful reproduction cards from Deborah of http://debsvintagesoul.blogspot.com/. (You must go see all of the sweet cards she has for sale on etsy! They are so beautiful.) At the top of the page is the envelope flap that Sandy B. http://quillcottage.blogspot.com/ put in my box. The next picture is of the lovely vintage velvet ribbon and one of the paper roses.

If you will notice, there is a book mark inside the frame that was sent to me by Dawn http://thefeatherednest.blogspot.com/ . (This bookmark came at a time when I just needed a blogger buddy hug!) The lovely blue lady is holding a tiny bird feather from my grand daughter & has a metal tassel on her wrist.Last, but definitely not the least is the card that Sandy sent! I scanned it and used it as my signature card because it meant so much to me.

Next comes the box to keep this remembrance safely stored away. Then I will be done.

"The Journals of Love" are calling my name so I must end my mini vacation and get back to this treasured ministry. Thank you for taking the time to see my book. (I will bore you with one more post & that will be the box...then on to other things.)

I MUST get back to beading too, I miss it a lot.

I hope you like my version of "A Beautiful Life". I sure do! Blessings to Heather at http://prettypetals.blogspot.com for coming up with this class and for Sandy B's encouragement.

I love all my blogging friends and enjoy getting your comments, if you can spare a minute. YOU are what keeps me creating!

May the Lord Bless your creative spirits,

Sharon