Baby Girl Birth Announcement Blocks and Playing Around With Hand-Crocheted Flowers

Blog land is just the tops for sparking creativity - that is planting creative seeds.  I came upon a tutorial to crochet these fun little flowers at one of my FAVORITE blogs to visit:  Little Birdie Secrets:

 I haven't crocheted in years - I mean like 25 years..... but these were easy, peasy!    Of course, after seeing the cute cards that Little Birdie Secrets made with her mini flowers, my wheels started spinning.  Yes, they would be perfect for my new Baby girl announcement blocks:

 Don't they just add that little spark?  I love them!

 Then I got to thinking......hey these would be great to interchange on little girl shoes!  Just sew a bottom to the top of the shoe and then you can interchange the flower to match their outfit - TOO FUN!

 They even look cute on a little girl's regular old sneaker!

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Easter Blessings Egg

I do believe spring will come!  The snow has finally melted here ..... it's got me itching for flowers, green grass and Easter Egg Hunts!  I wanted to share a fun creation with you today that I recently released to my Etsy Shop:

Vintage Harvest Lantern

Do you remember those old "boy scout" type lanterns that were just perfect for camping or hanging on the barn wall?  I just love them!  I've tried my hand at giving it the "Punkin Seed Productions" touch.  What do you think? 

This one has already sold but I'd be happy to make more!!!  I'm thinking some cute winter scenes are just around the corner!

Boo Mr. Scaredy Cat!

I like the whimsical side of Halloween - I'm not into really getting scared - just playing around a bit!  To tell you the truth, I'm quite the scaredy cat!!!!  So this little block set fits me perfectly:

What To Do With a Rather Large Bun Foot - Make a Primitive Pumpkin!

One of my favorite persons to buy junk from is a guy named John.  He travels back to Kansas to his farm each year and brings a trailer load of  junk (treasures) tied every which way and that, to a local flea market.  My friend and I have a date every year to go visit John and hunt for treasures.  Well, I had an opportunity to visit John's home on the other side of the state recently.  He has barns full of these treasures!  I love to find junk and turn it into something cool....like the old window screens I posted about here.

Anyway, on part of my treasure hunt, John challenged me to come up with a use for these:

It is an old oak bun foot made for the bottom of furniture.  This one is about the size of a softball.

The immediate thing that came to mind (of course) was a pumpkin!  So here is what I came up with.  After painting the primitive scene, I attached some rusty leaf and wire garland along with a rustic nametag. 

So, this is what I came up with.  Can you think of any creative ways to use these old bun feet?













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