Upcycled treasures

Hello!   My craft project is finished and ready to be hung up. I decided to focus the theme around the 1920's and to include the 1940's... the idea came from an old box of letters and cards that were purchased at a flea market.  I wasn't sure what was in the wooden box as it was securely wrapped.  To my surprise I found all kinds of hidden treasures of old letters and cards, written to family and friends.   I wanted a way to preserve some of these interesting finds, so I placed them in my upcycled dresser drawer.

I included Tim Holtz photo strips of people that could have been from that era, old postage stamps from the envelopes, and just various items helped to create this very unique craft project... which I love! 

The photo of the pony, was found in the old letters.

The glittery dragon fly and butterflies were added for a special touch and they are from Renae Bouquets.   To see details better just click on the photo.  The outside of the drawer was given a dry brush effect, using cottage white.  Which isn't shown in the photo.

Bathing beauties part of Graphic 45 papers.  

The pansies were part of an old greeting card.  Along with postage stamps and post marks.

I just love how everything turned out.  A coating of modge podge was added to protect.    The lighting at the time of taking pictures wasn't good at all.  Anyway its difficult to get a good angle.  :) 

Thank you for stopping by, and leave a comment I love to read them! :)

Hugs, Mary

Button Treasures

 Hey all,  Just a quick check in again, it was the keyboard doing the interrupting.  Yep the batteries must have been going out.   Hubby switched our keyboards so mine plugs in so we'll see how this will work out. :)     Thought I would share a pic of the button keepsake tin.   It's rather messy with all kinds of buttons, but this was always my favorite thing to do when I was a child to go through my mom's button tin!    Since mom was born in the twenties and raised up during the depression, she learned from early on how to save all kinds of things, so when clothing wore out clip the buttons, zippers anything that could be used in another type of clothing that was sewn by hand or on the machine.    My mom tried her best to show me how to sew, but I guess it just never caught on with me.   I did have sewing classes in school, but trying to figure out patterns frustrated me.   So, my learning didn't go very far, I know how to hem up pants or slacks, but I really don't pull out the sewing machine that often.    That's why I enjoy drawing, and working on crafting.   I do recall my mother saying she enjoyed drawing when she was very young, designing her own dresses.  :)   I guess that's where I get my love for drawing.    This is just one tin I do have another one.  

Here's my pretty Iris.  Just had to snap a pic before they all were spent. :)   Anyway the night is late, today went by so fast, took me forever to get in the mood to craft.   Tomorrow starts another round of work.   I was off for 3 days which was very nice.   Okay, I will end my post for now, hope you have a great weekend, while you're here leave a comment!     Thanks, Hugs Mary