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Happy Happy New Year...

Wow, that went fast. Lightning speed. Crazy how fast it goes as you get older. I did a little crafting this Holiday, but mostly I just took it easy. Much needed. Here just a couple of Art I made over the Holidays.. 

A little felt skate.. I always wanted to make one.. I just winged.. not pattern, no plan.. so dont look to closely. 

A little Christmas hanging with the cutest little image that I own of this baby in the snow.. I have her whole vintage scrapbook with the most amazing pictures of her.. Found it in a antique mall..

These were the tags I made for all my Christmas gifts..

New Christmas Journal entry.. All those wonderful labels and the little Art book that I pasted in the book was made by a sweet Friend. It was perfect for my book! Thank you Jessica.

There is so much Art I want to do.. but at the moment We are in the process of moving to another home. It is stressful, but also very exciting. I really want to work on these...

My Art journals.. most are unfinished.. and are calling  me to play with them... darn. 

I am adding a little tag on my Etsy.. Here it is and some journals in the next couple of days..

Well thats it for now.. Will post pictures of the new home.. as soon as we move. Happy Happy New Year! xoxo

Welcome December!

Welcome December! I am getting into the Christmas mood! These are my Christmas trees drying on the window sill and that is a box of my Vintage Chrismtas ephemera for topping Gifts! Thanks to pinterest, I found out I could bleach them and dye those ugly dark green ones! Not as Wonderful as this Gals Trees! You can buy them in her Etsy! They are amazing! How do I know? We trade around Christmas .. and here is what she sent me..

Isnt it just devine!! Mini dyed trees in a box! I dont even want to open it!! Amazing style! She also sent me all this:

I love to trade with Julie! She inspires me! Got me started thinking about Gift toppers and Christmas Crafts! I also need to work on my yearly Christmas Art Journal.. here are some pages from the past:

This last one was done last year... I guess I can use it as my first entry for this year! I hope everyone has started a Christmas journal! They are so fun and so fun to look back on... Here is just a little glimpse of some Christmas decor around my Home.. 

I made the simple Wreath for the door... I also listed Many more items on Flea Market Studio Etsy! Here are a some items I listed:

And Much more!! Stay tuned.. I will be adding more in the next couple of days... Hope everyeone is enjoying their shopping days!

The Holidays have begun..

Hello everyone.. I have already atended my first Holiday party. Here is my Daughter and her cousin Rocco..

He was not having this photo shoot that's for sure! After attending the first of many parties this Holiday Season..  it has gotten me really in the mood for Christmas. I love to do trades to kick things off... and here is the one for this Gal..Julie Collings. We tend to trade every year around this time. I am so lucky! She has the most amazing style! It is a early Christmas present when her sweet package arrives.. the best part: She has a Etsy shop where you can purchase these amazing goodies! It also inspires me to put things in my shop ... Here is what I made for her...

A wee little Christmas notebook in a Matchbox ... Here are some more photos:

I will be listing 3 of them in my Flea Market Studio Shop. I also am sending this:

To another Blog friend... Hope everyone has a Wonderful Thanksgiving!!! xoxo

Thanks Pinterest....

Thank you for inspiring me!! If you have not been to this site yet.. you need to go! So many tutorials that have been pinned by me... Here is what I did yesterday... Pillows for the sofa. I got the idea from this pin..script pillow tutorial. It lead me to more pins and then I took them all and made some of my own...

Here are some of the pillows.. also that sweater candle cozy.... you got it, pinterest! Close up of the pillows...

The ideas were flowing yesterday.. a rainy day. I bought pillows from the Goodwill for 1.99 each.. washed them in hot, hot water ( a little bleach). I made pillows from  a drop cloth I from Big Lots (a pin idea I found) for $10.00. The monogram pillow is just a iron on I did from my computer, the pillow with our names are stamped with Staz-on ink, and the ruffled pillow is ruffles I took from a old skirt Darianne grew out of! 

I also made Leg warmers from a thrifted Sweater...Got the idea here Sweater pin...

And Sweater  candle cozy from the same pin...

Made some Sweater leg warmers from the sleeves... very cozy, even though my little one laughed at them!

And from this pin Easy pumpkin muffins... they are so good! 

The family likes them.. they just came out of the oven and three were gone before I even got them out of the tin..

Wow.. so fun! So thank you Pinterest! You can follow my pins here My Pins! Ok, off to this new obsession! I warn you, it is addicting!! But so many ideas.. I have the makes me laugh board that make me laugh daily , style board that makes me want to dress better, inspirational qoutes board that helps me through tough times and keeps things in persepective.. and so many more! 

Hello there...

It's been a while since I made something for my Etsy Shop. I was in school for a year, which made it pretty impossible to do anything else. Its also been a ride since I opened my Etsy shop in 2006. Lots of happiness, and some dissapointments. I love to sell things that are original, but if you want to know the truth its hard work. I kept waiting and waiting, procrastinating is what others call it. I finally got inspired to share some things that make me happy to put in my shop..  but my journal kits make me the happiest! Here is my Shabby Angel journal kit and you can find it here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/fleamarketstudio. It is a Kit that comes with instructions and lots of extras to make your own Christmas Art journal. 

Here are some more photos of the Shabby Journal:

Getting ready for Christmas! I cannot believe its almost here! What happened to the year?? What happened to my little niece that was born 2 years ago?? 

My little rascal niece... Wow! 

Wanted to share a old dollhouse I found at a thrift store the other day, I covered it with some of my vintage wallpapers. 

Here is the before picture:

After:

Thats what Ive been up to.. Getting in the Holiday mood! Hope everyone is having fun coming up with some Christmas crafts to give away to loved ones this Holiday Season! hugs

Halloween Art to share and so inspired!

Where have I been? School has started which means these months are the craziest of the school year, this and the last month. Ive been sick this last week, yuck. I am a sick person that cannot just sit around or sleep all day. Which means Ive had some time to make some Halloween Art. Ive also been inspired by Pintrest.. I Love, love love Pintrest! Its almost like flickr, which had me so inspired back in 2006. Wow, that seems so long ago. I know have that inspiration back.. Here is what Ive been creating!

These are 99 Cent Store matchboxes. I usually make these boxes to hold gift cards for friends Birthdays, but I thought I cold think of something else for them. I deconstructed them and put them back together so they flap open insted of slide out. I think Im going to put some Trick or treat candy inside and tuck in a note. So fun! Here is something else Ive been meaning to make for a while now..

Halloween spools! Ive been seeing so many variations for a while. I had a bag a vintage spools sitting in my studio.. with my creative juices flowing... and going crazy in my house from being sick.. I made these whimsical Halloween spools.  I added fabric, words, Family Halloween pictures, trinkets, lace, millinery leaves. My crazy mind was thinking of all the possibilities these spools have.. maybe make a little loop with twine and hang them on a Halloween Tree ? For Christmas I can make them as Christmas toppers? Make mini scrapbooks or as cards for friends. I love it when I get inspired! It makes me feel like I am alive. 

I also have been making lots of handmade journals for my friends..

Darianne got in on the Art... she made a tiny matchbox with a ring for one of my friends.. 

So cute! Thats pretty much what Ive been up to. I finally made it to Halloween Party at Disneyland. It was so fun and inspiring, put me in such a Halloween mood! I want to share a photo of Me with my Brother and cousin  circa 1980.. I am not sure what we are dressed as (Adams family??) .. we probably just raided someones closet from the 70's... I know my brother probably raided Barry Manilows closet...

 

Getting Ready for Fall and Halloween...

 
Boo to you!! This little guy is a Dollar Tree item. He was very plain looking.. The paint was very bright, it had to be toned down.. I added vintage crepe paper and vintage sheet music hat. One of my favorite things to do is change up Dollar store items to make them look like I spent some money on them. The great thing about only paying a dollar for something, is that if you mess up its not that big of a deal.. you also will use that item instead  of hoarding something vintage and valuable you are afraid to use. I also get enough for my friends! Here is a flocked Dollar Tree crow...

So fun!! I am getting ready for a couple of Halloween trades with some Art Friends.. here is a little sneak peak of what's coming their way..

A Witch's Box.. filled with goodies!

 

What's in here?

A black box with a Black Satin bow holds...

Lots of trims, a Vintage witch printed on cotton, lots of vintage flocked and Halloween fabrics .. and a trophy...So fun! Ive been working on my Spooky , sinister and scary Halloween book.. here are 2 more pages......

Here is what my table looks like at the moment..

A little bit of everything.. lots from the 99 cent store or Dollar tree, but plenty from my Thrift stores.. I also found this... 

 


A Hello Kitty Travel toothbrush for my D.. and Vintage style Kitchen dish towels .... Yeah Baby.. makes me happy. What else makes me happy, great friends! Since Ive been done with school, I told myself Girlfriend time was going to be priority as is Family time... My secret show I watch is the Jersey Shore, don't even ask why I like this show.. but I do.. and so do my friends! I had The girls over for a Shore party.. Love these girls!! 

They make me smile...They make me happy.. I am so grateful. Now to get them over to make Halloween Crafts.. I miss teaching Art classes.. I might have to call a couple of Scrapbook stores and see if I can Teach before the year is over... I hope everyone is filled with great Friends, Art and of course Wine... xoxo

Something Wicked this way comes...

Hello Friends!... I finally got around to actually doing some Art. All my friends know I love Halloween! I did not do anything for the Holiday last year. Not this year! I am looking forward to it! I wanted to make a Spooky Halloween book, one of those scary ones... Its very vintage style. I wanted a book with lots of spooky images, where you feel like at any moment a Ghost will pop out of it. Very sinister and Wicked. It is generally not my typical style. I love vintage cute and elegant. So I had to hold back on my signature polka dots on my pages. That was very challenging to me! I have collected many vintage black, tarnished brass baubles, jewelry,  and hardware. I have been keeping them in a small little suitcase just for my Sinister style Art. I have to share some pages and the Cover of the book.... 

Here is SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES....

I used a Vintage black leather phone book..... It was falling apart and very worn.. but just the book I needed. 

I love this creepy image of this little girl.. I put her picture in a brass frame encased with diamond glaze. I am not done with the book... I want to work on it some more.. so very excited! 

I have so much going on right now... We got a new Dog. My Dog Nikko passed away in October from bone cancer. It was one of the hardest losses I have ever experienced! It was my first dog. When my friends told me about how painful it was going to be... I really had no idea. It still hurts a little. Not as bad as when we had to put him down. So hard... Nothing prepares you.. nothing. I could not even talk about it until recently. I was ready to get a new BFF..... So after lurking on all the German Shepherd rescues for months now.. I was ready. I knew it had to be a rescue dog.. or a shelter dog. I went down on Saturday morning to walk the Shepherds ( you can volunteer to walk some pals before you make the decision to take one home).. I found him..... His new name is MAX.. no, he doesn't answer to his new name.. but he will. He is 1 1/2 years old, half the size of my Nikko... but just as smart and handsome...  I did have second thoughts on Saturday night when he was crying all night.. pacing and nervous.. it was hard. I know it will get better. I will get happier in time... but I know I made the right decision. 

Say hello to MAX...

So Handsome!! 

What else? My little girl has been gone for 10 days now to Summer Camp in Miami. I miss her.. Terrible. The great thing about it though is that I get to catch up with girlfriends and get to go out. One of my Besties is Kelly. Kelly and I have known each other for 2 years now. We worked together in the same classroom and We went to UC Irvine last year together. We took the same courses..... and both got our Teaching degrees together. She is a great friend and very much like a sister to me.. I just adore her! Sometimes you meet people in your Life that you work with that become Family, it doesnt happen often, but when it does you are lucky. This is her.. I went to a Girls Weekend to Palm Springs .. and I had to take pictures of my Beautiful friend.. here she is... My Kell...

Here she is with her Henry..

 This is her in the middle of the Desert in Palm Springs it was 105... we were crazy.. so dont miss Arizona right now...

 Thats pretty much it for now.. I am so happy to be blogging again.. Have a happy week!! xoxo

Hello Blogland, Ive missed you!

Well this has been a long time… Wow. What have I been up to??, getting what I’ve been dreaming about but putting off for years. My Teaching Degree in the upper grades. Yes. I did it! Wow… What a year… the hardest most challenging, But oh so worth it Year. Straight A’s Baby. Every weekend was taken up and my Family  and Home have been put on hold. Which comes to another thing that I have missed, My Art. My Art friends know how much  I love doing Art. For a while there  it was getting stale and not fun. I was losing my mojo and  It had  become what I have been dreading and  what I did not want EVER… a JOB. It is my Love, My hobby and my passion. Not a Job or something that makes me question every move I make. I have a Job, a full time Job that makes me happy, I am a Teacher and it is what makes me happy everyday, yes it is possible to have a job you love. Sure I love to sell my Art and supplies on Etsy.. but that is not what I have been all about. I am much more refreshed, much more ready to share and get back to doing what I Love… My Art. I want to share what Ive been making lately.. Yes, I spent the past week getting into the pool slowly…. It feels good.

These are some Mini Art cards.. Just some jumbo playing cards, that sparks my creativity.

 

One of My Birthday Boxes,to hold a gift for a friend.. these usually have Birthday candles, plastic ballerina, matches and a tiny note... This one had a Gift card and a note.

A project basket filled with vintage papers, vintage ribbons, velvet flocked fabric and much more to get me started on a Doll Book that I am working on....

Ohhh I love Halloween and this new Book is Called "Something Wicked this way comes...." I cannot wait to show you the inside, its going to be good... a little creepy and alot wicked..

I went Thrifting for the First Time in I cannot remember when.. Found vintage patterns, Large Lace roll, vintage napkins to use for my collage backgrounds, Bright Pink Pom Pom trim, lots of flocked velvet fabric in different sizes and patterns and the box is filled with French  cream twine... 

Yes I am Happy. And I think my Daughter D is happy, remember her? She is 9 now. I know Ive missed so much in her Life this year, but I am trying to  make it up daily. We put up a tent in the backyard for her to do her Summer reading. Once in a while you can catch her reading her American Girl magazine in her private little space..

                                                             I am Back and I have missed you! -

                                                                                          Lilia

 

Enjoying the Spring and Randy's donuts...

If you have ever been to L.A... than you have probably seen this giant 32.5 foot Donut off the 405 freeway.. its in Inglewood, the place that's always up to no good... Well Randy's is always up to some great donuts.... I mean Yum! 

 

  We live about 3 miles from this landmark. It was built in 1953.. We used to drive by it on the Freeway, and when I was little I used to beg my Mom to stop and buy one. I don't think she ever did.. it's been a while. Well now that we live back here, my husband wants to try everything in Los Angeles, I mean everything! Yes, we had a Pinks hotdog the other day. He acts like a tourist. When you grow up in Los Angeles, the last thing you want to see is tourists.. Glad he is making me feel like everything is NEW again, not only for me but for our Daughter. Well needless to say, we love the Donuts at Randy's.. worth the stop for your kids if they ask.

Lets see.. Earthquakes... lots of them all over. They say it is normal. I don't feel like there is anything normal about them. They freak me out. Why do I live here again, oh ya.. the weather. We are lucky when it comes to Weather. Even though our frosted hair, fake-tanned- in- the -winter-time -skin Weather Man Dallas Raines.. (yes thats his name) is sooo fired. He predicted rain so many times.. and nothing.  They should just call him the unpredictable Man... 

The last part of the School year is coming to a close.. and it is pretty busy. Just when we have the kids the way we want them.. they leave. I love seeing them change. It breaks my heart when they leave. Only a few come back and visit. We are filled with carnivals, Mother's Day, Spring Sing and so much more the next few months. Art is kind of on the back burner lately. I have been planning a couple of things and also itching to decorate. . Found some Amazing Decorating blogs! How to make a headboard.. and turn the bungalow into more Cottage beach.. this blog is amazing.. A Beach Cottage  I got so inspired to do a project in one of  the bathrooms. Make it very Beachy. I found a wood frame from the Goodwill for 1.99 and transformed it using most of the Beach shells we have collected and found. 

The rest of it is very simple, lots of vintage glass bottles.. and little things like this..

This frame was 1.99 also.. It just had the word friendship on it and I took it off.. added the vintage postcard image of the Surfer.. I am so inspired to transform the house into a Beach cottage theme... 

I worked on more pages from my Portland Art Journal.. here are some more..

Its a work in progress.. and I cannot believe I have so much done! 

I also have Artful Thursday Project to share.. I love train cases! I love to alter them.. I found this one at the Goodwill for 3.oo... here it is before ..

And here is what I have so far... 

Far from finished, but this is only the first phase. I will share when I am done..

That's pretty much it for now.. Hugs everyone!