May Dress up and Olde England Matchbox.....

Whooo, haven't posted anything for over a week!!

Been soooo busy here redecorating my son's bedroom!

Run into a few minor hitches, but nearly all done now :)

..and the bedroom is looking pretty cool-even if I do say so myself LOL

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But now time for some crafting....
Here is my May dress for

Margaret's DRESS UP



My inspiration came from peeking out of my craft room window at the garden.

...Birds were pecking at the bird feeder

..and flowers are just starting to bloom.

Then I remembered having some 'old' wallpaper border

which would be perfect for May's paper dress

..so I hunted through my stash

and found it!!

...I collaged the wallpaper border

...distressed it a little

...added some ribbon, lace, buttons, flowers and a tag.

I also found a clothing label, whilst searching for the border..

..and the colours on it matched perfectly

..so I sewed this to the bottom right of my dress

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This makes dress #5 for my collection now

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Pop over to Margaret's blog to see her fabby May dress

and all the other wonderful dresses from around the world!

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If you remember from a previous post, Margaret and I swapped matchboxes recently

and I posted pics of the wonderful matchbox filled with treasures that she sent to me.

I know that Margaret has received my matchbox now, so it's safe for me to post pics !

Margaret requested an 'Olde England' theme

Mmmm, had to think hard about that one!!!

..so I went for the Tudor Queen herself...

Queen Elizabeth I

..cant get much Olde England than that!!!

I altered a puzzle piece with Queenie!

and filled the matchbox with goodies.

Thanks again Margaret for a fabby trade!!

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Thanks for Looking!

Jan x