Playing with Scraps

So I'm playing with scraps and pieces that were in the bag of treasures my cousin Darlene Gail brought home from Michigan and shared with me. See the gold foil strips  So delicate and sweet. I will delight in using every little piece. Do they carry anything like that at Micheal's or A C Moore's ? Have you seen any of these foils before?



Now look at this card, isn't it smashing? See what I mean about delight, just an inch makes a dramatic difference on the silver coin embossed purse, and I only had to add 3 little sections on the gold purse. So much fun!



I'm sorry this picture is a little blurry but you can see the assortment of wonderful mulberry, flocked and glittered paper strips, one even has stitched metallic flourishes. And a bonus of paper doilies. There was a bunch of hand made papers, stamped images and envelopes in my goodie bag as well. So exciting to play with these extraordinary papers.

When my daughter traveled to Dubai to train yoga students to teach, she bought some beautiful papers home for me, then when we had lunch in Philadelphia, she took me to the Paper Source an outstanding source for sure. It's the first time I saw such fine papers displayed on rolls sold by cut sections of different dimensions. Japanese, Indian, Thai, Cavallini, European, amazing...I was like a kid in a candy store, no kidding...remember the rush?  I decided I would only spend $10.00, mostly to contain myself. I chose a beautiful burgundy with a raised black flocked Damask 20" x 30"  $6.50 and a dogwood printed wrapping paper $3.50. I don't drive to Philly very often, but if I do I'll find time to go back to the Paper Source.

 Have you ever been to a store like that? I know everything is available on line, but it's not the same experience as seeing and touching. I'll be back to share more creation using my treasured scraps.

"There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. "

 ~Ovid, Metamorphoses

Enjoying the pleasures of paper -Be well ~Carole