I HAVE A THING FOR ROCKS!

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I suppose my love for collecting rocks began when one of my children handed me a tiny heart shaped rock. I was fascinated with what nature had so perfectly created. Thus began the search for finding heart shaped rocks.  

I couldn’t help but notice there are beautiful rocks everywhere and our children wanted to collect them, but that could be a problem. So as a family, we decided to find one rock “the perfect rock” to bring home as a reminder of our vacation. We clean the rock and write with permanent marker the details of our vacation. We love to look back through our collection of rocks which hold our family memories.

Since my family knows I collect heart rocks my sweet niece Annie found a large “perfect” heart shaped rock and gave it to me. My husband was in the process of building me an art studio which I affectionately call the “Love Shack.” I couldn’t think of a better place to treasure the heart rock Annie gave me, so my husband incorporated it in the foundation of the Love Shack. 

A great craft idea to do with your family for this 4^thof July is gather smooth river rocks. Clean and dry them. Paint the tops with white paint and decoupage patriotic images on the top. I found most of my images in magazines. Add a final layer of decoupage medium over the top of the rock and allow to dry. 

  

 

I hope you enjoy looking for the “perfect” rock with your families.  It is a great way to spend time together that is very affordable and will always be treasured. 

HAPPY 4^TH OF JULY 

XO DIANA CAMOMILE PECK

vintage.clementine@gmail.com



DIY with Vintage Wallpaper

I have to admit that I have been enamored with vintage wallpaper ever since Julie and Candice sent their welcome kits for an Art Nest art retreat and they used some sweet vintage wallpaper to decorate them.  One of the teachers at that retreat was Pam Garrison who was using a lot of vintage wallpapers in her art journaling at that time.  I fell in love with the soft colors and the florals and geometric patterns.  Since then I have seen vintage wallpaper used in many ways and it always looks so fresh and lovely.  Here are some fun examples of things that you can do with it!

Pretty Correspondence

100 Layer Cake

A Fresh Approach to Wallpapering

Pinterest Pin

Oh Joy

Applied to Furniture

Better Homes and Gardens

bare wunderbar

Country Living

A Sweet Wreath

Such Pretty Things

Mini Chocolate Bars

Such Pretty Things

Fabulous Lampshade

Fondue

Decorative Windows

Mitzi's Collectables

My Vintage Wallpaper Cabinet

When I was thrift shopping I found this ugly, brown, house-shaped wall cabinet.  It had potential and I had some cute pieces of vintage wallpaper that I had found and some that I had purchased on Etsy.  So I decided that I would decoupage the little cabinet with vintage wallpapers.  First I removed the hinges and hardware from the cabinet.  Then using Mod Podge and a small sponge brush I cut pieces of wallpaper and applied them to the cabinet.

You can cut a decorative edge on the pieces that overlap.

Almost done!

Mask the glass on the doors so it stays cleaner.

Prop up the wet doors to dry so they don't stick to your work surface.

Just to make sure it was all the way dry I set it out in the sun for a bit.

All finished and loaded with trinkets and what-nots!