Free Printable: Butterfly Garden Gift Tags!

I have a free printable for you today ...  a collage sheet of pretty butterfly tags!

These images were sourced from a beautiful vintage book on butterflies ... and the tags were actually the inspiration for the whole Butterfly Garden Collection that I created and licensed to Pink Paislee!

These would make really pretty gift tags, embellished with glitter, ribbons and antique buttons! Have fun, and I'd love to see what you create with these!

To download on a Mac: Click the image above, then right click 'open image in new window'. This will take you to a larger preview. Click again, to get the maximum image. Right click, save to your computer.

If that didn't work for you, (I noticed blogger recently changed the way we view images), you can also DOWNLOAD HERE.

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Are you going to Spraguefest? :)

Have you heard? Spraguefest 2011 (October 7-10) promises to be a lot of fun this year with classes from Heidi Swapp, Carina Gardner, and the wonderful Jessica Sprague herself :) Registration is only $79 for a weekend of learning and fun ... You can check out all the details HERE.

I won't be able to make it myself for this year  :( ... but anyone that goes is sure to have a fantastic time. Are you going?

Butterfly Garden Gift Tags Tutorial - you will LOVE these! :)

I know this is really crazy ... but I've had my own personal copy of the Butterfly Garden Scrapbook Collection which I created for Pink Paislee, sitting unwrapped on my shelf since it was first published a few months ago!!  One of the reasons is that I've been so busy working to deadline on some awesome new collections and I just don't get time to play!  But the other is kinda silly ... I was afraid to create something with this collection because it looks so pretty in the packet I was afraid that if I took it out, and started making stuff, I could mess up. Isn't that crazy? I know!

Well, tonight (after months of hesitating), I finally decided to get down and dirty and just GO FOR IT! I've been dying to use the clear stamps anyway, so I just took them out of the packet and started to PLAY.  In fact my daughter Georgia and I started experimenting and then decided to make a fun little video about it. It was never meant to be published - OK?! :) It started out as a fun family video ... and here's what we came up with!

I hope you like this easy-to-make gift tag idea and get inspired to create some yourself :) If I can make something like this, then you can do it too!

OH, BTW ... this is my *first ever* crafting video, so *be kind* :):) and don't mind the quality (shot on my Blackberry phone in the bathroom with desk lamps). I promise, I'll get pro at this soon! :)

Here are some preview pics as well ... let me know what you think!

and here is the video tutorial!

Credits: Thank you to my daughter Georgia Rose for being the camera person. Thank you Tim Holtz for the inspiring products. Thank you Pugly Pixels for the awesome blog embellishments (doiley, washi tape, french invoice medallion). All other graphics by Gypsy Chick/Jodie Lee. The Butterfly Garden Collection Stamps and pop stickers are sold out. You may find these on ebay or etsy, but feel free to substitute these stamps for any other type of botanical type stamps and stickers. Have fun!

One Buck Wednesday Sep 8: Junk Mail Overlays

If you love the look of grungy postal marks, cancellation stamps and messy handwriting, then you'll love Junk Mail Transparent Overlays! These are on sale for just $1 TODAY at my JessicaSprague store! These add instant artistic flair to your photos or digital scrapbook layouts (check out some of the sample layouts done by the Creative Team at JessicaSprague.com here below).
Junk Mail Overlays 1
Junk Mail Overlays 2

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New Digital Product: Vintage Polaroid Blog/Photo Frames

Vintage polaroid frames get 'upcycled' into shabby chic photo frames in these two pretty sets! There are 6 frames included in each set, created at actual polaroid photo frame size. I have also included a blog version so you can use them on your blogs! Here is a preview below of what they look like, and another preview of how they look in action.  Go to these links to purchase these items from my JessicaSprague.com store:
VINTAGE POLAROID BLOG/PHOTO FRAMES 1
VINTAGE POLAROID BLOG/PHOTO FRAMES 2
And grab a FREE sample frame at the end of this blog post :)

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Here is your free sample frame. Use it to dress up your blog! :) Click on image to get to the larger image, click again, then right click on preview to download to your computer. 

And here is another example of the damask frame in action! Thank you Georgia for modelling for me :)

You can purchase my frames at www.JessicaSprague.com/jodielee

Ooh La La! ... Postcards from France!!

It's the small things in life I sometimes get so intensely excited about ... and lately one of those things is going to the mail box each day to collect my little Etsy goodies :) 

Look what arrived today for me ... Check this out!! This is sooo cute, and sweet, I just had to share this with you. I can't believe the attention to detail in the packaging of this letter which came all the way from France.

Mademoiselle Janet (a wonderful Etsy seller) crafted an envelope from vintage wallpaper, then wrapped my vintage postcard in an inner envelope that she created from an antique French fashion magazine!!! A hand-stamped muslin ribbon with an artsy flower and heart embellishment top it off.

The next envelope was folded up in a semi-transparent tracing paper, stamped 'Merci', and sealed with a shabby chic style handmade sticker featuring a sweet antique mother and daughter portrait.

I was so impressed that she took the time to package my purchase so creatively! I think I want to buy something again from here just to see how she packages my next purchase! 

Now, I'm dying to show you the actual postcard that arrived as well ... it was equally gorgeous ... but alas, you will have to wait till January 2012 when it will be released as part of a paper in a scrapbook collection I'm working on. I promise you will love it, it's turning out simply gorgeous!

But I do want to celebrate the art of gift giving in style by offering you another of my favourite French postcards here ... click on the last image below to get to the bigger image, then right click and save. Enjoy! 

New Digital Product: Vintage Postcard Frames

I've 'upcycled' some of my favorite vintage postcards into some really pretty shabby-chic style collage photo frames for you! There are six in the set, each frame sized for 4x6 photos ... PLUS I've also included a blog version as well! Check them out HERE.

©Gypsy Chick/Jodie Lee