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More new items

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 02:53:00 +0000

I have been steadily working on Fall things. Here are a few items I took to the shop today. A couple of sweet little Scarecrows and a Sunflower and Crow arrangement that I just love! I took several other things too but I was in a rush and forgot to take pictures again.

Fall Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:11:00 +0000

I love making things for Fall and Halloween more than any other season. This past week I have been working on several items. I have already taken most of them to the shop and alas I forgot to take pictures of most of them but I did remember to take a couple so here they are....a sweet scarecrow with crows, a wicked witch and also a black cat. Today I will be working on some spooky potion bottles, another scarecrow and some sunflowers. Hopefully I will remember to take more pictures!

Yum

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Sun, 06 May 2012 23:55:00 +0000

I am slightly obsessed with Pinterest and I saw a recipe for Roasted Shrimp with Rosemary and Thyme which I had to try. I decided to make it for dinner tonight and I am so glad I did. The shrimp were melt in your mouth amazing! You can find the recipe at recipe girl.com. I tweaked it a little I didn't have any thyme but I did have some fresh basil so I used that instead. I also didn't have white wine vinegar so I added some white cooking wine instead with great results. I served it with some roasted vegetables and baby red potatoes and fresh strawberry pie for dessert. Now that I have had such a yummy dinner I am planning on spending the rest of the evening sewing some prim dolls that I cut out earlier today.

Updating

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:37:00 +0000

It has been way too long since my last post. The past year has gone by in a flash. I have been very busy working on plenty of projects and new endeavors. Some of my art has been licensed by Crossroads Original Designs this was very exciting and so much fun to do. I also still have a shop in Something Special - Street of Shops and am constantly making and adding new things there. Here are a couple of pictures of my Crossroads items along with some goodies I made for the shop this week. It is my hope to be a little more organized with my posting for the rest of the year!

Christmas Open House

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:13:00 +0000

This has been such a busy week and it is just flying past. I have been furiously working away all week long in preparation for our Christmas Open House this week end at the shop. I have been adding new things to my section of the store all week as have all the other girls involved in the street of shops. Just a flurry of activity. Be sure to stop by the Open House and visit if you are in the area. You can find the hours, some more pictures and more information about the shop and our Christmas Open House here.

Holiday Happenings

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 05:20:00 +0000

With the Holidays fast approaching I have been busy working on a variety of new items. Here is just a sneak peek at a few things that I have taken out to Something Special - Street of Shops this past week. I have drawn this image and put it on a old coal shovel. I have added some greens to the top and it turned out so cute. I would look great hanging by the fireplace or even on a cupboard door.

Here is one of my grubbied electric candles. This one has a cute little snowman picture that I have drawn.

This little snowman guy sits in a antique colander. The colander has stars on it and I have lighted it so that when it is turned on the light shines through the stars on the bottom!

Two sweet little snowmen in an old flour sifter with a tea light. This little sifter turned out too cute I just loved it.
I have lots more items but not enough time to show them all. We will be having our Christmas Open House at the shop this coming weekend. I hope to see you there!

Raspberry Oreo Volleyball Brownies

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:59:00 +0000

I have made these brownies/cupcake treat for the volleyball team for several years now so they are affectionately called "Volleyball brownies" at our house. I have had many requests for the recipe so while making them today I took pictures to help me explain how they are made.

This recipe should make about 34 - 38 brownies. There are several steps to these so I usually start the day before I want to take them somewhere. I first make the Oreo topping. This step requires 1 package of Oreo cookies and 1 - 8oz package of cream cheese and about 16oz of white chocolate.

Mix together the package of Oreo cookies and cream cheese with your mixer until it is a dough-like consistency.

I then use the scoop ( pictured later on this post ) to scoop the Oreo dough into balls.

The you will need to melt the white chocolate. I like to use these melting discs as they melt really easily in the microwave in about 1 - 1 1/2 minutes.

Once you have your melted white chocolate you just dip the Oreo balls in it until they are covered. Let the chocolate harden, cover and refrigerate. These will be used when topping the brownies.

Now for the brownies...... These brownies have a brownie layer and a cheesecake layer so I always make the cheesecake part first. For this you will need 3- 8oz packages of cream cheese, 2 eggs and about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of sugar. This is where I really have problems with writing this down as I am not really a measuring type of cook. I am more of a mad dasher....adding without really measuring.

It is best if your cream cheese is at room temperature. It makes it blend easier an is nice and smooth. Just blend the cream cheese with your mixer adding the eggs and sugar. It should be fluffy when done. Set aside.

Now to make the brownies I like to use Betty Crocker Triple Chunk Supreme Brownie Mix but any brownie mix will really work. I use 2 boxes of the brownie mix. Prepare according to the package directions. If you use this brownie mix you will need 6 tablespoons of water, 1 cup vegetable oil and 4 eggs.

I also recommend using the foil type cupcake papers. I find that they work much better than just regular cupcake papers.

After you have mixed your brownie batter put about 1/4 cup in each cupcake paper.

Bake the brownie according to the package directions. I baked these at 350. I am not sure how long they were baked for. I threw the box away earlier today so I'm not sure what the directions say. I bake so many I can just tell when they are done. You can insert a toothpick into them and when it comes out clean they will be done.

For the next step and also for making the Oreo balls above I find these tools the best. They are both from Pampered Chef. The top is a cookie scoop and the bottom a little frosting spreader.

As soon as the brownies come out of the oven I put 1 scoop of the cheesecake mixture that I made previously on each brownie.

Then I spread the scoop of cheesecake mixture all over the top of the brownie and put them back into the oven. I cook these until the cream cheese springs back when touched. About 5-7 minutes.

When they are done they should look like this.

Allow them to cool before topping. If you are not going to be using them right away you can top them later just keep them refrigerated. When I am taking them to a party that is in the early morning or early afternoon I usually make the brownie and cheesecake part the day before and will then top them the following morning.

For the topping you will need Smucker's Simply Fruit - Red Raspberry and some more white chocolate. You will also be using the Oreo balls and fresh Raspberries.

First you will want to clean the raspberries.

Put the Smucker's Simply Fruit into a bowl. You will be microwaving this so make sure it is a microwave safe bowl.

Chop the Oreo balls into little pieces.

Place a generous portion of the Oreo mixture on top of each of the Brownies.

I cut the raspberries in half. I love the look of the whole raspberry but find that cutting them in half makes them easier to place on the brownie and they stay on better.

Put 4-5 raspberry halves top of each brownie.

For the next two steps I use these pastry bags with a tip. The tip I use just has a small round hole in it.

I place a piece of tape on the tip before filling the pastry bag. This keeps the contents of the bag from spilling out before I am ready for it! I take the tape off when I am ready to drizzle.

I then place the bag in a cup with the tip end in the bottom of the cup and fold the open end over the side of the cup. This makes it really easy to fill the bag.

I take the Bowl of Smucker's Simply Fruit and microwave it for about 10-15 seconds. I should melt into a syrup. I stir it to make sure it is really smooth before putting it in the bag. Using the

bag I drizzle the syrup over each of the brownies.

I then prepare another bag the same way as before. I then melt the white chocolate. I takes about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes to melt the white chocolate.

I put the white chocolate into the bag and drizzle it over the brownies.

If you do not have the bags and tips you can also use a plastic baggie and snip the corner off and use it in the same way. If doing this I recommend using two baggies. Just put one inside of the other. I have done it this way before and have had the baggie split at the seam when I was drizzling it. Double bagging will help if this happens.

I transfer them to a tray, refridgerate them for a little while and they are ready to eat!

These are absolutely delicious and I hope you like them.

Fall Fun

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:11:00 +0000

I have been quite busy this fall. Here are a few of the items that I have made. I am just finishing fall and starting to work on Christmas items. I always hate the switch from one season to another especially fall to winter. I so enjoy working on Fall and Halloween items.

A fun acorn and leaves with a tag.

A sweet little owl perched in front of a Harvest moon.

A little bottle and drieds arrangement.

Some more spooky Halloween bottles.

And just a few more.

A old ironing board that I have painted.

A too sweet little pumpkin man holding a piece of candy corn.

A adorable little pumpkin man with a tall hat lighted arrangement.

A closer look at the arrangement and the front of the basket that holds the little pumpkin man.

If you would like to take a closer look at any of these pieces they can all be seen at

Something Special!

Seneca County Opportunity Center Craft Show

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:50:00 +0000

Tomorrow March 20th I will be participating along with the other girls from the "Street of Shops" in the 2nd Annual
Seneca County Opportunity Center Craft Show
located at 780 E. CR 20
Tiffin, OH 44883

The show is open from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Here is a little sampling of some of my offerings..........

Hope to see you there!

Springtime Happenings

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:18:00 +0000

It has been way too long since I have had time to update my blog! Here are a few items that I have been working on for Spring!

I am just in love with this crazy little bunny.

I made several of these little guys all with different colored eggs. I also made some little crazy chicks but I don't have a picture of them but they are at the shop so stop in and check them out.

I have also been working on some cute little chick penny rug style pillow hangs. I have also done some bunny hangs. I have been busy, busy, busy getting ready for our Spring Open House at the Shop. We are also going to be doing a Craft show in March. I will post the information for this later this week.

Some things I have been working on......

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:51:00 +0000

Just a quick peek at some of the things I have been working on the past couple of weeks. I have been extremely busy making things to put in the shop. I have begun to concentrate on doing some Americana items. Above is a picture of Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty that I recently finished. The picture above did not turn out very well. Here is one that is a little better.

I have also done up some prim stars......

Americana hand drawn tags, prim mini flag ornies, a stack of stars

and some prim Americana candle mats.

I have also been working on some little prim pictures with some larger ones to follow. Here are just a couple of the ones that I have completed.

And to end up this little message a "Dirty Ole Cat".

All of these can be found in Something Special - A Street of Shops.

Happy Easter!

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:48:00 +0000

The Smell of Cinnamon....

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:57:00 +0000

I have been making some wonderful pantry cakes over the past week and they smell so good. Here is a picture of a few of them.

I also finished a angel that I was working on I call her the Hospitality Angel.

I better get back to work now. More pictures to come. I also have completed a Hare and a Dirty Ole Cat but have not taken their pictures yet.

Hard at Work....

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:44:00 +0000

My creative juices are in full swing!

I can't believe it is Tuesday already. I actually spent most of the day thinking it was Monday. I have been busy, busy, busy creating. I have managed to make several items which are all in various stages of being completed. Several have the need for a touch here and a touch there to finish them up. I did manage to get some complete and into the shop this afternoon. Some I forgot to take pictures of, but here is a peek at a couple that I remembered to snap. I just love this little Americana Shredder Hare above and the Americana Shredder Cat below.

I am trying to get as many things as possible made before our SPRING OPEN HOUSE at the shop. I needed to take a little break so I thought I would post. But now I had better get back to work..... will try to add some additional pictures as I finish up the other goodies.

"Something Special" has been occupying my time!

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:59:00 +0000

Absent again for a few weeks I have been quite busy. The day after writing my last post I was invited to participate as a vendor in the opening of "Something Special" - A Street of Shops. I had to really concentrate all of my energy on getting ready so my posting went by the wayside once again. The shop opened yesterday and I am quite excited. Above is a picture of the area I am occupying in the shop. I am sharing the space with my mom who has Antiques for sale in the shop. I will be doing my usual prim items and other goodies. There are several other vendors in the shop with many different items available. A shoppers delight! If you are interested in coming to visit us be sure to check out our blog.... Something Special - A Street of Shops. Our hours are posted on the blog along with driving directions. We will also be posting about the vendors and their wares, new additions to the shop and special events we are planning!

Below are a few of the goodies I have made this past couple of weeks. They are all available for purchase at the shop!

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:22:00 +0000

I have been absent from my blog for so long. I need to really work on getting back into the habit of posting regularly. I anxiously await Spring as I am tired of snow and gloom. Over the past year I have not done as much art as I would have liked. I am starting once again to create and make things. The past few months I have been doing some swaps with my online art group "An Affair with Art". I had been neglecting participating in the group over the past year. I have started doing more with the group this year and it has been quite rewarding to my spirit. Here are a few pictures of the the things I have done. Something quite different for me was the "Wand Swap" which I just completed recently. The theme for my wand was "As the Crow Flies". I just love crows and made one out of muslin to sit atop my wand.

This wand was so much fun to make. I will be receiving a wand from one of the other members in return and I can't wait to see it! I will be sure to post pictures when it arrives. Another swap that I recently did was an Easter Egg swap. I made 20 eggs and will be getting 20 eggs in return. This is one of the eggs that I made.

I will have eggs galore to decorate with this Easter! The most current swap I am working on is a "Altered Spoon Swap" for which I have to make 2 spoons and will then get 2 spoons in return. I finished one of the spoons last night and still have one more to do. Here is the first of my spoons.

I really enjoy participating in these swaps as well as being a part of the art group. It is really fun for me to be able to receive and enjoy the work of the other members as well as be able to talk with them about ideas and techniques. Many of the swaps that I participate in are not things that I would normally do and I find it very refreshing to venture outside of my normal range of art.
Well that is about all I have to share today as I had better get back to creating. I have been dabbling in quite a few other things that I will continue to share with you as the month continues.

Natural Color

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:20:00 +0000

I don't have much time this morning and I have a very busy day ahead so I thought I would quickly post a few pictures. My daughter took these this past weekend when we went for a cookout at my parents house. Both of my parents love to garden and have such great flowers. They also have a couple of garden cats which are too cute. Hope these brighten your day!

Happy 4th of July

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:57:00 +0000

I hope your 4th of July is filled with good food, good friends and glorious fireworks!

I have NOT fallen off the planet.

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:30:00 +0000

It has been quite some time since my last post and I just wanted to let you know that I have NOT fallen off the planet. I am still here! I am just extremely busy with very little spare time lately. My life has been pretty much black and white this last month. June consisted of the same old boring stuff day after day. Hopefully I will be able to add some color to it and get back to my old routine very soon. I will once again start to do some art, start selling on ebay and posting more regularly to my blog. I have several things to accomplish today and then hopefully this evening I will have a little time for some art! I still have to complete the last book in the Altered Book round robin and I plan on starting that. In my absence I worked on the 3rd book which was called Herbal Delights. It was a wonderful book. The ladies who had worked on it before me did an outstanding job. Unfortunately I was in such a rush trying to get it finished and mailed that I forgot to take any pictures of it. I have continued to do some visual journal work but only becasue it is quite easy for me to drag around. In the next couple of week I plan on getting started on some Halloween. Hopefully working on Halloween which is my absolute favorite Holiday will help to get me back in the swing of things. I have been quite uninspired lately which is something I don't experience that often. I am sure that all it will take is for me to get started and then the ideas will flow!

Altered Book Pages

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:37:00 +0000

As I promised earlier this week here are some pictures of the spreads I completed in the Altered Book round robin I am participating in. This round robin is with my wonderful group An Affair with Art led by Jeri. I have had so much artful fun since joining this group. I especially like it because they have such great ideas and wonderful swaps. I really like the swaps (even though I have only had the time to join in a few of them) for the fact that many of them are kind of outside the box of what I regularly do. I find it so fun to push myself creatively doing things I normally would not do or think of doing. These spreads have been done in Veronica's book. Her book was to have a lodge theme and it was definitely not a theme I have ever worked with but I had quite a bit of fun once I got started. This first spread is a cabin spread in which I incorporated another new thing for me the row houses right onto the page with a little row house cabin. I also added some metal trees and a canoe and paddle along with a couple of quotes.

For the next spread I added some made up poetry, a squirrel, leaves and acorns. The little acorns are removable. They open and there is a tiny page inside that can be written on. Veronica can gather her own thoughts or poetry in them like the squirrel gathers nuts.

The next spread has a half page pocket in the middle of it. On the left side is a Moose page with an image transfer and some Moose Information. The first side of the pocket is like a mini tackle box with tags that have pictures of bobbers, a fishing reel, and some fancy fish hooks on them.

The second side of the pocket has a little pocket on it. In the pocket I have added some more tags with pictures of fish. The last page of the spread is devoted to Bears. Much in the same way as the Moose page there is an image transfer and interesting facts about bears.

I have not yet received the next book that I am to be working but I do know that it will be Jeri's book and that her theme for her books is a Herbal theme so I am going to start working on some little goodies for some of the pages until the book arrives. I just love herbs and think this will be a fun and enjoyable theme for me to work with. I am anxious to get started. I will continue to post more pictures as the books continue to leave my hands.

My Life is a Blurr! Where is it going?

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Sun, 04 May 2008 13:11:00 +0000

Here it is already almost the middle of May! Where is the time going???? The last couple of weeks have gone by so quickly I'm not even sure what went on. I have been busy working around the house, in the yard, on projects, preparing for my daughters prom and graduation etc. etc. etc. I wanted to take some time this morning (now it is already afternoon) to write at least a little note on my blog. I have been so wrapped up in what I have been doing I have been quite neglectful about posting. I have not really even had much time for art these past couple of weeks. I am continuing to work on the visual journaling. Thanks for the comments on different markers. I will be trying some of the suggestions and continuing to experiment. I will try to add some pictures later in the week. I am working on the altered art round robin and almost have my spreads complete in the book that I am working in. I have to have this in the mail by the 15th so I have to be completing the finishing touches on this tonight. I also just finished participating in row house swap. I had to make three little row houses and send them to three different people. In return I will received 3 row houses back! I just finished these last night (a little Mother's Day down time!) and thought I would post pictures before I mail them out.

I will try not to be so neglectful of my blog and will post and add some more pictures later this week!

In search of a Marker for Visual Journaling

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:29:00 +0000

I have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Altered Book for the round robin I am participating in. I was hoping I would have it to work in this weekend but it was not to be. Since I had anticipated working in the Altered Book and I was in an altering mindset I decided to work a little more with my visual journal.

Everything is working out wonderful with this process with the exception of what I am writing in the journal with. I am trying to find a good marker to write on my work. I do have some gel pens that work for some things but for the writing in my journal I prefer black and I am going through black pens like crazy this weekend. If anyone out there knows of something wonderful please tell me. My surface is usually painted, collaged, and has somewhat of a finish on it. I like to write over the top of things, sometimes paint over the top of the writing so it has to be a permanent marker that I can put goo over without it smearing. Another thing that is extra, extra important to me is......it has to be ultra fine tipped. This seems to be where I run into my problem as most of the markers that seem to do the trick are wide tipped which I just don't really care for as much. I also don't really like brush tip either. If anyone has any ideas please let me know and I will give it a try. Here are a couple of pages that I did this weekend. The pages are just sections really.My journal will not fit in my scanner because of the binder on it so I can't get the whole page. The first one with fine point markers (it actually took 3 because they stopped working for me which is why I am searching for something new).

This one I used a wider tip on and it continued to work for the whole picture but I also want to add some finer writing to this and can not do it with the wide tipped pen. I really am enjoying this process but the pen/marker dilemma is really starting to frustrate me. Hopefully someone out there will be able to give me some guidance.

Visual Journals

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:16:00 +0000

I have been wanting for some time to start a journal/sketchbook, experiment book for different techniques and ideas. I have dabbled with this idea before but just never really had the swing of it. In the past I was working at it like a project I had to complete. I would become obsessed with having to "finish" it all in one setting. This way just never worked for me I always had other things to do and the journal work just did not fit in my schedule. I am now working on a different approach. I am trying just to work with it here and there with no real focus in mind. So far this has been working out really well for me and I am finding that I am really enjoying it.

I started this page but will be doing more to it eventually.....

I found several interesting blogs dealing with visual journals. Here are a couple that I really enjoyed. A Girl and Her Journal on her blog she has some great instructional videos that I found really simplified the process. She has one that has a list of supplies that she uses which is quite helpful if you are just getting started and don't already have supplies or have any idea what to use. Another blog that I found is Magical Musings there are several pages of her visual journals there and also some tutorials for altered books. If you have visual journals on your blog or know of any other interesting places I can look please leave a comment. I would love to check them out.

Catching up for the Week

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:37:00 +0000

Last week was such a hurried affair I didn't have time to post all week. I have lots of catching up to do. For starters I was so excited to receive a copy of ACEO Magazine a great little zine that is published in Canada for ACEO collectors. I was featured in this quarters zine and was so thrilled. I had been contacted by Angela (be sure to visit her blog it is one of my favorites) who writes for ACEO magazine in the fall about doing an article using my ACEO doodles. Below is a picture of the article. If you have not heard of this zine and love ACEO's please go to their website and check it out.

The rest of the week during the day I was doing busy work around the house and yard (we finally had a few nice warm days but now it is cold again!) Then the evenings were spent traveling from town to town looking for a prom dress for my daughter. We finally we able to get a dress on Saturday which left me with Sunday for doing a little art. I worked on my altered book for the AB Round Robin I am participating in with gals from the online group An Affair with Art led by Jeri Arron. The gals in the group for my book are Gloria, Jeri and Veronica. I have to mail out my book no later than tomorrow so I really had to stick to finishing it. I have it all complete except for about 2 little details that I will finish today. I thought you might like to take a look at the finished spreads that I have done. The first two are my sign in pages in the beginning of the book. I have included the names of the gals that will be working on the book on the left side. On the right side I have a pocket with a tag for each participant to put their signature on, write a note on it or whatever strikes their fancy.

These next pages are my my blue pages. They are the ones that I still have to add to. I have a pocket in the middle page that I want to stick something in yet and I want to finish the little picture at the top of the third page.

I had quite a bit of fun with these red pages and I really like the way they turned out. I tried an image transfer using paint which was something I had not done before. It was a new technique that I had read about. I did not have the materials that they had mentioned in the article but I forged ahead and tried it anyway working with what I had on hand and I just love how it came out. I even tried a few more on some other things. I show them another day when I have nothing to post about.

Last but not least are my Yellow pages. I had posted these before when I first started them. Here are the completed pages. I did a little found poetry on the left side adding a vintage image, butterfly and a fence. On the right I did a little drawing, stamping and doodling.

This is my first try at a AB project but I am sure it will not be my last. I just can't wait to get my first book to work on other than my own. I will be anxiously checking the mail for the package to arrive.

Inspired to Alter

noreply@blogger.com (Lily Pepper) — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:22:00 +0000

I didn't get any of my Americana items finished yesterday but should have some pictures tomorrow as some are almost done. I had some errands to run yesterday and it was so nice outside I took a little more time than I had anticipated. Today looks to be more of the same great weather. The sun is out and it is already warm outside. Hopefully I will be able to stay focused today. I can feel a case of Spring fever coming on so it might not be easy! While I was out yesterday I stopped at a garage sale (not on my list of errands) and found some treasures.

I explained in a previous post about the altered book round robin that I am participating in. It has been so much fun for me. As a first time book alterer I am feeling hooked. I found these two books and just had to pick them up for future altering. I especially liked them because of their size. You can't really tell from the picture but they are not very big books. I thought they would make great small projects.

My next purchase was this little boxed set of 45's. The box top is a little tattered but the inside is very nice and there are several records and sleeves in it.

I really have no idea how I am going to be using this yet but I am sure some inspirational idea will come to me!

The last of my found treasures was this photo album. It is almost perfect in condition. The inside has pages that are black and other than the first two have never been used. I am thinking of altering the cover and then adding my own pages among the pages inside and using it as a sketchbook/journal. They way that the book is put together should make it quite easy to add more pages.