Quirky Things

According to Webster's Dictionary, the meaning of quirky is to have many quirks that are unusual in especially interesting or appealing ways. To say I love quirky things is an understatement, which made this project especially appealing.

I needed a unique spot to show off my quirky things and this Short Arch Top Facade Bookcase - Half Scale along with a Half Scale Kitchen Cabinet was perfect. Especially with the addition of the new Gothic Arch Kitchen Cabinet Doors and Gothic Bookcase Overlay. My items are super small, so having this super small combination was fantastic. 

After painting everything lightly with white paint, I added some of my favorite old Frech ledger pages cut with a zigzag edge. I then used a soft blue ink pad to give it a little color. 

I am obsessed with acrylic paint markers. What a wonderful and convenient invention. I have many sets and they all have two tips, a paint brush type tip and a thin marker tip. It made an easy process to adding color to my many items, including these little brown field mice that keep guard over my treasures. The mice came in white, but with the markers I could make them any color I wanted. 

I colored each one with a light brown marker, two or three times to make sure the mice were evenly covered. 

Many of my quirky items started out as silver metal and there are loads to choose from over at Alpha Stamps. 

My collection includes a pair of Metal Shoes with Louis Heel that were owned by the tallest woman in France. She had them colored into her signature soft pink with some lavender accents. 

Do you see all of the lovely framed art? Another simple item to create using some Embossed Mini Antique Frame Stickers Set and images from the Half Scale Books & Things Collage Sheet. Simply place the frame sticker over the desired image, cut out, and done. 

Embossed Mini Antique Frame Stickers Set

Half Scale Books & Things Collage Sheet

Another easy creation were these miniature books. I ran some 1/2 Inch Chipboard Tiles through my sticker machine, then placed each book image onto the tiles and folded the front and back "book cover" over it. I again used a gold acrylic marker to the "pages" to make the books have even more quirky character. 

Tiny Antique Book Covers 

1/2 Inch Chipboard Tiles - Set of 24

Small Metal Urn 

This Cast Metal Jack-The-In-Box Toy is a necessary and fabulous quirky item. It comes with two pieces so you can go all out with the acrylic markers. 

Another quirky favorite is this Cast Metal Toy Airplane. 

Once I had all of my quirky treasures prepared, I used a tad of liquid glue to attach them to the shelves. The final step was to add the Gothic Bookcase Facade and Cupboard Gothic Overlays in place and then added some cabinet "knobs" with an acrylic marker. 

3 Piece Vanity Set with Hand Mirror

What a great addition to my real-life quirky collection shelf. 

Alpha Stamps Supply List

As always, I hope I have inspired your creative side today and I so appreciate you stopping by! 

xoxo

Rhonda...

Santa's Coming Tonight

It's time for "Christmas in July" and Santa is coming tonight! I love the idea behind this snowy House Shaped Shadowbox with Cover from Alpha Stamps with all of its many details. Imagine if someone gave you this little gift full of ornamental treasures! I would be so touched by this gesture. 

There are three different sizes of ornaments used in the project. Tiny Ornament Frame Sets, 25mm Ornament frame Sets and Small Ornament Frame Sets. The small ornament frames are my favorite because you can use the Small Clear Plastic Round Domes and add small items that can move around inside like 5mm White Snowflakes or Polymer Clay Slices. There are several polymer designs to choose from on the Alpha Stamps site. 

Once you get inside of the house, you're in for a huge surprise! 

What is that I see upstairs? Why it's unique ornaments for my Christmas tree! 

Looks like it put a smile on the face of the delivery person at the front door too. 

I simply glued a strand of velvet ribbon around the "house" to hold all of the ornaments within. Then the ornaments can not only be stored but can be taken out and hung on the tree.

I used acrylic markers to add some color to the Flying Santa Attic Silhouette and a thin layer of Snow-Tex to make a chunky snowy scene. 

The Tiny Ornament Frame Sets can be seen below as a decorative wall border in the "living room". I also added some Diamond Dust to make them sparkle and it also seems to brighten up the colors a bit. 

That White Sleeping Cat is going to be in trouble, playing with ornaments from the Mini Box of Christmas Ornaments. Hope he wasn't expecting any catnip treats.

Busted by Santa, coming down the chimney. 

Good thing someone remembered to leave a plate of treats out for Santa. 

Here is the "upstairs" without the ornaments inside. You could add all sorts of items within this space including Christmas cards or photos. 

Tiny Ornament Frame Sets

25mm Ornament Frame Sets

The Green Sisal Tree with Snow is covered with a variety of sizes of Mixed Color Acrylic Pearls, and a few of these 8mm Resin Christmas Cookies or Ornaments. 

Now for the ornaments. I had a jar of my mother's old buttons and decided to use some as ornament accents. It was fun to pick Collage Sheet images, including some from the several designs of round images that fit perfectly in place. The collage sheets that I used can be found below on my Alpha Stamps Supply list link. 

Alpha Stamps Supplies Used

I hope you feel inspired by my Christmas in July project. Maybe I should have a year-round Christmas Decorated room. I could have shelves with my Holiday Alpha Stamp projects and feel the joy every month! Thank you so much for stopping by and God bless! 

xoxo

Rhonda...