Tea cup candles {Newbie party started}

I have a very lovely collection of  vintage tea cups that have been passed down to me from family, both an Aunt and my FIL.  

There is no shortage of china in my house.
 I saw these lovely tea cup candles on a wedding site, and they say they were from
Anthropolgie. 

                                           
                                                                        {Anthropologie}

Very pricely I may add.  about $23.00 a tea cup.  Ummmm....I don't think so.

How about Free for me!

I brought out a few of my favorite, and I decided I would make my own pretty vignette.

These music note roses I bought for $5.00 on a recent trip to the antique mall.  They are so pretty!

I just added a tea light to the tea cups!

They look so pretty on our dresser.

Like I mentioned I have a beautiful collection.  I am sure my FIL is happy that I love these and use them, perhaps not in a traditional way, but none the less I get to enjoy them.

You may also make your own tea cup candles and here is a tutorial from 

Martha Stewart.com

Enjoy the newbie party! 

Let's get it started!

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Do realize any party you link up to, gives people free reign to pin away, which is great, however, no name on the photo, no credit.  I always source out my features and I try only to feature ones with your names on them, that is for your benefit. Even though the pin may lead back to my original post, people would clearly see it was your work, with a link back to YOUR blog.

And don't forget about the Spring'tacular party coming up soon..MARCH 12th
THE copy cat party will be in lieu of the newbie party that day.

Sharing with:
Under the table and dreaming
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Table top Tuesday
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Vintage photo display {upcycle diy project} Newbie party started!

This is just a simple,Vintage photo/earring display that I came up with.
Don't ask me, how or why this came into my head one day.  

Perhaps because a lampshade fell on my head while opening a closet!

Yes, I have a few spare lampshades around that were just dying for something.  No the stencil you see in the back ground is not for a lampshade, I will show you later what I did with that.

So I tore this lampshade apart, and was left a small frame of it.

You know how much I love vintage, and my dear ole gramps too who is no longer with us...

He sure is in spirit though, and every day I feel that. 

Anyhow....

I thought why not display some of my earrings and photos on it...

it was easy to poke a tiny pin hole in the picture and loop my earring through the hole and 

hang it on the end of the shade guts...I don't know what else to call it.

Stick a little glass votive candle, and I have the perfect one of a kind vintage photo/earring display.

I have been just playing with my camera settings.  I am seriously bummed about Picnik closing down.
I have found a few other options, but they are not as USER friendly.

Like my cute chalk board too?  I just added Love...

It did have our initials and date married on here.

Fun to change it up though.

Just a simple little, free sentimental idea here!
Thanks for stopping by and joining in my newbie party.

MY GUIDELINES 

*Blogging 6 months or less and or less than 100 followers.

*Would love for you to become a new friend of mine as well on google friend connect.

*PLEASE turn off Word verification, makes commenting very difficult, and you do not need it.

Blogger does a great job of deterring spam comments.

*PLEASE visit a few other participants, that is what you are here for! 

*IF you find your link deleted, it is simply because you did not follow my simple guidelines.  

*PLEASE add my link or button to your blog and/or post.

Please limit your links to two per newbie party.

thank you.

I would also like to mention, that we all should be watermarking our photo's.  Which basically means, add your name or blog name to each photo.  With pinterest on the rise in popularity, I see many pins out there with no name.

Do realize any party you link up to, gives people free reign to pin away, which is great, however, no name on the photo, no credit.  I always source out my features and I try only to feature ones with your names on them, that is for your benefit. Even though the pin may lead back to my original post, people would clearly see it was your work, with a link back to YOUR blog.

Don't forget to get in on the Annie Sloan chalk paint giveaway 

HERE

ENJOY the super bowl!
Joining:
Sunday showcase party
BNOTP
Nifty thrifty Tuesday

Tabletop Tuesday
Tuesdays Treasures
Tuts and tips
Made by you Monday
Thrifty decor chick

Hop on over to my friend Cindy's for her very first linky party.

Crowing about a Book wall, faux painted floors,vintage rockers, mudroom makeovers,

Happy Superbowl Sunday to all! This week slipped by me so quickly, I almost forgot to features some of the newbies from last week! 

This week I am crowing about, a Book wall, faux painted floors, a vintage rocker, and a very cool Mudroom makeover

It was a great party as always! I love to meet new bloggers and check out all the creativity out there.

Like for instance....

This book wall done by AP2ch.blogspot.com.  Don't you just love it?  I have done something similar however, I have not shown my project yet.  And it was not on a wall.  This is cool.

Nest project that blew me away is this faux painted floor by

postcards from the ridge

I can't believe she painted this, and how awesome it turned out!

Then there was Kelly from Eclectically Vintage  who shared her Mud room with us.

You must check it out.  Some really cool and very unique touches.  Not to mention, it is sooooo organized!

Last feature for the day is from re-made just right.

I absolutely love this.  Trisha is very very new to blogging and she has so much to share!

Feel free to grab my new crow button!

See you later on tonight for the newbie party.

Kitchen remodel,thrify goods,Chalk paint, glass lamp bottles, OH my......

Hello there everyone! 

I finally had a few minutes to sit down and check out some of the newbie party links, and feature a few.

Check out this gorgeous Kitchen remodel

{Love that clock too}

by

{Just paint it white}

Then of course some great thrifty items...

by

{A thrifted market}

Awesome glass bottle lamps...

by

{Pondered Primed Perfected}

This next project by

Timeless treasures, 

is really neat..

My last feature for the week...

by

so pretty! by Cottage wishes

Thank you all for joining me for the first newbie party of the year!
It was a really great kick off and I look forward to more.