An Enjoyable Weekend

On Friday I headed to Dunedin to see my girls and attend the Dunedin Crop for which Tania of Embellish It had taken part of her shop.  It certainly was a cold weekend but the warm people made up for it.  I managed two layouts for the day and will share them when the photos are taken.  Since I was back in Dunedin I decided to have my hair cut as I had been pleased with it the last couple of times I had had it done there however I am not so pleased now - my 'trim to last a month' (until next time I am down) and "the back is okay because it is winter" must have gone on deaf ears as it is now so short on the top, back and sides that I have had freezing ears all day and goodness knows what I am going to do with it in the morning.  - the only consolation "it will grow". 

The weekend started off on a good note with a 40th Birthday Celebration Lunch on Friday for Rachel.  As Rachel is an amazing card maker I decided to do something a little different for my card - here is my substitute traditional card. 

 

I  covered a wine bottle box in Prima 'Moulin Rouge' papers, added some punched paper trims and vintage lace along with some Prima 'Moulin Rouge' chipboard shapes, stickers and a pebble, and last but not least a pic of Rachel looking very regal when she was dressed up in a serious pose for the Royal Wedding celebrations.  I am not sure she liked the photo but I though it fitted the vintage look of the box.  Some close ups. 

 I love the vintage lace found at the Altrusa Club Bazaar a few weeks ago. 

 Oh and I cut a circle hole in the top for the neck of the wine bottle to pop out of and therefore had to put a false bottom in the box to hold the wine bottle up.  If I had thought of it earlier it would have been nice to include some chocolates in this space (sorry Rach) and that would have been a nice surprise when opening the box. 

I enjoyed creating the project and also another one that I will return with later in the week.  

Hope you all had an enjoyable weekend.  Thanks for visiting and all the best for the coming week. 

Until next time.....
Dianne