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5 Hot Summer Projects – June 2025 DIY Maker’s Box
This month's June 2025 DIY Maker's Box from Sonnet's Garden Blooms offered so many options to create hot summer projects. In case you are not familiar with this monthly subscription box, it just hit its one year anniversary, and I have been a subscriber since the...
Join a Magical Tour of Vintage Christmas Decorations
Come along with me as I take you on a tour of the vintage Christmas decorations in our booth at Collins Street Junction Antiques in Plant City, Florida. This year was especially magical! We found some delightful old Santa head mugs, blow mold lights, and mid-century...
Steampunk Fall Pumpkins for Halloween!
Steampunk Fall Pumpkins for Halloween have arrived! After a little pause in posting, I am so delighted to say that I am back. It has been a year of changes, loss, and regrouping around here for sure. My steampunk, mixed media, and glittering pumpkins creations are...
Fun Acrylic Paint Pour on Canvas with Inky Spirits
Join Spark of Vintage as she visits with acrylic and alcohol ink artist, Inky Spirits, for a fun paint pour on canvas YouTube video series.
Prize Ribbon is a Winning Distress Ink Release
Prize Ribbon is the new Distress Ink color from Tim Holtz and Ranger Ink
New Distress Ink: Salvaged Patina
Salvaged Patina is the new Distress Color from Tim Holtz and Ranger Ink
02-01-21 SSS Monday Challenge Hearts & Love
02_01_21 Theme for Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge – Hearts/Love
Cards for Kindness Donation Program Shares the Love
Cards for Kindness is a “global initiative to get handmade cards to people who are in need of an emotional boost, a smile, or a helping hand.” If cardmaking is a passion of yours, or if you are just seeking a way to make a difference, this is a great opportunity!
Back to School with Tim Holtz’s Creative Chemistry
This year has been a challenge for all of us in different ways. Last year, my sister stayed with me for a few months during the beginning of the pandemic outbreak. (That is until the pipes in my ceiling sprung a leak and we had to move out for five months...a story...
Kitsch Flamingo is the New Distress Ink Color
Welcome the newest color in the Distress Ink family – Kitsch Flamingo!






