Vicki O'Dell… The Creative Goddess

    Last Thursday I posted some items on my Facebook Page of items I saw while out thrifting but didn’t buy. Here are a couple of things I DID buy. Aren’t these elephants great? They are made of wood and hand painted. The one on the left had broken at some point and someone [...]

  When we last saw our plucky, thrifting, Creative Goddess she had brought home this pile of great loot. But then she got side tracked by a most fabulous blog hop (that took over her Thursdays) AND THEN her world was taken over by BED BUGS! UGH! She just couldn’t bring herself to go into a thrift store [...]

I don’t have very many vintage images in my stash but this is one of my favorites. I love the two little birds and how the blue one is pretending to be indifferent to the brown one.  I also love how it’s all snowy inside the heart but outside the heart Spring flowers are blooming. [...]

Photo from Summer of ’09 Dorney Park Happy Birthday to the man who ALWAYS has my back (even when I’m wrong), wipes away my tears and makes me roll my eyes with his corny jokes…my best friend, fabulous (step) father and all around amazing human being.

  Wouldn’t this be a fun little gift to give to grandma with all of the grandchildren’s names on the flowers? It’s pretty easy to make and the kiddos can lend a hand too!     Painting the flower pot is optional. I used a 6″ pot and glued a 6″ styrofoam ball down inside [...]

  A couple of weeks ago I posted this Heart Art project and afterwards I got the nicest email from Ellie who calls herself a “non-crafter”. But she liked the hearts so much that she decided to give them a try…   I love the look of this with the vintage Valentines. Don’t you?   And [...]

  Last Friday (I can’t believe it’s been a whole week already!) I was asked to facilitate a round table discussion as a part of CHA. I was asked to share my tricks or tips for staying inspired to create since I create something on an almost daily basis. I thought I’d share my list with you. [...]

Lots of people go to CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) trade shows for lots of different reasons. There are bloggers, designers, manufacturers, editors, publishers and lots of other folks there. Some bloggers go to see, first hand, the newest crafting products on the market and then report back to their readers. One such blog is Craft Test [...]