Happy New Year!

"New Years Eve is a special time of year. Remembering the past year and celebrating the beginning of the new year! I love the Great Gatsby paper collection and all the art deco papers. It was perfect for the NEW YEAR!"

The collection is available here:
DIGITAL version:
https://relativelythoughtful.co.uk/products/the-great-gatsby
PAPER Version:
https://relativelythoughtful.co.uk/.../the-great-gatsby-a4

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

MAY 2021 bring new hope!!!

 From my vintage postcard collection!

Happy New Year's Eve!!!

Postmark from Spokane not able to read the date. 

Addressed to an individual staying at the

Navy YMCA in Bremerton, Wash!

 

Postmarked 1909!

From Sophia (town on postmark illegible)

to her sister Margaret living in Illinois Brown County

 

 

I am sharing this postcard with Postcard Friendship Friday!

Note - all postcards shared on Postcard Friendship Friday are from my private collection

New Years Postcard Tags!

As we end the year I created New Years tags for Altered Pages.  Lace is so versatile it comes in many colors, but in my stash of lace most of it is white.  White lace can be died to colors that match any project you are working on.  Today I am sharing half of the tags I made today, see more tags on New Years Day!

Supplies:
Classic Post Card Tags
Altered Pages A Children's New Year Collage sheet
Altered Pages Vintage Bicycles
Mail Box Muse Fringe & Fedoras Collage Sheet
Mists - Brown, Red and Green
DUO
Gilding Gold Leaf
Vintage Text
Sheet music
Gold Pen
Tacky Glue
Double sided tape
Lace Trim
Flowers
Shabby Rose
Charms
Bronze Safety Pins
Chipboard gears
Washi Tape
Stickles
Dew Drops
Doily
Gold Glam Stickers
Zig 2 Way Glue

The New Years tags were created on the back of the Classic Post Card Tags!

Each tag was sprayed with two Mists - Brown and Red or Green. The tags curled and when they died they would flatten.  

Cut images from the Altered Pages collage sheets

A Children's New Year, Altered Pages Vintage Bicycles or Mail Box Muse Fringe & Fedoras.

 

Die lace with mists used to spray the background.  In a small bowl add a little bit of water with desired colors, then dry. 

 The Shabby Rose was colored to a beautiful creamy color!

Spread tons of supplies (listed above) on the table and start creating!

 

 

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR TAGS!

Black Eyed Peas Recipe & Corn Bread a New Years tradition

If you were wondering how I prepare my black eye peas on New Years Day here is my recipe!

Soak the black eye peas over night!

Black Eyed Peas
1 lb bag of dried black eyed peas
6 cups of boiling water

2 ham hocks (look for meaty ones) or a ham steak
8 strips of bacon
1 small onion
2 large garlic cloves
2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
2 bay leaves
6 cups of water

Soak black eyed peas overnight, place them in a large pot and pour 6 cups of boiling water over them.  Next day rinse black eyed peas and return to pan.  Cook bacon until crispy.  Add water, bacon, ham hocks, onion, garlic and spices to the pot.  Bring to a boil, then simmer for 2 hours.  Pull meat off ham hocks, return meat to the pot and discard bones.  

You can leave out the cayenne pepper, my family likes to have a little heat in everything they eat!

Cornbread
Bob's Red Mill Cornmeal muffin mix
Follow directions on the back of the package

When the cornbread comes out of the oven you are ready to serve!

Cook bacon until crispy.

Add all ingredients in pan.



Two hours later the black eye peas are ready to serve.

Yummy!

Happy New Year!!!

May all your New Year wishes come true!

Altered Pages ~ New Years Eve

If you have a gift for the hostess of your  

New Years Eve Party, 

add a beautiful gift tag to give it a personal touch! 

Supplies:

Altered Pages Ring in the New Year Collage Sheet

Wink of Stella

Kraft Clock

Glitz Large Rhinestone

Pen Nib

Glitter paper

Large Tag

Fiber

Foam Dots

Glue

Chipboard Swirl 

Adhere glitter paper to large tag.

Paint chipboard black - dry - paint with Wink of Stella.

 Paint Wink of Stella around the edge of the Kraft Clock. Adhere chipboard and clock with pen nib to tag.

 

Print 2 copies of the Altered Pages Ring in the New Year Collage Sheet. Paint the first image with Wink of Stella. Fussy cut the image of the couple dancing from the second image adhere to thin chipboard. Attach the couple to the first image with foam dots. Adhere to tag. 

  

Add sparkly fiber & Glitz Large Rhinestone and you have a beautiful tag to adorn your hostess gift!

Happy New Year!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I LOVE all the Celebrating, my dog doesn't... she is curled up shaking!!!  All the fireworks scare her, poor little thing!

More vintage postcards from my ephemera collection!

For more New Years Postcards visit HERE!

Happy New Year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Swedish New Year Greeting 

A couple of greetings from my vintage ephemera collection.

More vintage New Year Greetings HERE!