Going Postal…but in a good way!

November 5, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ 2 Comments

So, there is this journal that I have been working on for quite some time (I’ll share that at a later date) that I have had a love/hate relationship with! I just couldn’t seem to get it to work. Then one day I was watching another video from the awesomely talented Florence Antonette, and had an “Aha!” moment I knew exactly what was missing…

…postage and travel themed goodies!

I owned a few things to start out with, postage stamps of course, and a couple of postage themed washi tapes, but I needed more! So, off I went to hunt for anything with a postage/travel/office supply theme. I’d say I did pretty well, wouldn’t you? Everything in there is from either Michael’s or Hobby Lobby, with the exception of the large envelope stickies, those are from Walmart.

Where did you find that nifty box you ask? I don’t remember, it’s been that long since I bought it!

But, here is what it looks like since I decided it would be perfect to store all my postal goodies in.

First, I painted the outside with Martha Stewart’s Satin acrylic paint in “Summer Linen”, then gave it a light sanding to distress it a bit. Looked for some black and white maps in my book stash, adhered them with matte medium, and went over those with some watered down paint of the afore mentioned color. Then added a circle punch of a map and a cut out of an oval map image.

Next, I adhered some of my favorite stamps in the red, white, and blue color story I had chosen for this project, bits of washi tape and some ink stamping to finish.

A Soviet satellite from the 1950’s! Just-Pinch-Me-That’s-Cool!!!

I went with a travel theme also. I’m not much of a traveler, but I love the look! When I had the composition the way I wanted it, I went over the whole thing with some of Martha’s satin varnish to seal it. Now, I have the perfect organization for all of my postage decorating goodies!

Back to the journal mentioned above, I will be sharing it soon. Some of you may recognize it from “ye olde blog”, but it has had a facelift, and is looking quite smart with it’s new decor!

Also, I will be sharing a quick how-to on that cute little button topped tin sometime soon!

Until then…

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a great rest of your week,

~Patty

Putting It In Neutral!

November 3, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ 2 Comments

My personal size Filofax has needed a re-do almost since I bought it, waaaaay back when I first started this planner “journey”, about nine months ago. This is my wallet, so I didn’t want to go crazy with color, but I didn’t see this coming…

It started with the idea of wanting to use black and white ephemera, and it kind of took off from there. I love it!

There has been so many times when I’m out and about and want to plan or take notes, but I really didn’t have this fitted up with the right tools. Basically, I’ve just been lugging this around with me, jotting things down in it once in a while, and using it like a large pen holder!

Now, because it’s so pretty to look at, I open it up and use it all the time!

Should I make some of these neutral Tassel Clips for my shoppe? I’d love your input!

This is the plastic cover from an inexpensive pocket calendar. I took out the calendar and slipped in this coordinating paper. I used an adhesive business card holder to hold this washi taped playing card. I can never have enough washi on hand!

The inside holds more sticky notes. I have had these forever, I’d love to start using them!

One of the dividers. I’m not sure what this ad is for…take your tub where!? I haven’t labeled the dividers yet, that’s still a work in progress.

This divider is kind of dreamy. I like to cover the fronts of my dividers with contact paper to give them a little more strength, but for the most part, to protect the delicate vintage ephemera.

I have one more planner to redecorate, my yellow personal size Filofax, I’ll share that as soon as I come up with an idea.

Thanks for stopping by,

Have a great day,

~Patty

RadishBlossoms 2K Giveaway Winners!

November 1, 2015November 1, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ 1 Comment

I am happy to announce we have our winners!

One from Instagram, and one from my blog, how cool is that!

Blog winner: Nanci

Instagram winner: @ombra_die_sogni

Congratulations! And Thank You to everybody that participated! I was truly overwhelmed with the wonderful responses and I hope to do another one of these again!

Nanci, please email your address to me and I will send out your journal!

Once again, Thank You,

And as always, thank you for stopping by,

~Patty

Holiday Planner Decor

October 29, 2015October 28, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ 3 Comments

From the amount of time that I have been spending on Halloween decor lately, you wouldn’t think it really wasn’t my favorite day of the year! I wonder if not working at Michael’s anymore has something to do with not feeling burnt out on Holiday decor…of any kind!

I’m going with YES!

So, in the spirit of things…

…I finally finished decorating my “Holiday Planner”! I need this mostly to jot down menus, gift ideas, and such.

Or an excuse to buy another planner! 😁 But, also to be able to use some of the ephemera I can’t let go of. A dog with a hat! Hello!

But, I think this is what really did it for me! This little “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” stamp has been sitting on my desk for I don’t know how long. I was afraid to use it somewhere and never find it again. I’m so happy to finally find a safe place to keep it.

I will be changing this dashboard out for Thanksgiving, my favorite Holiday, very soon! So, look for that!

Until then, Thanks for stopping by,

Have a great day,

~Patty

*Don’t forget to take a look at Giveaway post to be eligible to win a prize!*

#RadishBlossoms Giveaway!

October 28, 2015 ~ Patty Radish ~ 34 Comments

Yesterday, I decided celebrate having 2000 followers on Instagram by hosting a giveaway! Well, it didn’t seem fair to my loyal blog followers, so I’m opening it up to my blog too! Yay!

That means that if you are reading this on facebook, you can enter by simply following the same rules!