Significance of the Name


My Blog’s name is a tribute to my Dad & my Husband. My Dad because he used to sing the song to me, "How 'd You Like to Swing on a Star?" It's about reaching for your dreams, you can stay where you are & be safe OR YOU CAN SWING ON STAR. Stars also refer to a difficult night just after my husband died. I was talking to him (I often do.) & said how I missed his "I Love You's". That night he gave me a dream... a gorgeous, bright blue night sky filled with thousands of stars, in the middle the stars formed an "I LOVE YOU"....such a gift on so many levels.

So "follow your own path, & don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest”

Saturday, September 17, 2011

"Friends are kisses blown to us by Angels."

I told you that I would update you on how I was progressing on this years gift idea for my sister-friend, Jeanne. I take gift buying very seriously. 
 After roaming some of my favorite creative gift shops in the area 
I returned to one of my favorites, 
Mt. Lebanon Floral. 
They have a  unique verve to their shop and their approach to their creative arrangements. 
I walked in and well, there it was. I KNEW it had great potential.
Very vintage, rustic looking.....perfect to display all sorts of wonderful things including plants. I had no idea what I was putting in it, but knew it had great potential.
It is about 1'6"high.
Jeanne loves things from nature and I felt this had great potential.
So I found some additional items to add and gathered all my other treasures from my many flea market finds.
Even my hatbox of vintage lace and bindings.

I bought a fragrant oregano plant to use, burlap ribbon and painted the terra cota
pot gray for the oregano plant.
I found this little bird on a garden globe also a Mt. Lebanon Floral find.

I added this bird and the nest to the moss base I placed on the bottom.

This little magnet bird works any where.I think he looks great perched on top for now.
I believe the gift wrap is an integral part of the gift giving, it makes the receiver feel special, a little extra gift. To me it is just as much fun as the gift. I made this bow from a roll of burlap ribbon I found at Michael's.
I started by making a large burlap bow.

I used some lovely fabric samples Jeanne gave me years ago to make the flower.
A vintage ear ring is the center. 

I'm so excited to give it to her today. I am working on a gift tag too. Do you ever give a gift that you enjoy so much you find it hard to part with it. That's when I know I have found the perfect gift. 
A gift from the heart for someone who is very dear to my heart. 
Happy Birthday dear Jeanne!
I hope you all have a very special sister-friend and very dear friends you
truly connect with in a very special way.

"A friend is a second self"...Aristotle 

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5 comments:

  1. Hi Shari! I wanted to thank you for your visit to my blog and for your very sweet comments. I can see by your blog that we have a lot in common. This project caught my eye immediately for many reasons. First, I too am all about the gift presentation. ( I confess, actually obsessed with it at times.) It's give me so much pleasure to personalize something. I love the idea of the magnet on the little bird. I use a lot of these in my projects but never thought about adding a magnet. Very inspiring! Happy to have discovered your blog and I look forward to following along.

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  2. So sweet! You put this together VERY nicely!

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  3. ...such a lovely bird cage!
    it looks like it could also make a charming fairy house now:)
    visitng from freckled laundry
    xo, Rosemary

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  4. Shari this is beautiful. The burlap looks precious and could be used for candles.

    Thank you for your kind visit. Come by anytime.

    Warmly, ~Melissa

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  5. Shari, you are such a talented to do a unique work. The burlap looks precious and could be used for candles. I visited your almost every blogs and enjoyed lot.
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