Lone Pine Designs: A bargain shopping day!

Lone Pine Designs

"Lone Pine Designs" originated when I first moved to America in 2005 from Australia. My mother in Australia called our new home in NH "Lone Pine" as she wanted my new home, which is surrounded by pine trees, to have an Australian name. The Battle of Lone Pine is a very famous successful Australian battle which took place during the Gallipoli war in Turkey in 1915. It was called The Battle of Lone Pine for the solitary pine tree standing in the middle of the battlefield which surprisingly remained standing at the end of the battle. After the tough few months leading up to our arrival here in America and surviving the first year in a new country I felt like that pine tree still standing in the battlefield. It was in 2006 when I started to sell my work on Ebay that I decided that Lone Pine Designs would be the perfect name for this new endeavour in my life.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

A bargain shopping day!

I went shopping a couple of weeks ago with my neighbour and found these little magnetic note holders for $1! When you go shopping do look for little things that would be great altered with stamps, pretty papers and ribbons or is it just me?

The picture on the front has some ugly dents but I knew I could make a new front and it would make a lovely gift. Unfortunately, the little matching pen didn't work so I replaced it and added some matching ribbons to dress it up a bit. The stamp reads "Some Pursue Happiness, Others Create it."

The stamp I used on the front was also found at the same discount store as the note holder and it too was only a $1! I liked it so much I had to make a card with it...in one of my favourite colour combos navy and white!

Supplies:-

Stamp - Inkadinkado

PTI white cardstock

SU coloured cardstock

SU markers

SU brads

Ribbon

Nestabilities

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Foam dots

5 comments:

TammyOctober 5, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Just fabulous. Wonderful gifts. You really hit the jackpot.
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EmkayOctober 5, 2010 at 7:53 AM
Such a beautiful gift!
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jimlynnOctober 5, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Just wonderful! And what a great "find".
Lynn
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BeckyOctober 5, 2010 at 2:09 PM
Just fabulous!! I am always looking in the dollar bins, I just found a ton of rubber stamps at job lot for 1 dollar. :)
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Lynn McAuleyOctober 5, 2010 at 6:51 PM
I would have snapped up everyone of these in the store!! How delightful, Christy!! You certainly have created a lot of happiness, I am sure, with this sweet little gift!!
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