Vote for The Queen's Egg!

It is time to vote on your favorite egg over at The Altered Paper blog

http://creationsbytee.blogspot.com

                       

     

Remember the groovy egg that I entered in the Vintage Egg Challenge, & blogged about recently? Well, voting begins today through April 16th. "Tee" over at The Altered Paper has been kind enough to have a giveaway for the egg with the most votes.  She is such a fun gal.  You gotta go over and check out her blog...only after you vote. That is right...she is letting bloggers vote for their favorite. I am #10.  So if you like my egg the best, please cast your vote for The Cranky Queen's Egg~#10 & it will make my day! ALSO, sign up to follow The Altered Paper blog & leave a kind comment.  Be Calm & Vote...

The Cranky Queen's Decoupaged Groovy Egg

 Dixie Belle will be very sad if you don't go vote on your favorite egg...

Garden Clubs~A Southern Lady's Tea Party

The Queen was honored to become a member of the Camellia Garden Club in our small Southern town some 13 years ago.  Now as all Southern women know, gardening is not only a duty, but a privilege in the South.  For some of the privileged, it is having a gardener come weekly...and for the dutiful, it is enjoying digging in the dirt or having your sweet, but "cranky" husband carry out these duties...

Now, I love camellias...and my home town in Louisiana, has some of the most beautiful, heirloom camellias this side of the Mason Dixie line...Alabama, too, has their fair share of beauties.  So my gal pal group got together for a "paint night out" and decided to paint a mint julep cup of camellias.

 Now, of course, I wanted to "royal mine up some" when I got home. Time is limited at these paint classes & often the Queen doesn't have the time to "accessorize" her painting!

Bloom Where You Are Planted...

Camellia...a true flower of the South

So, I tore the word "Bloom" & "Camellia" from an old dictionary & used Modge Podge to adhere to the painting...

 Then I added some dainty little pink flowers...Oh, & my "handy dandy" Cricut (that King Cranky gave me for Christmas) cut out the word BLOOM...and again, I used Modge Podge to glue the letters on...Then after a drying spell, I brushed a high gloss Modge Podge over the entire painting.  Sprayed painted an old frame "blushing pink" and whala...A Masterpiece By the Cranky Queen!

This Friday, the Camellia Garden Club is touring Morgan Creek Vineyards in Harpersville, AL.  Yes, some Southern women like a little wine with our "whine"...and this sweet little spring-time painting will go  home with one lucky garden clubber...I just love door prizes or giveaways...

Compliments of The Graphic Fairy...the Camellia...Stay Calm & Keep Gardening!

And the Winner of the Giveaway Is...

After 10 days of bloggers entering the Cranky Queen's "100 Follower Giveaway", she is honored to announce a winner....I would like to thank all 57 blog friends that entered my very first giveaway! Your comments were so kind & the Queen is actually "somewhat content"....

The Royal Jar with All the Entries

                           
     

              The Cranky Prince, Logan, was commanded to draw the lucky winner!

Lynn from Swampgirl

        Visit Lynn at her  http://vintageswampgirl.blogspot.com  

 Congrats Lynn!!!                                                         

The Groovy Egg

The Queen was feeling a little "1970's"...so she decided to get her groove on & decoupage another egg.  Now I have been seeing all types of decoupaged or "Modge Podged" eggs in blog-land...A week or so ago, I even made Easter eggs using torn pages from an old hymnal & dictionary, vintage lace & buttons (see previous post "Recycled Nest." But I wanted to to be somewhat of a hippie & "shake things up" from the typical Easter egg...

I found this groovy paper in a magazine advertising scrap booking supplies. Cut out the flowers.  Used gloss Modge Podge to adhere. Added lime ribbon, this great vintage clip-on earring, & gold leaves from a broken bracelet in my junk drawer.                      
 
I spray painted a peat pot "eye shadow blue"; placed silver ric-rac around the center; glued a big blue button on the back side & a small button & the other gold leaves on the front.  I then tied a bow using the same lime green ribbon with a blue fauxe rhinestone in the center. I filled the peat pot with light green moss & some shredded paper to "nest" the groovy egg in...

"Stayin' Alive"..."Play That Funky Music".Tiff is gettin' down & gettin' groovy! Come on everybody "Shake Your Booty!"

Just a reminder to enter the 100 Follower Giveaway Celebration at The Cranky Queen...Now 133 Followers. The drawing will be held on Sunday, April 10th by Mr. Cranky King! Keep Calm & Carry On!

I am entering my groovy egg in The Vintage Egg Challenge at "The Altered Paper" blog, http://creationsbytee.blogspot.com

Don't Forget to Join In on "The 100 Follower Celebration Giveaway" @ The Cranky Queen!

That's right...On Sunday, April 10th, The Cranky Queen, will have Mr. Cranky draw for the Easter Giveaways...If you haven't joined in on the fun, you still have time!  Directions are very easy...
1.  Follow my blog.
2.  Comment to tell me if you are a current or new follower.
3.  Invite a friend to browse the blog & comment...and, if they choose to follow, they can.
Easy as 1-2-3!  Good Luck to Everyone & Special Thanks to by blog friends who posted my Giveaway on their very own blog...The Queen is smiling today...Keep Calm & Keep Junkin'...And the Prizes Are:

Easter Chick...Handmade & From "Scratch"

I just love making these little peat pot baskets.  This one is for a friend who participated in "Play It Forward" on FaceBook. A couple of weeks ago, while we were eating out in one of our favorite local BBQ joints, she shouted across the restaurant..."Still waiting for that handmade gift!"  Well, little did she know, SHE was #4 out of #5 on my list & NEXT! 

        

                      

   

I just love baby chicks.They are so fuzzy & delicate reminding me of "a new beginning." Perfect for the Easter Celebration of Our Risen Son!

 

I found this little vintage chick in a package of 4 at a thrift store early in the year. Isn't she adorable! I attached light green binding, a yellow covered-button & a mismatched earring for details.  The pictures are compliments from "The Graphic Fairy" & "Over the Rainebeau" Blog Sites.

My Little Logan at 2 yrs old. I hate to say it, but he was choking that poor bunny!

I rarely find postcards with boys. I found this cutie @ Vintage Dragonfly.

I hope you have a blessed week.  The weather in Alabama is wonderful...blessings from Above! Remember to enter my 100 Follower Giveaway.  See the last post for details.  Thank you to all that have already entered & left such nice comments!  The Queen is much less cranky!

My Sassy looks like a little Easter lamb.  A little"cranky" looking...Hey, what can I say, it runs in the family!  Keep Calm & Keep Junkin'...

                                                               

100 Follower Giveaway...Much Less Cranky!

I am so excited!  My follower list has passed 100!  I love all of my blog friends that have chosen to follow The Cranky Queen...Ya'll have made the Queen a little less cranky!  So, I have decided to have a giveaway to celebrate this "royal occasion."  The rules are easy.
#1. Become a follower or tell me if you are already a follower.
#2. Comment under this post & include your email address. (Your one comment can include #1 & #2)
#3. Ask one of your blog friends to visit me & if they so choose, they can follow, & have them tell me who invited them (when they comment.)

It's easy as One, Two, Three!    Okay, let's get to the prizes...

Hey, the Queen is all about prizes! In honor of the Easter Season, all the prizes are "Easter themed."

This cute little Easter peat pot nest made by The Cranky Queen

A Doo Darling for your garden...the Queen loves her bouquet of flowers!

This sweet vintage puzzle with the little girl dressed in her "Easter Best."

While I have your attention, I had to share what I found on the side of the street in a trash pile yesterday. I made Mr. Cranky stop the car, & I jumped out to scavenge through the "curb side discards."  He began honking the horn, but that did not deter the Queen...I just kept digging until I had loaded up all the treasures!

These precious jigsaw puzzles with the pieces included.  Look at those angelic faces.

Vintage Girl Scout Book

I love this puzzle container...59 cents!

This great light blue ledger...look at the inside!

Old books...always good for display or for craft projects

Don't you love this groovy book cover?  This will be "cool" for a re-purposing project!

Well, the Queen has "commanded" her wishes for the Giveaway...A winner will be announced next Sunday,   April 10th.  Good Luck to all...Keep Calm & Keep Junkin'!