Crepe Paper Medallions - Part 1 - Vintage French Inspired

Ok, I admit, I am a follower!  I have seen these little pretties posted on party blogs, craft blogs and decorating blogs (talk about versatile!) and had to try my hand at them!  I priced crepe paper during many trips to the stores but never wanted to commit.  So of course, in the LEAST expected place I found a huge bag full of brand new, never opened packages of party streamers in GOODWILL!  For $2- CHA CHING! 

I started out with the Fleur de lis scrap paper and based my theme around it.  I Googled vintage French images and found some pretty spectacular additions to my medallions! 

I soon discovered that the medallions were a great excuse, I mean USE, for my jars and jars and spools and spools of ribbon!

This medallion is almost all from thrift store finds.... the tan velvet ribbon, was $.50 for an entire spool of about 10 yards, the crepe paper was in my $2 grab bag score and even the itty bitty pearl like beads were another past grab bag score (I think there were about a dozen packages with 100 beads in each also part of a $2 grab bag find!)  Even the cream mini bird cage was a $1 at Goodwill! 

And that folks is how the story of my latest and greatest addiction began (in Goodwill, as any good addiction does!)!!

Linking up with :

 




Mad Skills Monday @
http://superstinkyboys.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!
Rachel