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Five curtain rings

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As many of you know I love nothing more than a visit to a car boot, I particularly love to have a ratch through the boxes under the tables where the real bargains are. I was delighted when my new project for the Canvas Corp Brands design team was to repurpose a flea market find. During one of my visits I found a great treasure haul of wooden curtain rings....some people see curtain rings I see mini photo frames. I love altering found items, so many options. On this occasion I decided the 7gypsies Gypsy moments collection would fit perfectly. I started by aging the rings with pebeo gilding wax then sanded back. Some rings I added lace, broken jewellery,  micro beads and basically anything I could find in my stash. I added Gypsy moments pictures from the 8x8 pad, I love this pad as it give a bit of everything from full 8x8 illustration to toppers, photos, sentiments and so much more. I completed the project with some rusty wire as I thought it make a cool bunting of gypsy mome...