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Monday, August 26, 2013

Week #181 - 'Tea Party Picnic'


Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week I am our creative host and I have chosen the theme of 'Tea Party Picnic' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and I ask that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE FLOWERS AND A TEA THEME!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Agata Araskiewicz (Bligu)!  Agata earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #176 challenge - 'Fresh Summer Breeze'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our August Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    




Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!!

And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
The Cutting Cafe - Tea Pot Shaped Card
 Paper Sweeties - Little Wishes, Tea For Two



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
The Cutting Cafe - Tea Pot Shaped Card
Paper SweetiesI'm having a Tea Party




Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
The Cutting Cafe - Tea Pot Shaped Card



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup Shaped Card



Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
The Cutting Cafe - Tea Pot Shaped Card
 Paper Sweeties - Make Today Beautiful



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
The Cutting Cafe - Coffee Cup & Tea Pot shaped cards
Paper Sweeties - Tea for Two, I'm having a Tea Party




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - The Cutting Cafe!


The Cutting Cafe
 

The Cutting Cafe is your one stop for affordable cutting files and printable stamps. We offer a huge selections on just about any occasion.

Regina from The Cutting Cafe has generously donated two cutting files for this week's winner!


Please link your creations below by Sunday, September 1st to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, September 2nd. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 2nd as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #180 - 'Material Girl' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Material Girl' challenge -- we received 25 GORGEOUS cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 2,533 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room pink tea pot blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends Page!

Please join me in thanking Cathy McGrath for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jean Martin for joining us as our August Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Creations by AR, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Material Girl' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Teresa A. #2

2.  Macarena #3

3.  Groszek #9

4.  Glenda Boyd #10

5.  Allie #14

6.  Katie Tate #17

7.  Milagros C. Rivera #19

8.  Karien #21

9.  Jessica #22

10.  Karen O. #23

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Karen D. #11

2.  Lori Ul #12

3.  Synnove #25

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Lesley Croghan #7!  WOW!  What an absolutely beautiful card Miss Lesley has created for our 'Material Girl' challenge -- full of blues, greens, flowers and burlap material -- LOVE!  Thank you, Lesley, for sharing your work with us in the Tea Room this week!




Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three and Winner, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!

Monday, August 19, 2013

Week #180 - 'Material Girl'

Would you like a chance to try out to become one of the Shabby Girls???

Click -> HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL!  Hurry ... this call ends AUGUST 31ST.


 

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Tracey is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Material Girl' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Tracey asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS IN THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE MATERIAL AND FLOWERS!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Cathy McGrath!  Cathy earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #175 challenge - 'Romantic'. 




And some more beautiful inspiration from our August Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    


Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!!

And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
Creations by AR: Baby Onesie
Paper Sweeties: Little Wishes




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
Creations by AR - Hat's Off




Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose
Creations by AR - My Picnic Basket




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Creations by AR - My Picnic Basket




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Creations by AR - My Picnic Basket




Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Creations by AR - Gift Card Combo




Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Creations by AR!

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  Creations by AR is all about paper crafting specializing in 3D templates, cutting files and digital images. Visit www.creationsbyar.com for inspiration!

I am pleased to offer The Shabby Tea Room participants a challenge discount of 10% off entire purchase during the week of my sponsorship.  The discount code is challenge10.

This week's winner will receive two files graciously donated by Creations by AR!

Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 25th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 26th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 26th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!



Week #179 - 'Vegetable Garden' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Vegetable Garden' challenge -- we received 20 DELICIOUS cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 2,529 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room pink tea pot blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends Page!

Please join me in thanking Mynette Kitchen for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jean Martin for joining us as our August Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Digital Papers by Janet Etsy, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Vegetable Garden' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Lori U. #1

2.  Karen Wallace #2

3.  Teresa Kline #10

4.  Teresa A. #12

5.  Cathi O'Neill #13

6.  Judy Talley #16

7.  Char Crawford #17

8.  Karen O. #18

9.  Sarah Stone #19

10.  Karien #20

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.   Kathy M. #3 - WINNER of three collage files from Digitial Papers by Janet Etsy

2.   Artisant #11 - WINNER of two collage files from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy

3.   Tina #9 - WINNER of one collage file from Digital Papers by Janet Etsy


Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three and Winner, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!

Monday, August 12, 2013

Week #179 - 'Vegetable Garden'


Click -> HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL! 

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Rebecca is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Vegetable Garden' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Rebecca asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and INCLUDE VEGETABLES (OR FRUIT) AND TEXT!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Mynnette Kitchen!  Mynnette earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #174 challenge - 'Cherry Pie'. 



And some more beautiful inspiration from our August Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...  


Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!!

And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Vintage Tape Strips
Paper Sweeties - Sweeties Wagon




Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Sweet Color Paper 1




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Romantic Paper Roses
 Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow



Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Digital Papers by Janet Etsy - Romantic Day 2
Paper Sweeties - So Sweet of You and Alphas - Upper


 

Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose 



Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
 {coming soon}


Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Digital Papers by Janet Etsy!



My name is Janet, I'm Polish, live in the south of Italy and the mother of two children!!  I am a printing technician by profession, but an artist by passion.  I really like to draw and photograph everything with my camera. I am in love with old graphics and illustrations, and I always have my colored markers and pencils around me to sketch with.  I'm so happy to be sponsoring this week's Tea Room challenge!


 1st Place Tea Time Terrific Top Three winner = 3 collage files

 2nd Place Tea Time Terrific Top Three winner = 2 collage files
 3rd Place Tea Time Terrific Top Three winner = 1 collage file

 
Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 18th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 19th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 19th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!



Week #178 - 'Lazy Days' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Lazy Days' challenge -- we received 21 BEAUTIFUL cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our ___ FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room pink tea pot blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends Page!

Please join me in thanking Tina Milbourn for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Jean Martin for joining us as our August Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Paper Sweeties, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge.

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Lazy Days' challenge by including the COLORS from the photo and a METAL element:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Iza #6

2.  Iwa #9

3.  Raginhilda #11

4.  Sarah Stone #14

5.  Loskutok #15

6.  Teresa Kline #16

7.  Judy Talley #17

8.  Char Crawford #20

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Jill Norwood #3

2.  Serafeena #5

3.  Karen O. #19

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Artisant #12!   WOW!!  Simply stunning!!  This card created by Aneta is just breathtaking and fits the challenge perfectly by incorporating the colors from the photo and that lovely metal frame!  Thank you, Aneta, for sharing your beautiful work with us in the Tea Room!





Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three and Winner, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!

Monday, August 5, 2013

Week #178 - 'Lazy Days'



Click -> HERE for our current DESIGN TEAM CALL!

Hello shabby friends and welcome to another fun week of inspiration and creativity here in the Tea Room!  This week Starr is our creative host and she has chosen the theme of 'Lazy Days' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration and Starr asks that you create a card or project inspired by the COLORS FROM THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE A METAL ELEMENT!

FOR YOUR SUBMISSION TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE WEEKLY PRIZE AND HONORS: Because we are sponsored weekly by wonderful businesses who have graciously donated products and in the interest of fairness to all participants, any entries that do not follow our simple challenge rules will remain in the gallery but will not be eligible for the weekly prizes and top honors. Thanks for your understanding and participation!

I am pleased to introduce you all to this week's Guest Designer, Tina Milbourn!  Tina earned this Guest Designer spot for her win in the Tea Room during the Week #174 challenge - 'Cherry Pie'. 




And some more beautiful inspiration from our August Special MONTH-LONG Guest Designer ...    
Jean Martin!   Jean used the Emma and Dream a Little Dream stamp sets from Paper Sweeties on her darling card!






Do you want to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer with the Shabby Girls?  It's as simple as participating in our weekly challenges and WOW-ing us with your projects!  The Shabby Girls might be calling on YOU to be the next Month-Long Guest Designer!!!

And now for some more GOR-JUS inspiration from the Shabby Girls ...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz -  Paper Sweeties
Paper Sweeties - Make Today Beautiful




Lenet Mos - To Scrap or Not to Scrap, That's the Question
{on vacation}



Rebekah Faries - Midnite Lullabies Studio
Paper Sweeties - Join Me For Tea




Starr Timmons - The Paper Chase
Paper Sweeties - Rainbows and Roses





Tracey Kelly - Trace Elementz
Paper Sweeties - Live Love Grow




Rebecca Deeprose - Paper Primrose


Now, hop on over to our Shabby Girl individual blogs to see lots more creative and beautiful inspiration, additional pictures and instructions for these projects !

 The Shabby Girls are pleased to welcome our sponsor - Paper Sweeties!


 

 Paper Sweeties™ LLC is owned and illustrated by Debbie Marcinkiewicz, and offers  high quality photopolymer acrylic stamps.  Our heartwarming images allow paper crafters to create adorable dolls with interchangeable outfits and accessories! We also have a wide variety of wonderful all-occasion sentiments, labels, frames and accessory sets - perfect for every paper crafted project!  The Paper Sweeties shop carries hand tea-stained seam binding too!  The Sweeties dolls, accessories and sentiments are so much fun to play with and are sure to bring back fond childhood memories!  You’ll enjoy using the Sweeties to create projects for card making, scrap booking, party invitations and favors, home decor, gifts and so much more!

Winner will receive a $20 gift certificate from the Paper Sweeties shop!


Please link your creations below by Sunday, August 11th to play along. Winner and Tea Time Terrific Top Three will be announced Monday, August 12th. We will have an all-new challenge for you to play along with on the 12th as well, so please come back and visit with us again for another chance to win!


Week #177 - 'Oh Baby!' WINNERS!

A big, shabby THANK YOU to all of our friends for being so supportive of this wonderful, fun, shabby little challenge blog!!! Such an fun week here in the Tea Room for our 'Oh Baby!' challenge -- we received 30 BEAUTIFUL cards and projects this week WOW - and the Shabby Girls enjoyed peeking at each and every single one of them!!  We also would like to recognize and thank our 2,519 FABULOUS FOLLOWERS for peeking and joining in on the weekly challenges! We {heart} you all in the Tea Room so very much!!!

Don't forget ... if you're sporting either a Shabby Tea Room pink tea pot blinkie, Tea Time Terrific Top Three badge, Winner badge or Guest Designer badge, contact me via e-mail to be added to the Shabby Girlfriends Page!

Please join me in thanking Monika Davis for joining us in the Tea Room last week as our Guest Designer and thank you also to Kristi Schurr for joining us as our July Month-Long Special Guest Designer!

A very special thank you to our sponsor last week, Bugaboo Stamps, for sponsoring the Tea Room challenge!

The Shabby Girls thank you ALL for sharing your special paper crafting talents with us here in the Tea Room! The talent and inspiration continuously amazes and inspires us all!!!  Your talent and creativity makes it nearly impossible to pick winners each week!   And now, without further ado, here are the creations that caught our eyes this week for capturing the essence of the 'Oh Baby!' challenge:

HONORABLE MENTION CUPS OF TEA:

1.  Angela Marie #3

2.  Ela #17

3.  Tina M. #10

4.  Karen O. #12

5.  Cathy Mc #13

6.  Karen Davis #16

7.  Coops #18

8.  Michelle L. #19

9.  Padoriaa #21

10.  Doreen #25

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM TEA TIME TERRIFIC TOP THREE WINNERS:
 
1.  Michelle L. #7

2.  Agnieszka Onaija #14

3.  Glenda Boyd

THE SHABBY TEA ROOM WINNER:

Karien #26!  Oh my shabby goodness - WOW!  What an absolutely darling set Karien has created for this week's Oh Baby challenge -- a sweet little rattle and adorable baby shoes -- LOVE them!




Congratulations to ALL! Tea Time Terrific Top Three and Winner, please grab your badges from our sidebar that you can proudly display on your blogs! Winner, please contact me via e-mail to claim your prize!

Please be sure to review the rules on our sidebar in order to be considered for the weekly top honors and prizes!

Friday, August 2, 2013

It's PARTY TIME ... come hop with us!

Scroll down or click HERE for this week's 'Oh Baby' challenge!
Scroll down or click HERE for the current DESIGN TEAM CALL!

Today begins our three-day long 1st Birthday Party Hop over at Paper Sweeties!  We have 25 designers over the next three days sharing amazing and creative projects -- all designed using Paper Sweeties stamps!


You can't have a party without gifts, right?  We're giving away the ENTIRE AUGUST RELEASE ... that's FIVE *new* stamp sets with a $50 retail value ... to one lucky fan.  Visit the Paper Sweeties blog to see how you can hop along and be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE!

Happy hopping my crafty friends!

Thursday, August 1, 2013

It's a shabby DESIGN TEAM CALL!

Here it is ... the long-awaited and much-anticipated DESIGN TEAM CALL at The Shabby Tea Room!!  The Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your creativity and inspiration shine and hope to see many of you submit your creations for a chance to earn one of FIVE available spots on The Shabby Tea Room Design Team!


Please read the following INSTRUCTIONS and REQUIREMENTS very carefully as your ability to follow these instructions and submit complete projects and applications will directly impact your success on making the Design Team! 

Creativity + Inspiration = FUN!
 
The Shabby Tea Room is looking for a few creative designers to join our team of Shabby Girls!
This call will be open until August 31st at 12 pm EST.   The new Shabby Girls will be chosen and notified by September 1st.

Here are the details regarding requirements of the position and instructions on how to applyIf you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me before you submit!
 
Requirements:
  • Actively post to your own blog in English
  • Participate in our weekly challenges for six months
  • Ability to print and work with digital images, acrylic stamps, dies, embellishments, templates, ribbons, trims (as supplied by our weekly sponsors)
  • Comment on participant submissions as per your two assigned rotation numbers
  • Link to our challenge blog, your fellow Design Team members, post our pink Tea Pot blinkie and Design Team Badge on your blog sidebar or featured page
  • Join our Design Team Yahoo Group to receive and post DT assignment info
  • Create a theme and host a weekly challenge once every six weeks per your DT rotation

What the Shabby Girls are searching for:  
  • High quality work
  • Ability to photograph your work well and brightly lit
  • Ability to follow the directions in the Design Team Application
  •  Fun, social, out-going, creative, happy-spirited individuals who love to create with paper, stamps and glue and who love to share with and inspire others
What this team offers:
  • Sponsor digital images, stamps, papers, templates, embellishments, ribbons
  • Fun and creative inspiration along with a 'family-like' team atmosphere
  • Links to your blog from our Challenge Blog and your fellow Shabby Girls' blogs
  • Blog community socialization, friendship, creativity, inspiration ... FUN
  • A Six-Month Design Team Term beginning on September 16, 2013 and running through March 18, 2014
How to Apply:

1. Become a follower of The Shabby Tea Room
2. Email deb4tasteful@earthlink.net with subject "DT Application" as subject
3. Include the following in your email:
  • Full Name
  • Blog Address
  • Current and previous Design Team experience (current or past DT experience is not required)
  • Tell us a little bit about yourself and why you would like to be a Shabby Girl
  • Submit a newly created card and/or project (never before shared on your blog) based on the following INSPIRATION PHOTO.  You may be inspired by the colors, theme, objects in photo or all of the above!  Remember ... we ARE The Shabby Tea Room, so we really adore anything shabby, vintage and tea-related, but these design styles are not all inclusive, ALL design styles are welcome and will be considered.  Please ATTACH your submission to your e-mail.  We are looking for your BEST WORK, so let your creativity soar and 'wow us' with your application projects!
You may submit as many times as you wish.  Only your first application will require all of the above ... any subsequent applications need only include 'DT Application' in the subject like of your e-mail, your name in the body and a picture of your submission attached to the e-mail. 


GOOD LUCK to all who apply!  The Shabby Girls cannot wait to see your beautiful creations!