Bingo

After eying a set of antique bingo numbers on Etsy and hesitating too long before buying (darn it) I jumped when my favorite brocante had some for sale. These are as beautiful as I had hoped.

Fun huh?

Free Download January Vignette

Here is my January Vignette! I hope you like these, because I am in love with doing them! I can't wait to get started on February!

January has lots of gold and sparkles in appreciation of the glittery new year. 

The main photograph is available here and in a slightly different colorway here. 

Happy New Year!!

Gorgeous Eggs Part 2

Oh, I just couldn't help myself... 

 

 

Gorgeous Eggs Part 1

While working on some projects, I just had to photograph these tiny eggs. Smooth and strong and just perfect. Nature always inspires and surprises me. Hope this isn't too much of a photograph overload!

 

Dreamy...

Free Download of a December Vignette

I have been having such fun making these vignettes that I decided to make it a monthly occurrence in companion with the seasons. Every month I will provide a downloadable photograph vignette for you to enjoy. You are welcome to print it, use it on your desktop or just plain enjoy it. I will start with December (I was too excited to wait for the new year). Here we go!

 

 

Perfectly imperfect, this month brings to mind the holidays with glitter, tinsel and ribbon.  The snowy color palette is perfect for this wonderful month.

 

The main photo is available here and in a slightly different colorway here. Hope you enjoy these. If you use them in a special way- please link me to your project!

Wordless Wednesday

More Vintage Lace

Are you tired of my obsession with lace? No? Ok, good! Neither am I. Here is a card of lace I picked up the other day.

 

 

So soft and intricate...

I wish I knew more about lace. How is it made? How old are these beauties? 

 

Maybe if you know something about this you can enlighten me. I would love to hear more...

Collection 10-29-2012

Here are some more treasures I have collected over the years. I love these little items- I could spend all day picking through my objects for these little vignettes. I love to think about where they came from, who owned them and who let them go. Ok, enough chatter- here comes the good stuff:

This applique is the most dreamy silver color...

 



I like IKE...

I love this pink rock and antique hardware...

 

56 is not my lucky number, but it is now one of my favorites...

Let me know if you have any questions about my collection. I can pretty much tell you anything you would like to know...

Collection 10-19-2012

I have been meaning to do one of these collections again. Here are some of my vintage badges. I love ribbons of all kinds and these are pretty fun.

 

 

Hope you enjoyed my little collection!

Wordless Wednesday

Tiny Collection

I am starting to see my supplies in collections. Here are some instagrammed antique bottles in an old drawer.

I love old bottles. Most of these are tiny- under 3 inches or so. Who knows what the contents were for or who saved them. I am just glad that they did! 

A Collection Of Paper

Another of my weaknesses is a love for vintage papers. I love the yellowing on the edges, the different textures, the perfect handwriting...I could go on and on. Some I use for projects and the ones that I cant bear to part with just get touched and admired. Here are some of the papers that are inspiring me lately:

Type cabinet drawer label, glasinine bag with the perfect piece of gold tape, old pocket notebook that I was sure contained a made up secret language until I realized it was just in shorthand (*blush* I mean who knew it was symbols like that??), pinwheel on ledger paper, slide negative, ticket, resined ledger paper, tarot card (love the plaid), more ledger paper, flashcard, resined pinwheels, gummed label, another flashcard, vintage postage and a prescription envelope. 

All different ages and textures and all equally inspiring. Well except for the notebook- that is a little more amazing than the rest.

etsy about page

I have been working on updating my about page on esty and I took some pictures of my favorite items. After some trial and error, here is what I came up with:

Vintage thread, brooch, resin gemstone (my work), token & coin slot.

Plastic horses, more resin gemstones & a token.

Druzy & quartz.

Religious medal, tin box & brass case.

These are some of my favorite items! I collect everything from vintage papers, brass boxes, buttons, metallic thread and just about anything with a patina!