Monday, December 23, 2013

Vintage Christmas Cards


Wishing Everyone a Very Merry Christmas!!

Health, Happiness and Prosperity in the New Year!

Here are a few cute vintage Christmas cards to brighten your day.






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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

It's Snowing!

The view from my kitchen window today. 
This is the area where I take most of the pictures for my shop.
Guess I won't be taking any shop photos today!!






Thursday, October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween!

"By pumpkins fat
and witches lean,
By coal black cats
with eyes of green,
By all the magic ever seen . . .
I wish you luck this Halloween."



Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Another Pair of Ballet Shoes

I have so much fun making these up-cycled ballet slippers! 
The blue pair has sold so I've created this pearly white pair. 
My backyard fence is one of my favorite backgrounds for photos. 
I love old wood that has been weathered to a lovely gray.
I have another pair or two that are ready to be painted. 
Now if I could just decide on the color.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Charming Upcycled Ballet Slippers

I saw a pair of up-cycled ballet slippers on one of my favorite blogs  The Feathered Nest 
They were so cute I had to make a pair too! 

As luck would have it I had a pair of pink ballet shoes in my stash.I have to admit, painting them was a bit more time consuming than I had anticipated as they required several coats.
I love the way they turned out. 



These are listed in my Etsy shop. 


Friday, August 9, 2013

Saturday, August 3, 2013

Rustic French Decor

Inspiration can strike at any time. 

I was taking pictures of some spoons to list in my shop. 
I added roses as an accent in the pictures.  

While I was standing there I thought they look so lovely together that 
I wanted to keep them that way. 

So . . . I took a few of the spoons and wired them together, 
added some vintage lace and a handmade tag. 
And viola the spoon bouquet was created! 

The tag can be used for an inspirational word, a name, 
you could even use them on each guest's plate at a tea party 
or wedding and use the tag as a place card. 

Hmm, maybe I should make more of these . . .

You can find this one in my Etsy shop:

  Restyling The Past

 

I'm joining the blog party at

Feathered Nest Friday 

 

  

Sunday, July 28, 2013

Vintage Aprons

Vintage aprons tell such wonderful stories of family, homemade food, entertaining and everyday life. 

Everything from apple pie in a country kitchen to a cocktail party in a city apartment. 

Here are just a few of the aprons that have come my way.



Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Apron Strings

 One of my favorite things to sew are aprons.  You can use vintage or new patterns, old or new fabrics in any color or pattern that you want to.  And because it's an apron you can be more adventurous in color and style than you would be in your clothing.   Here are some that I have made and a few that still need sewing!






I used a border print for this one.  I cut the pockets and neck strap out of the border.

















 



Another border print, I really  like using them for aprons.











This one has long ties that wrap around and tie in the front.  I really like this look!









I didn't make this one, it's vintage.  But I thought it was so ingenious the way someone sewed a hand towel into the apron!


Here's a vintage muslin apron panel.  First it has to be embroidered and then cut out and sewn together.  I thought this was really interesting!  I plan to make a copy of it so I can make an apron without using the original. (click to enlarge if you want to see the embroidery pattern better)  It even has an embroidered on collar and shaped hem line.





This is an apron panel that I haven't sewn yet, but isn't it cute?  And yes, I love cherry prints!



Are you dying to make yourself a new apron yet?