Vintage Flair

Good news ....bad news

~GOOD NEWS~

I am going to give away some vintage wallpaper.  WOO HOO!!!!  Now I have your attention. uh?  Just leave me a comment on this post and I will have my girls pick out a winner on July 8th.  Here is a photo of the wallpaper pack that I put together for the lucky winner.

Here is a sneak peak of some of the wallpaper that is inside.

~Bad News~

This is going to be my last post for a bit.  I am leaving on a business trip (again) for a couple of days then I am off on vacation back to Northern MI.   

P.S.    Oh my goodness.....I forgot to tell you all that Dawn and her family are going to visit us in MI.  I am so excited to see them and so our my girls.  We are going to go antique shopping on my birthday and hang out at the beach.  What a great present uh?  I bet we are going to find a lot of pretties to share with you all.  Have a great holiday weekend.

So... don't forget to leave me a comment on this post.

I am going to ruin a surprise for Dawn

Dawn...Don't look!!!!  I made this crown for my wonderful friend Dawn.  She didn't sign up for the crown and tiara swap so I decided she needed one of her own.  Every girl needs to be a queen right?  This is the last crown that I will be making for a while...I just need a little break from them.  My husband is tired of me walking around the house with them on.  LOL! 

I just previewed my post and now that I am looking at the crown....I think it might need some more vintage pink earrings on the top for more sparkle.  I will have to get dawn to add more, since I am out of the pink earrings.  What do you think? Here are a few photos.

A pattern that I always wanted to find

This was one of my daughter's dresses that I just loved her to wear when she was little.  My favorite part of the dress was the pillow case that was used on the bottom. 

Guess what?  I found the pillow cases at a local thrift store in the same pattern but in a different color for a $1.00 for both. I just love them and I love a deal too!

Isn't she sweet?

I just bought this pretty little lady a couple of days ago. I just know you will think she is sweet too!

My addiction

Ok...I really need to stop buying random pieces of lace.  I just can't stop....Now how can you pass up a zip-lock bag filled to the brim with vintage lace and trims for only a couple of dollars?  Right now, I can see you girls shaking your heads agreeing with me.  Thank you for all of your support.  Here is my latest $4.00 bag or random goodness. The rhinestone pins were extra ($2.00 for both) Oh...Here are a few photos of just a portion of the lace that I have been collecting. 

 

A little gift from my Mom

Even though my Mom and I live 1,000 miles away from each other we still talk every day.  One day my Mom said she was going to get rid of her wedding dress and I said WHAT!  Last time I saw her she brought it with her and I now have it with me.  We all tried it on and practiced walking down the aisle.  It was a very funny moment.  My girls had a great time.  I am planning on using my Mom's veil for my daughter when she makes her first communion.  I think that would be so sweet if she wore something with a bit of history.  My Mom said you can do anything you want with the wedding dress, she even said you can cut it up if you want.  I said I wised I would of thought about her dress when my daughters were baptized.  I could of had christening gowns made out of it.  So, the plan right now is to make a first communion dress out of my Mom's wedding dress.  The lace is really pretty and I am thinking that I will use the wedding dress with the lace on the bottom of her skirt and make a plain sleeveless silk satin top.  I will keep you posted, I have until May to get this figured out.  Here is a photo of the dress.

A little sneak peak

I thought I would give you all a little sneak peak at a few of the journal pages that I did for Victoria.  I am participating in a round robin with Dawn, Victoria, DeDe and Bonnie.  This is all new to me since I have never done this before.  I hope the girls like what I did in each of their books.  I only worked on the first round and I still have three more books to work on.  I know what I like....I just hope it is what they like to?  I just read my post and (I am not the best writer) every sentence starts with I....have you noticed?  Sorry!  I need to work on that.  See, I just did it again!  When I read blogs I am drawn to the pretty photos, not the writing.  Ok...I am now talking to myself.  Good bye.

 

Ok....I need to stop!

I made another crown last night.  When I made my crown for the swap, I played around with a few chicken wire forms and I actually made three crowns.  I only decorated the one for my partner Kasse.  I made one with all of my favorite lace trims and a beautiful velvet flower.  I also used an old piece of beaded trim that I had a bit left over to give the top a little sparkle. I wanted to spruce up my bathtub area and it is on top of an urn that I had in the corner.  I think I am going to keep it there and it will make me smile while I am soaking in the tub.

   

 

Look what I bought for $1.00

On Friday I went to my favorite thrift store and look at what I bought for only $1.00.  I bought this wonderful vintage chiffon robe made in England.  I was originally going to cut it up and use the beautiful ruffles on a project but now I am not sure.  It is just so pretty the more I look at it.  I think I will just put it on the back of my bathroom door so when I take a bubble bath I can look at it.  Or it might make a great backdrop when I take photos.  What do you think?

I was away from home again...

But this time I was with my family...So it is not bad at all!  My Father's day gift to my husband was to rent a log cabin at Devil's Den.  I think this is going to be our Father's Day tradition.  The State park is only about 1/2 hour from our house.  Thank goodness because I can't believe that I forgot to pack my underwear.  So we made a quick trip home.  LOL!  I HATE to camp, but this was more like a hotel.  We had cable TV, fresh linens every morning and there was even a restaurant.  This is my kind of ruffing it in the woods.  We went horseback riding through the mountains and swam at the pool.  You could hear the waterfall at our cabin.  It was very relaxing.  I am now I am back to reality and doing about 10 loads of laundry.  My husband was in his element, in the woods and his cigar.  Here are a few of the photos.