sweet friday

 This week has been so busy for me working on projects, and just running around doing errands. My cousin is graduating from high school tonight. I am so excited for her. She goes to the same high school that I graduated from 12 years ago. Wow, how time races by.  I wanted to make her some pretty tissue paper flowers in yellow to remember this day and to always bring her a bit of sunshine.

These are my favorite paper flowers to make, and the ones I made for my wedding. I love how pretty, but simple they are.  

Here is the link to the tutorial from Once Wed, if you would like to make some. I was thinking of making them for the 4th of July! 

 Thank you for all your sweet comments on the shutters and my new pretty linens!! I am making progress with the shutters. I removed the fabric, and cleaned them up. They were pretty dirty. So now, I am ready to choose the fabric, and sew some curtains! 

 I found some sweet Vogart embroidery patterns on Etsy. I have been wanting to find ones with the sweet little blue birds. Aren't they just so cute! The fruits are adorable, too, and I am looking forward to getting some time to embroider these patterns. 

But, for now, vintagey tea towels and some other fun items are keeping my hands quite busy. These will all be making their way to my shoppe next week! Wishing you a beautiful and creative Friday! 

elegant shutters

At the flea market on Sunday, I came across these elegant shutters. Aren't they so neat! I have been looking for some small old window frames, and when I saw these, it was love. 

 Here is the back side. There are little rods on the top and the bottom, and I am hoping they pop out somehow. My plan this week is to replace the yellow fabric with some pretty rose fabric. I am thinking of doing three different fabrics, or just keeping it with one. Not sure yet, I will have to play around.

I also had some great luck with pretty vintage tablecloths. There is one vendor I always go to because they have such great deals, and then I came across a new vendor who had hundreds of hankies, and tablecloths. I had to say no to the hankies, it was very hard, but they were a little pricy. The tablecloths on the other hand were such a good deal, and in beautiful condition. 

 I am already thinking ahead for fall and Christmas. These will all become some pretty vintagey tea towels! The pretty pink one will be coming to the shoppe soon! 

 There is one vendor that has boxes, and tables all piled high with vintage linens. This is one is a favorite to go to, and it is always so hard not to take all of it with me. I bought three beautiful table runners, some pretty doilies, and a cross-stitch and embroidered "God Bless Our Home". I just adore the middle one with the cross stitch rose. Cross-stitching a rose is on my project list, so these are a daily reminder and inspiration for me! 

Here is the pretty runner on my table. I just love it! Such work and detail went into it.

I was thinking of framing this, but then I thought how sweet it would look as a mini quilt to hang on my wall. The pansies are so pretty! Happy Wednesday...hope your day is lovely!

chocolate, cheese, and...

 Happy Monday!

Over the weekend I went to my local monthly flea market and got some fun treasures I will be showing later this week. Today, I bring you vintage boxes from that estate sale last weekend. I love wooden crates and boxes, and these pretties are so neat!

 There were about 50 or more of these boxes, and people were grabbing them like crazy. Once I got my two home, my husband looked into the company. These boxes had chocolate in them, filled to the brim. Yummy!! This couple must have loved chocolate, with so many of them. 

 The Walter Baker & CO. was established in 1780, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. 

 The company was sold to different people throughout the years, and in 1979 it was incorporated into Kraft Foods. Wish we still had these small companies around. 

 The couple had turned them all into drawers, that were kept in their garage. Now I have some sweet boxes for storing some of my goodies. 

With chocolate...comes the cheese. These were some fun cheese boxes they had in the garage, also turned into little drawers. I love the craftsmanship and creativity this sweet couple had! 

 Today in the mail I received a wonderful patriotic treasure that I bought from the most talented and lovely Laurie of Magpie Ethel. 

 I adore her beautiful, vintage creations and had to have one of her patriotic vintage foil candy container ornaments. I love the blue bell, the sparkly star, and red mercury glass picks. 

 It is so pretty and just full of special vintage goodies! Thank you so much Laurie! I love it!! Make sure you pop over to Laurie's Etsy shoppe to see her other wonderful vintage creations! 

 I was only able to get one grannie block, and a pair of granny squares done over the weekend. Thank you to the sweetest Renee of My Vintage Mending for introducing me to the cute birdie clips! I love them!!

And here is a little sneak peak of some new products I am working on for my shoppe!

Wishing you a creative, and sunny week! 

sewing susan

  I love finding such lovely needle books. The graphics are so neat with the women sitting around sewing and talking. What fun!

The insides are so pretty with the different colored foil. There was such detail put into packaging and selling items back then, whatever happened to those days. ;)

 Some fun flashbulbs!! Love the sweet image, and the colors!!

 And, to my surprise all the bulbs were inside! Aren't they such a great color of blue, with the sparkly inside. These would be fun to use for some decoration for the 4th of July. Any ideas?

 I got this sweet toy for my husband, and just adore the graphics. The cute boy flying his plane, and all the different fonts are so neat. 

 It has a factory sealed guarantee. And, when I opened this box...

 All the parts were inside, including the decals for the jet fighter! It is ready to be put together, and I kinda want to do it. Seems fun! ;)

Some new calicos and reproduction feed sacks to play with, now that is my kind of fun!! Have a wonderful day!!

quilted star

Happy Monday! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! 

On Saturday, I went to an estate sale, and came home with some lovely treasures. The lady who has the estate sales always has everything 1/2 off after 1, and I rarely go back, but this sale had so many neat things, I had to this time! I came home with two loads of goodies!! I will be showing them off throughout the next couple weeks. ;) 

 

This was one of the pretty treasures I came home with!! It is truly a piece of art! I thought it was a large quilted doily whenI bought it, but realized when I got home, it was a pillow cover. 

 The hand stitching is so perfect and tiny, and I am amazed at the skill this sweet lady had. Truly inspiring! Love the crocheted scalloped edging, with the pretty ric rac! Such a great idea! 

 The back was a hand drawn design that she hand stitched so beautifully. When you look up closely there are still the pen marks from her drawing this sweet design. Pretty neat, huh! 

 So after a good washing and stuffing with some cotton, I have a lovely new pillow for my chair. So bright and cherry! 

 In the mail today, I received a sweet little gift from the most lovely Velma of Down Our Country Road. I was lucky to win her adorable needle book from her giveaway last week!! So exciting!

 I love it!! Thank you so much Velma!! This is the sweetest needle book! I love the yo-yos adorned with cute buttons, and all the pretty fabrics. 

 Velma's hand stitching is beautiful, and all the sweet details are just perfect!!

 Pretty pink and white ribbon with all these needles, ready to be used! 

 Pink scissors, does it get any better! 

 I am so ready to start sewing! Thank you so much Velma for such an amazing and beautiful needle book!! You are quite the talent! Make sure you take a visit to her inspiring blog and say, 'Hi'!! 

 Some pretty granny squares!! 

 And, two more grannie blocks! I only have 7 more to go, and I am ready to put the quilt together. I just bought a pretty vintage rose sheet for the backing, so I am excited to get it done! 

Hope you have a blessed and lovely week!!