Simple inspiration board

A stop at TJ Maxx this past summer yielded this

beautiful linen covered *inspiration board*.

All this time it has been sitting in my studio just waiting

for *moi* to do something with it.

I started with simple vintage felt letters and some old

millinery.

Next I added a silver glittered heart and a

bit of trim from a package received...

Some of that lucious crinkled seam binding...

a beautiful vintage bracelet...

a button that you can barely see in this photo...

and finally a cross...

It is sitting on my dining room hutch for now...

What do you think?

Blessings~

Romantic Lace

Have a beautiful Friday ~

White Wednesday treasures {a little early}

I cannot visit my daughter without going

treasure hunting and I found

some amazing items at great prices!

this apothcary jar stands 16 and 1/4 inches tall

and it was only 9.99 at Home Goods...

my favorite store~

I just love antique lace and have been looking for

some in narrow widths and they are pretty hard to find.

Imagine my sheer delight when I found a quart size

ziploc bag stuffed full of beautiful antique lace

for $3.00!

Yards and yards of beautiful lace!

couldn't pass up this vintage hat loaded with

lily-of-the-valley millinery...$4.00

more of the luscious lace !

I also purchased the beautiful linens that the hat

is laying on ...4 napkins,12 placemats and 1

long runner....regular $28 for $8.00!

a beautiful tattered pillow that I also found at

Home Goods

salt and pepper shakers for $3.00.

I have more goodies to share , but will save

them for another day.

I hope you have a beautiful day today.

Be sure and visit Kathleen {on Wednesday}

at Faded Charm for more beautiful WW posts.

Blessings~

A couple garage sale finds

Every year {when I remember. lol} I go to a fair

foundation garage sale that is only about 9 miles

from our house and this past Saturday was

the big day.

I fell in love with this glass beaded purse.

{the back is fully beaded too , but in a different pattern}

I passed it up the first time around.

{it was in a ziploc bag and marked $8.00}

The inside is immaculate and has a Ivey's tag.

The elderly lady selling

it told me she just brought it back from Florida.

I ended up paying $6.00 for it ~

I also love these salt and peppers with their silver

crown tops. Actually, I found these at an

antique store and paid $4.00 for them.

{I do have the pair, but only one made it into the picture}

I also got other goodies at the garage sale that include

a vintage necklace with bling{$3.00},

adorable postcards {50 cents}, and

a white tablecloth edged in lace {$2},

but didn't get photos taken of them yet.

Have you found any goodies lately? Praying you have a wonderful Thursday~ Blessings~

Inspired Creativity ~

I rarely do two posts in one day, but I had a little inspired creativity going on today so I wanted to share it.

I got this idea from Notes From a Cottage Industry and I love it. In fact I loved it so much that I ran out and rescued these glass votives that I had in my garage sale last week before they were swooped up for 10 cents each! I used pages from an old french reading book, seam binding ribbon and vintage millinery flowers.

Tracey has a tutorial that you can use if you click here. These are so easy to make and are just beautiful! I pretty much made them as she suggested, but they would also be pretty with buttons , bling etc. instead of flowers. Your imagination is the limit!

Blessings ~

Vintage Hats ~

Aren't these vintage hats just gorgeous? I have listed them in my Etsy store today as I continue to downsize my *PRETTIES*. If you are interested just click here. I need to get some money coming in instead of going out...seems like as fast as it come in these days...POOF...it is gone ~

I love the velvet ribbon and bling attached to this one...so neat~ Enjoy ~

Vintage Purse Makeover ~

Remember the little vintage wicker purse that I showed you a few posts back which I purchased for 30 cents? I finally had time to do a little makeover on it and I like it much better now! This is the *AFTER* picture with vintage millinery flowers and seam binding ribbon on it... This is the before picture....don't you like it much better with the pink flowers...

Wishing you a wonderful and blessed Saturday ~

88th Post and Christmas Goodies...

I can't believe this is my 88th post! Wow...who would have thought? Stay tuned because I am planning a giveaway on my 100th post...or maybe on post number 101 to be different...LOL I have also had a little time to create today so I made a few more mitten ornaments that are covered in glass glitter and embellished with vintage millinery,lace and ribbon. Each one also includes a darling curly silver hanger. I just listed these in my Etsy shop. Blessings!