Showing posts with label vintage books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage books. Show all posts

Sunday, 9 November 2008

time flies . . . . .


i find it very hard to resist these vintage floral buttons - the violet daisy has to be my new favourite!


i'm afraid i haven't got anything crafty to show you this week - i have made something very gorgeous BUT it is a secret for now! oh. . . . . i just can't resist showing a little glimpse of it . . . .




i have however been buying "STUFF" as my partner would call it {that's when he's being polite} so i will share my thrifty goodies with you instead!



what a sweet little face this "heidi" has, i found this lovely but battered book in the most bargain of bargain bins along with a copy of "lolita" and "good wives" and another book i'd never heard of and bought purely because it was in large print - these books are destined for re-cycling in my altered art but i'm going to have to keep the loose cover of "heidi" .



found this little stack of vintage dishes and couldn't resist them i thought they'd be great for displaying/photographing buttons in - isn't it strange how our{maybe it's just me!}tastes change with age - ten years ago i wouldn't have given these a second glance - now i may even use them to eat from!





below are two vintage aprons - one looks almost perfect and it's twin is rather worn and much more "vintage-y" lovely soft fabric.



and i also bought a couple of vintage embroidered cushion cases - i actually "know" what i'll do with these!


Thursday, 9 October 2008

happy birdies!!!


i've had great fun playing with my new sizzix bigshot machine this last week - as i mentioned it was my daughter's birthday on friday and i made her this card -





today was my Mum's birthday so i made her this one -



and this weekend - me and D are off to a wedding {D is bestman} so i made this card for the happy couple - i think the die has paid for itself now!

***geeky information alert*** the sheet music i cut these birdies out from is a wedding march!


fancy stamped insert!


oh and i have a commisioned birthday card to make to - and how great is this?
I'm being paid in buttons - hurrah!!!!

{that was my choice - lol}