Vintage Inspired Putz Houses

 

 

I was lucky enough to answer an ad on our local Facebook Marketplace and snag

4 Vintage Inspired holiday houses that needed some Up-cycling! 

And even though its Halloween and I did do a bit of 
Fall Decorating mostly because we were expecting 
a couple of sets of out of town guests.

 

Here's the Wreath I made for our Front Porch! 

 

 I was anxious to get started on the holiday houses and I had
another Christmas creation swirling around in my head.

So I brought down my tub of Christmas crafting supplies from the attic!

And got Started! 

  

  

 

 

 I thought the pink sushi wrap paper would

work perfect for the icicles dripping of the roof top!

 

 

 

The other 3 are in more Traditional Christmas colors I'll get some 

pictures and share them on my next Blog Post..
In the meantime hope your enjoying the cooler temps 

and excitement of the Holidays! 

 

Fire Up the Hot Glue Gun

Late Night Creating in the Home Studio

The other day I picked up a few bags of

little treasures at my local Vintage Shop.
I thought these sweet Vintage Birthday Candle
Holders would be perfect to add to a Creative project.

So Inspiration for me started with these...

And then I started pulling tubs from the shelves in my Home Studio

Picked out a yellow and tiny pink mushroom

Searched through my tub of vintage millinery.

Yes, I needed to pull out the tub with the small vintage trims

I was going to need Chenille. And yes
I have more then one tub of that yummy plush 
vintage Bump Chenille in an assortment of colors!

I just love the old vintage supplies.

And some Crepe Paper Ruffles

I have a tub of ruffles in the studio
pre done and ready for future craft projects.

And then I was inspired and ready to get Creative!

I got the hot glue gun fired up and started creating.

The Birthday Kitschy Kitten Keepsake is the finished product!

You see it only takes something small to find that inspiration.

If you find yourself in a creative rut look around something small might

just stir up those creative juices and your ready to Create!

Hope you all find the time to get creative this week.

And maybe enjoy a cup of tea in the Garden....

With all the stress in the world right now I find
those to be a great stress reliever!

Love,

                                                                       

Saved from the Bins!

Rescuing Memories

It's not just about rescuing vintage dolls before they 

disappear in the bottom of the thrift store bin.

 It's about restoring the heartwarming memories 

& childhood imagination that comes along with them.

Breathing new life in lost forgotten treasures.

Most of the Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls are at least 86 years old!

If I find them in the perfect collectors condition

I either add to my own collection or find them a new home.

Over the years I have been gifted some collections

from a family member that just didn't know what to

do with their Mothers Collection.

These Bisque dolls needed a cleaning the dress's

were either soiled or had some wear

typical over time.

So in those situations I wash iron the dress and

add some ribbon and bling giving 

the Doll a chance to be loved

all over again!

And yes some come to me broken

the half bodies I have used to make mermaids.

And the ones that need to be re-strung well

I actually figured out how to tackle that!

Here is a glimpse of just that!

            

Some of the "Special Ones" added to my collection

are the Gifted ones. These were sent from a dear friend

 all the way from Alaska to California!

The little Blonde in the Yellow dress will need

a bit of Upcycling maybe add some hair

she lost over the years.

Its funny when I was young I never had a Storybook Doll.

I had a Ginny Doll and I loved her. (She needs to be re-strung)

But my two older sisters had a Storybook Doll and I always

loved the pretty polka dot boxes they came in.

When ever I spot an orphan out in the wild

if the price is fair I'll rescue it!

My Best,

Well hello out there in cyberspace ...

Anyone there anymore? Did you miss me??

Do you remember me?

Its been way to long since I did a Post on My Blog

Truth be told I was kinda locked out of it,

things changed with Blogger and I was stumped

on how to get back into my Blogger platform..

I tried numerous times and no luck.

But then today, yes just today my sister from Cottage Cozy called

me and said "you've got some very strange comments on your Blog"

Ok I thought let me try again I got out my trusty password book

and re-logged in and BAM! it worked so here I am back at it!

Of course a lot has happened in the world in my life since my last post

But let's skip to the good part!

I desperately wanted to share my recent Marketplace Find!

And I have to find like mind people that would

think like myself these are the cutest little Easter

Honeycomb baskets!

It always amazes me how any of these paper ornaments have survived

over the years. Very happy someone somewhere did treat them with

care so that people like us could treasure them once again!

I bought just 6 the seller had more, but keeping within my budget

and my Easter Tub down to one! 

I resisted the temptation... was definitely hard!

Well they arrived today in the mail!

each one stamped JAPAN

I knew you would like them!

Well It looks like Ive got some work to do on my

Blog to really make it working they way it used to

I plan on figuring that out. And I will keep posting

so please lets get this community ok like-mind

individuals back together again.

Wish Me Luck

Happy 4th of July!

It's a bit of an unusual 4th of July here
in California.. Beaches are closed and the Fireworks are cancelled



So I kept busy doing some crafting ....

And Home Cooking!

A easy peasy Enchilada Casserole!

I hope you all Enjoyed your "Stay at Home" 4th of July Weekend

And now I'm busy in my Studio working on Christmas in July!

Thanks for stopping by!