Vintage Marketplace and Freebies!

Hello Friends!

Southern California has been very inspiring this month.
June in San Diego is typically grey and overcast
(I know! Who would have thought!),
but Vintage Marketplace and Vignettes
were here to save the day!!

I shall have to tempt you with the promise to post my
Vignettes Summer Soiree pictures next week.
But, as promised, here are the pictures
of my "haul" from Vintage Marketplace:  
 
fabulous doll earring stand by Lisa Loria, which I've lusted after for quite awhile, but this petite version was just too too darling to pass up!
  Wonderful printed hankies ($1!)
from which to make my pincushions...
Cute little vintage perfume bottles,
FAB paper roses!


I've been working on swaps for my MAMA group
and Heather's Birthday matchbox swap,
and will be posting pictures soon.

Hope you are all getting a good start on Summer.
Graduations, Weddings, Father's Day...
Summer vacation...

Life is good.
Cherish it.

I'll be back next week with pictures
from Vignettes' fabulous Seaside Summer Fete!!  

And an update about our new swap group at Paper Tales!   Here are a couple of lovely freebies for you:  

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Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.
For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday! Lovely, feminine things at Pearls and Lace Thursday! Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!   Party on at a very pinteresting party at Tutus and Tea Parties! And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!   Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!  

Vintage Marketplace!!

Hello Friends!

Last week was the fabulous Vintage Marketplace
in Rainbow, CA!
It was a beautiful, sunny day
and the vendors so charmingly displayed their wares.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words,
and since my old nemesis, tendinitis, is acting up,
roll camera! 

Love this huge paper flower:

Big bundles of vintage lace and doilies: 

Blue hydrangeas!!

Love this!

One of my fave vendors, Lisa Loria:

Next time I will show you the lovelies I took home with me!

And, since roses are the flower of the month

some rosy freebies for you:

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Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday.

For links to lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday!

Lovely, feminine things at Pearls and Lace Thursday!

Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!

Party on at a very pinteresting party at Tutus and Tea Parties! And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!

Have a great weekend!

Elegant Pincushions, Altered Journal, Freebies!!

Hello Friends!  

Where have I been...
Well...I was kidnapped for a week or so by Pinterest;
 my husband paid the ransom,
mainly because I was too busy pinning to make dinner,
and
I am now free to blog again : D
At least that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!!

I am hosting a swap, for the first time ever,
on the Marie Antoinette MailArt Group:
Marie's Elegant Pincushions!
Here are a few samples I made up...
these are so fun and addicting!

 


They are so much fun to work with,
using all the stuff we love to collect and embellish with: 
vintage salt cellars, napkin rings, tiny punch cups,
 demi-tasse cups, tiny creamers, cordial glasses, etc.
laces, trims, tassels, fringe, ribbons, etc.
charms, pearls, buttons, etc.
and etc. :D
It will be so much fun to see what these very talented ladies create!

Another venture in the works is trying to establish a local swap group
with my partner in crime, Marti,
at our local favorite store, Paper Tales.
Our first swap will be an altered journal,
and I am hoping to tempt prospective members with:  We are hoping to connect with other arty crafters in the San Diego areawho share a love for vintage, Frenchy, girly arty crafts.I love my online swap groups and have connected with so many lovely people, and I would love to find some local crafters...it would be so much fun to get together in person!


Tomorrow I am going to the fabulousVintage Marketplace in Rainbow, CA. I expect I'll have some gorgeous pics to share with you. ;) I will leave you with a pic of some fabulous hydrangeas I put in this year:
And....your Friday freebies:     Click to enlarge, right click and save! Lots of links to lovely pinks at Pink Saturday. Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday! Party on at a very pinteresting party at Tutus and Tea Parties! And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!  Thank you for visiting, and have a great weekend! 

Marie Antoinette in a Teacup!

Hello Friends!

Today is Pink Saturday around the blogosphere,
and I thought today might be a good day for me to join in the fun,
because I have a little alltered teacup to share with you.   The Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group is having a Marie's Garden Tea Party swap,in which you are to create a beautiful garden party in a tea cup for your partner. My partner is Kris, who likes antique Bavarian china in pink and green colors for Spring.I found the perfect teacup in the first shop I went to!!   

 Antique!  Pink and Green!!  Bavarian!!!  Since this is the type of china Kris likes to collect,I thought I would make the garden party removeableand not permanently alter the teacup.

 I did this by shaving my florist foam into cup form and gluing two rows of leaves over it. Then I glued the bottom of a peat pot to the bottom so the little vignette could stand on it's own.  I then glued moss to the florist foam,along with a garden variety of paper flowers and vintage millinery.And a couple of  cute little pink mushrooms :)

 I made a little garden arch by twisting two long wiredfloral sprays together and shaping into an arch.Which doubles as a handle to lift Marie out to play!  :) And because a lady should look good from all sides,  

Marie from the back! I had so much fun creating this,this group dreams up the most creative swaps! I'll share the teacup garden party Kris makes for me next Teacup Tuesday! Here's some lovely flowers for you: 

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Visit Pink Saturday for lovely pink inspiration!
You will find more lovely teacups at Martha's Favorites and Artful Affirmations!
And, for lovely, shabby, chippy whites, stop by White Wednesday!

Lovely, feminine things at Pearls and Lace Thursday!
Lovely, cottagey links at Feathered Next Friday!

And for all things lovely and vintage, visit Knick of Time!

Have a great weekend!Time for tea...   

Happy Easter!

Hello Friends!

I'm participating in a very fun swap,
French Market Mini-bags,
where we are to embellish those little muslin bags
and fill them with goodies!
My first bag is for Terri: 

This one for Debi:

This one for Mercedes:

And the little goodies:

I'll show you what I receive next week! What's your Easter tradition?
It has become tradition in my family to go to Easter massat the Mission San Juan Capistrano

 

 and then brunch at El Adobe Restaurant, a California State Historical Landmark. It was originally an adobe home, built in 1797, and the Juzgado (court and jails) was added in 1812.The dungeon-like jail now serves as a wine cellar!    I hope you and your families all have a wonderfully Happy Easter!  

 Click to enlarge, right click and save!  You may like to stop by Pink Saturday for more pink lovelies!
Have a great Easter weekend!