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

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Pretty packaging and the grey buttons inside...

Hello everyone! If you read this blog you know how much I love old buttons, along with my little finds from eBay. I also love the pretty packaging that some creative sellers use.

I recently purchased a small lot of grey mother of pearl buttons. Below are some photos of them, and the package that they arrived in.

I have been collecting some grey fabrics
and trims lately, 
so I thought I should buy some buttons
to go with them. 
Just in case I ever have the time
to work on some projects. 
Ha!!...



I loved the way the seller packaged the 
buttons.
A pretty cellophane bag
tied with ribbon,
and a matching Victorian scrap to boot...


Don't the small things in life just make
your heart sing?


Thursday, August 22, 2013

Fabric and Paper Collage: "Intermezzo" and "Dance of the Daisies"...

Good morning. I hope that you're having a great day! Well, we are headed up the Birdsong, so I probably won't get a chance to post for the next several days.

Believe it or not, I did manage to get in some creative time on Sunday and Monday. I played around with a product that I had never used before. It did not amount to any "creations", but it was fun getting my hands dirty! When I get home I will see where it takes me. More on that in another post.

Lately, I do not seem to have much time for artful creations, so I decided to do some fabric and paper collage using a minimal amount of elements. I thought it would be fun to see see what I could come up with in a short space of time. 

I have had this old photo for quite awhile.
I printed it out onto computer printer fabric,
and collaged it with scraps of
vintage sheet music and fabrics.
I added some pieces of old lace,
along with foreign postage stamps that were on one
of my eBay packages.
I used my sewing machine to sew it onto a backing
of cotton duck cloth...
 

I placed it in this old frame, using it as a prop.
I kind of like the way it looks,
but am not yet sure what I will do with this piece.
Actually, the frame doesn't look half bad...



I have had this old daisy plate for a long time.
I actually used it as a drip plate under flower pots.
Then I recently purchased this old sheet music,
and then the old photo of the little girl with the daisies
in her hair.
I couldn't resist making this simple little piece!



Sometimes it's so much fun to just make something without a lot of planning, isn't it? Thanks for spending this time with me!

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

"Thoreauly Antiques" in Concord, MA...

Good morning to all! I hope that you're having a great week!

As promised, I wanted to share with you some of the sweet little finds from the other place that I love to visit when we go to Concord, MA, namely, Thoreauly (a play on names for Henry David Thoreau) Antiques. It is a great shop composed of various vendors, many of which cater to the mixed media artist.

A sweet little book...


...with bible verses...


...and beautiful illustrations...


Some illustrations from an old children's book...


...with the added bonus of more pretty pictures on the
reverse of the pages...


Some beautiful old button cards...


Another flapper photo, this one with a horse.
This was a reproduction, but I couldn't
resist buying it anyway...


This cute little girl in black.
I have a Halloween vision for this
little darling...


And the sweetest old ballet shoes.
Lately I have been collecting old ballerina photos,
so I couldn't resist these...


One of these years maybe I'll even get to use these lovelies in some art!

I hope that you're having a creative day. Thanks for visiting me.