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Friday, March 7, 2014

Vintage Crochet Shirt

Sometimes decorating ideas start from a small or unusual item. I this case mine started with a vintage hanger. When I was in Arizona last month I had a chance to visit a wonderful antique show called Sweet Salvage. I picked up this great wire hanger, once home the question was, what to do with the hanger besides hang it in the closet?????

I remembered I had a crocheted shirt that my grandmother made for my mom back in probably the late 60's. I never remember my mom wearing it and to be honest I can't imagine it fitting her it is tiny! That is the problem with trying to wear vintage clothes, they are soooo small. Anyway out of the box it came and on to the hanger.


I then hung them from a ribbon in front of the window in my office/studio/craft room.


Details of the crocheting…..



I feel this looks like a lacy collage, it blended well with the lace already hanging in the window.






The pictures came to come out very sepia looking even though I took them on a bright sunny day. I like the look it seems to go with the vintage lacy feel.








I'm trying to get things I like or love out of boxes, the basement or where ever I have them hidden and display them so I can enjoy them daily. This has made my "studio" jammed with beautiful things. In this room less is not more…..
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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Craft Cabinet Redo

One of the things I have worked on this winter was organizing my craft work space or studio. I've given myself permission to stock it or stuff it, is more like it, with things I love. I've tried to repurpose items I already have and one of those items was a stamp cabinet that has been in the basement of years. I decided to give it a makeover and move it up to my studio.
This is the cabinet, Before.

 I seem to have taken the picture at a weird angle making the top look distorted, humm.


This is the cabinet after two coats of Anne Solan Old White paint and moved up in the my workroom. It was a pain to paint because of the little cubbies for the rubber stamps. I popped the back off which made it easier to paint. I decided not to paint the top inside each of the cubbies because who would see it right? Well, I finished and moved it up to my room, loving it but when I sat down at my desk nearby and looked up, I could see the brown wood inside the cubbies. Crap!!! Did I really want to haul that backdown to the basement to paint those inside tops? No, but would it bug me? A big YES, so back down to the basement it went.

This is the cabinet, After.


I've used rubber stamps on and off over the years but I've found myself using them in projects more frequently, so it is convenient to have them close at hand.


I cleaned out and gave a friend for her granddaughter the "kiddies" stamps and kept the others. Some of the stamps are from the early 80's before stamping was so mainstream.


I crystal bowl holding bobbins of beading thread.



 I love the tatted detail on the handkerchief.


 Some of my button collections are in old mason jars with crowns on them. The jars are from Canada which is why the crowns are on them, a nod to the Queen from Canada's days linked to the United Kingdom.



The big flower is a paper bowl was purchased at Target a few years back. I just pinned it to the wall.



Everyone needs an angel in their work space.


I like skells too, they remind me that life is precious.



This room is as I said, stuffed! In this small space it has 2 tables, 2 chairs, a bookcase, dresser, rolling cart, trunk, an easel, large baskets and 2 pin boards. A lot of things in a small area but it seems to be working for me. I'll have to take you on a tour one day soon.

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