Some Creations and My Blog Makeover

Do you remember the sugar bowl from my last post? It already became a pincushion.

Other things I have created last week are an altered box

a little card

and this tag.

I thought it was time for a little blog makeover. So I made a few changes, like a new background color and played around to create a new header. Actually I redecorated my studio shelf a little bit and removed the pink elements. I took a new picture and edited it (changed to sepia, then cut out and pasted some elements from the original picture to get some highlights). Here it is, so you don’t have to scroll back :-).

Another header version I made is this one. Even though I have uploaded the above version for now, I’m not really sure which one I like better. It would be great if you would let me know your opinion. Which one do you prefer? The shelf or the collage? Thank you for your help, dear friends!

Have a wonderful week!

HUGS,

Julia

Lovely Laces, an Iron Foot and Some Other Great Finds

The flea market season has started and I was lucky to find some great treasures on the last couple of Sundays. I already had one of those bon bon jars but couldn’t resist to buy a second one of the same kind.  They just look lovely filled with buttons, laces or doilies. When I saw the Eiffel Tower bottle, I knew it would have to come home with me. The sugar bowl was a nice find as well. Since I will turn it into a pincushion, I  don’t mind the missing lid.

A sweet cup and saucer. I love the fish-scale pattern.

Pretty handkerchiefs and a silver plated tea spoon.

Three beautiful rhinestone brooches. Two of them were found by dear hubby for me. The spool of thread is huge and I bought it for decoration purposes.

These letters in lovely handwriting date from 1890 and 1894.

My favorite lace and linen dealer had a bunch of vintage laces for me

and several doilies.

 

I also bought an old sack, a large piece of vintage muslin and two table cloths. I’m not sure about the intended purpose of the piece in the middle. The crocheted part is a bit less narrow than the woven cotton it is sewn to. I could imagine that it was a coverlet for a day bed and the crocheted border would hang in front of the bed but I can be totally wrong.

These are my metal treasures. Isn’t the cast iron foot cool? It’s a shoemaker’s tool and it’s very heavy. Therefore it makes a great door stopper. I also found a potato scoop, the face of a pressure measuring device, a pretty door handle, some tiny keys, copper rings and copper wire.

I  was excited when I got this pair of cast iron garden stakes for a song. Now I just need a garden, LOL. In the meanwhile they look very pretty in the living room.

For only 70 Cents a piece I couldn’t pass up these two framed pictures. The more often I look at them, the more I like them. Now I just have to find the right spot for them.

Have a lovely Friday and a wonderful weekend, dear friends! If you will go treasure hunting, I wish you lots of fun and great finds!

HUGS,

Julia