Tuesday, January 22, 2013

New Area in the Cottage Room




We did some rearranging at the store.
Moved Ruby, my mannequin, from the French Room
 to the Cottage Room.
The small cabinet (made from a drawer unit with 3 of drawers replaced with shelves)
was also moved to the Cottage Room.

 

close up of dark creamy posts and old scale.

and some treasures on the top of the cubby/shelves.

Fun to make changes, and I had 2 wonderful friends help me.

More to come...

blessings all
barb
 

and

Knick of Time Tuesday

Monday, January 14, 2013

Steampunk in a Bowl

Bits of this and that for the creative mind.....
great for you Steam punkers out there. =)

have a super week everyone.

blessings
barb

Saturday, January 12, 2013

New Display, and Some Old Treasures




 New display at the store.
I sold a tall shelf that was next to a cash register....
so had to improvise to get another tall thing there.
So I put a suitcase down first,
then turned a wood box with lid on it's side....
opened the door up...
put an old tool carrier on it's side...
hmmm. seems to be a lot of putting things on their side today. =)
Then I filled cubbies, hung things on the door.....
oh, take a look at that old spring with twigs in it...fun!!
(click to enlarge)


Here is a close up of the old pulley I hung.

 

I made a make shift ring for the old keys I just bought.
Already had the old rusty wire. perfect!

 Here is the tool carrier filled with treasures...

 an old iron on top... 

and here is whole corner...
I added a clip board with old French Book,
some old tins in front of suitcase,
and a little black case on top of the black box.
was so fun to 'create' again.

blessings all and thanks for coming by.
joining Knick of Time Tuesday.
Thanks for hosting Angela.
barb

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Beautiful Victorian Jacket


 I have this beautiful Victorian Jacket at the store now.
Above is the front of the jacket.....
 and the next few pictures are close ups of the various
areas of lace....the front and back panels..



and the sleeve below..
  
and here is the back of the jacket....
These pictures do not do it justice at all.
I should have modeled it for you....

Joining

Please go check it out for lots more wonderful whites.

blessings
barb

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Bits of Vintage Treasures

 Bits of this and that I love...
old white buttons...
old sewing machine I use to take pictures on....
a real nest...(I make my own also)

 inside gears of old sewing machine.
I love taking things apart.
 fun and unique bird cage....
something special coming up with this...
 My sweet fella's baby shoes...
and leaf skeletons and a real egg.
and old keys...
just replenishing my supply for the store.

joining Knick of Time Tuesday.
Thanks Angie for hosting!!
Blessings
Barb

Thursday, January 3, 2013

An Old Friend is Back

 

 One of my fave bloggers for some time, Mamie Janes is back.....
She has been off for awhile 'cause of a very, very rough year.

So glad to see her back with all her cute projects, and sincerity of heart. 
Hope you will go say Hi, and be sure to snoop around.
She has some incredibly fun repurposed projects.

blesssings all
Barb

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Fun New Blog


I found a fun new blogger....

Teresa loves rust as much as I do!!! 
Look at a couple of her finds.


 She also has great links to some other rusty stuff.....
tutorials and fun pics....

Go check it out...Be sure to tell her I sent you.
Oh, she has pinterest and FB pages too.

blessings all
barb