boxes, buttons, carriers, and cuteness

Mystery box.

Another box of rusty goodies

Great patina on that handle.

Old door locks, handles, and hinges galore.
Soon to be in the store.
Packaged up cute for you,
for a project you have yet to do. =)

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Remember this?

It is a pin cushion made with a candle holder.
It is hollow inside so I put in a few buttons.
(sorry, hard to see against the lace. Click to enlarge)
Here is another one.

Well I found two more candle holders,
and one is even pink!!Let me know if you would like a pin cushion
made from one of these.

Here is another find.
A pie carrier.

Make that a two pie carrier.

oooh. A two pie and cake carrier!!

Too rusty inside for pastries,
but maybe fun as a craft holder, or ?

mystery box.
No big deal. Just some used shoe shine stuff.
But, box cool anyway, and will be filled with other goodies.

Thanks for coming by

blessings on your day
barbara jean

Felted Nest Tut from Karen

My friend Karen, at
Todolwen
has put together a tutorial for this sweet little nest.

And she has the sweetest little birdie she made.

Maybe if we say 'please' she will do a tutorial on it too.

She has a really sweet blog so I hope you will go visit.
Blessings on your day

barbara jean

WHITE WEDNESDAY & A LITTLE CREATING

Vintage baby booties, socks, and a sweet little for them.

lace heart

Beautiful Victorian blouse.
and another Victorian top.

and finally, time off for a little creating.

take a gold foil box.....add music paper....

and a ribbon and a key.....

doily, pearls, and thread.
Pure sweetness!

And it felt soooo good!!!
Blessings and thanks for coming by.
barbara jean

I'm joining Kathleen at Faded Charm for

White Wednesday

Thank you for hosting Kathleen.

Favorite Vignettes

This is one of my favorite vignettes I have put together.
I was showing the tray, made from a frame,
with feet added. (little drawer pulls).
Elevating things even just a little bit makes them more special.

I have shown you these before.
The Ps. 139 Jars. (tutorial HERE)

Here are some in hard to find round bottles.
But I wanted to show you this one again.
Framed with just a tiny bottle of sand.
I just found a couple more tiny bottles,
so will be able to make more.
Let me know if you want me to hold one for you.

"How precious to me are your thoughts O God,
How vast is the sum of them.
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you."
P. 139:17,18

Blessings
barbara jean

Books, and Buttons, and Rusty Belts

New books:
The burgandy one is "the Children's Treasury", 1961.
Full of stories, songs, and fun.

This picture, from a previous post, is in it.

Some old favorite stories.

Great pictures.

The other book,
"Illustrated Golden Dictionary for Young Readers,", 1951,
is just wonderful!!
It is filled just the right aging of paper,
(not that I will tear the pages out, but it is tempting!)...

wonderful illustrations, charts, simple meanings of words.
Bits and pieces from the book.

Sorry these pics are kind of fuzzy. Camera problems.
And the pics do not show the most perfect aging of the paper.

Some huge old plastic buttons...

And this is one of those old silver belts we used to wear.
Remember these from the 70's?
Back in style now probably.
Well you know it is too shiny for me,
so I decided to rust it.
My sweet fella said it had a coating on it, and would not rust.

I took that as a challenge, and it took a week
of soaking it, but here you have it....

RUST!!
It took a week of salt and vinegar, but I did it!!
Will be so nice on a piece or art work, mine or yours. =)


And here is the bottom of a 'new' piece for the garden area.
We'll see the top tomorrow.

Hope you all have a great week.

blessings
barbara jean

Pink (and Green) Saturday

Happy Pink Saturday!!

Spring display

And how about this old game in a bright pink box?
Happy Pink Saturday all

blessings
barbara jean
thanks for hosting Beverly!

Coronet Magazine UPDATE

Sweetness......
and more sweetness.
Coronet magazine.
New to me.
Picked them up at a sale,
1957/58.
A variety of subjects inside.
I thought a child's magazine, but
some of the articles are not for children at all.

But loved the covers,
and insides are all perfectly aged paper!

Can anyone tell me more about them?
Did you see them when you were a kid?
Looked online and found this about them.

Each issue had a wide variety of articles and features, as well as a condensed book section. Poetry was featured, along with gift advice and star stories. The sister company Coronet Films was promoted in most issues as well. Articles on culture and the arts were mixed with adventure stories and social advice.

I was going to sell them for $1.00 each,
and found they are selling anywhere from $3-6,
so maybe I will raise prices to $1.50 each.

Blessings
barbara jean
PS Had a new little creative piece, but decided it
would be perfect for White Wednesday next week.
Stay tuned.