vintage finds

Victorian silk millinery ribbons...

my eyes popped when I spotted more bags of gorgeous antique trims at one of my favorite treasure haunts!

Vintage and antique patriotic trims...

Unused velvet millinery sprigs...

and a bunch of vintage silk bowties! I've seen ladies use these old bowties and attach them to headbands for little girls - they look so cute!

These are all in my etsy shop. I have even more treasures which I haven't photographed or listed yet, so stay tuned. I'm also creating more jewelry for the art gallery here on Cape Cod which sells my creations. I'll photograph some of those for you to see as well, when I can take some time from creating and going outside to do some SPRING gardening!

Happy Sunday!

inspire!

My recent trips to the antique shop yielded some wonderful results!

These gorgeous Victorian ribbons and laces will keep me busy for days!

I'm pleased as punch I happened to walk in on the right day... two vendors had bumper-crops of old trims!

One seller had bags and bags of trims inside an old washstand... the deeper I reached into the drawer, the better the finds became.

Another seller had an old trunk filled to overflowing with bags and bags and bags of color-coordinated vintage silk and satin ribbons. I wanted to go swimming in it! I couldn't even reach the bottom of the trunk, as the bags were falling onto the floor there was so much in there!

I went back in to my old etsy shop sales this morning, and realized all the journals I sold were back in 2009 and 2010! I didn't make any last year at all! I am overdue!

Stay tuned... once my journals are made and ready to be listed, I'll give you a sneak peak here. (These trims above are old and French... I scored these from Corey's website last year!)

Happy Weekend!

sharing Victorian photographs

One of my most favorite past-times is collecting antique photographs. I've sold many of them in my etsy shops over the years. I find the clothing and hairstyles particularly charming.

I also wonder about the lives the people in these photographs led. What did they look like when they aged. Did they marry and have children.

Did friends remain friends. Did some of them move far away from their own families.

Do copies of some of these photographs remain with their original families. What was the occasion why so many people were smiling.

Feel free to use these five images which are copies of photos I've once personally owned. If you use them in your own artwork, please leave me a link so I can see what you've done with them.

Thank you! ;)