Upcycled Pendants

Jumping around the upcycled items and shops on etsy this morning and found the lovely upcycled pendants from Retro Chalet Studio at http://retrochaletstudio.etsy.com/. They are made with vintage pictures and mounted to old casino chips.  Great looking pendants and these are the three I love most.   Great recycling art jewelry.

Vintage Crosstitch

Two beautiful vintage pieces of crosstitch I just added to my shop http://www.dogwoodflowerdesigns.etsy.com/.  These are in great shape and are ready to frame for any vintage home or as a gift.     One is a Love Poem and the other a Faith Poem.

Throw a Ways Saved

Here is my hand at upcycling vintage satin ball ornaments that could have easily been thrown away.  I cut off all ragged satin parts and dug into my vintage stash of sequins,ribbons,acrylics and glass beads to redo the sad looking throw a ways. 

My daughter from http://labonnefemme1.blogspot.com/. inspired me to  think vintage Christmas.  Still scowering yard sales and thrift stores for more.   Don't you just love the sparkle of these saved beauties?

Old,Vintage,and Antique

I call this picture: Old,vintage and Antique.  A black and white photo of me and my sister at 5 and 4 years old.  The frame is made from 100 year old cypress unfinished wood.  Old nail holes still on back of frame.
They all seem to go together well I think.

Vintage handmade wreath

This one turned out nicely I think.  A vintage silk tie,vintage crochet and new crochet circles with glass button.  For the Holidays or any other day of the year.  Simple and striking for vintage lovers.

How old am I?

Need help finding the fair market price of the trumpet cutglass vase with heavy metal base that looks like old silverplate or even mercury glass style. It is 13"tall and 9"across top. Very heavy and just gorgeous. Would like to know what period and what to sell for on http://dogwoodflowerdesigns.etsy.com. shop. Just leave a comment if you can help.

vintage paperdolls

So much free stuff just for the ink price.

Paperdolls have always fascinated me and when I found these vintage mexican 3-D ones I just had to download some and see if I could put them together. There were no instructions so it was trial and error. They are so prescious and if you have female children there are all sorts of free paperdolls for your enjoyment. How great are these for stocking stuffers or birthdays. Go to vintage paperdolls and have fun.

Coming soon to ETSY

A lonely piece of undestroyed made in USA turquoise pottery dish ,lost from the original set. A piece of vintage milkglass swirled fluted bowl. A vintage plate with a 1844 Church house on the front, from world wide studios. On the bottom are two pieces of vintage brass, a trivet and a dogwood wall hanger. Look forward to seeing you at the shop.

http://dogwoodflowerdesigns.etsy.com/ Some of the upcoming vintage pieces that will be for sale in the next few weeks.

One of my Mother's Day gifts was to be featured on labonnefemme1blogspot. My daughter also has two etsy shops which are nocarnations.etsy.com and labonnefemme.etsy.com.

Our family adores vintage even with the flaws that sometime accompany them. Thanks Sheena