Free 2pc Gift Box Pattern & Vintage Jewelry finds

 Went to a couple of yard sales this morning and found some very cheap, lovely old costume jewelry. But I also found this little box made out of vintage wallpaper. I love how the top and bottom pieces are made of one sheet of paper with no gluing necessary, and it creates the outside and inside too. 

There are two patterns here. One is for the top of the box and one is for the bottom of the box. 

***One is slightly smaller than the other.***

 See the pretty finished inside?

How to fold...

 This is the pretty broach I got with blue stones.

And this is the beautiful BOGOFF set I got that is worth over a hundred dollars!...

 This one is just a pretty rhinestone broach that is wonderful...

 And some super rhinestone earings that I'll probably use for wings in some kind of art, but we'll see...

Oh happy day!

A Delightful Mother's Day Excursion!

First thing this morning my youngest got up before everyone else and made me breakfast and brought it to me in bed with a beautiful handmade card with "love" couppons. (my breakfast consisted of about 2 Tblsp of Frosted Flakes floating in a whole bowl full of milk, lol)

Then hubby and I got up, he made me a little more breakfast :) and we got ready to hit the road...

 We were off to Eureka Springs to pick up an antique chair I found on Craige's List.

 Driving there we saw the Space Shuttle, lol, an AeroStar naturally...

I picked up my chair and of coarse it wouldn't fit in the car so we had to tie it in with the trunk open...

And then NATURALLY it HAD to start raining...we stopped at a few antique shops on the way home... 

 Then it stopped raining...

 And just as we were pulling back into our hometown it started POURING and we got stuck at 2 red lights....

 But finally we did make it home and I unloaded my soaking wet antique chair.

 It's a good thing I was planning to reupholster it.

 Love those hand carved legs and arms, so much potential.

 I also found another piece of tin for my stydio ceiling...

 And found a neat old office chair made of wood and iron. Tiny thing but weighs a TON...

When I got home my oldest had made me a strawberry cake, my favorite...

 And everyone made me cards... Love you guys!

This is what my chair looked like about an hour after getting home, had to take off all that wet upholstery...

Gonna have to do some spring tying. Can't wait to see it when it's finished, now if only I wasn't the one having to do all the work, lol.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommas out there. Hugs!

Antique Tatting Patterns FREE

 As promised, for Susan, and for anyone else who Tatts. Page 1 & 2 of the antique tatting patterns from 1894

Enjoy!

Exquisite Antique Magazine Freebies!

I found this wonderful antique magazine recently...

It has so many wonderful illustrations inside. It talks about all sorts of things, mostly fashion, but there are pages that describe everything from how to artistically decorate your house to tatting and knitting patterns. Lots of neat things and I wanted to share a few with you...

I loved this advertisement.

 The dresses and the frames are all wonderful!

 Women's fashions...

 Girls Fashions...

 Boys fashions...

 And even a 4 page section on DOLL Fashion (how cute is that!)

There were also lovely advertisements...

Don't you just love to find something unique that is so image rich!?

Too fun!

Enjoy!

Patina Garden - New Artwork

 I've finally gotten something new finished. I had so much fun with this one. Perhaps inspired by spring and my love of all things rusty and patina blue/green. 

 I loved the little buttons the moment I saw them with their metal centers that were all covered in patina. Natural beauty right there. I picked them up at The Rusty Chair in Rogers AR and Julie (the owner) said that another lady had been looking through the buttons and was somewhat grossed out by the patina on those beauties, I know, there's no accounting for taste, lol. But at least they were there for me!

Julie also gathered 2 of those large rusty flower shaped thing-a-ma-jigs, she and I knew at first glance that they were for me! I mean how cool and unique!

The rest of the metal bits and pieces and nails are things I found with my metal detector. I LOVE that thing! So many artsy treasures just waiting to be found underground.

Have a great week everyone! Hugs!