Signs of Spring

  

In the spring I find myself thinking of sweet Lacy Bags, or Hats,

This is one of my newest bags made from vintage "Huckscloth" with

antique lace, linen and pearl buttons,

Shabby pillow made from antique linen, laces, tulle all ruffled in,

Another one of my bags, made from antique linen, lace and pearl buttons, all white,

 This is a pre-made bag from Hobby Lobby, I decorated with antique lace and trims,

An old bottle, sponge painted and decorated with antique lace and an old photo,

This is my "Downton" hat, hand sewn with antique lace, mother of pearl buttons,

This is the back of the hat, with antique lace flowers sewn onto the band of antique lace,

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you back, have a great week,

Celeste



Rose Paper Chain Garland

I have had a huge box of rose stationary. It is printed on both sides,this side, the right side, with
beautiful pink roses and the other side with the same only more faded print.
I looked at it the other day and thought, I will never use up the box of paper, so why not make
something with the papers.

Simple and easy. I divided the paper into 4 strips, 

cut as many strips as you want the chain to be long,

 Cut out the long strips,

Glued together circles, chained together, the more chains, the longer the garland,

Winding the lace through and around the chains loops,

When I reached the end of the chain, I pinned the end of the lace where I will sew the 

button, ribbon and toole, 

With the tulle, ribbon and button layered together I sewed them in place, 

Here is each end with the trims sewn on, 

Punch a hole on the last loop, 

Take a piece of lace, ribbon or tulle and put through the hole, 

tie a knot in the lace for the hanger

Here is the garland hanging on my shabby wall, 

Imagine all the beautiful chains you could make for every occasion, especially with all 

those beautiful scrapbook papers! 

I have so many papers of all sorts everywhere in the house! 

Ummm........ guess you know what I will be up to for a while to come!

Hope you enjoyed this simple idea!

Celeste

Downton Silks

Lady Elizabeth Silk with Antique Lace Blouse

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Lady Alexandra Silk with Antique Lace Blouse

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Kitchen Valentines

I have one wall in my kitchen I use for various dishes, or vintage kitchen items

 The shelf that these items sit on is an old barn board from the 

yard at my father's cabin up north, I left it weathered and unpainted,

so I made a muslin cover for it when I want to use white, 

 Vintage cookie cutters and ironstone dishes,

One of my grandmothers jello molds, 

A new pitcher with a vintage plastic or maybe celluloid fan, extra large 

cinnamon sticks, and floral picks with hearts on them, 

 A small vintage rolling pin, my children used and now my grandchildren love 

to use for playdoe, an old tin I use to pack up the Valentine cookie cutters, 

New tin heart, a piece of Gingerbread from the original porch of my house,

and, the vintage wallpaper border roll,

I have had this 3 foot roll, rolled up for 30 years,

I decided to unroll it and use as a banner, even though it is not a Valentine scene,

I still love the red!

 These old "ice tongs" used to lift the block of ice in the old icebox,

works well as a paper towel holder,

I have been switching it out every holiday with various linens, towels of the season,

These are vintage Valentine Hankies, 

An old potato ricer, put confetti Valentines in these little jelly jars, 

I have to tell you how I unrolled the wallpaper border:

As you can imagine it was rolled tight and somewhat brittle.

Before I opened it up I set it in a dish of lukewarm water for a few minutes,

then carefully unrolled it onto a kitchen towel,  I padded it down as it dried, 

I made sure it was laying down in the opposite direction that it wanted to roll,

It dried unrolled, it did want to curl a little bit, but not too bad,

I could still press it with some books before I put it away,  

As all of us bloggers do, we save

 "eeeeeeee........vvvvvv.....eeeeee.....rrrrr.........yyyyyyy.......thing"

Right?

I have decided this year I will start using.

Wish me luck with that!!!

Have a great weekend!

Shabby Valentine Corner