Vintage Bottle Labels

I'm in love with vintage bottles...Along with wedding dresses, fabric, lace, buttons, etc. etc.

I picked up a box of bottles at auction

And added water slide decals on these seltzer bottles with graphics from Graphics Fairy

While the water slide decal was still wet I rubbed it to take some of the writing off, I love the translucent effect I get from the water slide decals

I'm thinking these look 100 years old...OK, Maybe 20 years old

I kept one to put in my linen cupboard

and put the other two in my booth at Orange Tree 

So, what's your weakness?? fabric,lace,bottles,buttons.........

Happy Creating!

Carol
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Ladies Only Champagne Holiday Brunch

Yesterday was sooo much fun, my annual 

"Ladies only champagne holiday brunch".  I had the candles lit and the tree dressed

I'm embarrassed by my minimal holiday decorating.  Some of your houses are literally jaw dropping, I had no idea how much decorating people did until I started blogging

That's it kids...YIKKES I hope I don't get kicked out of blog world!

Whats a good shabby tree without a princess crown.....See it right in the center of the tree?

On to the party......

My dress form was keeping watch over the champagne punch bowl

Of course there was coffee and tons of food....I didn't take a picture of the food.....geez!

One benefit of having a small house is when I have more than 15 guests it seems like a huge party because we're packed in like sardines!

Here's some of my guests.....Kelly, Eileen, and Liz

Luci and my Mom

Oh, I hate to tell you folks "Up North", but it was a gorgeous day here in Orlando so, I set the outside tables

Which gave me more room 

I hate pictures of myself, but I guess bloggers like to know who the person behind the blog is sooooooo....OK


 

 If I make the picture smaller it's not quite so bad!


Do you have any Christmas parties planned?

Carol

How To Make a Romantic Lace Covered Dress Form/Giveaway Winner

Before I show you how I made this lace covered dress form... 
I want to thank everyone that entered the dress form giveaway, goodness what a response! 
 We love our dress forms! OK time to announce the winner....Drum roll please....By Random number generator...CeeKay-Thinkin of Home!

I had a blast making this lace dress form.  This is where you pull out the good stuff, the vintage lace, appliques, and bling you have been saving

All you need is a glue gun

I'm inserting a public service announcement here. I purchased a low heat glue gun, it's fabulous, and your fingers will thank you! It 's all I use now, I can put my finger right in the glue and no burns!  I don't see any difference in the strength of the glue at all!

I laid the form on her back and covered her with lace, pulling the lace tight and hot glueing around the outside edge then adding a few dots of glue between the bust.


Now, it's time to have some fun.  

Glueing on the precious things I had been saving.  Look close, you will see a vintage lace collar down the sides, appliques I took off a vintage dress, pearls.....

...Circles of vintage lace I bunched together to formed a plunging V and topping it off with hand rolled silk flowers from a vintage veil along with pearls and a pin. I finished by adding a little skirt of vintage lace

That's it, you can do this!!  


Thank you again for your huge response to this giveaway and thank you Barr Display!


I think every girl deserves a dress form and this one (Undressed) is only $20.95 
Here's the details on ordering 

 I'd like to see a show of hands....Do you own a dress form, vintage, new, full, half, hanging...Any form?

Happy Creating!


Carol


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Beyond The Picket Fence

Dress Form Giveaway!!!

Drawing closed

I'm so excited to giveaway a dress form to one lucky follower to transform anyway you like!

 When I first posted this dress form covered with sheet music last May, I wrote in the post "Just so you know, Barr Display (the company that sells the dress forms) has no idea I exist"

Fast forward 7 months, they now know I exist! I received thousands of hits on that post,and the company that sells them "Barr Display" started receiving orders.

Julia their sweet Marketing Manager said We'd love to give YOU one to transform (The Lace One) and 

Give a dress form away To a follower to transform anyway they choose!!

If you don't win, you can purchase this dress form for only $20.95

This is two parts, the form and the base.

  The form can be used alone and has a swivel hanger.

The form is $8.98 

The base is $12.00

The form and base are #8020 and come in black and white. Put #8020 into the search box

The shipping is actual cost

Barr Display is the store. 

Barr Display also carrys everything you need for store displays

This Giveaway is closed

Good Luck!

Happy Creating!

Carol


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The Little Green Side Table With Personality

This is the little side table that most people would pass up, but I know you see the potential!

Oh, look at the cute features before..... The scalloped edges, the shelves and drawer.  Most people would see an old scratched up side table.

I had to sand and use Zinsser primer so the stain would not bleed through 

I used Heirloom white paint and a green clearance paint from Hobby Lobby

And finished off the drawer with a Laura Ashley wallpaper

I switched up the knobs, I'll save the original knobs for another project

I sanded the edges to shabby it up a little and put it in my booth at Orange Tree for $45

I loves it!... And I love you guy's, thank you for always taking the time to leave a kind word

Happy Creating!

Carol


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