shabbyscraps

Oh BABY!!!

I love babies.....I love pink......I am just hoping there is not a subconscious reason for me being drawn more than usual to these items as of late!! And you know what I mean by "late" !?!?

I have found some great vintage baby items for my boutique, along with a few other fun finds. Take a peek!

I found these sweet vintage Lambs on my recent birthday trip. How can you not be happy when you look at these? They are just the cutest thing!

These darling Nursery prints were unearthed at a vintage car flea market. My pink radar was on high alert, and I was so happy to find them amongst the car parts!

I have a addiction to scales...especially pink baby ones! Hey Kewpie, what are you doing in the picture? Kewpie does look cute on it though....

I think this one is even sweeter. The colors are fabulous! This link will take you to it....

This vintage music box cradle will lull your baby to sleep with it's sweet song.

Dang ~ Kewpie gets around, doesn't he? He keeps making it into all my pics.....attention hog! And an exhibitionist!

I love the soft colors of this vintage chalk ware Marie Antoinette.....especially the aqua and gold crown in her hair.

This cute 3 tiered cupcake standdidn't always look this cute, but after I shabby scrapped it, it is looking much cuter! Can't you just imagine it filled with cupcakes? (Sorry, I ate them all before I could take the photo. I think Kewpie had some too)  The pretty millinery flowers don't come with the stand, I am hording those from my Silver Bella Swap from Andrea~! Go visit her to get some for yourself too.

Thanks for taking a peek at my new items. Please let me know if there is any special item you are looking for ever, and I will try to accommodate.

Have a great day,

 

xoxo, Tiffany

Bella Swap and Birthday Thank you's!

Thank you all for wishing me so many good thought for my birthday! I had a wonderful time with my mom, and found lots of treasure I will share in a little later post when I have had time to take some photos! However, I have even more thank you's to go around.....

I am very late in posting my thank you's to these lovely ladies for all of my goodies from our "Pre Bella Get to Know You" Swap! Look at all thse amazing goodies I recieved in this swap!

So a great big heartfelt thanks goes out to

Heather ~ Pretty Petals

Jenn ~ Sweet Eye Candy Creations

Andrea ~ One Hundred Wishes

Karla ~ Hostess Extraordinair, Karla's Cottage

Jessi ~ Scrappy Jessi

Holly ~ Holly Doodle Designs

Carol ~ Raised in Cotton

Natasha ~ Creations by Natasha Burns

Cheryl ~ Confections

Analise ~ Sugar Sugar

Kim ~ Artistic Bliss

Cheryl~ Inside the Bubble

Please go visit these talented ladies! I cannot wait to meet them all in person at Silver Bella!  xoxo, Tiffany

 

It's My Birthday ~ Come Celebrate with Me!

Today is my 35th Birthday! I wanted to share some special things today. I don't mind having birthdays ~ in fact I love them! It usually means I can indulge for a day, who doesn't like that? My mom and I are going antiquing and spending one night away from home, the break all us moms dream about...I have to say, I  LOVE my thirties! Way better than my twenties, or even teens. Some any things in my life have "matured" to a point where I am loving life. Ask me again when I hit my forties if I still feel the same, I reserve the right to change my mind! It's a woman's perogative!

I have a great project to share with you..... I have to admit that certain items in my stash I have been saving for quite some time now, hoping to put together a crown. I have been nervous to begin this project, because I had high expectations for myself, but I finally bit the bullet and took the plunge! Here is how it turned out!

I actually finished this a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted to wait unitl my birthday to show you all! I am very pleased with the way it turned out..

I am not even sure where I got these gold birds, I think at a church sale, but I think they really add some pizazz to the crown.....

Those are my intials, TK. I also added vintage rhinestone jewelery, an old clock face, and vintage wedding millinery.

See the base of the crown? That's a part to an old 70's style lamp I tore apart. I bought it at Goodwill for a couple of bucks, and new exactly when I got it it would make the best crown base! My husband came home while I had his dremel with the grinder wheel out sawing off lamp parts. He scolded me because I wasn't wearing "protective eyewear" (Can you tell he had to go to a manager's safety class for work? Bet he was teacher's pet!) I always make hime nervous, he has nick named me "Danger Prone". I kinda like the nick name, it sounds like a comic book super hero! "Look, what's that up in the sky? A bird? A plane? No! It's DANGER PRONE!!"

Anyway, he has only called me that since the little cut through the extension cord incident........I don't want to talk about it......

Thank you all for sharing in my Birthday Bliss today! I raise my glass in toast to you all, and hope everyone else has a great birthday this year and those to come!

xoxoxo, Tiffany aka  "DANGER PRONE" !

Girls Day Out

This last Saturday, I traveled down to the Portland area with these two sweeties, Tammy and Kathy, for a great Girls Day Out. Our main goal was to go to see the fabulous Barn House Boys and their Fall Harvest Sale. We hadn't been there since the Flea Market sale, and this was every bit as fun. A whole different vibe. This time the sale was held in their barn, all decked out for Fall. No detail was left undone, it was definitely inspiring for Fall.

They are master merchandisers, I told Joe he could have a job in NYC as a high paid merchandiser in a heartbeat! Just take a look at all this beauty....

Here was my love of the day, I purchased this shabby chippy old rocker for my bedroom, I just love it!

Before the Barn House Sale, we hit a vintage car and antiques flea market and found a bunch more goodies, and topped off the day with a trip to Montecello's Antiques and dinner at Red Robin. We had so many laughs and it was a great time. It is so good to have a girls day out once in a while! I can't wait for the next one! Maybe for the next Barn House Event, their Gothic Harvest sale!

Vintage Finds

I thought I would share some of my vintage finds that I have in the boutique! I recently found some great things I thought you all might enjoy. Click here to see more about the items!

Hope you like what you see!

xoxo, Tiffany

Summer's Last Hoorah

It seems as though the last days of summer are upon us, and the crisp nights of fall have arrived. We spent one last weekend camping in the mountains, unplugged and tuned in to our family, seemingly only us in the world.

Lazy days spent relaxing by the river, campfire scent filling the air, nothing to do but be.

No TV, no computers, no electricity, no telephone, just a weekend to simplify........

Even the dog got some R and R!

Now I am ready to let the days of summer go and settle into fall and winter. Refreshed, renewed, revitalized.

Hope you, too, are enjoying the last days of summer!

xoxo, Tiffany 

 

Vintage Halloween Decor You Can Make!

Halloween is such a fun and kooky holiday that can be interpreted in many different ways. As most of you might expect, I prefer a vintage twist on my Halloween rather than very commercial items. I put together this Halloween inspiration board and am hanging it in my living room with some of my other vintage inspired Halloween decor. It is very easy to make and is mostly put together with non "holiday" items!

Firstly I found this great frame at a local Goodwill. It looks really rich and textural, but really it is cheesy 70's plastic. And it only cost $3.99. It originally came with a mirror inside. I removed the mirror and replaced it with a piece of sturdy cardboard. (Don't through away the mirror, you never know when you may need it for another project!) Next, I used a gel medium and ripped up sheet music and adhered it to the cardboard. While the paper is still wet with gel medium, I sprinkled vintage glass glitter all over it. Let your gel medium dry, and Voila! You have the bones (pardon the Halloween pun!) of your project!

Next is this vintage looking mask I made to go on the board.

I purchased the plain wood mask 2 for $3 at my local craft store. First I painted the entire mask black, and let it dry. Then I found some great vintage harlequin looking paper and used glue to adhere it to the front side of the mask, in a whole sheet. Once the glue had dried, I came back with an exacto knife and trimmed up the mask, so the paper fit nicely around. The feather accent on the mask is actually another piece of paper, I fussy cut out the pattern to make it look like feathers!

Now for the glitter. I have one word for you....Stickles. If you don't know what I am talking about, do yourself a favor, and go to your local craft store, ask them where they keep their Stickles and then proceed to buy one of every color they have. It is a fantastic product. It is what I used to put the silver on the feather accent and to draw in these fun orange glitter eyelashes on my cat. I also used the orange to trace around the entire mask for a little bit of extra glam. The trick to using Stickles effectively is to always use it in one clean squeeze....what I mean by that is don't squeeze some out, let go and try to squeeze more. This is how you get air bubbles, and globby glitter. Nobody likes globby glitter! Use one steady ongoing squeeze, and it will turn out great! Oh, and NEvEr think you are doing yourself a favor by making the hole in the tip larger, just leave it be! Can you tell I have learned these life experiences the hard way? Finish off your mask by double knotting a wide piece of vintage satin ribbon around the stick and fray the ends to make it look old. Project two complete!

To give my Inspiration Board even more of a vintage Halloween feel, I put together a couple of different tags that can be hung on it. Here are a few samples...

This way you can grab a few if you need to throw together a quick gift. Last but not least, grab all sorts of random items from your craft and ephemera stash that are in colors that will match or compliment your Halloween decor, and fill the board in with these items.

As you can see, I used items such as clock faces, button cards, bingo cards, and a "skeleton" key ( another Halloween pun, I am on a roll!) None of which are Halloween items, but all seem to work together. The best part is, after Halloween, you simply remove the mask and tags and you can change the board to suit whatever need or theme you have!

Hope this gave you a little more inspiration to get Halloween crafting!

Have a great day,

xoxo, Tiffany

Post Script ~ Hope you like and enjoy my new look for my blog. I put something together to feel a little more festive given the upcoming holiday!

Photo Gallery

I had this great idea to post a halloween how to, but I am feeling under the weather today so not very inspired to write. However, I have some great photos I have recently taken inspired by fall colors, so enjoy these instead, and maybe I will get to the "how to" post another day...

xoxo, Tiffany

Back in Business!

IMPORTANT~ I have been having problems with my shipping calculator on my website. Rest assured, if the shipping seems outrageous, I will take care of it via refund to your acct. I only charge actual shipping costs, but for some reason it keeps miscalculating combined weights!

I have a huge shop update I just finished and I thought you might like to see some of the goodies I have newly listed! Isn't this puppy vase darling?

I also found a great lot of gorgeous vintage millinery Lily of the Valley in some really sweet colors...

Darling Duck and Bunny Cupcake toppers!

Kewpies!!

Whimsy sets!

and I saved the best..some of the yummiest Vintage 1940's wallpaper borders ever! These are whole rolls ladies!! Still in original darling boxes!! And all pastel colors!!! There are 10 different designs to choose from. You can find them here ....

Hope to see you soon over in the Boutique!

Have a great day! xoxo, Tiffany

I am Thinking it, But Dare I say it?

School Started Today!!!!

I am so happy!!!

I know I should miss my children terribly, I am sure eventually I will. But today, I am happy to have them back in school. Six hours of quiet before the chaos begins again. I know it will only take me a couple of days (ok, in all honesty, a couple of weeks or month) and I will be wishing the kids were out of school again. But for now, I think it is best for everyone for them to be where they are. They need a break from me, and I need a break from them. Educating our children is high priority, right? Don't get me wrong, we had a wonderful summer together, I throughly enjoyed it. However, I am a creature of habit, of structure, of schedules.....the lack of all things structured in summer is initially fun, but I long for fall!

I have some fun things to share today, firstly this amazing spider I came across yesterday while pruning my roses. Can you believe she is pink? This is either the coolest thing I have ever seen, or quite possibly the scariest thing, since it is probably some highly mutated hybrid monster spider that will destroy the human race. Let's just hope it's a pretty pink spider, ok?

Next, I have been busy participating in a couple of one on one swaps. I am really enjoying these! No pressured sign-up deadlines, themes you and your partner both come up with, and really getting to know someone. I met a great gal named Jodie after she left a comment on my blog about some romantic tags I had made, and out of that came a one on one romantic tag swap! Here is what I made for her....

and here is the wonderful tag she made for me!

How fabulous is this? She made this dress form on it! I love the glitter and how she put jewels on her! It is just the sweetest thing! I love it Jodie, Thanks so much! The best part of it all, is we will be meeting in November at Silver Bella! I cannot wait! I was thinking of Jodie all weekend, she lives in Louisiana, and I hope all is well for her and her family after Hurricane Gustav!

Next, I participated in another one on one swap with my local friend Kathy. The theme was "pink". I am so excited, she just started her own blog! It's called Kat Collects .....isn't that cute? I forgot to take pics of all the things I made for our swap, but if you go to her blog, she posted more pics. I did have a pic of this project I made for her though!

This was a really fun project. I picked up a broken birdcage at a garage sale and spray painted it pink (of course!) The bottom is a painted silver plated tray, and the birds rest in a stand made from an old lamp part painted with a teacup glued on top. Here is a closeup....

Kathy really spoiled me for our swap! 

Look at all the lovelies she packed in this basket!

I love this little collage she made me!

Another wedding cake topper for my collection! This is the 2nd one she has found for me!

Beautiful little journal...

pretty buttons!

More later, including the things I made during my "me time" the other day. I have a hint, I made myself something in honor of my birthday being this month! The big 35!!

have a great day! xoxoxo, Tiffany