meet violet...

All of the planets lined up and I was able to collage this morning!

Last night I dyed the ribbon and could not wait to use it on something.

 I laid the gauze over the photo and sewed and sewed,

then I snipped around the photo so she could peek through.

Then as I looked over the table to find something for the bottom of the piece

my eyes wandered over to the wax paper that I used for the ribbon dyeing.

WAALAA  a pocket, I stitched it to a doily that I sprayed with a little

glimmer mist and then I tucked a few special items into the pocket.

A vintage monopoly card-Indiana Avenue, a snippet of receipt paper, 

the definition of lady and a metal V... 

I'm naming her Violet.

A scrap of blue fabric tape measure topped with an old key and a 

silver bird hanging from a little hook that I fashioned from a bit of wire.

WOW that felt good!  

I have also made us a batch of body wash...

thank you Pinterest

Source: familyoffarmers.blogspot.com via Theresa on Pinterest

So now we have a whole lot of wonderful smelling soap!

I didn't use Mrs. Meyers, I used a vegetable based lavender soap

and then I added a little lavender essential oil to it.

It is marvelous and just look how much money I'm saving!

I just love that part! ;)

So if you too would like to save some of your hard earned dollarinoes

then go check this out!  It really is very easy to make, I promise!

I took a ton of pictures this morning while the sun was shining, of all of the goodness

that I am listing in my etsy tonight. I will be having a Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Extravaganza at The Old White House and I would love it if you stopped by!

Lots of deals to be had... take that Wally World!

One last photo ~
at the show last week I traded with my friend Debby ~ a beautiful poinsettia for a couple of

my Santa ornaments. I'm hoping she will enjoy the ornaments as much as I am enjoying my

beautiful flower!

O.k. back to getting ready for tomorrow...

Have a wonderful night!

love,

Theresa xoxo

linking up to:

White Wednesday

Primp your stuff Wednesday
Vintage Inspiration Friday

etsy love x 2



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feeling the love...

Our Sunday looks to be sunshiny,

I hope yours is too!

love,

Theresa xoxo

 

Thank you so much ~

 LOOK ON MY TREASURES

&

PERU LILY CRAFTS



can't. stop. soldering....

really. truly.

I have more ideas in my head than I can keep up with.

really. truly.

I think this time I will just fill you up with pictures and save you from the rattle that is going on inside my noggin...

old blue bottle, hello dolly china doll head, rhinestones... uh yeah.

 you know this girls deserves that and more!  Look at how sweet she is with her demure little smile. I think she looks remarkably like the doll head. 

The french postmark tag is where she always wanted to go.

I hope she got there.

oh yeah, it's my story... she got there and filled herself on croissants, wine and cheese!

and wore rhinestones ofcourse!

 

 on to my gypsy girl...

 swimming in pearls...

 

 bringing her bling...

cuz you know she's got some bling!

 

The back of the photo says '28

love that! 

I know you do too, we are made of the same cloth.

it's one of my favorite things about you.

 

 Her photo is actually inside of the bottle so the pearls can shake around her like a gypsy snow globe!

 you know I love my birds...

 unless they're pooping on my windshield.

 this one would never do that, certainly not after I gave him some rhinestones and a soldered charm.

a charm with his daily duties... his ta~da list so to speak!

 He is a plastic light from a vintage strand I think, I have a red one too, but they didn't come with a set or anything, so they. must. be. soldered.

 : O

 here you can see the jewels inside his bottle.

this is why the soldered bird sings!

 I love them all but I have saved my favorite for last...

I love this lady, I don't know who she is but I just love her gentle nature that shows up in this photo.

 Oh my gosh, I want to be her when I am old.

I might even wear that fabulous dress with the ruffle going down to the bottom.

did you hear me?

a ruffle all the way to the floor!!!

She has our style girls!

She had to have the crown. and this fabulous finial.

 

 She is standing in front of what I am assuming is her prize plant in her garden.

So I put dried rose petals in her bottle and hung a monopoly wheelbarrow game piece from a jump ring that I soldered to it, and a religious medal and her soldered charm that says garden queen.

 I left plenty of room so that you could see the writing on the back of the photo.

WHEW!!!!

o.k. so much for saving you from the rattle...

I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF!!!!!!!

So with all of this soldering you can probably imagine that I have a bit of house~tending to do!

I better get to folding some laundry because this morning Max went to school with mismatched socks.

just keeping it real people.

Thanks for the visit!

love, 

Theresa xoxo

I'm linking up to a few parties right now because I'm not sure how long this house~tending is going to take! Because these are all listed in my etsy... The Old White House
I'm linking up first to the Bloggers Bodega

White Wednesday, Wow Us Wednesday, Link Love, Running With Glitter Tuesday Party,

Transformation Thursday, Vintage Inspiration Friday
oh la la link party

WHEW!!!

that's a whole lotta partying going on at 612!