Vintage Lipstick Holder...

I luv vintage lipstick holders... I have several of them...made of brassy metal, filigree motif, and for those of you who know me,,,know I luv to spray paint that cheesy brassy metal! heeheehee!...
This however is my only plastic one. It was missing half of the rhinestones and the few still attached rhinestones were dingy. So I popped them off and glued on all new rhinestones plus I decided to add colored stones in the flowers and I added pearls in the 2 big flowers... Now to find lipstick tubes slender enough to fit in here....it's funny, this one has smaller openings then the metal ones... I do use one of my brass ones in my bathroom, so maybe I will put this one in one of my Trailers or???

More Vintage Aprons

The other night I was at our monthly Sisters on the Fly meet~up Dinner when Thea surprised me with these lovely vintage aprons and a vintage Chenille bedspread. OMG!
As I always do, I hand wash & iron my aprons.... so that "they may talk to me'' .... tell me their story.... and a little about the lady who made them.

This one after close inspection,,, I discovered was in it's former life, a pillow case... how resourceful was the maker of this apron.

This sweet Gingham apron has hand stitched smocking.... Gingham fabric was popular for both smocking & 'chicken scratch' (a type of cross stitch) projects.

I remember buying my daughter a "Polly Flinders" smocked dress back in the mid 1970's.... I paid $26.00 back then,,, quit a stretch financially back then. But oh so sweet...

Smocking was popular in the 1940's through the 1960's but buy the time the 1970's came along, it's popularity waned except for some of us who held on to the wonderful memories of wearing a smocked dress.

This is actually an interesting apron, easy in construction and done with 'X' stitching to create pleats at the waist. It is made from 36" wide fabric. The waist was just folded over and the 'X' stitching holds the waist band in place.

This apron intrigues me,,, I am not sure if it was made from a 'feed sack' or just inexpensive cotton sold at a Dry Goods store..... The fabric, based on the print falls between the late 1930's up to the early 1960's.... (based on the type of print and the 'mint green' leaves). Bright festive colors were also popular in that time frame.... I wish this apron could talk and tell me more about itself.

I love the sweet fruit motif ,, this apron is just a simple pattern but oh so sweet.

This red apron is a "Half Circle" apron...but with a spin, as the top is rounded and it has added cut-away pockets. The black bias tape that edges the apron is worn and fraying which makes this apron very precious to me...in fact I took it one step further and appliqued a remnant stitchery from an old stained, torn hand stitched dish towel. I am a firm believer in never throwing away special scraps... you never know when it will come in handy to adorn an old vintage apron.

I am almost afraid to tally up how many aprons I have but as of last summer I broke 100...

It goes with out saying... I love vintage aprons!

So cute and so 're-purposed!

My New~Old Mixer....

It's funny how things happen,,, just a few days ago I cleaned off my kitchen counter..... then a couple of days later a dear friend, came and stayed the night...and guess what she brought me? Yep, this uber cute mixer... How Cool is that! I knew there was a reason why I needed to clean off my kitchen counter.
Gary cleaned & oiled it and it works like a charm! There is certainly something to be said about old technology....

oh and Thank you Juli, I LUV it!

Keeping Busy!

Here is my latest little project... an easy peasy mini 9-patch quilt.... It measures 12 x 12 inches and I had fun using up bits & pieces for the squares. I love quick and easy projects....
Yep,,, I am all (almost) about instant gratification!

6 More Weeks!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Phil, what are you thinking?
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Feb. 02.2012
"The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club made their decree Thursday morning in central Pennsylvania: Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, and there will be six more weeks of winter. The announcement was met with boos from the enormous crowd gathered in Punxsutawney. "

Well I guess I had better not put away my Winter clothes just quit yet! uugghh!
They say he is 39% accurate,,, so there is still a chance that 'Phil' has a 61% chance of being wrong! Come on 61%! lol!