and More Finds

We have been celebrating the Whinsun this weekend

and I have spend some great time with family and friends

As they all - by now - know my love for

'old junk' as they call it, they had sheduled

some junking time for me too.

A trip to my favorite flea marked

and some saved boxes from and old lady

stored in secret at my family.

This is what I brought home 

from the flea market

an antique pair of binoculars

an old photo in frame

vintage glasses, handcrochet lace, some metal buttons

from the family

a bunch of old petticoats in cream, pink and peach

they are going to be transformed into altered suitcase pockets

[I think]

some old tools and a bunch of plasticcovered?  lace doilies

an old glass bottle, spectacle lenses and vintage hairpins

tins and a sweet french  powder canister

old cristmas candles and ornaments

and a stack of old bingo cards and numbers

a box of wooden spools and handles

and two big journals

with original Danish ledger paper from the fifties.

almost unused.

Would have been better if they had been used

but you can´t have it all, can you.....

Going to be busy in the studio the next days....

some of the stuff is already listed here.

All this together with a wonderful time

with family and friends

Who could ask for more...

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

New Bears

I have been working on new bears
~ finally you may say ~
and have just finished two little ones

this one is Olivier - a handsome little french guy

only 4 inch

wearing his red scarf around his neck

and this sweet lady is Cateline.

She is only 4 inch too

and she´s wearing her beautiful white skirt

made from one of my vintage handkerchiefs

A handsome couple - don´t you think

They are both available here

One more is in the making

so back to work....

au revoir

Tina

Todays Finds

You know

there are 'nice to dos'

and 'need to dos' 

and visiting flea markets are definately a 'need to do' thing

in my house, so I went for the lokal market today.

Not much to bring home though

but I did get a few things

a little bunch of old tin boxes in some great colors

a few ladies watches

going to pull them apart and use the part for jewelry - I think..

three little packages with old photos

from Sweden, Norway and Denmark

inside each there´s a bunch of old turist  photos

the colored ones are from Copenhagen

many years ago.

After visiting the Flea market

we went to visit my 90 year old MIL on the way back.

When we got there she draged me to a drawer

and wanted me to look at some old stuff she didn´t want to have anymore

and if I could some of this....

IF I COULD USE ANY OF THIS......

ofcourse I could

oh - and I have some old clocks too

would you like to have them too

just look at these

the big one at the right with the green color

is a perfect cream on the outside

and I just love that green and cream one to the left too

this is a very old jewelry box she had tucked

in the bag of her old cabinet

here, take this - she said

I don´t want this old junk anymore

and this is what I found inside....

lots of old jewelry parts, pins, earrings,

and a bag with vintage pearls and broken necklaces

I don´t think this junk

I think it´s a treasury

Don´t you think there could be some

great new jewelry out of this?

Wishing you all a blessed sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

With Hinge and Tags

Some time ago I came across a tiny old hinge
at a flea market, and I knew exactly what I wanted to use it for

and since then I have been hunting for more.
I haven´t found more at flea markets yet
but I did find some that could be used
in my husbands gems in the cellar....

I don´t think he´ll miss them though

you see - they are a bit rusty too

they must have been there for some time...

naaaa - he won´t miss them

so, using tiny key, lots of ribbons

and lace

old paper

and some grunge tags

I have been having fun creating

Tiny French Inspired Tag Books

inspired by all those beautiful

garden journal I see around in blogland

instead of garden and nature

I keept these french inspired

and had great use of my newly bought

Cavalli Stamps too

just need to go hunting for some

more of those hinge now

so I can create more tiny tag books.

Thank you so much for visiting

over here today and

I wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Tina ♥♥♥

May Basket Swap

After visiting each others blogs and flicks Carola

and I decided to do a private May Basket Swap

here´s a few photos of what I send to Carola

Carola have taken some beautiful photos

of my stuff, so pop over here to see more pics.

so -here´s what I received

the most beautiful embellished box

decorated in French Style.

How about that....

That box is sooooo wonderful

I just can´t image she wanted to part with it.

I have to tell you Carola and I share the same love

for neutrals, flea marked finds, old stuff ect.

We are so close in style

so when I opened it, this is what I saw

Lots of goodies - I so love it all

everything in my favorite colors

of cream and sepia

beautiful old cards, cabinets cards, bird cards and

a lovely silver ornament with lace hanger

vintage cake molds, a fantastic set

of cobber stencils in a sweet box

and one of Carolas handmade

soldered charms with my initials - yippee

a sweet frosen charlotte doll, a beautiful crystal ornament

and another soldered charm

I sooo love those

old sewing notions, candles, vintage lace

and the most beautiful old key hole

I couldn´t have wished for more.

Everything is SO beautiful.

Thank you SO much Sweet Carola

for creating and gathering all this for me - your rocks

This just made my day

and I´m still wandering around with a big smile over here.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

Tina ♥♥♥

Dreaming in White

I have wanted to create something in those delicious

white and cream colors for some time now

and the print on muslin project generated the first idea in my head.

this sweet image of birds (printed on muslin), some lace,

and a vintage doily

was used for the cover of this journal

on the inside of the cover is a sweet 'album' image

and on the inside of the back cover is a pocket

tucket with sweet bird images

***

this next project included some fabric,

seam binding and lots of lace

you probably know those altered suitcase pockets...

well - I didn´t have any old suitcases to I decided to make my

own altered suitcase pockets instead

I thought they would be great to tuck little thíngs in for presents

a few of these are on their way as presents already.

I won´t show you what´s inside as it would spoil the surprice

and I won´t tell you for whom eighter - they might pop in here for a look.

some will be heading for my shop too.

Just need to find a few goodies to put inside of these too.

okay - my first attemp of creating little pockets.

What do you think...

Wishing you all a wonderful and creative tuesday

Tina ♥♥♥

Tussie Mussie Swap

My Tussie Mussie from the swap over at

A swap for All Seasons have arrived.

My swap partner for this swap was Stefanie

and this is the Tussie Mussie I made for her

An original cabinet card attached with an old curtain clip

all wrapped in vintage music sheets, old lace and cream crepe paper.

tucked with goodies

vintage paper and images, lace, rubber stamps, used stamps ect.

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and this is

what I received from Stefanie

all wrapped in the beautiful white tablecloth with lace edge.

lace, old paper and sweet vintage cards

button card and silk ribbon

and these two beautiful cabinet cards

everyting in my favorite solors.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

Tina