One Little Creation

that´s all I have accomplished

the last two weeks.

well - that´s not completely true

I have been working really hard actually.

I´m so out of time and so far behind schedule.

Could I just wish for more hours in a day.

Currently I´m working hard to complete a huge shop order.

I can´t tell or show you anything before a few more month.

And I just realized that september will be here before we know

so I have to start working on the bears for the Hugglets Show in London.

I did had plans with Christmas in July on Etsy, but

I´m too late this year and to start create with my newly found

flea market goodies - so many ideas are floating in my head...

back to my finished creation

last weekend we spend time with friends

in their summer cottage

relaxing and junking

I did have some creative time too

so I made a sweet little altered book

a perfect project for some time out of the studio.

I had brought a little basket with bits and pieces

and suppliers, just a case..

here´s a little closeup of the pages

using papers, lace pieces

sweet images, vintage buttons

a vintage doily on the front and some cheesecloth

The junking

oh - that was great.

We had planned to visit the big outdoor market

(my favorite one) but the rain was pouring

so there weren´t many booth, but our friends knew

a few indoor ones, so we spend saturday hunting.

I can´t wait to show you what I found

Just you wait and see :o)

Also wanted to say a big welcome to my new followers.

I know I promised a 600th followers giveaway

and I haven´t forgotten, just haven´t had the time to get around it

Will you bear with me for a little more time?

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

(ps: the book will be in the shop later)

SOLD - Thank you

White Finds

Hi All

The flea market season is upon us

and I SO love it

It´s also White Wednesday

so this gives me the chance to share

my resent finds with you

oh

you´re so gonna love this...

this is a bunch of crochet pieces and lace

I found in the button of a trailer

actually hubby saw it first and asked the man

how much this was, as it WAS a bit dirty he said (my hubby)

well - you can have it all for....

2 $

this bunch wasn´t that cheap

but still a great buy

and I so love it all

Found a tiny flat box - well worn

and it turned out it was filled with vintage hankies.

what´s it gonna be, what´s it gonna be

a pretty garland maybe

or sweet little bears dresses

Haven´t decided yet

a hole lot of vintage cake molds.

I see some pretty ornaments coming up here.

some awesome old damask table clothes.

Thought they would be great to turn into napkins, or

trivets or little bags or....

What do you think?

Any ideas?

and this

THE find

a bunch of vintage dolls dresses - yeaahh

How pretty are those.

I have never seen any before over here

and have so wanted to find some

and there they were.

I did have a lady next to me watching closely as I took them ALL up

She asked for a price and you know what..

The sweet lady in the booth said she wanted to see

if I was going to have them and therefore she had to wait

and I just crammed them in my hands until she lost interest and walked away

and I got them all for almost nothing

How lucky can you be.

Linking up with

White Wednesday

over at Faded Charm

Next flea market is on saturday

Can´t wait to go

Have a beautiful day

my friends

Tina ♥♥♥

Making Pretty Garlands

Hello All

I hope you all are enjoying the sunday.

We have a beautiful sunny day here today.

You have probably seen all these beautiful

garlands made of vintage doilies around in blogland

so when I got my hands on a bunch of doilies

at my latest flea market I decided to make

my own version of a doily garland

I decoated the doilies with cheesecloth

and a sweet image printed on muslin

Think they turned out quite pretty

on the left in this photo

there´s one made of little lace pieces

all decorated differently

the doily garland with the pretty images

and here´s a close up of

the lace garland

vintage buttons, religious medaillion,

sweet images, a vintage key

so here they are in my version.

the greatest joy

is to create with those flea market finds

I just love that.

The garlands will be in the shop later today.

What have you been up to lately?

Wishing you all a beautiful sunday

Tina  ♥♥♥

Two Wonderful Swaps

Some time ago I arranged a friendship

swap with my friend Hope.

We have been partners some time ago in a petite box swap

and wanted to do a one-to-one this time.

Here´s what it looked like when I

opened the parcel from Hope

all wrapped in my favorite paper

Old sewing patterns.

Inside was this beautiful dolls head

a big bunch of cabinets cards - Oh, I love them

a little jar with vintage buttons

and a tiny matchbox decorated with

one of Hope cute little nests.

She also made me this beautiful box

with another nest

and two beautiful glittered birds on top.

here´s what was inside

dominoes, game pieces, a sweet little tin box, pearls

and awesome vintage typewriter keys.

some german dolls (Hope knows I love those)

and a beautiful soldered charm with lace

Thank you SO much sweet Hope.

I love everything you send me.

Looking forward till next time ;o)

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Remember I told you I also

did a one-to-one swap with my friend Lynn.

We wanted to do a Petite Box Fleamarket Style

in neutrals with a handmade to go with the box.

Here´s the beautiful card Lynn made for me.

Her box was SO beautiful decorated with layers

of lace, doily, fabric and a beautiful flower on top.

Check out the photos Lynn took of the box

before she send it to me.

She´s such a talented photographer also.

Here´s the back..

See what I mean....

filled with wonderful vintage lace and buttons

a sweet thespoon

and an awesome rhinestone piece 

This was inside one of the wrapped doilies.

How awesome is that

Thank You SO much Lynn.

I love everything - ofcourse I do

and I can´t wait to create with all this beautiful stuff.

Isn´t friendship swaps just the greatest.

I love doing those

and isn´t the blogging community the most awesome

and generous community of all placed.

I do think so.

Thanks for visiting

and wishing you all a beautiful day

Tina  ♥♥♥

Creating with My New Finds

Remember the old books I found in Sweden

I scanned some of the frontpages

and had fun making little

Bookmark Tags

some Natures Inspired

with stamped Bird and Nest images 

and some French Inspired

using a little piece of vintage lace

and muslin with stamped French Themes images.

I think they would be pretty as bookmarks, tags

or in a handmade journal.

I do have plans with the real books though.

Just haven´t had time to get around that.

I´ve also been playing with

one of the old coin purses I found at the same time

The little brown one have got some lace on the front

teadyed seambinding, teadyed lace

an old key

a doily

and a sweet little nest inside

a bit of wire added as hanger

and here´s the finished result.

A sweet little wall hanger decoration.

Will be in the shop later.

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I´m going to show you

a one to one little petite box swap

I did with my friend Lyn.

She haven´t received her box yet, as the Canadian Postworkers

is having a strike, so I´m going to wait until next post

and hope she gets her soon.

Oh

and almost 600 followers I see.

How amazing is that

That means I´m going to start working on a giveaway soon

Thank you so much for visiting today

You all means so much to me.

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

Peaceful days in Sweden

Home again

from some very peaceful days in Sweden

we drove up monday morning

miles and miles into the swedish woods

in the middle of nowhere

and this was the sight that meet us

when we arrived to our rented house.

See those two car tracks...

that was the way to the house

through the cow field

Our sweet little red house

for the next 3 days

This is the back of the house

with the porch

and this is the sight from the porch

isn´t this the most breathtaking view.

This is where I spend my days

while hubby was kayaking and fishing

spending some time reading magazines

some time knitting something speciel

for a speciel one

and a lot of reading

We only left the house to go grocery shopping.

On one of those trips we found

a farm with new and old stuff.

Almost like a kind of flea market

so I did get some goodies with me home

some wonderful old photos

and a few old coin purses

old tart tins

wonderful old lace

a bag with old white crochet yarn

and a bunch of wonderful

worn old books.

Can´t wait to create with this.

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥