Flea Marked Finds

I recently got a change to visit my all time favorite Flea market again

and I did get some really great finds

at least I think they are though

wanna have a look?

a sweet silver tray - a bit worn and tattered

and it do need some pohlish too

but I think it will look great with some lace in

a big bunch of crochet doilies and

some tart molds too

old key holes

and a box of vintage dominoes in a smaller size

than I have seen before.

I have no idea what to use them for - yet (the dominoes that is)

just thought they were great

and they might fit in to the Sweet and Sinister Swap coming up

with the black and white theme - what do you think?

some old tins

I´m really fond of those tiny yellow ones.

They were use for pain killers

a big back for old chandelier parts - yummi.

Have I been for a lookout for them... oh man

They are so great - image all the possibilities here..

a sweet little cloches - my second

the sweetest little cakestand.

I love the look of this.

Bought in another booth than the cloche

and look what happens when I pair to two

How cool it that...

Wishing you all a beautiful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

Celebrating Follower Blog Giveaway

Thought it was time for me

to have a little Giveaway on my blog

to celebrate all my followers.

400+ isn´t that amazing

I´m so grateful and honoured to have so many following

over here

A big thank you to all of you.

here´s a little sneak peek.

something with lace

something made of paper

a little thing in burlap

and muslin ofcourse - lol

a sweet paper heart with lace on both sides and decorated with

vintage lace and an old button.

Twine added as hanger

(similar is here)

4 sweet and romantic tags

handsewn together with vintage crepe paper in the middle

and a little lavender burlap bag in pale pink

decorated with a vintage rose image printed on muslin and cheesecloth

the lavender is in a seperate paper bag inside, and can easily be removed

if you would like to use the bag for something else.

(similar is here)

here´s what you have to do:

If you are a follower of my blog

OR

if you sign up as a follower

leave a comment on this post

and you´ll be added to the drawing.

I will draw the winner on

September 1th

Thank you so much

for following along here

you all means the world to me.

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

Lace Tag Book Creations

I´m so enjoying having a large stach of lace

it´s so great not to have to economise

when creating

so

I´ve had fun with lot of lace

using teadyed tags

and old hinges

and now you probably know what it is....

a few lace tag books

decorated with layers of lace 

little pieces of old book pages

sweet images printed on muslin

(again....) - lol

Didn´t they turn out just the sweetest...

I´m really having a hard time letting them go

One is already listed here

the other one will be there later - I think..

Wishing you all a beautiful day

and thank you so much for popping in

Tina ♥♥♥

Back again

I´m back from a very relaxing vacation in Sweden.

I don´t want to bother you with a lot of photos

but I do have few I would like to share.

one of the days we drove from Gotherburg to the little town Trollhättan

situated at the buttom of the big lake Vänern

there´s lots of locks as they dam up the vater from the lake

to make electricity - anyway

this is how it looks beyond the lock

at a certain time everyday the let the water through

and this is how it looks only 2 minuts after the

opening of the 3 locks

they have the locks open for about 6 minuts and then it´s all over again.

This is how it would look with no locks

amazing huh...

okay - so

we visited the botanical garden too

and here´s a few pics.

these are big water lilies

I have never ever seen anyone that big before

beautiful cabbage

the herb garden

and lots of beautiful and special flowers.

~

back to work on the bears.

Need to finish a few before the fair

and I came back with a long list with new ideas for

other creations too - can´t wait to get started.

Wishing you all a wonderful sunday

and thank you so much for peeking in today

Tina ♥♥♥

Vacation

It´s vacation time again - yeahh

On Sunday I´m leaving for Gothenburg in Sweden.

We´re going to stay for a week.

Our plan is to see the city of Gothenburg

with trips to Trollhättan and the Swedish skerries

the botanical garden

castles and parks

and we´re going to bring our bikes too

for trips along the GotaCanal

which should be very pretty we have heard.

Wouldn´t it be great to find a few fleamarkets too.

Hoping to take a lot of great photos to share

when I´m back.

Wishing you all a wonderful week.

Tina ♥♥♥

More Little Ones

The Hugglets Teddy Bear fair is fast approaching

oh I know - there´s still a month to go

but with a vacation coming up next week

time is running fast over here.

Benthley

so - this is what I have been doing for the last couple of weeks

making little ones ready for the fair

Hanna (left)  Mehlia (right)

they are all between 3 and 4 inch

Ellen

there´s still work to do

with the size of my bears I do need  'a few' to fill a table

about 20 - 25 I would think

Piro (left)  Lydia (right)

or that´s what I hope to have finished before September 12th.

I´m almost there though.

I hope you enjoyed this little preview

and if you´re in the area on the day

do stop by and say hi - we would love a visit.

The Fair is held at

Kensington Town Hall

Hornton Street, Kensington,

London

If you would like to know more about the fair

click here

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥

Flea market Friday

This is some of the finds from last Flea markets visit

I didn´t found much though

but I did get a few jewelry pieces

I´m really draw the those pieces with the simili stones

and they are really hard to find over here

these weren´t even brooken

not sure how old they really are, but that doen´t matter

not going oi wear them though

I´m going to pull them apart and use the pieces in my creations

When I told the seller what I was going to use them for, she lowered

the price even more because she though it sounded interesting

how about that....

and a little bunch of metal findings

some old drawer pulls

and bits and pieces

look  at this

it´s like a kind of a rose

and is that a snake coming out?

and this one is really great

and a bit spooky too

so I decided to use it for a Halloween piece

and created this

great as a hanger don´t you think...

I´m linking this to

Lemoncholy's Flight of Fancy's Flea Market Friday

over at

Lemoncholys Studio

Make sure to pop over and visit

all the participants

Wishing you all a wonderful friday

Tina ♥♥♥

Pincushions with Lace

I so wanted to start play

with my new goodies

so I thought  it would be fun to make some new pincushions

using some of the lace from my new stash

this one had a background made of light blue silk

so

layers of lace, vintage buttons

a little bit of simili

sweet vintage photos printed on muslin

(who would have guessed)

everything handsewn together on top of each other

made a few of these too

Lace Tag Ornaments

the background is cardstock decorated with old book pages.

A piece from the beautiful curtain Jodie send me

and on top, muslin, cheese clothes and another

sewn on vintage photo.

What do you think?

Wishing you all a wonderful day

Tina ♥♥♥