Creating with my {flea market} finds

I took some time off

from the bear making to create with

my flea market finds.

My Etsy shop have been sadly neclected lately

due to lack of time

Not sure how to handle this in the future - we´ll see

I have to make some plans

anyway

some time ago I bought some very pretty fabric that have been laying

on my worktable waiting for a project.

So, together with some old cupcake molds 

snippets of vintage lace and

old buttons

I made some pretty little cupcake decorations.

They turned out quite cute I think.

Perfect for a pincushion too

more of the finds

vintage handkerchiefs with embroidery

vintage lace pieces and

a vintage table cloth

pretty fabric hearts

lots of pretty details on these

from the photo albums

decorations with some of the

cdv cards from my recent find

a page from one of the photo albums

with some lace added

and a piece of seam binding as hanger

I also came across some wonderful handmade paper from the 

paper factory in Lessebo, Sweden.

This is very delicate paper in a lovely light cream/yellow tone.

I even got a box full of pretty envelopes

also made from handmade paper at the fabric.

I had some white handmade paper on hand, so I scanned some of my

cabinet cards and made a set of blank notecards.

I have a few more projects planned

we shall see what time alowe.

Wishing you all a beautiful day.

Thanks for peeking in

Tina ♥♥♥

May - so far....

as for May

as we got home from the Sweden trip,

Hubby went down with bronchitis.

in the meantime the beech finally bursts into leaf

the homemade tomato plants were growing in 

the window sill while waiting for warmer weather

before they could go into the greenhouse

I managed to work a little bit in

my Venice travel Journal

here´s a peek into a few pages

we´re finally getting a bit warmer weather over

here and the porch is filling up with 

homemade herbs

and then I went down with a cold

and still am.

We were suppose to go on open art days

with our friends in the Withsun weekend

so I dooped myself with medication to be able to go.

Hubby wasn´t sure it would be good for me.

but who cares

I knew we were going to start the weekend with my favorite

flea market and I didn´t want to miss it for anything

just call me crazy....

Here´s what I found

2 vintage photo albums in good condition.

They really are rare over here

so I was quite lucky

both filled with cabinet and CDV cards

how cool was that.

I´m sharing some in my shop

and a bunch of lovely bird embroideries

I think they are so pretty.

Would look perfect framed on the wall.

I might use some for journal covers

How about that...

home again after the weekend

and nursing my cold still

it´ll get better soon

I hope

Have a wonderful day my friends

Tina ♥♥♥

Back from Sweden with lots of finds

I´m back from a wonderful weekend getaway

in Sweden. Sunny and warm.

Good company with friends and lots

of flea markets.

What more could you ever wish for.

This is the little cottage we stay in. Our friends cottage in 

the little town Lindshammar, just across the border to Småland.

I was aiming for some flea markets 

and did find a few.

This place is an old farm with stuff in 5 buildings.

I have been here before - it´s a good place

even though the prices had gone up since last time

I didn´t manage to take photo the other place.

One was a little flea in a garage at an old ladies house

and one was in the middle of nowhere, in the forest.

A really strange place with a really strange owner.

Lets just say, I was happy we were 4 of us - lol

I had never ever seen anything like that, but digging in,

I found some really great stuff.

I´m going to show you my finds

from this trip.

I´m really  really pleased 

lots of old magasines from the forties.

Aren´t those front pages cute.

some old cashier books and a well worn album

two old photo albums - leather ones.

one is filled with old swedish postcards

some pretty teacups for the bears

silverware and vintage tins

a bunch of vintage letters with pretty writing.

a box with lots of vintage pen nibs

pretty vintage linen

and a bag full of vintage curtain clips.

I´m very happy - can you tell :-)

A lot of this will go in the shop

so if you´re interested, keep an eye out.

As soon as the weather will allow

I´ll take photos and list.

I hope you´ll

all have a beautiful day

my friends

Tina ♥♥♥

Off to Sweden

this is just a short post

I´ve spend 3 days fighting a nasty bug

on my computer and my website.

Everything is fine now.

Would rather spend my time sewing though.

anyway

here´s a few pics from Venice

I love those wall ikons

You see them everywhere in Italy.

So beautiful

It´s holiday over here today

and bankholiday tomorrow

so I have a nice 4 days weekend ahead of me.

I´m off to Sweden with my husband

and some good friends.

Aiming for lots of Swedish 'Loppis'

Wishing you all a beautiful weekend.

Tina ♥♥♥

New Bears and a Virus

Finding out that I have a virus on my

website 1/2 an hour before update with new bears

is NOT good - uurrrgghh 

The website will be taken down very soon and 

hopefully fixed very soon too.

In the meantime

I do have new bears available today

Alfred - 4.5 inch

Ellen - 3.5 inch

Lixue - 4.5 inch

Vincente - 4.5 inch

The bears are available

on my studio shop instead.

Go here

No virus on that site

it´s all safe

Thanks for visiting

Tina ♥

Venice Part II and {bear} sneak peek

Venice is also

narrow streets

canals

beautiful old doors

and pretty flower

mood pictures from my trip

*******

New bears tomorrow

Here´s a little sneak peek

I´ll send out information through

my mailing list

It´s a beautiufl sunny day here today

and the weather report is great for the weekend.

cross our fingers the spring have arrived now.

it was still night frost last night.

Wishing you all a beautiful day

Tina ♥♥♥