Cashmere Ruffle Rose Scarf Giveaway!!

It's time for a giveaway!
In appreciation of all my fabulous customers, I'll be giving away two of my cashmere scarves.
One in shades of green, and the other in cream.

All you have to do is become a fan and like cherished*vintage on Facebook.

I'll draw and post the two winners on my Facebook page, Halloween night October 31st.

Vintage Spoons Repurposed

What a weekend! The Ruffles & Rust show was a blast!
I so appreciate YOU - my friends, customers, and fellow vendors who stopped by.
Thank you, thank you!
Now, it's time to unload the trailer... but not much to unload for which I'm thankful.

I had fresh flowers in my space, and took these pictures to show an example of the hand stamped spoons I sold.
Have you seen hand stamped spoons? They've been popular for awhile now.
I love 'em. I think they are so cute tied to a mason jar, stuck in a plant, or attached to a gift.
My intentions were to make a few myself to sell, but I struck out terribly on my own.
My hubby ended up completing the my project.
Ahem he loves that - ha!
I was not good at flattening out the spoons. I tried doing that with a hammer, but it just wasn't working for me. Thankfully, hubby came along and saved the day. He has has a hydraulic metal press and that did the job perfectly.
Next came the hand stamping. Sheesh! That was harder for me to do than I thought, too - ha! I ruined a few spoons because I didn't hit the stamp hard enough.... Oh well, hubby saved the day again. Have I mentioned that he. is. the. best!

I'm already gathering up more silverplated spoons to stamp.
I think they're too great not to have on hand.

Vintage Button Hair Pins

...packaged and ready for Ruffles & Rust.
Seven more sleeps - whoo hoo!

Dolies! Not A Grandma Thing Anymore

It's crunch time!
Less than 10 days until Ruffles & Rust - whoa!

I made a few pillows while I was burning the midnight oil last night.
I'm loving the doily pillow. Oh how I'd love to learn how to crochet one day....

....in my spare time - ha!

Felt Flower Pillow

I spotted a cute pillow on the cover of this magazine, at the grocery store the other day.
Great inspiration. I knew I had to make one of my own!I created my own flowers out of cashmere remnants I had laying around.

I added rhinestone buttons to the centers of the lilies.
You can never have too much sparkle!

Overall, I love how it turned out, but it took awhile to make all the flowers!

Getting Some Halloween Out

Yay! It's time for Halloween decorations to come out of storage.

I think I enjoy unpacking my Halloween stuff as much as I enjoy having it out, and displayed all month long.

Boats -Vintage Family Cruisers

Thought I'd share a small collection of boat pictures I took over the summer while up at the beach. Aren't they cute?
Cruiser style boats from the 20's to 40's, have always been a favorite of mine. What a dream it would be to own one. I love their lines. I love that they are made out of wood and not fiberglass!
How fun would it be to cruise around the Sound or the San Juan Islands in one of these classics?
And by all means, dressed in your best classic nautical fashions, of course!
It makes me happy to watch these beauties go by.
This original sales brochure of my Dad's, is from the 20's. It is fun to look through, and is a real neat piece of vintage ephemera.

I'll keep dreamin'...