Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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.


Saturday, October 22, 2011

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.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Vintage Button Hair Pins


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

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

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!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

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!

Monday, October 3, 2011

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.