More Pink Vintage Goodness

I don't know that I could ever get tired of pretty, pink, vintage things.  I have been looking for a pink typewriter recently.  They're not cheap.  But I recently celebrated a birthday and so I figured I would buy myself a little present.  Well, maybe not so little.  Not so cheap.  But oh, so pretty.

I was the winning bid on ebay (after losing out on one a few weeks ago) and it appears to be in good working condition, but I most likely won't type on it.  I will just stare at its loveliness. ;-)

The One That Almost Got Away...

I love vintage things.  I love all things pink.  And vintage, pink things? Be still my heart.  At an incredible estate sale yesterday held in a historic warehouse I bought a lot of great vintage items including an antique typewriter which I love, a huge stack of vintage bingo cards, a vintage dictionary that is literally about 1000 pages...but nothing pink.

Now I did see an amazing vintage pink sofa.  Probably from the 1940s.  Mint condition.  Comfortable. The price was $50, which I knew was an absolute steal.  But I knew there was no way I could fit it in my car with my mom and my friend along, I knew I'd have nowhere to put it, blah, blah, blah.

I walked away from that pink sofa and thought about it ALL day.  I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about it.  Literally, woke up in the middle of the night thinking about it.

This morning I get an email from the estate sale company stating that sales were very slow yesterday, probably due to the weather.  And that today, everything left would be half off, as the entire warehouse had to be cleared.  I let another friend know that she should really go to the sale because there were so many great items and at half off, there would be incredible deals.

I also made up my mind to go again with my mother and told her if that couch was still there we would have to find a way to bring it home.

My friend gets there before I did and sends a text that the couch is still there.  I was already in the car and told her I'd be there in five minutes.

It hung out of the back of my car with me driving with hazard lights on, knees almost up to my chin, but I brought that couch home.  For $25.

My dear mother helped me haul that sofa up a flight of stairs to my second floor office where it now sits pretty:

I am in love.  She's a real beauty and I need to do a little spot cleaning on the cushions, but it's really in fabulous condition.

I also just started taking a photography class, so here are a few other shots using different settings that I'm learning:

This was meant to be MY couch. <3

Christmas Projects

I'm looking forward to more rest now that the holiday season is over.  I love the holidays, but they are exhausting, aren't they?  I had a successful selling season at BAYarts where the following items sold:

My favorite project- the hot, hot, hot Union Jack:

I sold every single scrabble ornament I made (and I made over 60!)

These adorable dog feeder chairs finally sold after being painted yellow and adding a touch of whimsy with stickers (a suggestion from Mr. Vintage Novella - thanks, Honey!)

And this sweet little child's roll top desk with swivel chair:

Some things didn't sell, like my pretty pink dresser:

I still think it's beautiful and I'm hoping it will sell this summer.

I made some very pretty tea cup displays that didn't sell:

A few sold, but these did not.  Who knows?

I also worked on a few projects at home like painting my fireplace mantel, which I have been wanting to do for some time.  Before:

And the after:

Ah, so much better.

I also made a gift for my favorite aunt:  a wooden initial adorned with vintage costume jewelry, some of which belonged to my great grandmother:

So, I hope my lack of blogging for December is understandable!  Time to rest a little before getting ready for summer shows!

happy new year

I certainly didn't intend to take the entire month of December off, but there were too many projects going on.  I will post before the end of the week with pics of everything.  Hoping to get more rest and find balance this year!  Beautiful graphic below from the graphics fairy

Christmas Wreath Start to Finish

The after pics have already been posted, but I thought I would post a few more of how I started.  To tell the truth, I was very nervous to start this.  I thought some of the vintage bulbs would shatter with all the hot glue, but all was well.  Again, I got some simple instructions from Georgia Peachez on this website, but it was just text, no pictures. Here's how mine started:

I started by wrapping tinsel garland around an extruded styrofoam wreath.  The extruded ones are the ones that are completely round, not flat on the back.  Wrapping the garland provides a good background as well as making the back of the wreath look nice.  In hindsight, I should have used more garland, but all turned out fine.  I started by hot gluing the ornaments around the outside like the tutorial suggests.  These wreaths take quite a bit of glue (which will probably result in burning hot glue on your fingers) and quite a bit of time.  This isn't a quick project, but they are so beautiful, they're worth it.

Sorry for the blurry iphone photo.  Keep filling in with more ornaments.  You'll need more than you think.  Definitely get some extra small ornaments too to fill in the gaps.  Here it is again, the finished project:

Don't be afraid; try it!

Happy Thanksgiving

Have a wonderful holiday; will post pics of all the projects I've been working on next week.

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