Vintage Etc.: Handmade

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Breakfast at Tiffanys Bridal Shower

I wanted to share with you all a bridal shower we hosted for my lovely Sister-In-Law, Elisabeth. I had a lot of fun putting it together and I have to say thanks to my wonderful husband, and my Mom for all of their hard work. I couldn't have done it without you both!

My Mom and I after the shower!

The shower had a Breakfast at Tiffanys feel with lots of Tiffany Box Blue accents and of course a LOT of bling!

I dug through my cupboards and found the linens and crochet overlays that were my grandmothers, a whole lot of silver (which a very loving friend polished for me), and pulled out all of my punch bowls and vintage floral dishes.

The centerpieces surrounded by loose "diamonds!" My daughter had a great time putting these out on the tables and then collecting them when it was over! She's such a girl!

My vintage floral dishes. I just pick them up whenever I find them. I love them!

My mom graciously loaned me all of the tables and chairs and most of the large furniture I actually had on hand, waiting to be painted so it could go in the store for Christmas. Needless to say, I got busy and painted, fixed, re-upholstered, and re-purposed items for the event.

The seating. I just loved the mismatched chairs all painted white and the blue mason jars with Hydrangeas.

I love the lace on the vintage white linens. This bistro set is just dreamy!

The wedding ring game.

I am happy at how it all came together. What do you think? I hope you like the end result!

The spread! Yummy!

The Flower Girls having a great time! (My daughter is on the left!)

The gift table with vintage wedding photos and a suitcase for the cards.

Look at all those beautiful gifts!

It was a lovely day filled with lots of laughter and yummy food!

Engagement photos hung from an old frame with clothespins!

The Tiffany Blue tutu, I picked up at Remnants of the Past! It is soooo yummy!

Now ... on to the wedding!

Me and my beautiful Sis-In-Law, aka The Bride! Love you Liz!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Handmade Halloween!

This year my kids had some very specific ideas for their Halloween costumes, and while they are not related to home decor, I thought I might share them with you just the same. My daughter, being a creative gal like myself decided months ago that she wanted to be a gypsy like the one she saw in the Chasing Fireflies catalog. Now while I love their costume ideas, I just can't spend $88.00 on my 6 year-olds' costume, so off to the Goodwill and some yard sales I went.

First I took 3 adult size ruffled skirts from the Goodwill and cut them at various lengths then I sewed them together to make one skirt. I attached a wide ribbon I got free at a yard sale to the top to make a child size layered skirt. 3 buttons with ribbon loops hold it closed at the waist. I scored at a yard sale when I found a 1930's Czechoslovakian hand-embroidered blouse and wool jacket for $12.00! They fit my daughter perfectly and the shirt will also be used for her Christmas outfit with a petticoat (shown below.) The jacket can be worn with jeans and her red boots (another score from Ruby Rose.) The scarf around the waist was a belly dancing top from the Goodwill that I found that I cut the neck straps/breast cups off of and turned upside down to tie around her waist. I pulled out some jewelry and scarves that used to belong to my grandmother and whola!...Total Cost for the entire costume = $23.00!

So here is the Chasing Fireflies inspiration:

And here she is... One very happy gypsy dressed for colder weather as it has been a whopping 42 degrees at night and with her brother who is dressed up as an Army Sniper (and who also had a handmade ghillie suit, yes I was a busy bee!)