Tea's Hope Chest~

Updating my web site..visit me at "Tea's Hope Chest" for graphics, recipes, psp files and more~~~click here~~~~

Vintage Tin Serving Trays...

Updating my shoppe on line, added these sweet Vintage serving trays.

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.Vintage Tin Serving Trays see more photos here..

Satin Clothes Hangers Upcycled/Recycled~

Out early this morning, breakfast at Cracker Barrel,then browsed the store, love this old country store, sat out in the rocking chairs chatting with a neighbor, one of the good things about living in a small town is good neighbors~
Another great thing is my "favorite" resale/thrift store is 5 minutes from my home, spent some time browsing and loved every moment, this is my "Theraphy session.
Found 7 nice "Satin Clothes hangers", great for hanging those vintage slips, gathered a few trims to cover a couple of the hangers...they will be so pretty~~
Meet my Lil Helper..MizMaudie~~~

Country Roses Tote/Market Bag

Country Roses Tote/Market Bag ...Listed On Ebay~~

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Tussie Mussies created from music sheets~

Creating Tussie Mussies from vintage music sheets, LaMarr's grandmother was a music teacher for many years,she collected and stored just about every music booklet she ever used.
Browsing Pinterest. I ran across so many great upcycle/recycle ideas for the music sheets.
Rolled the music sheet into a cone, hot glued in place, cut a section of burlap to cover the cone,I found the bulap at Home Depot at a great price

Love the burlap roses, the loose weave on the burlap makes it easy to work with,
I wanted a "Prim" look to this cone.

Added a piece of straw string tied into a bow, a few trinkets,
A tea stained silk rose,added scrunched vintage binding,
I like how the Tussie Mussie turned out.

I created this Tussie Mussie to hold my dried roses.

Vintage Mesh Tea Pot~

Cold and raining today, looking forward to Spring, these cold dreary months are good for a few things,
Cleaning house,organizing,and creating~
The sweet mesh teapot I found in a "Thrift Store~, loved the vintage look and thought the roses would be a pretty "center piece" for my upstairs foyer sitting area~
I had passed up the teapot,saying to myse;f "You do not need another thing to sit around~ The more I thought about that old pot,I knew I had to have it.

It will be so pretty for a Spring Tea Party, sitting on a tea cart,with tea bags inside.

Gathering up a few old cards,my Victorian Trading Co. catalogs I sat and "Thought" what to create today~ Decided to create a few art tags for "gifts: and my vintage rag designs~.
"I actually scanned a old print for the dressmaker photo" on this card, creating a two sided card,I designed the card in paintshop, added them side by side on a 8.5x 11 sheet. The sheet should hold at least 2 full tags, Printed as many tags as I wanted to create~
I cut snippets from my old catalogs to use on this sweet little tag
Key To My Heart~

punched holes for the tattered ribbons, I used a vintage parchment paper inside for text,layered on a cute little key,a tiny silk rose,added crystal glitter, some tattered lace, I used craft Victorian scissors to trim the edges. Stamped the inside with a Paris stamp..just to give it a little Paris flair~

These beautiful boxed rose soaps are from Victorian Trading Co.
The soaps are wonderful,love the sweet rose box, I will keep it to store the beautiful rose scissors. another gift from my hubby~

the scissors are inlaid with roses,beautiful angels adorn the scissors. Scissors fit in a pretty case.

Roses, I am guilty of "Never" adding roses to a vase and water, I dry my roses, hanging them in a cool room to dry naturally,
Roses....