HOLIDAY CRAFTING

Along with the Holiday decorating that I love to do, I usually feel the need to craft something new for the Holidays as well. This year I am working on some new needle felt items. I just finished my first Santa. He is course fashioned to my taste - Shabby Chic of course. I wanted to share some pictures of him. Now I must go rest as it is very late but I had to get him all done.

CHRISTMAS DECORATING

I like to get a jump start on Christmas decorating. I do several trees so the sooner I get started the better. I like to have everything done by Thanksgiving. I start in my front room and work my way through the house. So this week I got out my decorations for the front room and I am almost finished with that room. Well that is to say if I actually ever really finish decorating a room. So with that thought in mind I must look for some new vintage items. I love to add at least a few special things to my collection each year. The other day I found these adorable little angels which I intend to use for my decorations and I found these really cute little angel paper mache ornaments. I will add the paper mache ones to my little village. Here are a few pictures. I will add more pictures when I have placed my new (new to me) babies where I want them.








First are my little Angel Babies

This is my village. I made all the houses from plain little houses I bought a few years ago. Of course I had to paint, glitter and decorate them each. My vintage PINK Christmas tree and my vintage snowman round out my village. I got the vintage snowmen last year and I so love them.

This is my little church

Happy Decorating!!!

Glam Room

Recently my daughter wanted to redecorate her room. She is getting older and has developed her own style. Sometimes it is hard for a Mom to let go of her little girl and accept that she is becoming her own person. However, for me although it is hard I have found it very exciting. She pick out this dark purple paint for her room and although I wasn't sure about it, I let her get it. Then we started painting. We had collected all sorts of things over the years so shopping for her new room became a shopping trip through our own home. I had purchased some black spray paint because she want her room purple, white and with tons of black accents. So we went to work. I first cleaned, painted and rewired a vintage chandelier for her. Then I sat about painting all sorts of decor items. What we ended up with was a sort of GLAM room. It turned out beautiful/ Here are some pics. Enjoy!!!!!

Vintage Bunnies

I love vintage items

I wanted these little bunnies for a long time

They were made in Japan as were many thing from the 1960s.

Just adorable!!!!

Handmade Valentine

Paper Valentine

Beaded Tree

My beautiful Tree

I added loads of pink beads.

Perfect

A Dragon for Tippy

 

This is my needle felt Dragon I made for my daughter. He turned out really nice and she loves him!

STANDING STILL

This is one of those moments in time when I must stand very still in my mind and my heart. I must place my faith in God and trust that this to shall pass. To all those who are serving their country and those who are standing still waiting, Godspeed.

NANCY ANN MUFFIE 8" WALKER DOLL 1950s

Vintage 1950s

Nancy Ann Muffie Doll

This is my adorable Muffie doll.  She was made in the 1950s by the same folks that made Nancy Ann dolls.  Muffie is 8" tall and is a walker doll.  Her head turns as her legs move. 

When I got Muffie she was naked and in need of some care and of course an outfit.

I made her a cute blue with white polka dots dress.  I gave her new panties, socks, shoes and a slip.  She even got a new bracelet,  some flowers and I topped her off with a pretty matching bow in her hair.

She turned out really cute and I am happy to add her to my small collection of dolls.  I do not collect many dolls but I like to have a few around.

PLAYING WITH MY NANCY ANN DOLLS

Playing with my vintage 

Nancy Ann dolls

I like to play with my dolls from time to time. 

 Recently I made new outfits for two of my little Nancy Ann dolls. 

I gave the blond Nancy Ann a beautiful woodland ballet outfit complete with woodland wings.

She has lots of ribbons and bows.  She is holding a woodland bunny and some flowers.  I think she looks adorable.

I also gave her two vintage flocked deers and a beautiful bottle brush tree.

 I gave my dark haired Nancy Ann a beautiful summer dress.  I made a matching summer bonnet for her.  She is holding a cupcake purse and some flowers as well.  She looks really cute in her polka dot dress.

I gave her two pretty kitty cats and a vintage noise maker that sounds like a cat when you turn it over.  She even has on a little white slip under her dress.

They are best friends!

I really enjoyed making new outfits for my dolls and dressing them up.  Even big girls can play dolls from time to time.  

See you soon,

Beverly

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NANCY ANN DOLL FUN WITH OUR FRIENDS

Here is one of my Nancy Ann dolls hanging out with her kitty cats by the Easter house.

Doesn't she look cute? See kitty cats in previous post.

This particular Nancy Ann is from the days of the week collection and she is Sundays Child.

If anyone knows anymore about her please leave a comment.

NEEDLE FELTED PINK KITTY CAT

I have really develop a love for needle felting and I was inspired to make this pretty cat. My DD has a little cat that looks something like this one which was my inspiration. I love her vintage binding ribbon. She is standing on a vintage kitty cat noise maker. It is one of those that you turn upside down and then flip it back up and it makes a sound. It is adorable. Also in the picture is a little kitty that I purchased at Hobby Lobby and then I dressed it up in a vintage pink plastic hat and ribbons and a flower. She turned out cute. She was also my inspiration to make a cat. Both of the kitty cats belong to my vintage Nancy Ann dolls.
If you are interested in buying the noisy maker I got it off Etsy. The shop is called dollsandlace. I hope the nice lady there won't mind my sharing. She also has lots of other cool kitschy items. Click here to see her shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/dollsandlace

ELF PIXIE KNEE HUGGER IN PINK

Here is my new Pixie Elf Knee Hugger. I had this guy laying around for some time and he was begging for a makeover. So I did just that!!! I made him new clothes using felt and gave him lots of beautiful embellishments. I even gave him wings made from sparkling leaves. Take a look at this pictures of him. Isn't he sweet. I just had to save this guy. He is for sale on Etsy in my Tea Cottage Pretties Shop.

NANCY ANN DOLL

A very cute Nancy Ann Doll of mine. 

VINTAGE PAPER MACHE BUNNIES

Vintage Paper Mache Bunnies

I love all things vintage and that includes paper mache.  These sweet bunnies were not it the best shape so I cleaned them up and gave them each a fresh coat of paint.  I wanted them to look like a girl and boy so I painted one pink and one of them blue.  Then I added a vintage ribbon binding bow around their neck and accented the bow with flowers.  They are just so precious.  They look like they are kissing.  

Here is my pink girl.

And here is my little blue boy

Aren't they sweet!!!

Hugs, 
Beverly

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MY VALENTINE'S DAY PRESENT

Happy Valentine's Day To Me

My DH bought me this Cider set for my Valentine's Day present. I have not had a chance to take pictures of it until now but I wanted to show it off. The Cider Pitcher is quite large and has a Bavarian mark. There are actually 6 cups that are all marked T&V Limoges. This set is beautifully hand painted. I just love it.

Thank you Baby.....

VINTAGE LAMB MUG AND BOTTLE BRUSH TREE

This is one of my vintage mugs.

This one is the Lamb.

I put a lovely bottle brush tree inside the mug for a nice Easter display.

I think they look cute together.

VINTAGE MUGS FIND THEIR MATCH

This has got to be the coolest thing ever. I like to collect those Re-Ment Miniatures from Japan. Well I have a little kitchen set that has vintage looking dishes in it and the tiny mugs you see in the picture are from that set. These miniatures were produced in the last year or so. Now the BIG mugs you see are actual vintage items that date from around the 1950's. They are marked Japan on the bottom. If you look at the photo you will see that the tiny Re-Ment Miniatures are identical to my vintage mugs. The vintage mugs actually came four in a set and I have all four. There was a bunny, lamb, duck and chick. The Re-Ment Miniatures only had the duck and chick in the set. I was so tickled when I realized my new old store stock Mugs matched my miniatures.

If you have never seen Re-Ment Miniatures look them up on eBay or on Etsy. They are the most fabulous miniatures ever. They are high quality and oh so sweet, but be careful you may have to have a few sets.

TINY PINK NEEDLE FELTED BEAR

Tiny Pink needle Felted Bear

I love to needle felt and I am self thaught.  I learned watching some videos and by just jumping in and doing it.  

My lastest creations is the tiny pink bear that is so small he fits right inside one of those plastic Easter eggs.   He has glass eyes and sports a vintage seam binding ribbon bow around his neck.  His head, arms and legs move so that he can be posed.  

Here I have him sitting on a tiny antique Limoges butter pat with his pink egg. 

  Isn't he adorable!

Having fun needle felting!

Have you tried it yet?

Hugs, 

Beverly

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TEAL BLUE BOTTLE BRUSH WREATH

Teal Blue Bottle Brush Wreath

I love vintage bottle brush decorations. 

I am so excited!!!

 I just got my newest Bottle Brush Wreath today.  It is so fabulous!  It is teal blue and has heavy flocking and mica on it.  It came with the original box and in great condition.  I did have to clean it up.  I simply gave it a little spray with some cleaner and a bit of bleach (I took a chance, this could have been a disaster).  This brought the flocking back to a beautiful snowy white color as it had yellowed a bit with age.  I also gave it a new bow and I may try to find one that is more of a teal blue later on but I had this beautiful blue on hand.  I think it looks really nice with the wreath.  This is actually the nicest bottle brush wreath I have and it is of course my new favorite.  Oh and I painted a wreath stand that I have a teal blue to match the wreath.  Aren't they lovely together.  I am just so tickled to have this new wreath.

Bottle Brush Wreaths bring back memories of Christmas as a child for me.  They also good well with any Shabby Chic decor.  Just lovely!!!!

Here is a photo of the back of my new wreath. 

I just love it with the stand I painted to match. 

This is going to look fabulous with my Blue Christmas decorations!

See you soon, 

Beverly

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HAPPY EASTER - DECORATING AND CRAFTING

Happy Easter

Decorating and Crafting

Easter in my most favorite Holiday.  There are many things I love about Easter and I especially love to decorate for this time of the year.  The Spring colors are my favorite colors, pinks, blues and soft pastels have always been special to me.  I adore all the bunnies, chicks and the nostalgia of Easter as a child.  

This year I made a Bunny Tree Topper.  I found this bunny at one of my favorite spots and he was plain white and in need of some TLC.  So I bought him home and I made him into a wand, painted him pink and decorated him with all sorts of lovely goodies.  I thought about selling him in my booth but then I fell in love with him and he found a home on the top of my Easter Tree.  He just hopped right up there.

Isn't he adorable.....

The tree is a small pink one that I decorate for 

almost ecery Holiday.  

Having fun decorating. 

Hugs, 

Beverly

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