Thursday, November 5, 2009

Ooooh!

Before I left for the East Coast, I had to prepare goodies for a boutique that Elizabeth, bless her heart, was manning for us. {Preschooler, infant and hubby in tow.}

I made a quick mock-up of my display for her. My hope was that it would make her set-up quicker and easier, kind of working from a plan.
All of the glass charms are made using stained glass techniques, with non-lead solder. I promise.
See the marble? It was one of my son's. If he finds out, I may have to return it.

The charm above is 1" x 1.5". It is a paper scrap from an antique french dictionary behind the shoe. I promise, I absolutely did not tear that book up. Someone else did. And sold it to me. {I am such a hypocrite.}

Between two sheets of glass, these are double sided with vintage ephemera images.
In some cases, the images are copies, like the Victorian scrap birds that I copied, then spent an entire evening cutting out, while spending quality time with my hubby. {watching tv}

This one {above} is an inch square, and almost a half an inch deep. It has a truly vintage millinery flower {from our store . . .sigh} stitched to a piece of vintage green velvet ribbon. The back side is the image from our pretty price tag. Ah. Sweet memories. Which, I suppose is the reason it's called a treasure necklace.


Now, if I had been thinking, I would have made copies of this sweet paperdoll. I couldn't sell it, I liked it so well. It's Elizabeth's now. But I have a couple of antique paperdolls in my stash that I think I'll copy, and shrink. Won't they be the cutest?

{I'm sorry that I didn't get a clear photo of the paperdoll. It doesn't look terribly fuzzy in a small photo, though.}
Isn't this just the bestest fun?!

7 comments:

  1. Hello Debbi, it was so nice to meet with you today. Love your work, the pieces are so lovely. You are so talented. Talk to you soon. sandi

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  2. Hello Debbi, I forgot to say, your blog is wonderful and I will be a new follower. Good night! sandi

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  3. Hi Debbi, I'm so glad you came by for a visit. Thank you for joining in on the Bible Study Blog. I just joined you as a follower. I love your work and the little bird soldered pendants are gorgeous. I am a vintage bird lover. If you have these for sale I would love to purchase one. Email me at your convenience. I know this is a busy time of year, but I just fell in love with them! Thank you, hope to visit again soon!
    Debra

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  4. Beautiful things! And a really fun post. Love your colors, and designs!

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  5. Wow! You have been busy and your soldering looks great! Thanks for stopping by and in answer to your question, yes about Thursday.
    take care
    robin

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  6. These are all SO LOVELY!! If I used my sons marble, he'd want it back too!

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