What I did with some of my finds from last Thursday

I have thought for months that I wanted to replace my desk lamp with something a bit more up-to-date.

This is the old lamp.  Nice, but I am tired of the eyelash trim and beads.  Here is the lamp I found at Sweet Salvage on Thursday.

Just a bit more up-to-date and in step with what I want in the den.  The shade is wonderful and has a printed fabric on the inside which gives the lamp this great glow!

Here are the other items I bought.  I drink white zinfandel on occasion, and intend to put this in the kitchen!  Love that necklace and will definitely wear it.  The pulley wheels will make great paper weights or whatever else I can think of to do with them.  The holy cards are for art work in the near future.

This great cross and lovely doily were found at Zinnia's on Melrose.  I collect these crosses and this one is going in the niche in my entryway.

After we left Sweet Salvage, we headed on down Camelback Blvd. had lunch, visited My Sister's Attic and Closet, had yogurt at Yogurtology and headed towards Scottsdale Fashion Square to visit Anthropologie!  I had never been in that store and what a treat it was.  Found these cabinet knobs and the great Vintage Numbers stamp set by Cavallini.

These were the current blue glass knobs on the cupboard doors in the guest bath.  When I found the knobs pictured above at Anthropologie I KNEW they were perfect for the guest bath.

They were!  The guest bath is decorated in brown and blues and these knobs fit in perfectly!  Love them!

Have to say, I will be going back to Anthropologie again soon.  Can't believe I had never set foot in the store before last Thursday!

Blog give-away I won long ago!

Earlier this year I signed up to follow and also left a comment on Lesley Venable's new blog.  As it turned out I was one of three of the give-away drawing winners.  This was a long time ago!  Life caught up with Lesley and she didn't have time to mail out my box of goodies until this past week.  It arrived on Saturday last.  And the box was FULL of more than I expected!  My patience was rewarded!

Check this out!

Originally I was to get this lovely wood glove box full of items for art work.  But, as you can see, Lesley generously included many, many more items.

A cigar box full of trims buttons, mica squares and a brass stencil with my initial "J".  The quilt heart is stuffed and ready for decorating.

Vintage books, trims, a postage stamp punch, old album pages, cards, napkins . . . .

I am going to get creating with a lot of these items later in the week!!  Nothing like a goody box full of wonderful items that are new to you to create with!!

I can't just quit with my decorating for fall.  Here's the final layout for my wheat bundle and acorns of the last blog post.

Now it's finished!  The entryway display is now finished.

If I stay home . . . .

It's amazing what I can get done -- and quickly!  Here are some of my latest creations.

I dyed the tags, stamped the fabric, sewed the stamped sections down to red and white ticking, wrapped the tags with vintage laces.  Yes, I know that Stampington & Co. sells these fabric tags, but they are easy to replicate.  Especially if you have the Bonjour Cavallini stamp set.  Short story on that Bonjour stamp set:  I had bought a duplicate set several years ago.  Listed it on Etsy and it sold immediately.  Since then I have had three inquiries from Etsy people wanting to know if I had any more sets. Hmm!  Cavallini doesn't make that stamp set anymore.

I have a roll of wonderful vintage wallpaper that is white with a heavy flocked pattern.  I created a fancy envelope sometime back and posted it on my blog.  Well, I was wondering what to do with a small left over bit of the wallpaper.  Here is what I did first:

I made another envelope and decorated it.

On both sides.  This is front since the flap is on the other side.

Then I decided to cover a composition notebook with the same wallpaper and this beautiful Paper Whimsy image.  Now, I have a question for you artists.  The glove is an orphan and even though it is made of thin nylon, it is still a bit bulky in order to glue down the image.  Any suggestions on what to do?  I am afraid that since the image sits above the surface of the notebook that it would catch on things and eventually be torn off.  Should I cut the glove up and expose only the fingers and the ruffled cuff?  Should I mount the image on bits of chipboard so that it sits above the glove?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

More listings for Vintage Recycled

Here are the two latest pieces I have just listed on my Vintage Recycled Etsy shop.

OK, I know I am forgetful, but this was a major "gee, I forgot I already had one of these" when I bought this one!  Wow!  Senior moment!  Anyway, this Cavallini Bonjour Rubber Stamps set has never been opened or used.  It is in mint condition.  A great deal at $20+ shipping.  Less than retail today.  SOLD!!!

I decorated this Creative Imaginations ready-made notebook as a shop sample.  I love the individual pages in this notebook -- each one is different and there are 20 of them.  Nice gift for a friend or just for you!

Please head on over to my Etsy shop and take a peek at what is for sale.  Tell your friends about it, too!  Thanks for looking!!!